Elon Musk News for Apr 18, 2025

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Today's topics:
-Tesla Autopilot crash investigation
-SpaceX Mars mission critiques
-DOT job cuts and SpaceX
-SpaceX and Golden Dome defense
-X platform DM removal controversy

-https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/17/hubris-maximus-excerpt-elon-musks-fury-over-tesla-death-investigation-foreshadowed-his-war-washington/
-https://unherd.com/2025/04/the-flaws-in-musks-mars-mission/
-https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-space-employees-musk
-https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/musks-spacex-is-frontrunner-build-trumps-golden-dome-missile-shield-2025-04-17/
-https://www.latintimes.com/x-ditching-dms-hours-after-news-musk-messaging-women-about-impregnating-them-breaks-580936