Weird, I thought this whole story was a "snoozefest" according to the same author a few weeks ago. Why are they still writing about it?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus...

Your link seems like the opposite of this story?

The releases are a snoozefest.

Their being politically targeted isn’t surprising, but confirmation is nice.

This... is a different story. Your link is Twitter pretending to leak about itself (ie it is leaks _selected by the subject of the leaks_!); the article is about actual leaks. It's perhaps unsurprising that the latter are more interesting.

And Musk will surely not release this...

I'm a bit confused. These requests seem the opposite of Freedom of Speech. They might even be First Amendment violations.

How does this square up with Trump admin claims to be in favor of Freedom of Speech?

Donald Trump, noted compulsive liar, in lying about stuff shocker. I mean, there is nothing to be confused about here; he's famously unreliable.