Longreads<p>"After a period in which Musk was seen as a shadow president, he will now become the de-facto mayor of his own small town."</p><p>Will McCarthy for Politico: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/02/elon-musk-spacex-texas-starship-00317693" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/magazine/202</span><span class="invisible">5/05/02/elon-musk-spacex-texas-starship-00317693</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Starbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starbase</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a></p>