Elon Musk News for May 1, 2025

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Today's topics:
-X loses millions of EU users
-DOGE surveillance and privacy concerns
-Tesla CEO succession rumors
-Starbase city incorporation
-Banks offload Musk's X debt
-GAO audits Musk's DOGE unit
-Musk's paradoxical sci-fi fandom

-https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-eu-users-decline
-https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/opinion/musk-doge-data-ai.html
-https://www.neowin.net/news/elon-musk-accuses-wsj-of-lying-about-tesla-looking-for-a-new-ceo/
-https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-30/elon-musk-s-spacex-is-forming-a-city-government-in-starbase-texas
-https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/doge_goa_probe/
-https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-banks-finally-rid-themselves-of-elon-musks-x-debt-121843658.html
-https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/teslas-board-reportedly-sought-a-successor-while-musk-wheeled-around-washington/
-https://lithub.com/elon-musk-just-doesnt-understand-the-sci-fi-visions-of-iain-m-banks/