Texas Judge refuses recusal in Musk/Media Matters lawsuit despite Tesla investments

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NPR reports that the conservative Texas judge overseeing billionaire Elon Musk's lawsuit against Media Matters has been playing the stock market with Tesla shares.

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, who's been dishing out rulings left and right in Musk's favor, was tra…