John Johnston (JJ) responds to a new article from Wired, The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’, which touches on many of the central topics of The John Johnston Lounge over time. Elon Musk and Tesla are supported by a cult-like online community of “elongelicals”, who promote the company, brand, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, while verbally attacking anyone who is even slightly critical.

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Referenced article:

The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’ https://www.wired.com/story/the-tesla-influencers-leaving-the-cult/

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John Johnston (JJ) asks the question, prompted by AI research expert Yann LeCun, has Elon Musk just been wrong about getting Tesla’s Robotaxi to become fully autonomous for nearly a decade, or has he been lying about it? This comes as Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, and still only has a single unsupervised Robotaxi operating regularly.

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John Johnston (JJ) delves more into the AI company Palantir, which has extensive government contracts, including military, and not only in the United States. Palantir has just revealed a new version of its Maven software for US military use. Palantir is also causing controversy in the UK, with its involvement in the National Health System (NHS), and again in the U.S. with its involvement with surveillance and targeting for ICE.

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Palantir Chief Psycho Says Quiet Part Out Loud https://youtu.be/5aVb-qQTkBA

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John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Elon Musk has admitted that his artificial intelligence company xAI was “not built right” and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, only weeks after his public company Tesla invested $2 billion into it, and it was acquired by SpaceX. Co-founders and other staff have been leaving in droves too. We take a look at what’s going on with xAI.

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John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Palantir CEO Alex Karp has made a shocking confession about AI technology disrupting democratic power. He’s saying the quiet part out loud. The Palantir CEO also insists he doesn’t support regime change wars, while supporting the one his company is currently involved in.

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AI Bubble BIG SHORT: Michael Burry’s Palantir Stock Short https://open.spotify.com/episode/6riZX0MgDPBmLlaRHl6uDY

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John Johnston (JJ) updates how Elon Musk’s Tesla unsupervised robotaxi roll-out is progressing, and it’s not looking great. There still only seems to be one unsupervised robotaxi in operation in Austin, and Tesla logged zero miles of autonomous test-driving on California roads in 2025. This still looks far from ready to scale.

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Referenced article:

Tesla's Robotaxis Are Going Nowhere https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/teslas-robotaxis-are-going-nowhere

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John Johnston (JJ) breaks down how Joe Rogan is implying that Trump has “betrayed” his base by going to war with Iran, after campaigning on ending wars and promoting peace. Trump’s “base” has included Joe Rogan himself, and many of the Rogansphere and Manosphere fans he influences.

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Discussing Trump, Iran, Israel’s Influence, and Growing WW3 Fears https://youtu.be/UUyYwrtkZRM

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John Johnston (JJ) breaks down the news that an whistleblower has claimed that an ex-employee of Elon Musk’s DOGE says he took Social Security data, and then offered it for use at another job at a private government contractor, according to the Washington Post.

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