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Cards Against Humanity\u2014a self-described<\/a> \u201cparty game for horrible people\u201d\u2014is suing<\/a> Elon Musk<\/strong>\u2019s SpaceX to the tune of $15 million dollars, claiming that the company trespassed on and \u201ccompletely fucked\u201d up their parcel of land on the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n Back in 2017, after then-president Donald Trump<\/strong> had run and won<\/a>, in part, on promising to \u201cbuild a great great wall on our southern border\u201d and \u201chave Mexico pay for that wall,\u201d Cards Against Humanity decided to throw a wrench into his proposed plan. They pooled funds, $15 dollars per person, according to the company\u2019s lawsuit<\/a>, from 150,000 subscribers to buy land on the border to prevent Trump from building on it. Fast forward, and the company is now alleging that SpaceX has been using their property to house building materials for a nearby project.<\/p>\n \u201cElon Musk\u2019s SpaceX was building some space thing nearby, and he figured he could just dump his shit all over our gorgeous plot of land without asking,\u201d the Cards Against Humanity team wrote<\/a>. \u201cAfter we caught him, SpaceX gave us a 12-hour ultimatum to accept a lowball offer for less than half our land\u2019s value. We said, \u2018Go fuck yourself, Elon Musk. We\u2019ll see you in court.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n At the time, the company sent out certificates<\/a> to those who donated to the cause which confirmed the individual helped Cards Against Humanity purchase 0.000667% of this area of land. \u201cThis document further certifies that any attempt by the U.S. Government to build a wall on this land will be resisted to the full extent of the law,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n The land in question sits on a plot in Cameron County, Texas\u2014a coastal area on the southern tip of the state. SpaceX, Musk\u2019s private spaceflight company that has sent satellites and people to space, has been operating in Texas for over two decades. The company\u2019s dealings in the state have increased since then\u2014as has Musk\u2019s political influence. In the past decade, Elon Musk and businesses connected to SpaceX have contributed more than $500,000 to the campaigns of two dozen elected officials from the region since 2014, according to a Reuters\u2019 special report<\/a> published on Friday.<\/p>\n Since 2017, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has contributed seven times as much to Republican campaigns and political committees than to Democratic ones, according to a HuffPost review<\/a> of Federal Election Commission data.<\/p>\n Musk has also contributed increasingly large sums<\/a> to The National Republican Congressional Committee and the pro-Donald Trump<\/strong> America PAC. He\u2019s been bankrolling the latter. (At one point, Musk reportedly claimed<\/a> he would be donating $45 million dollars a month to elect Trump. Later, he called<\/a> the reporting on his promised contributions \u201cnot true.\u201d)<\/p>\n In July, Musk officially endorsed Trump and has been a vocal supporter of the former president, interviewing him for hours<\/a> on X and calling him<\/a> \u201cthe path to prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cLone Star State has become a preferred base of operations for Musk,\u201d the Reuters\u2019 report reads. SpaceX has reportedly created 2,100 direct jobs and economically transformed the southern towns.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter a Delaware court rejected billions in compensation awarded to him by the board of Tesla, Musk this year moved the electric carmaker\u2019s corporate registry to Texas. In July, he said the headquarters of X, his social media platform, and SpaceX would soon follow,\u201d Reuters\u2019 Marisa Taylor reported.<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever the impact, the relationship between SpaceX and the area\u2019s political class is mutually beneficial,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe company\u2019s bonds with local officials have allowed Starbase to grow fast and permitted local authorities to tout a type of economic progress that has long evaded the area, known broadly as the Rio Grande Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n