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"Where do Elon Musk’s #business interests end & Donald Trump’s #political interests begin? Trick question—they’re one & the same.

How else do you explain the jarring sight of the #POTUS hawking #Teslas on the #WhiteHouse South Lawn?"
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-congress-takeover/

Here begins the 11th Elon Musk thread.

List of links to previous threads:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113986946321010763

Cartoon source: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/fire-sale

#ElonMusk #Musk #Trump #Coup #Corruption #GOP #Politics #USPol #USPolitics #News #Threads #USA
Editorial cartoon. The White House is decked out like a used car lot having a sale. There are flailing arm balloon people with "Own the libs" and "Own a Tesla" on them. There are signs saying, "Free Tesla! When you buy a $5,000,000 test drive with the president" and "Free access! To the president when you buy a $5,000,000 Tesla. There are two red Teslas on the front lawn with Trump sitting in one of them and poking his head out the window. The license plate on the Trump car says, "USA 4 Sale". The other car's plate reads, "POTUS 47". On top of the Capitol, the Tesla flag flies above the US flag, and Elon Musk is jumping up and down. Credit: RJ Matson Source: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/fire-sale

Fire sale

A cartoon by RJ Matson
RJ Matson (The Contrarian)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #uspol #potus #business #political #threads #corruption #Coup #whitehouse #uspolitics #teslas
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk Might Not Be Able to Salvage Tesla’s Value After All

Tesla’s value is crashing, despite #ElonMusk & #DonaldTrump ’s best efforts.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192701/elon-musk-donald-trump-tesla-value

"Elon Musk’s rightward turn has led to a downward spiral for #Tesla...

“Tesla is becoming a #political symbol of #Trump & #DOGE, & that is a bad thing for the brand”...

Trump said... acts of #violence against Teslas would be considered #DomesticTerrorism, cementing the automaker’s status as a state symbol"

#Musk #USPol #News #US
Headline and photo: Headline: Elon Musk Might Not Be Able to Salvage Tesla’s Value After All Tesla’s value is crashing, despite Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s best efforts. by Edith Olmsted March 13, 2025 / 10:10 a.m. ET Photo: A bumper sticker on a Tesla says, "I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy" Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #donaldtrump #us #uspol #tesla #violence #political #doge #domesticterrorism
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
US judge orders DOGE, Musk to produce cost-cutting records
https://archive.is/lykiV#selection-1091.0-1091.58

"The states argued that #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding power that only officials confirmed by the #US Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought materials from him through a process known as discovery...

"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim," [Chutkan] wrote. "The court is not convinced""

#Doge #Lawsuit #News #US
Headline: US judge orders DOGE, Musk to produce cost-cutting records By Reuters March 13, 2025 2:02 PM UTC
#news #musk #us #constitution #lawsuit #doge #appointmentsclause
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
UPDATE: Musk attacks Musk Watch
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/update-musk-attacks-musk-watch

"the Musk Watch #DOGE Tracker... authoritatively demonstrated that #ElonMusk had been grossly overstating the cuts implemented by DOGE...

#Musk offered no actual critique of the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker's methodology...

Musk Watch is a four-person team, but we can rock the boat of the wealthiest and most powerful man in the world."

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Journalism #Press #Media #News #USPol #USPolitics #Politics #USA #US
Headline and text from article: UPDATE: Musk attacks Musk Watch Judd Legum Mar 13, 2025 Yesterday, we launched the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker. This new tool authoritatively demonstrated that Elon Musk had been grossly overstating the cuts implemented by DOGE. While Musk claimed that DOGE had made $105 billion in cuts, the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker revealed that just $8.6 billion of those cuts were verifiable. Within hours, Musk personally attacked the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker on X:
#news #musk #elonmusk #journalism #us #politics #protest #press #usa #uspol #media #resistance #uspolitics #resist #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk's social insecurity

The billionaire's reckless claims seem intended to manufacture outrage to justify an end to what he refers to as an “entitlement program.”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/elon-musks-social-insecurity

"Ronald Reagan called #SocialSecurity “a secure & stable base so that older #Americans may live in dignity.”

#ElonMusk calls it a “Ponzi scheme.”
...
differences of opinion between #Musk & #Trump, the White House... pledging not to cut Social Security, #Medicare or #Medicaid benefits"

#USPol #News #US
Headline from The Contrarian: Elon Musk's social insecurity The billionaire's reckless claims seem intended to manufacture outrage to justify an end to what he refers to as an “entitlement program.” Mar 13, 2025
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #uspol #medicare #americans #medicaid #socialsecurity
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Trump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings

At Donald Trump’s behest, #DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192719/donald-trump-doge-judge-overturns-mass-firings

"the mass firing of federal employees was an “unlawful” directive...

ordered several agencies to “immediately” reinstate... employees... the #VA... Depts of #Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury, & #Agriculture... the IRS, which falls under the helm of the Treasury Dept"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #Law #News #USA
Headline and text from article: Trump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings At Donald Trump’s behest, DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce. by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling March 13, 2025 / 12:31 p.m. ET A federal judge ruled Thursday that the mass firing of federal employees was an “unlawful” directive by the Office of Personnel Management. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered several agencies to “immediately” reinstate all fired probationary employees. Those agencies included the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as the Departments of Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury, and Agriculture. That would also restore numbers at the Internal Revenue Service, which falls under the helm of the Treasury Department and has been hit hard by job cuts in recent weeks.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #agriculture #uspol #law #defense #va #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Making DOGE Cuts Permanent Is Easier Said Than Done

Plus: #GOP town halls are scarce these days.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/making-doge-cuts-permanent-congress-funding-shutdown

"The prospect of ending these far-reaching programs—like #PEPFAR and, on a much larger scale, the foreign aid administered by the #USAID—remains distant. Beyond that, #DOGE ’s haphazard cuts are difficult to codify because they have a weak legal foundation & are hard to explain, let alone justify (hence the repeat un-firings)."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #USA #US
Headline from The Bulwark: Making DOGE Cuts Permanent Is Easier Said Than Done Plus: GOP town halls are scarce these days. by Joe Perticone Mar 13, 2025
#news #musk #gop #us #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #usaid #doge #pepfar
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
https://www.404media.co/tsa-k9-bomb-sniffing-dogs-funding/

"The #TSA spokesperson didn’t clarify whether these were #Doge cuts... but Elon Musk’s dept has been busy making poorly-coded & insecure websites, dodging #FOIA, gutting national parks resources... demanding federal workers list their weeks out in bullet points, and generally sowing #chaos all over the federal #government with layoffs & budget cuts."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #Dogs #News #USA
Headline and photo. Headline: tsa TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold. TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off by Samantha Cole Samantha Cole Mar 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM Photo: A black puppy lays on the logo of the US Dept of Homeland Security, National Explosives Detection, Canine Team Program
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #Dogs #usa #uspol #government #Coup #FOIA #chaos #doge #tsa
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims

#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/musk-doge-changes-deletions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.pJHf.DTibHql8U3db&smid=url-share

Helpful animated graphics showing Doge's mistakes and lies.

"debuted a website last month... the list has undergone dizzying changes. New contracts have been added, others deleted. Values have been altered, and altered again...

more than 2,200 contracts listed — or 40% of the total — show a savings value of $0"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA
Headline and text from article: Headline: See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims By Ethan Singer and Emily Badger Published March 13, 2025 Updated March 14, 2025, 10:04 a.m. ET Text: Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team debuted a website last month cataloging the contracts the group says it has canceled to save taxpayers money. Since then, the list has undergone dizzying changes. New contracts have been added, others deleted. Values have been altered, and altered again. The changes tell a story of how the Musk team, known as the Department of Government Efficiency, operates.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #usa #uspol #GiftLink #corruption #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?

...Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run #DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-leadership-elon-musk-amy-gleason-trump-ethics-conflict-of-interest

" #Musk himself issues commands from inside the Sect of War Suite in the Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg, next to the #WhiteHouse"

#ElonMusk #Coup #News #US
Headline: Trump Administration Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat? Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities.
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #Coup #whitehouse #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court

As a judge blocks the Trump-Musk effort to fire thousands of federal workers, a close chronicler of Musk’s follies explains why the public backlash against him & #Tesla matters so much—and what’s coming next.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192747/fiasco-musk-craters-new-polls-doge-cuts-lose-court

"two new polls show approval of #Musk cratering—and importantly, that large majorities are turning against Musk’s mission of gutting the #government"

#ElonMusk #Doge #Coup #USPol #News #USA
Headline: PODCAST Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court As a judge blocks the Trump-Musk effort to fire thousands of federal workers, a close chronicler of Musk’s follies explains why the public backlash against him and Tesla matters so much—and what’s coming next. The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent March 14, 2025
#news #musk #elonmusk #usa #uspol #tesla #government #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Trump Claims Boycotting Tesla Is Illegal, Which It Very Much Is Not
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/14/trump-claims-boycotting-tesla-is-illegal-which-it-very-much-is-not/

"Meanwhile, the anger at #Musk & #DOGE is absolutely fueling the #protests, property damage, and public outcry at #Tesla owners & dealerships...

while #Trump can’t currently punish the free public for #protesting, it’s obvious he wants to. Which means he, at least, is no longer operating under the illusion that it’s a #democracy he wants. Nor a #republic."

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #USPol #News #US
Headline and text from article: Trump Claims Boycotting Tesla Is Illegal, Which It Very Much Is Not from the free-speech-warriors dept Fri, Mar 14th 2025 03:18am - Timothy Geigner Elon Musk’s companies aren’t having the best couple of weeks, it seems. ExTwitter suffered from several outages this week, some lengthy, while Musk claimed that it was the result of a DDoS attack and hinted that Ukraine might be to blame. The story of SpaceX thus far in 2025 has mostly been one filled with delays, malfunctions, and the occasional explosion. Last week saw the seventh straight weekly decline of stock price for Tesla.

Trump Claims Boycotting Tesla Is Illegal, Which It Very Much Is Not

Elon Musk’s companies aren’t having the best couple of weeks, it seems. ExTwitter suffered from several outages this week, some lengthy, while Musk claimed that it was the result of a D…
Techdirt
#news #democracy #trump #musk #us #protest #uspol #protests #resistance #tesla #republic #resist #protesting #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-week-in-musk-the-white-house

"predicted a certain amount of graft. But even the most skeptical observers may not have pictured #DonaldTrump selling Teslas on the #WhiteHouse lawn...

A makeshift South Portico showroom — featuring five #Tesla models — was organized for the explicit purpose of rallying the company’s #stock after it suffered its worst selloff in five years"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Corruption #USPol #StockMarket #News #US #USA
Headline from Musk Watch: The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership by Caleb Ecarma Mar 14, 2025

The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership

At the outset of Elon Musk’s work for the White House, a reasonable person would have predicted a certain amount of graft.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #musk #elonmusk #donaldtrump #us #usa #uspol #tesla #corruption #whitehouse #stockmarket #stock
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE plans to double its staff, target safety net programs
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159032671/doge-plans-to-double-its-staff-target-safety-net-programs

" #Musk also telegraphed DOGE’s designs on dramatically reducing social #safety net programs...

Earlier this month, he described #SocialSecurity as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” So far, DOGE’s work has served as a form of austerity theater, which — while destructive — has done very little to reduce federal spending."

#ElonMusk #Doge #Trump #GOP #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #US #USA
Sub-heading and text from article(edited for length): DOGE plans to double its staff, target safety net programs During a Monday appearance on Fox Business, Musk boasted that staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have now been installed at “pretty much” every federal agency... Musk also telegraphed DOGE’s designs on dramatically reducing social safety net programs. “Most of the federal spending is entitlements. So that’s the big one to eliminate. That’s the sort of half trillion, maybe six, $700 billion,” he told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow. The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted that it will only cut fraudulent entitlement spending. But that does not mesh with Musk’s desire to see entitlements reduced by at least $500 billion, as that level of fraud simply does not exist. Thus, the issue comes down to how broadly Musk and Trump define fraud. Musk’s definition appears to include a sizable portion of legitimate entitlement spending. Earlier this month, he described Social Security as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” So far, DOGE’s work has served as a form of austerity theater, which — while destructive — has done very little to reduce federal spending. To shrink the social safety net and thus substantially reduce the budget, DOGE and the White House would likely need congressional action... Regardless, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is a major DOGE target.

The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership

At the outset of Elon Musk’s work for the White House, a reasonable person would have predicted a certain amount of graft.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #safety #corruption #Coup #socialsecurity #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
USPS Makes Alarming Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE

US Postmaster General #LouisDeJoy is welcoming DOGE with open arms.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192777/usps-deal-elon-musk-doge-cuts

"DeJoy said... #DOGE was “an effort aligned” with... shrinking the USPS,

#Musk also believes that the #USPS should be privatized...

#Privatization... would raise prices, hurt postal workers, and negatively impact #rural communities, who are served by USPS thanks to the #Constitution and federal #law."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: USPS Makes Alarming Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is welcoming DOGE with open arms. by Hafiz Rashid March 14, 2025 / 12:58 p.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #usps #us #usa #uspol #law #rural #constitution #Coup #privatization #doge #louisdejoy
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159032671/two-lawsuits-could-provide-further-insight-into-doge

"US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan ordered #Musk and his #DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans...seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”

...US District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #USPol #USPolitics #Lawsuit #Law #FOIA #News #US #USA
Sub-heading and text(edited for length): Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE On Wednesday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Musk and his DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans to slash federal agencies. The order seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.” From Politico: "[Chutkan’s order] is a win for a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys general who are suing President Donald Trump, Musk and DOGE, arguing that Musk has unconstitutionally wielded immense power in ways that are damaging their states. Any information the states glean as a result of Chutkan’s decision will help her determine whether to block Musk and DOGE’s government activities altogether. It’s the first time a judge has ordered Musk to produce documents in a court challenge to his aggressive campaign to slash and reshape the federal bureaucracy." Musk and DOGE have three weeks to fulfill the discovery requests. ...a Monday night ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests... Remarking on the initiative’s “unusual secrecy,” Cooper wrote in a 37-page opinion that DOGE has exercised “unprecedented” authority without congressional input. “The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions, in turn, requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” the judge wrote. “That is especially so given the secrecy with which DOGE has operated.”

The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership

At the outset of Elon Musk’s work for the White House, a reasonable person would have predicted a certain amount of graft.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #uspol #law #corruption #Coup #lawsuit #uspolitics #FOIA #chutkan #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Trump and Musk Are Getting Their Butts Royally Spanked in the Courts

Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. Look beyond Capitol Hill: The resistance, in fact, is strong.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192759/trump-musk-doge-court-rulings-butts-spanked

"Granted, these are temporary injunctions... But if the way the arguments unfolded Thursday is any indication... the administration has a long way to go in making arguments the #court will find credible."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #USPol #Lawsuits #Law #News #US #USA
Headline: Trump and Musk Are Getting Their Butts Royally Spanked in the Courts Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. Look beyond Capitol Hill: The resistance, in fact, is strong. by Michael Tomasky March 14, 2025 / 10:28 a.m. ET
#news #trump #elonmusk #us #usa #uspol #law #corruption #Coup #lawsuits #court
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
The People Trump and DOGE Hurt
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-people-trump-and-doge-hurt

"when fair #housing groups lose... funding, a lot of people suffer as a result...

This isn’t about making #government more effective. It’s about #cruelty. That’s the point... leaving families without a #safety net and putting countless lives and futures at risk. The freeze would have devastating consequences for millions of #Americans, regardless of political affiliation."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline and text from article: The People Trump and DOGE Hurt by Joyce Vance Mar 14, 2025 Four members of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after HUD, with no warning, terminated Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) grants. More than $30 million in congressionally authorized funding to fair housing groups was suddenly withdrawn. Those funds are used to fight housing discrimination and enforce fair housing laws across the country. That’s a lot of acronyms in one sentence. And even though we get that when fair housing groups lose $30 million in funding, a lot of people suffer as a result, sometimes we need to see that impact in more personal terms for it to truly sink in.

The People Trump and DOGE Hurt

Four members of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after HUD, with no warning, terminated Fair Housing Initiatives…
Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #housing #americans #government #safety #cruelty #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Hit Team Saving Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
https://www.newsweek.com/musk-doge-ukraine-children-2045330

"The #Ukrainian government has said that nearly 20,000 #children have been abducted by #Russia from the occupied territories of #Ukraine since the start of the war as part of a program to eradicate Ukrainian identity...

The decision to cut funding for the #US program could harm Ukraine's ability to reunite children with their #families."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Corruption #Trump #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Hit Team Saving Kidnapped Ukrainian Children Published Mar 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM EDT Updated Mar 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM EDT

Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Hit Team Saving Kidnapped Ukrainian Children

The work of a Yale University team that helped rescue Ukrainian children abducted by Russia has been defunded, according to reports.
Brendan Cole (Newsweek)
#ukraine #russia #news #trump #musk #elonmusk #children #us #usa #uspol #ukrainian #corruption #families #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut.
That Isn’t True.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&smid=url-share

“No one has died as a result of a brief pause to do a sanity check on foreign aid funding,” #ElonMusk said. “No one.”

That is not true... the efforts by #Musk & #Trump are already leading children to die...

Peter Donde was a 10-year-old..
Achol Deng, an 8-year-old girl...
Inyaa, a 35-year-old single mom, and her 5-year-old son, Evan Anzoo...
[and more]"

#Doge #Death #USAID #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
Nicholas Kristof (The New York Times)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #politics #usa #uspol #death #usaid #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
" #USAID was established to advance our national interests as well as our values, & its demolition means that the #UnitedStates loses soft power & #China gains...

#America spends just 0.24% of gross national income on humanitarian aid. We properly honor a firefighter who saves a single child, but three cheers for us as taxpayers for rescuing millions of #children around the world from AIDS, starvation & disease.

That is, until January."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&smid=url-share

#Musk #Doge #Trump #USPol #News
Text from article(edited for length): ...but why is it our job to keep kids alive in poor countries? There are two answers to that. The first is that USAID was established to advance our national interests as well as our values, and its demolition means that the United States loses soft power and China gains... Antiterrorism programs in Syria and West Africa are faltering and may lead to new attacks on Americans. Surveillance for early detection of avian flu and Ebola are weakened, and an epidemic of either disease could reach America and cost billions of dollars. Trump’s defunding of the polio eradication effort may lead, by one USAID official’s estimate, to 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year. ...aid stoppage could lead to nearly a one-third increase in tuberculosis cases. Some of those will reach the United States and lead to enormous expense — a single case of extensively drug-resistant TB can cost $500,000 to manage. The second answer to that query reflects not a calculation of self-interest but the moral code we live by. In this century, we are all blessed with miraculous, almost biblical powers: We can heal the sick and save children’s lives, all inexpensively: America spends just 0.24% of gross national income on humanitarian aid. We properly honor a firefighter who saves a single child, but three cheers for us as taxpayers for rescuing millions of children around the world from AIDS, starvation and disease. That is, until January.

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
Nicholas Kristof (The New York Times)
#news #trump #musk #children #uspol #china #america #unitedstates #usaid #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"I find it odious when the world’s richest man cackles about #America shoving programs for needy children “into the wood chipper.”

When you meet those dying #children and look into their eyes and hold their hands and feel faint heartbeats flutter, you can’t bear the gleeful laughter. You see children just like your own and hang your head in shame."

#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&smid=url-share

#ElonMusk #Musk #Corruption #Coup #Cruelty #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #USAID #News #US #USA
Text from article: I recognize we cannot save every hungry child around the world. I agree that U.S.A.I.D. is imperfect and should be reformed. I appreciate that helping people is harder than it looks. I understand that there are difficult trade-offs in allocating tax dollars. Yet I think most Americans would both welcome some reforms and also be proud to see how we save the lives of hungry children and sick orphans around the world by allocating just 24 cents of every $100 of national income to aid. And I find it odious when the world’s richest man cackles about America shoving programs for needy children “into the wood chipper.” When you meet those dying children and look into their eyes and hold their hands and feel faint heartbeats flutter, you can’t bear the gleeful laughter. You see children just like your own and hang your head in shame.

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
Nicholas Kristof (The New York Times)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #children #us #politics #usa #uspol #america #GiftLink #corruption #Coup #giftarticle #cruelty #usaid
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Team finding kidnapped Ukrainian children scrapped by Doge

Humanitarian Research Lab based at #Yale University is latest organisation to fall victim to federal budget cuts
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/03/14/team-finding-kidnapped-ukrainian-children-cut-by-doge/

"more than 20,000 #Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by the Russians since the 2022 invasion...

The Yale team located hundreds of #children who were unlawfully brought to #Russia...

In all, around 1,240 have been repatriated."

#ElonMusk #Doge #Russia #Musk #Corruption #Politics #News #US #USA
Headline and text from article: Team finding kidnapped Ukrainian children scrapped by Doge Humanitarian Research Lab based at Yale University is latest organisation to fall victim to federal budget cuts by Benedict Smith. David Millward, US Correspondent 14 March 2025 9:17pm GMT A taskforce which helped find hundreds of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia has been scrapped by Elon Musk’s Doge. The Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), which was based at Yale University is the latest organisation to fall victim to the tech billionaire’s evisceration of the federal budget. It is estimated that more than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by the Russians since the 2022 invasion. “Researchers at the Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) were notified recently that government funding for their work on the war in Ukraine has been discontinued,” a Yale spokesman said.
#russia #news #musk #elonmusk #children #us #politics #usa #ukrainian #corruption #yale #doge
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Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/who-doge-hurts-gutting-noaa

"the #NOAA was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers...

People who live in #hurricane & #tornado country keep their “NOAA #weather radios” handy...

In theory, it sounds like one more bad thing to worry about. In practice, it’s much worse. We’ve just had a demonstration of precisely how effective NOAA is & what we stand to lose without it."

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #Disasters #Climate #News #US #USA
Headline and text from article: Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA by Joyce Vance Mar 16, 2025 On March 12, there was reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's "reductions in force" directive to federal agencies. Cuts like that call into question whether NOAA will continue to provide the early warnings and predictive modeling that help people prepare for weather emergencies in advance. People who live in hurricane and tornado country keep their “NOAA weather radios” handy, and they are especially important for events that occur, as they frequently do, when most of us are asleep. In theory, it sounds like one more bad thing to worry about. In practice, it’s much worse. We’ve just had a demonstration of precisely how effective NOAA is and what we stand to lose without it. Beginning on Friday, violent, long-track tornadoes with damaging winds of up to 80 mph and large hail materialized across the Midwest and South. This was the news Friday night. NOAA’s early warning system, transmitted on social media, radio, television, and by word of mouth, kept it from being much worse.

Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA

On March 12, there was reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's "reductions in force" directive to federal agencies.
Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
#news #trump #musk #gop #climate #us #politics #usa #uspol #weather #tornado #corruption #Coup #disasters #noaa #hurricane #doge
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"Mother Nature doesn’t care who you voted for. If there’s a #tornado headed your direction, you need access to early #warning systems. Gutting #NOAA means you won’t have that...

"NOAA is [already] down about 2,000 employees since January “as a result of the first round of the #Trump administration's cuts”..."This is not about efficiency & it's certainly not about waste, fraud & abuse. This is taking programs that people depend on to save lives & emasculating them"

#Musk #Doge #Trump #News #US
Text from article: Apparently, the Trump administration is not concerned with that. ABC is reporting that NOAA is down about 2,000 employees since January “as a result of the first round of the Trump administration's cuts.” California Congressman Jared Huffman, who chairs one of the relevant House subcommittees, said, "There is no way to absorb cuts of this magnitude without cutting into these core missions. This is not about efficiency and it's certainly not about waste, fraud and abuse. This is taking programs that people depend on to save lives and emasculating them." Cuts that sound like a good idea to Elon Musk and Donald Trump have real impacts on the rest of us. That is only just beginning to dawn on people, who I’m sure you’re hearing, like I am, saying, “But I didn’t vote for this.” Trump 2.0, as I’ve written previously, isn’t a pick-your-own-adventure experience. You go to the carnival, you get all of the rides. We were fortunate last night. Everyone in our house (chickens included) is okay, we just have a little cleanup to do. But so many people weren’t that lucky. They lost houses and lives. They will need support from FEMA and other federal services. If DOGE continues its romp through essential federal work that we, as taxpayers, fund and rely on, it’s only going to get worse.
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"Necessary": Musk calls for judge who blocked Trump deportations to be impeached

The billionaire shared a post from a #Republican congressman seeking to impeach the Obama appointee
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/16/necessary-musk-calls-for-blocked-deportations-to-be-impeached/

" #Musk shared Gill's post... announcing the planned #impeachment move, calling the action "necessary."

Musk's response comes shortly after a judge ordered the #Trump administration to reinstate scores of probationary workers fired using #DOGE 's blunt methods."

#ElonMusk #Corruption #News
Headline from Salon: "Necessary": Musk calls for judge who blocked Trump deportations to be impeached The billionaire shared a post from a Republican congressman seeking to impeach the Obama appointee By Alex Galbraith Published March 16, 2025 11:40AM (EDT)

"Necessary": Elon Musk calls for judge who blocked Trump deportations to be impeached

The billionaire shared a post from a Republican congressman seeking to impeach the Obama appointee.
Salon.com
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #republican #corruption #impeachment #doge
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Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide

The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/technology/elon-musk-x-post-hitler-stalin-mao.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.RW-P.VV-Qk7n8s5HK&smid=bs-share

"Musk shared the post without any other comment. He removed it soon after users on X criticized the post, saying it was #antisemitic and dismissive of #genocide."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #genocide #corruption #antisemitic
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DOGE Is Making It Harder to Track Extreme Weather. What Could Go Wrong?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/weather-service-doge-cuts.html

"These cuts threaten your budget, too. #Insurance companies rely heavily on #data gathered by #NOAA and the #US Geological Survey to assess wildfire, flood, wind and other risks. Some firms are warning that any interruption in data availability could drive insurance premiums for customers even higher."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Trump #GOP #USPol #Weather #Climate #News #US #USA
Headline and photo with credit. Headline: DOGE Is Making It Harder to Track Extreme Weather. What Could Go Wrong? March 17, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET Photo: A collage of a photo of the Earth surrounded by blue-gloved hands holding stethoscopes on a static background. Credit: Shannon Lin/The New York Times ...Illustration by Shannon Lin/The New York Times; source images by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images, nisara Tangtrakul/Getty Images, nndanko/Getty Images, lusia599/Getty Images, herstockart/Getty Images
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #data #climate #us #usa #uspol #weather #insurance #noaa #doge
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Top broadband official exits Commerce Dept with sharp #Musk warning

“Stranding all or part of rural #America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/16/official-exits-commerce-department-musk-warning-00232278

" #Trump administration is poised to unduly enrich #ElonMusk ’s satellite #internet company w/money for #rural broadband.

The #technology offered by #Starlink, Musk’s company, is inferior"

#Corruption #News
Headline from Politico: Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #rural #technology #america #corruption #internet #starlink
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Some Federal Office Leases Restored After Pushback to Musk Team’s Cuts

The chaotic effort to reduce the govt’s real estate portfolio is another example of the setbacks the admn has faced as officials try to carry out Trump’s agenda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/musk-doge-lease-terminations.html

"turnabout comes after [ #Doge]... released a list of... 440 fed properties that could be sold off, incl several HQs for cabinet-level depts, before removing the entire inventory the next day w/little explanation."

#Musk #News #USPol #USA
Headline and photo with caption. Headline: Some Federal Office Leases Restored After Pushback to Musk Team’s Cuts The chaotic effort to reduce the government’s real estate portfolio is another example of the setbacks the administration has faced as officials try to carry out President Trump’s agenda. Photo: Men wearing hard hats stand on a metal platform while working on a large silver container. Caption: The potential cancellation of the lease for a Department of Energy office in Carlsbad, N.M., raised alarms among some lawmakers because the office is responsible for the nation’s only permanent underground repository for nuclear weapons waste. Credit: Michael Stravato for The New York Times
#news #musk #usa #uspol #doge
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DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers & Safety Experts

Firings & buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Safety Admn amid a major effort to upgrade America’s #nuclear arsenal. Critics say it shows the consequences of heedlessly cutting the federal work force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/federal-job-cuts-nuclear-bomb-engineers-scientists.html

"Officials had initially expected that the nuclear agency’s #NationalSecurity mission would protect it from layoffs."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #Security #News #USA
Headline: DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Safety Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s nuclear arsenal. Critics say it shows the consequences of heedlessly cutting the federal work force.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #uspol #nationalsecurity #security #nuclear #doge
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Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 16, 2025
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2025/03/16

#ElonMusk, #Doge & the #Trump administration are skewered in #Doonesbury #Comic strip.

"In just seven years, we shrunk the federal workforce by 426,000, consolidated 800 agencies and eliminated 640,000 pages of rules...

And you didn't notice because the process was carefully planned and responsibly executed.

It never disrupted essential public services. Compare that to now."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #Humor #Comics
Part of the Doonesbury Comic Strip for March 16, 2025. Six of the eight panes are shown (four completely, two partialy). In the first two panes Mark, the radio host, answers a call from Al Gore. Third pane: Mark asks, "So, Al, wasn't government reform once your jam?" Al replies,"It was, Mark. Reinvention was job one for me as veep." Fourth pane: Al continues,"In just seven years, we shrunk the federal workforce by 426,000, consolidated 800 agencies and eliminated 640,000 pages of rules. Fifth pane: Mark says, "Wait... What? Why didn't I know that?" Al replies,"Because you didn't notice at the time. Sixth pane: Al continues, "And you didn't notice because the process was carefully planned and responsibly executed." Top of the Seventh pane: Al continues,"It never disrupted essential public services. Compare that to now." Top of the eighth pane: Bits of chaos with a minion shouting, "Banana" and another one shouting, "Poopaye!"
#comics #comic #trump #musk #elonmusk #humor #uspol #corruption #Coup #doge #doonesbury
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DOGE’s Cuts at the #USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise & Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of #US Dept of #Agriculture employees, including food inspectors & disease-sniffing #dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports & pests to proliferate.
https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/

"the losses could cause #food to go rotten... even higher grocery #prices... potentially devastating invasive species getting into the country."

#Musk #Doge #Trump #USPol #News #USA #Dogs #Science
Headline and photo with caption from Wired: Headline: DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate. by Kate Knibbs Business Mar 17, 2025 6:00 AM Photo: A cute beagle in a US Customs and Border Protection vest. Caption: Jarvis, a beagle with US Customs and Border Protection, works in the baggage claim area at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.Photograph: Daniel Acker/Getty Images
#science #news #trump #musk #Dogs #us #usa #dog #agriculture #uspol #food #prices #usda #doge
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Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From #DOGE

Current & former employees, both #Republican & #Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency’s ability to serve the public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/business/social-security-doge-ssa.html

"Many current & former Social Security officials fear the cuts could create gaping holes in the agency’s #infrastructure, destabilizing the program, which keeps millions of people out of #poverty"

#Musk #Trump #GOP #USPol #SocialSecurity #News #USA
Headline from The New York Times: Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency’s ability to serve the public.
#news #trump #musk #gop #usa #uspol #poverty #infrastructure #republican #democratic #socialsecurity #doge
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These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration

The team working at the Social Security Admn appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any #government agency.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-operatives-access-social-security-administration/

"While it’s been unclear even to well-placed insiders what specifically #DOGE is doing inside the #SocialSecurity Admn, #Musk has repeatedly voiced his desire to “eliminate” large parts of the system"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline and photo with credit. Headline: These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency. by Makena Kelly and David Gilbert Politics Mar 13, 2025 7:57 PM Photo: The social security administration logo on a gray brick wall. Credit: Photograph: VALERIE MACON/Getty Images
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #socialsecurity #doge
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The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction

Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why #Musk wants to end #government by the people
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/

"what the #SiliconValley billionaire class considers "freedom cities" is simply neo-feudalism, a plan to end the concept of #citizenship & make every working person a serf whose entire life is controlled by the whims of their boss. "

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #Technology #News #USA
Headline from Salon: The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why Musk wants to end government by the people By Amanda Marcotte Senior Writer Published March 17, 2025 6:00AM (EDT)

Tech's dystopian plans for "freedom cities" expose why Musk wants to end government by the people

"These are going to be cities without democracy" — and Trump has already promised to give them to billionaires
Salon.com
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #uspol #technology #government #corruption #Coup #citizenship #siliconvalley
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"In the #tech bro world #ElonMusk comes from, the definition of "freedom" is that rich people get to treat everyone else however they like, without that pesky #government coming in to protect people's #safety, autonomy or civil #rights. As Duran explained in his newsletter, "These cities will be controlled entirely by tech #billionaires and #corporations, operating outside of #US laws.""
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Trump #GOP #Politics #News #USA
Text from article(edited for length): By design, the details of how "freedom cities" would be established are laden with legalese... In practice, the plan is straightforward. Advocates want the federal government to set aside land to build cities exempt from federal and state laws. Instead, the cities would function as mini-dictatorships, where the CEO of each town runs everything, and the people who live and work there are subject to the boss's whims. It would be like being an employee of a controlling company, except you don't clock out at the end of the day or have a life — or rights — outside of what the boss allows you. "These are going to be cities without democracy," journalist Gil Duran told Wired. He's spent years documenting how the Silicon Valley elite — along with politicians like Vice President JD Vance — have pushed the idea that democracy should be ended and replaced with governments run by all-powerful businessmen. "These are going to be cities where the owners of the city, the corporations, the billionaires have all the power and everyone else has no power." In the tech bro world Elon Musk comes from, the definition of "freedom" is that rich people get to treat everyone else however they like, without that pesky government coming in to protect people's safety, autonomy or civil rights. As Duran explained in his newsletter, "These cities will be controlled entirely by tech billionaires and corporations, operating outside of U.S. laws."

Tech's dystopian plans for "freedom cities" expose why Musk wants to end government by the people

"These are going to be cities without democracy" — and Trump has already promised to give them to billionaires
Salon.com
#fascism #news #trump #billionaires #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #tech #rights #government #safety #corruption #Coup #corporations #authoritarianism
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"It sounds too preposterous to believe, but ... #DonaldTrump loves the idea of creating cities that exist outside of federal authority, putting out a video in 2023 promising to give over federal lands to #oligarchs to begin their mini-dictatorships. #Tech executives, fueled by their ill-gotten #crypto gains, are heavily lobbying congressional #Republicans right now to make this #dystopian dream happen."
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Text from article(edited for length): It sounds too preposterous to believe, but Musk's close friend Peter Thiel has been spending lavishly on organizations designed to make it a reality. Pilot programs have begun to create artificial islands where the rich owners rule like kings. One such corporate city, named Próspera, has been built in Honduras, though the govt is currently trying to kick them out... And, of course, Donald Trump loves the idea of creating cities that exist outside of federal authority, putting out a video in 2023 promising to give over federal lands to oligarchs to begin their mini-dictatorships. Tech executives, fueled by their ill-gotten crypto gains, are heavily lobbying congressional Republicans right now to make this dystopian dream happen. ...Musk tends to project his sins onto people he dislikes. So it's telling that he has a particular obsession w/demonizing progressives, journalists, & pro-democracy activists as feudalists. He painted Tesla, a company he famously rules with nearly an iron fist, as an egalitarian workplace with "no lords & peasants," because there's no "special elevator only for senior executives." Tesla factory employees, however, make 30% less than autoworkers represented by unions, which Musk has aggressively opposed. He even joked openly w/ Trump about using illegal tactics to union-bust. Musk accused unions of creating "a lords and peasants sort of thing," as if allowing workers bargaining power turns executives into serfs.

Tech's dystopian plans for "freedom cities" expose why Musk wants to end government by the people

"These are going to be cities without democracy" — and Trump has already promised to give them to billionaires
Salon.com
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #crypto #Coup #republicans #dystopian #oligarchs
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The schools trying to teach America's kids to think like #ElonMusk
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-schools-trying-to-teach-americas

“We want to make something for the kids that we think are most likely to have a high impact, because we think those kids are underserved by the system, because there is this ideology of #equality or equity that's everywhere in #Education he said. “We're going to be totally fine if this thing helps the top 10% of kids more than it helps the bottom 10%.

We don't really care.”

#Musk #Corruption #News #US
Headline and text from article: The schools trying to teach America's kids to think like Elon Musk by Caleb Ecarma Mar 17, 2025 A “conundrum” that asks young school children whether humans would be better off being governed by an AI overlord. Another that revolves around the ethics of rigging an arcade game to make it unwinnable. And a third scenario on a company that uses its products to illicitly gather data from conversations its customers have in their homes. These are some of the “open-ended” questions — intended to have no right or wrong answers — that an Elon Musk-linked online education program poses to elementary and middle school-aged children. The Astra Nova School, a nonprofit built out of a school founded by Musk a decade ago, has spent the last few years churning out online curriculum with the goal of teaching American children to think more like Musk.
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #education #corruption #equality
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The Framers Had a Plan to Protect Us From Elon Musk

“If Trump gets away with doing this, we’re going back to the 18th century.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/elon-musk-appointments-clause-doge/

"Multiple challenges to #Musk & the actions of his #DOGE allege his vast authority violates the #AppointmentsClause, one of the #Constitutions key anti-corruption measures... which the framers crafted to prevent the kingly practice of handing #jobs & #authority to unaccountable allies"

#ElonMusk #Corruption #Coup #Trump #USPol #News #USA #US
Text from article: While this drama is spilling out in the press, it’s legally relevant. Multiple challenges to Musk and the actions of his Department of Government Efficiency allege his vast authority violates the Appointments Clause, one of the Constitutions key anti-corruption measures. Under this clause, which the framers crafted to prevent the kingly practice of handing jobs and authority to unaccountable allies, any officer of the United States must be formally nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Moreover, such appointees must fill a role created by Congress. Musk’s exercise of vast authority, at least four lawsuits allege, is unconstitutional, as he was neither confirmed by the Senate nor is he serving in any role Congress created. “You don’t have to stretch the text very far to see that there is a problem under [the Appointments Clause in] Article Two,” says Jed Shugerman, a law professor and historian at Boston University School of Law.

The framers had a plan to protect us from Elon Musk

“If Trump gets away with doing this, we're going back to the 18th century.”
Mother Jones
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #uspol #jobs #corruption #Coup #constitutions #doge #authority #appointmentsclause
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Why will it take DOGE three years to respond to a simple FOIA?
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/why-will-it-take-doge-three-years-to-respond-to-a-simple-foia/

"DOGE is “likely covered” by the Freedom of Information Act, and... cannot hide its records...

[DOGE] tried to argue it would take 3 years to respond to the #FOIA request, even if they fast-tracked their response...

Even if the recent ruling stands, we will have to keep a close eye on the myriad of ways #DOGE could continue to evade #public scrutiny"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA
Headline: FOIA Why will it take DOGE three years to respond to a simple FOIA? March 17, 2025 / Lauren Harper

Why will it take DOGE three years to respond to a simple FOIA?

Five important questions to ask about DOGE’s FOIA future
Freedom of the Press
#news #trump #musk #gop #usa #uspol #public #corruption #Coup #FOIA #doge
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Outgoing Commerce Official Shreds Elon Musk’s Starlink in Final Email

An official working on broadband expansion brutally condemned #Musk.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192819/commerce-official-elon-musk-starlink

" #ElonMusk intends to get rich at the expense of rural #Americans...

“Stranding all or part of rural #America with worse #internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Feinman wrote"

#Starlink #Corruption #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Outgoing Commerce Official Shreds Elon Musk’s Starlink in Final Email An official working on broadband expansion brutally condemned Musk. by Edith Olmsted March 17, 2025 / 11:12 a.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #uspol #america #americans #corruption #internet #starlink
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‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how #government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
https://www.wired.com/story/federal-auditors-doge-elon-musk/

"federal #auditors with years of #experience... say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual #audit looks like...

“Honestly, comparing real #auditing to what #DOGE is doing, there’s no comparison... None of them are auditors”

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #US
Headline and photo with credit. Headline: ‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite. by Vittoria Elliott Politics Mar 18, 2025 4:04 PM Photo: A protestor holds up a red sign with a photo of Musk's face and the phrase, "I am stealing from you." Credit: Photograph: Jim WATSON/Getty Images
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #experience #doge #auditors #audit #auditing
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