Texas has been good to Tesla, offering tax breaks while the top prosecutor backed Elon Musk’s Twitter bot claims. That’s similar to how his relationship has worked with China. Soon, he could become a dutiful friend of Texas, too. GinaChon
and Calvin Klein were among the brands that faced boycotts in the People’s Republic after expressing concern over alleged forced labor involving Uyghur Muslims. But Musk went in the other direction, opening up a showroom in Xinjiang province.
For now Texas seems to continue working to keep Musk happy. Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a probe into whether Twitter reported false data about bots in its user makeup. That’s a gripe Musk has used to try to back outAbbott has blasted the likes of Twitter for censorship, but if the company lands under Musk’s control, he’ll have lots of sway over who and what goes on the platform.
of federal abortion rights. Musk may soon be getting enough out of his relationship with Texas that he could tip his cowboy hat to the state on both fronts.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on June 24 that starting that day, abortion providers could be criminally liable for performing the procedure. He made his comment after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide.
Electric-car maker Tesla is one of several companies that have policies to provide financial assistance for travel and lodging to employees seeking healthcare services unavailable in their home state. The company moved its headquarters from California to Texas in 2021.Editing by Lauren Silva Laughlin and Sharon Lam
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