Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘with great vengeance and fierce anger’ for trespassing
Cards Against Humanity—a self description “party game for terrible people”—is litigation Elon MuskSpaceX has paid a $15 million fine, claiming the company trespassed and “completely destroyed” its plot of land on the US-Mexico border.
Back in 2017, after then-president Donald Trump Have run and winIn part, by promising to “build a great wall on our southern border” and “make Mexico pay for it,” Cards Against Humanity decided to sabotage his proposed plan. They pooled their money, $15 each, according to the company. litigation150,000 people signed up to buy land at the border to prevent Trump from building on it. Fast forward, and the company is now accusing SpaceX of using its property to store construction materials for a nearby project.
“Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building something nearby, and he thinks he can dump all his stuff on our beautiful land without asking permission,” said Cards Against Humanity. wrote“After we caught him, SpaceX gave us a 12-hour ultimatum to accept an offer that was less than half the value of our land. We said, ‘Go away, Elon Musk. We’ll see you in court.’”
At that time, the company sent out certificate to those who donated to the cause certifying that the individual helped Cards Against Humanity purchase 0.000667% of this land. “This document further certifies that any attempt by the United States Government to construct a wall on this land will be opposed to the fullest extent of the law,” the quote reads.
The land in question is located on a parcel in Cameron County, Texas—a coastal area at the southern tip of the state. SpaceX, Musk’s private spaceflight company that has launched satellites and humans into space, has operated in Texas for more than two decades. The company’s business in the state has grown since then—as has Musk’s political influence. Over the past decade, Elon Musk and SpaceX-related businesses have contributed more than $500,000 to the campaigns of two dozen elected officials in the area since 2014, according to a Reuters report. special report published on Friday.
Since 2017, the CEOs of Tesla and SpaceX have contributed seven times more to Republican campaigns and political committees than to Democratic campaigns and committees, according to HuffPost. review Federal Election Commission data.
Musk has also contributed growing amount for the National Republican Congressional Committee and pro-Donald Trump America PAC. He has funded the latter organization. (At one point, Musk is said to have declared He will donate $45 million a month to elect Trump. Then he call reports about his promised contributions were “untrue.”)
In July, Musk officially endorsed Trump and has been a strong supporter of the former president, interviewed him for hours on X and call him “the road to prosperity.”
“The Lone Star State has become Musk’s preferred base of operations,” the Reuters report said. SpaceX is said to have created 2,100 direct jobs and transformed the economies of southern towns.
“After a Delaware court rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement awarded to him by Tesla’s board, Musk moved the electric carmaker’s corporate registry to Texas this year. In July, he said the headquarters of X, his social media platform, and SpaceX would soon follow,” Reuters’ Marisa Taylor reported.
“Whatever the impact, SpaceX’s relationship with the region’s political class has been mutually beneficial,” she continued. “The company’s relationship with local officials has allowed Starbase to grow rapidly and has allowed local governments to promote a type of economic progress that has long been absent in the region, widely known as the Rio Grande Valley.”
