Constitutional Crisis: Trump Admin Hints It Will Ignore Judge’s Ruling to Block Musk from Treasury Records
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/headlines/constitutional_crisis_trump_admin_hints_it_will_ignore_judges_ruling_to_block_musk_from_treasury_records

"Vice President JD Vance responded to the ruling by writing on social media that “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” Elon Musk also called for the judge to be impeached."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #JDVance #Trump #Politics #RuleOfLaw #Law #Treasury #ConstitutionalCrisis #News #US #USNews

Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Musk’s Team From Treasury Systems

...A hearing is set for Friday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/trump-doge-treasury-elon-musk.html

Members of Musk’s so-called Dept of Government Efficiency, which is not actually a department, have been combing through the databases to find expenditures to cut. The #lawsuit says the initiative challenges the Constitution’s separation of powers, under which #Congress determines #government spending."

#Musk #Coup #Doge #Treasury #Law #Politics #Trump #News #USA

To watch Musk, Senate Democrats start whistleblower platform for workers

#Democrats are hoping federal employees will provide information regarding the president and Elon Musk‘s efforts to slash government agencies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/10/whistleblower-musk-doge/

"Trump & #Musk... have taken a sledgehammer to 15 #government agencies... burrowing into computer systems & disrupting operations...

alarm over the potential unconstitutionality of their actions."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Crime #Politics #News #USNews #USA

#Musk associates granted access to confidential info about X's competitors
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-associates-granted-access-to

"With Elon Musk's #SocialMedia platform X poised to launch a digital wallet & peer-to-peer payment services, Musk's associates have been granted access to confidential information about X's competitors...

#DOGE, a White House body led by #Musk, embedded themselves at the #CFPB [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] late last week."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #Government #Tech #News

Elon’s smash-and-grab:
It’s Not Just Politics Anymore—Musk’s Coup Is About Your Daily Life
https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/elons-smash-and-grab

"Elon Musk’s #coup continues to wreak havoc. It remains unclear who is actually in charge of our #government or if #DonaldTrump even cares...

Federal workers are fed up and fighting back, and elected #Democrats in #Congress seem to have found some fire in their bellies to fight back. Citizens are protesting #Musk & #MAGA in DC & across the nation."

#GOP #Politics #Resist #USA

Constitutional Crisis: Who Is Musk’s ”DOGE Army,” Gutting Gov’t Agencies as Courts Question Legality?
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/musk_doge_federal_government_vittoria_elliott

"people coming out of either Musk’s companies or companies owned by #PeterThiel, another billionaire, who’s very close to #Musk. He’s the chair of #Palantir, a big data analytics company that is also a massive #defense contractor...

seem to have questionable backgrounds."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Doge #Tech #Government #Data #Politics #News #US #USA

19-year-old Musk surrogate has State Department email address
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/10/musk-doge-state-department-surrogate/

"A 19-yr-old acolyte of #ElonMusk known online as #BigBalls is listed as having taken on a new role at the #State Dept...

#EdwardCoristine... posted as a senior adviser...

“This is dangerous,” said one of the #US officials, noting Coristine’s youth and... that he was fired for leaking a #data security firm’s information to a competitor."

#Musk #Coup #Trump #Politics #Government #Security #Tech #News #USA

Trump’s Reaction to Court Order Blocking #DOGE Is as Ominous as It Gets

Donald Trump’s supporters are urging him to ignore judges who rule against him...
https://newrepublic.com/post/191339/trump-reaction-court-order-doge

" #Trump & his fellow #Republicans spent the weekend openly attacking the federal judiciary and... the #Constitution ’s separation of powers...

separation of powers is supposed to provide a check from the judicial branch, represented by the courts, against the executive branch of the president"

#Musk #Coup #News #US

Musk Targets His Companies’ Regulators

The billionaire’s push to kill the CFPB followed his social media company’s deal that might have been scrutinized by the agency.
https://www.levernews.com/musk-targets-his-companies-regulators/

"Elon Musk’s company X... to create a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payment system through the #SocialMedia platform...

Musk is... working to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which polices peer-to-peer payment apps"

#Musk #Corruption #Coup #CFPB #Finance #Business #Politics #News #USA

Trump’s DHS Chief Admits DOGE Has Infiltrated Department

Elon Musk’s #DOGE minions are now inside the Department of Homeland Security.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191343/noem-musk-doge-homeland-security

"Bash to Noem. “Have you authorized #ElonMusk & his team to have access to Americans’ personal #data that is housed inside #DHS?”

“We’re working with them at the president’s direction...” Noem replied...

“Well we can’t trust the #government anymore,” Noem retorted.

“You are the government,” Bash said."

#Coup #Security #News #USA

DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet

Government-efficiency team’s initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data...
https://archive.is/fo3C5#selection-1409.0-1478.0

"Thursday... DOGE showed up at CFPB’s Washington headquarters...

Friday night, the DOGE staffers were granted access to all the CFPB’s data systems...

Sunday, the agency was a skeleton, with its funding limited & activities suspended."

#Musk #Coup #CFPB #Politics #Data #Tech #News #USA

Transcript: Musk’s Threats Darken as MAGA Rages at Fresh Legal Losses

An interview with Norman Eisen, who is bring lawsuits against #Trump, about why the legal #resistance is having some success, how long it will last, and what could happen if Trump defies the courts.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191336/transcript-musks-threats-darken-maga-rages-fresh-legal-losses

" #Musk and leading #MAGA lights are in the process of fabricating pretexts to start ignoring the courts."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Politics #Government #Courts #News #USNews #US #USA

Once they openly ignore the courts and get away with it, the US Constitution is effectively null and void. From that day forward we have open dictatorship and rule by decree could be next.