SpaceX builds rockets. Rockets run on chemical propulsion. Chemical propulsion has a ceiling.
It can reach Mars. Maybe deeper into the solar system.
But interstellar travel requires physics that doesn’t exist yet.
Weinstein: “You can’t get to the stars using SpaceX because it’s a chemical rocket company.”
The ceiling isn’t the universe’s. It’s ours.
Weinstein: “One of his slogans is ad astra, to the stars.”
To the stars. From a man who knows better than anyone that his rockets can’t reach them.
You don’t declare a destination your vehicle can’t reach unless you already know what replaces it.
The rockets were never the endgame.
Weinstein: “I think he’s given up on the corruption of science. He keeps talking about the fact that he doesn’t like the term researcher, he believes only in engineers.”
The breakthroughs that would get humanity past chemical propulsion should have happened decades ago.
They didn’t.
Not because the physics is impossible. Because the institutions responsible for discovering it optimized for everything except discovery.
Grant cycles. Tenure politics. Citation metrics.
The entire incentive structure of modern science rewards safe, incremental work and punishes the kind of risk that produces breakthroughs.
The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed.
It was just never designed for discovery.
Weinstein: “I think what he’s doing is he’s building Grok to do science in a time when humans are too corrupt to be truthful and real.”
Musk looked at the entire global scientific establishment and decided it was faster to build a mind that could do the physics than to fix the institutions that wouldn’t.
That calculation alone tells you everything about the state of modern science.
Everyone sees xAI competing with OpenAI and Anthropic in the chatbot race.
Weinstein is saying it was never in the chatbot race. It’s in the physics race. The one nobody else is running.
Weinstein: “Look at the logo for Grok, I think it’s like a black hole profile. Look at its slogan, to understand the universe.”
Not to assist. Not to optimize.
To understand the universe.
SpaceX is the vehicle. xAI is the destination.
One builds the ship. The other discovers how far it can go.
The distance to the stars was never measured in light years.
It was measured in the limits of the mind reaching for them.
The most ambitious project on Earth right now isn’t a rocket program.
It’s an AI being built to find the physics that makes rockets obsolete.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the largest sporting event in the history of the world, shattering previous attendance record by double digits. America- we got it done, ZERO major security incidents across our nation while we hosted the equivalent of 78 super bowls in 38 days, along with 40 base camps, endless fan zones, and celebrations in nearly every state.
President Trump promised his administration would deliver the most safe, secure, and fun environment for FIFA. He started by establishing the White
House FIFA Task Force some 16 months ago, and we got right to work.
This FBI led the charge dedicating nearly 5,000 personnel to the effort out of HQ, field, and international offices - across 16 host cities. And, none of what we accomplished is possible without our federal, state and local partners who all put in the same relentless effort. It’s the largest resource dedication the FBI has EVER made for a any event.
This FBI stood up a Joint Ops Center, International Police Coordination Center, Intelligence Coordination Center, and more - all from scratch- to collect and share intel in live time.
We established the first ever counter-UAS drone school, training members of law enforcement from across the country for the World Cup- we seized over 700 drones near FIFA airspace.
Whether it was UFC 250, SAIL 250, State Fair 250 or so many other events happening simultaneously- we DELIVERED the safest and most secure World Cup in history.
President Trump's leadership set the course, he led the way, and this FBI and our partners rose to the challenge- thanks to all our partners, @FIFA@DHSgov@WHTaskForceFIFA and their Director Andrew Giuliani.
Liberals: Why do they call us retards?!?!
You can't be the party of human rights and support abortion.
You can't hate the police and call them when you need them.
You can't demand wide open borders and lock your own doors at night.
You can't love the planet and fly private jets to climate conferences.
You can't champion women's rights and erase women's sports and private spaces.
You can't preach tolerance and cancel everyone who disagrees.
You can't fight for equality and demand special treatment based on race and identity.
You can't say my body, my choice and then force vaccines and masks on everyone.
You can't be anti-fascist while using fascist tactics to silence dissent.
You can't preach body positivity and promote surgeries that mutilate healthy body parts.
There. Hope this clears it up for you.
The World Cup ends today. One game left. By tomorrow most of you visitors will be packing up, heading to the airport, going home.
So before you go, let me say the thing I actually want to say.
A few weeks ago I wrote a silly post about all the things you were discovering here. Free refills. Free water. Ice like civilized people. Chips and salsa before you even order. Air conditioning that is a fact and not a moral debate. Drive-throughs. Ranch by the gallon. The Germans standing in the HEB meat aisle in reverent silence, finally understanding why we do not have trains. Buc-ee’s, for which there are still no words.
It blew up, because it was true, and because you were so delightfully stunned by all of it.
Even the Wall Street Journal caught on. Their headline this week: how the US lost the World Cup and won over the world. We did not lift the trophy. But apparently we lifted something else.
We even learned a few things about ourselves along the way. Like the fact that Elon Musk, the single richest man on the planet, shops at HEB. Just rolls in and queues up for fresh tortillas with everybody else. The man could buy the tortilla company, the state it is in, and the moon it sits under, and instead he is standing in line at the hot-tortilla counter like the rest of us, because that is where the good ones are. Only in America is the wealthiest human alive elbow to elbow with a mom of four at the salsa bar. That is the whole country in one aisle.
And here is the part I want every one of you to hear on your way out the door.
None of it was a show.
We did not roll all this out because you were coming. The ice was always there. The refills were always free. The grocery stores were always the size of aircraft hangars at ten on a Tuesday. The stranger who adopted your whole section, the guy who gave you a ride, the waitress who remembered your order, the family that invited you to the cookout, that is not World Cup America. That is just America. That is Tuesday.
We are exactly like this when nobody is visiting. Loud, generous, ridiculous, overfed, and genuinely thrilled you came. We will still be exactly like this tomorrow when the stands are empty and the flags come down.
So thank you. To everyone who came, who sang in our streets, who cleaned our stadiums, who turned our cities orange and filled our bars and taught us your chants. You were wonderful guests, and you made a country that just turned 250 feel young and seen and loved.
And to everyone who could not make it this time, the door does not close today. We meant all of it. Come whenever. The porch light stays on, the fridge stays full, and there is always room for one more at the table.
You found out who we are these last few weeks.
Good news. We are like this all the time.
Safe travels home.
Y’all come back now, you hear. 🦋
Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Andrew Hanson 36, was killed in the line of duty on July 13, 2026, in Alexandria, Louisiana, while serving a fugitive arrest warrant.
A true warrior with 6 years in the Marshals Service and prior service in Border Patrol, ICE, and multiple police departments. This man ran toward danger so others could sleep safe.
Rest easy, brotha and thank you for your service. We won’t forget.
End of Watch: July 13, 2026 🇺🇸
Welcome to the world, Walker Neal Woodruff 💙
Born yesterday in MKE at 11:43 AM, weighing 8 LBs and 10 oz
Congrats to Brandon, Jonie and the entire Woodruff family!
The editors of the world's most prestigious medical journals are sounding the alarm, and nobody is listening.
"We have peer reviewed, high impact editors in most of the journals that are the most high impact, saying that they don't believe what is being published in those journals is trustworthy anymore."
"The BMJ, The Lancet, all of those editors have come out and said, we have a huge problem. We can't replicate this research and we actually don't even know who did the research."
"Everywhere we've looked for corruption, we've found it."
Emily Kaplan, co-founder of the Broken Science Initiative.
@broken_science
@NYCMayor@ZohranKMamdani This is a lie. You balanced the budget by borrowing billions from the NY state government which pushed back pension payments, so you literally took money from "the backs of hardworking people."
Don’t get it twisted.
You know why they don’t teach the true history in schools🤔? Because NOBODY WOULD EVER VOTE FOR A DEMONRAT AGAIN🫨! This video should be mandatory to watch for kids👊. What else have the Demonrats lied about over the last century🤔?