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An un-elected South African immigrant is illegally taking control over US #government agencies:
#ElonMusk is undermining the US Constitution's separation of powers and its system of checks & balances.

This is the beginning of 5th Elon Musk thread.

Here are links to previous threads:

1st thread: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113934284003400421

2nd thread: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113951618453636625

3rd thread: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113963233763918473

4th thread: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113980599958766875

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Crime #Trump #Politics #US #News #USA
Meme with text in the form of a news headline. An un-elected South African immigrant is illegally taking control over US government agencies Elon Musk is undermining the US Constitution's separation of powers and its system of checks & balances.

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu@newsie.social)

Attached: 1 image "A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions.
Newsie
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #politics #usa #crime #government #corruption #Coup
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Trump’s Declaration Allows Musk’s Efficiency Team to Skirt Open Records Laws

Govt watchdog groups say they will challenge the Trump administration’s decision to put the initiative under the Presidential Records Act, which shields its work from public disclosure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-foia-public-records.html

"In October, #ElonMusk preached...

“All #government data should be default public for maximum transparency”

...White House designated...#DOGE... insulated from public records requests"

#Musk #Coup #News #US
News headline: Trump’s Declaration Allows Musk’s Efficiency Team to Skirt Open Records Laws Government watchdog groups say they will challenge the Trump administration’s decision to put the initiative under the Presidential Records Act, which shields its work from public disclosure.
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #government #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
D’oh!: Musky Clown Show Temporarily Disrupts Firings at TTS
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doh-musky-clown-show-temporarily-disrupts-firings-at-tts

"And they couldn’t easily ask their supervisors what was up since their supervisors hadn’t been looped in on the fact that members of their teams had been fired...

... #ThomasShedd, the #Musk associate appointed as the new head of #TTS, sent a message this afternoon to the whole team that it turns out … well, they’re not quite fired yet. “We don’t yet have the go-ahead from HR”

#ElonMusk #Coup #News #US #USA
Text from article: More clown show breaking this afternoon out of TTS, the in-show tech consultancy housed within GSA. I told you last night that the new leadership had started firing people yesterday starting with a few dozen probationers — people in their first year on the job who are easier to fire under Civil Service law. But apparently the new bosses are still learning how to do things, most specifically, how to fire people. Yesterday the fired staffers found out about their terminations when they were summoned to hastily arranged meetings in which they were verbally told they were fired. But then people started to notice that the formal letters of termination they were told to expect weren’t showing up in their inboxes. And they couldn’t easily ask their supervisors what was up since their supervisors hadn’t been looped in on the fact that members of their teams had been fired in the first place. So what happened? It seems that the new bosses got down to firing people before they learned how you fire people. Finally Thomas Shedd, the Musk associate who was appointed as the new head of TTS, sent a message this afternoon to the whole team that it turns out … well, they’re not quite fired yet. “We don’t yet have the go-ahead from HR,” a presumably somewhat sad-sack Shedd Slacked colleagues a bit after 2 this afternoon.

D’oh!: Musky Clown Show Temporarily Disrupts Firings at TTS

More clown show breaking this afternoon out of TTS, the in-show tech consultancy housed within GSA. I told you last night that the new leadership had started…
Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #Coup #tts #thomasshedd
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
WTF Was Elon Musk Doing Meeting With India’s Modi?

#ElonMusk appeared to have a conversation with India’s prime minister about how to make himself richer.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191521/elon-musk-meeting-india-narendra-modi

"If the #tech mogul is meeting leaders like #Modi in Washington, D.C., he is effectively acting like a diplomat... but in his own interests rather than those of the country...

Modi is meeting with #Musk before #Trump"

#Coup #Corruption #GOP #Politics #Fascism #News #US #USA #USPol #USNews
News headline: WTF Was Elon Musk Doing Meeting With India’s Modi? Elon Musk appeared to have a conversation with India’s prime minister about how to make himself richer. by Hafiz Rashid February 13, 2025 / 3:23 p.m. ET
#fascism #news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #corruption #Coup #usnews #modi
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Say what this is: a coup.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/say-what-it-is-a-coup

"Elon Musk’s meddling into the machinery of #government is a part of the #coup. #Musk & his muskrats have no legal right to break into the... sensitive #data systems they’re invading...

#Americans have entrusted our private information to professional civil servants who are bound by #law to use it only for the purposes to which it is intended. In the wrong hands... it could be used to control or mislead Americans."

#ElonMusk #News #USPol #USA
Text from article: Elon Musk’s meddling into the machinery of government is a part of the coup. Musk and his muskrats have no legal right to break into the federal payments system or any of the other sensitive data systems they’re invading, for which they continue to gather computer code. This data is the lifeblood of our government. It is used to pay Social Security and Medicare. It measures inflation and jobs. Americans have entrusted our private information to professional civil servants who are bound by law to use it only for the purposes to which it is intended. In the wrong hands, without legal authority, it could be used to control or mislead Americans.

Say what this is: a coup.

Friends,
Robert Reich
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court
https://newrepublic.com/article/191528/elon-musk-judicial-crisis-roberts

"Musk’s strategy w/ #DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage... that #Congress, the #courts... can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach...

#Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the #Constitution works... After all, he grew up in apartheid-era #SouthAfrica"

#ElonMusk #News
Text from article: Musk’s strategy with DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage—with dismantled agencies, fired employees, harvested data, frozen payments, and so on—that Congress, the courts, and a future Democratic administration can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach. You can’t “move fast and break things,” as Silicon Valley’s ruling class likes to put it, if you have to comply with pesky bureaucratic and statutory requirements. But it also seems to run deeper than that. Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the Constitution works. Some unfamiliarity is understandable: After all, he grew up in apartheid-era South Africa and did not receive an American civics education. His reflexive accusation that the judges are engaged in corruption merely for ruling against him and the administration is straight out of an authoritarian playbook.

How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court

The mogul seems bent on pushing the Trump White House into a nuclear confrontation with the federal judiciary. He has the chief justice to thank.
The New Republic
#news #musk #elonmusk #congress #courts #constitution #southafrica #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website:
"These 'experts' left their database open."
https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/

"The doge.gov website... is insecure & pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone...

doge.gov is seemingly built on a #Cloudflare Pages site that is not currently hosted on government servers...

#DOGE has secured administrator access to the codebases at various #government agencies, including the Dept of Treasury."

#Musk #Coup #Tech #Data #Politics #News #USA #Press
News headline: DOGE Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website "These 'experts' left their database open." by Jason Koebler Feb 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website

"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
Jason Koebler (404 Media)
#news #musk #data #politics #press #usa #tech #cloudflare #government #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Musk Watch: Depress the workforce and increase attrition
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/157114830/depress-the-workforce-and-increase-attrition

"The plan is simple: Browbeat workers into resigning by simultaneously banning remote work and closing federal office buildings, ensuring that many civil servants are truly incapable of performing their jobs. Their intended replacements? AI, of course.

"The end goal is replacing the human workforce with machines""

#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #Tech #Technology #AI #Government #Politics #US #USA #USNews #USPol #News
Headline and text from article: Headline: ‘Depress the workforce and increase attrition’ Text: How DOGE plans to cull the federal workforce was captured succinctly by a Washington Post report this week. The report cited sources familiar with DOGE who say the outfit wants "to depress workforce morale and increase attrition." The plan is simple: Browbeat workers into resigning by simultaneously banning remote work and closing federal office buildings, ensuring that many civil servants are truly incapable of performing their jobs. Their intended replacements? AI, of course. "The end goal is replacing the human workforce with machines," a U.S. official told the newspaper. "Everything that can be machine-automated will be. And the technocrats will replace the bureaucrats." On Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management advised agencies to fire most "probationary" staff — a group of about 200,000 federal workers who generally have less than one year of service. The final decision is being left to agency heads, but several have already fired probationary staffers.

The Week in Musk: "Some of the things that I say will be incorrect"

"Some of the things that I say will be incorrect," Elon Musk admitted during a bizarre Tuesday press conference on the U.S.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #musk #elonmusk #ai #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #technology #government #Coup #usnews
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?

Uncertainty About Access & Authority Will Worry Allies and Tempt Adversaries
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/elon-musk-does-doge-pose-national-security-risk

"what the #intelligence agencies of US allies & adversaries see when [ #Trump] grants sweeping access... to a team of young people who have no #government experience... and who work for an unelected figure w/extensive personal financial interests... American adversaries surely see an espionage & blackmail bonanza."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Security #US
News headline: Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk? Uncertainty About Access and Authority Will Worry Allies and Tempt Adversaries by James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders February 7, 2025 (Sorry, this one's a bit late)

Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk? Uncertainty About Access and Authority Will Worry Allies and Tempt Adversaries

Uncertainty about access and authority will worry allies and tempt adversaries.
James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders (Foreign Affairs Magazine)
#trump #musk #us #intelligence #security #government #corruption #Coup
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
What Will DOGE’s Moves on Government Agencies Mean for OSHA?

Unions took to the streets—and the courts—to try to keep Elon Musk’s initiative out of the Labor Department.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-will-doges-moves-on-government-agencies-mean-for-osha

"Occupational Safety & #Health Administration, a branch of the #Labor Department... has repeatedly fined Musk’s companies for serious #safety violations...

#SpaceX... had an injury rate 6 times higher than the industry average...

#OSHA has also fined... #Tesla ...[&] the Boring Company."

#Musk #News
News headline: The Lede What Will DOGE’s Moves on Government Agencies Mean for OSHA? Unions took to the streets—and the courts—to try to keep Elon Musk’s initiative out of the Labor Department. By Eyal Press February 10, 2025
#news #musk #health #labor #tesla #spacex #safety #OSHA
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
How Elon Musk’s crusade against government could benefit Tesla
https://apnews.com/article/musk-trump-tesla-investigations-doge-crashes-f0c49a8fdf900d72eac541e4f699c5ac

"On the potential chopping block: crash investigations into Tesla’s partially automated vehicles...

safety advocates... credit the federal investigations & recalls with saving lives...

“Musk wants to run the Department of #Transportation... I’ve lost count of the number of investigations that are underway with #Tesla. They will all be gone.”

#Musk #Corruption #Coup #government #Politics #News #US #USA
News headline and photo with caption. Headline: Politics How Elon Musk’s crusade against government could benefit Tesla By Kimberly Kindy and Brian Slodysko Updated 11:07 PM CST, February 10, 2025 Photo: A wrecked Tesla surrounded by firetrucks Caption: In this photo provided by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, firefighters work at the scene of a fatal accident involving a Tesla

How Tesla could benefit from Musk’s government dismantling efforts

Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles.
KIMBERLY KINDY (AP News)
#news #musk #transportation #us #politics #usa #tesla #government #corruption #Coup
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk’s #DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked

The DOGE.gov website is such a #coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191540/elon-musk-doge-website-hack

"unsurprising to anyone who has visited the DOGE.gov website since its inception—it looks like a high schooler could’ve made it...

“Tons of errors and details leaked in the page source code.”...

#Musk has yet to comment on the hacks as he continues promising “transparency.”"

#ElonMusk #Doge #Tech #Programming #Coup #News #US #USA
News headline: Elon Musk’s DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked The DOGE.gov website is such a coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over. by Malcolm Ferguson, February 14, 2025 / 9:01 a.m. ET
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #tech #coding #Coup #programming #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
US Judge Extends Order to Block #DOGE From Treasury Department Data

A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the #data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the #US Treasury Department.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-treasury-department-data-access-denied/

"When Vargas asked... the #DOJ attorney representing #Trump... whether any DOGE-accessed information had been shared outside of the #Treasury Department, he said: “The short answer on that is we don’t presently know.”"

#Musk #Coup #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #USA
News headline: US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury Department. by Victoria Bekiempis Politics Feb 14, 2025 4:49 PM
#news #trump #musk #data #us #politics #usa #uspol #Coup #usnews #doj #doge #treasury
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-doge-posts-classified-data-on-its-new-website/ar-AA1z4LWL

"Elon Musk’s team... has posted classified information about the size & staff of a #US intelligence agency on its new website...

#Musk can’t claim he wasn’t aware that the National Reconnaissance Office is one of the nation’s #intelligence agencies. His company, #SpaceX, has a $1.8 billion contract with #NRO to build hundreds of spy satellites."

#ElonMusk #Data #Coup #Tech #Government #Politics #News #US #USA
News headline: Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website Story by Jennifer Bendery • 3h • 3 min read
#news #musk #elonmusk #data #us #politics #usa #tech #intelligence #spacex #government #Coup #nro
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE Chaotic Cuts Have Locked Federal Workers Out of News Outlets

Foreign service workers are flying blind now.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191561/doge-locks-out-federal-workers-news-sources

"The #Trump administration has cut news access to some #American foreign service employees, even as they clamor that the up-to-date #information is essential for their work."

#Musk #Doge #Coup #News #Media #Press #Government #Politics #US #USA
News headline: DOGE Chaotic Cuts Have Locked Federal Workers Out of News Outlets Foreign service workers are flying blind now. by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling February 14, 2025 / 12:33 p.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #us #politics #press #usa #media #government #american #Coup #information #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO

...DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group...
https://www.wired.com/story/musk-krause-treasury-bfs-conflict-of-interest/

"That role was previously occupied by David Lebryk, who resigned after refusing to allow Musk’s... #DOGE access to sensitive systems w/in the #Treasury Department...

Krause retaining his job in addition to serving in the #government... a massive conflict of interest."

#Musk #Corruption #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA
News headline: Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group. Critics believe this could be a massive conflict of interest. by Vittoria Elliott Politics Feb 14, 2025 11:56 AM
#news #musk #us #usa #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #doge #treasury
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Judge Who Made Life Hell for Trump Will Oversee Case on Elon Musk

A major lawsuit against Elon Musk just got assigned to his new nightmare: Judge Tanya Chutkan.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191559/judge-tanya-chutkan-case-lawsuit-elon-musk

"Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over Trump’s federal election interference case, was assigned the federal #lawsuit filed by 14 states against [Trump] and #Musk, attacking the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s authority."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Doge #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
News headline: Judge Who Made Life Hell for Trump Will Oversee Case on Elon Musk A major lawsuit against Elon Musk just got assigned to his new nightmare: Judge Tanya Chutkan. by Hafiz Rashid February 14, 2025 / 1:36 p.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #politics #usa #government #Coup #lawsuit #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk's #DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-agencies-musk-doge-targeted-list-2025-2

#NASA

Dept of #Education

US Agency for International Development ( #USAID)

Federal Aviation Administration ( #FAA)

#Treasury Dept

Federal Emergency Management Agency ( #FEMA)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( #NOAA)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB)

the federal workforce

and #DEI initiatives.

#Musk #Coup #Government #News #US
News headline: Politics Elon Musk's DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far. by Grace Eliza Goodwin Feb 14, 2025, 4:22 PM CT

The federal agencies Musk's DOGE has targeted so far

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government spending.
Grace Eliza Goodwin (Business Insider)
#news #musk #us #education #nasa #government #Coup #CFPB #dei #noaa #faa #usaid #FEMA #doge #treasury
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla

Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, & fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/

"“While #Musk might get away with a [Nazi-like] salute in some parts of the world, European markets reject such behavior,” Kraaijvanger tells WIRED... He may be right. #Tesla sales are in free fall in Europe"

#ElonMusk #Press
News headline: Gear Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business. by Carlton Reid Feb 14, 2025 5:22 AM

Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla

Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
Carlton Reid (WIRED)
#musk #elonmusk #press #tesla
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Stop the coup" rally protesting President Trump and Elon Musk draws hundreds in Boston
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/rally-protest-donald-trump-elon-musk-boston/

"Hundreds of rally-goers gathered on the icy #Boston Common Friday to voice their frustrations with #DonaldTrump and... [South African immigrant] turned White House official #ElonMusk...

Their hope is that the power of their voice will create change.

"At the end of the day, our founding fathers put the people in charge," said Bright."

#Resist #Resistance #Musk #Coup #News #US #USA
News headline and video still. Headline: Local News "Stop the coup" rally protesting President Trump and Elon Musk draws hundreds in Boston By Tiffany Chan February 14, 2025 / 5:13 PM EST / CBS Boston Video still: A protestor holds up a sign that says, "We the people demand our Constitution stand"

"Stop the coup" rally protesting President Trump and Elon Musk draws hundreds in Boston

Hundreds of rally-goers gathered on the icy Boston Common Friday to voice their frustrations with President Donald Trump and billionaire turned White House official Elon Musk.
Tiffany Chan (CBS News)

LukefromDC hat dies geteilt

Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE software approval alarms Labor Dept employees

Elon Musk’s #DOGE subordinates received approval to use #software at the Labor Dept that could be used to transfer large amounts of #data...
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/doge-software-approval-alarms-labor-department-employees-data-security-rcna191583

"The approval for Musk’s team to use the remote-access and file-transfer software, known as PuTTY, has alarmed... #Labor Dept’s career employees...

“This is completely opposite of what we’d do to protect #privacy.”"

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Tech #Security #News #USA #US
News headline: Security DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees Elon Musk’s DOGE subordinates received approval to use software at the Labor Department that could be used to transfer large amounts of data, two employees said.

DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees

Elon Musk’s DOGE received approval from the Department of Labor to use software that could allow it to transfer vast amounts of data.
David Ingram (NBC News)
#news #musk #privacy #data #software #us #usa #tech #labor #security #corruption #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone

DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/doges-gov-site-lampooned-as-coders-quickly-realize-it-can-be-edited-by-anyone/

"DOGE appears to have skipped #security steps that are expected of #government websites. That pattern is troubling some federal workers...

makes it possible for bad actors to alter official databases of government information."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Programming #Tech #Data #Fail #News #US #USA
News headline: DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers. by Ashley Belanger – Feb 14, 2025 10:24 AM
#news #musk #elonmusk #data #us #usa #tech #security #fail #government #programming #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next

A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles & employees in offices that protect equal rights...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/15/doge-fire-federal-employees-trump-dei/

"DOGE aims to target staffers... who work in offices established by law to ensure equal rights...

#DOGE team members have identified swaths of #jobs & programs to eliminate that do not match Trump’s ideological views." [the #Nazi word for this is #Gleichschaltung]

#Coup #News
News headline from Washington Post: Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show. February 15, 2025 at 9:00
#news #nazi #jobs #Coup #doge #gleichschaltung
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
There’s a Term for What #Trump & #Musk Are Doing

How regime change happens in #America
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/

DOGE’s true purpose...

The only thing these policies will certainly do, & are clearly designed to do, is alter the behavior & values of the #CivilService.

Suddenly, & not accidentally, people who work for the #American federal #government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Doge #Politics #News #US #USPol
News headline and illustration with credit. Headline: There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America By Anne Applebaum Illustration: People ripping the Statue of Liberty from the ground by pulling at her neck with a rope. Credit: Illustration by Ben Hickey
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #politics #uspol #america #government #american #Coup #doge #civilservice
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"What the Lord established": Elon Musk is camouflaging a #ChristianNationalist takeover

Project 2025 was clear: First, #purge federal workers. Then replace them with theocrats & fanatics
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/14/what-the-lord-established-elon-musk-is-camouflaging-a-christian-nationalist-takeover/

"Musk is following the #Project2025 playbook...

The explicit plan is to replace federal workers who #Musk forces out with people who pass "ideological purity tests," largely based on their eagerness to make #America something very much like a #theocracy."

#ElonMusk #Coup #News #USA
News headline and photo illustration with credit. Headline: "What the Lord established": Elon Musk is camouflaging a Christian nationalist takeover Project 2025 was clear: First, purge federal workers. Then replace them with theocrats and fanatics By Amanda Marcotte Senior Writer Published February 14, 2025 5:59AM (EST) Photo: A creepy looking Elon musk standing in front of a scary red sky with a giant cross over his shoulder. Credit Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Elon Musk may look secular, but he's enacting a Christian nationalist agenda

How Elon Musk is camouflaging a Christian nationalist takeover
Salon.com
#news #musk #elonmusk #usa #america #Coup #theocracy #Project2025 #ChristianNationalist #purge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Trump Admits He Has No Idea Why Elon Musk Met With India’s Modi
https://newrepublic.com/post/191558/trump-no-idea-elon-musk-meeting-india-modi

"Modi was flanked by his entire foreign affairs team... facing some of Musk’s children, while #Musk & #Modi sat in the head chairs that the #president and a foreign dignitary usually sit in...

fuels the perception of #Trump as a simple figurehead while the...[South African immigrant] actually runs the show... One can only wonder how far this will go."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Politics #USPol #India #News #US #USA
News headline: Trump Admits He Has No Idea Why Elon Musk Met With India’s Modi Donald Trump isn’t watching over what Elon Musk is doing—even if that’s meeting with other world leaders. by Malcolm Ferguson February 14, 2025 / 12:11 p.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #politics #usa #uspol #India #Coup #president #modi
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-irs-extensive-system-access

#DOGE staffer #GavinKliger

"Their interest... included the operation of enforcements, it included #taxpayer service in terms of function & the personnel footprint, & they wanted extensive system access...

Levels of data protection at #IRS are higher than other agencies. … Not only is improper disclosure #illegal, but improper inspection of #data internally is illegal"

#Musk #Coup #News
News headline: Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS

Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS 

The Internal Revenue Service has now joined the list of federal agencies and offices experiencing life on the “DOGE” side.
Hunter Walker (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#news #musk #data #irs #Coup #illegal #doge #gavinkliger #taxpayer
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Elon Musk’s DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World

Elon Musk’s minions posted classified data on their website for anyone to see.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191580/elon-musk-doge-classified-us-intel-data-website

"this incident doesn’t speak well of the pseudo-agency’s #security procedures. The website has already been hacked by Thursday evening thanks to #coding vulnerabilities. And since #DOGE has gotten into all kinds of sensitive #data, every #American could be at risk."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #GOP #Politics #News #USPol #Press #USA
News headline from The New Republic: Elon Musk’s DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World Elon Musk’s minions posted classified data on their website for anyone to see. by Hafiz Rashid February 14, 2025 / 4:56 p.m. ET
#news #musk #elonmusk #gop #data #politics #press #usa #uspol #security #coding #american #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE Goes Nuclear and Fires DOE Staff in Charge of Our Own Nuclear Weapons
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/doge-goes-nuclear-and-fires-doe-staff

"another #DOGE mistake. They fired #nuclear staff without really knowing what they did, and then tried to rehire them. Outrageous!"

[ #video ]

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #Republicans #GOP #Politics #News #USPol #USNews #US #USA #Press
News headline: DOGE Goes Nuclear and Fires DOE Staff in Charge of Our Own Nuclear Weapons by Tim Miller Feb 15, 2025

DOGE Goes Nuclear and Fires DOE Staff in Charge of Our Own Nuclear Weapons

Tim Miller reacts to another DOGE mistake.
Tim Miller (The Bulwark)
#news #trump #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #press #usa #uspol #Video #corruption #Coup #republicans #nuclear #usnews #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
The federal #tech workers facing down DOGE

What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down

" #ElonMusk & #DOGE have infiltrated #government agency after govt agency... a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state...

carried out with no congressional #oversight and often in stark defiance of judicial orders. It’s been called a #coup, or an #autogolpe, a coup from inside, or American #authoritarianism"

#Musk #News #US #USA
Headline & text from article (edited for length): Headline: The federal tech workers facing down DOGE What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign Brian Merchant Feb 14, 2025 Text: Over the last few weeks, as Elon Musk & DOGE have infiltrated govt agency after govt agency, proclaiming their intent to slash budgets, cut jobs, & embrace AI, we’ve watched a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state unfold in real time. Now up to 200,000 workers are being targeted in mass layoffs. Much of the collective horror has stemmed from the broader implications this campaign—orchestrated by an unelected tech billionaire who has enriched himself with govt contracts—has for our democracy. It has after all been carried out with no congressional oversight & often in stark defiance of judicial orders. It’s been called a coup, or an autogolpe, a coup from inside, or American authoritarianism. But it’s also happening to real people, who are experiencing it all in excruciating, real-time dread... I’ve been talking with federal tech workers about what’s happening, how they’re processing it, and how they’re pushing back. I’ve spoken to workers representing the full spectrum: From 10-year veterans to first-year tech workers in their probationary periods... and from different departments across the government. I wanted to share some of their stories, with their permission, because they help illuminate what’s going on at the personal level
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #tech #government #Coup #authoritarianism #doge #oversight #autogolpe
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo

Can #Trump & his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people & un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo

"the memo warns #USAID employees not to communicate w/the #press about the shocking disruptions in #humanitarian assistance that are... are already producing horrific consequences."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #World #USA
Headline: Arrogance Inc. Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor? Greg Sargent February 15, 2025
#news #trump #musk #press #world #usa #uspol #humanitarian #corruption #Coup #usaid
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
The Worst and the Dimmest
https://www.the-reframe.com/the/

"What he's doing is illegal, if you care about #law... It's a #NationalSecurity crisis, if you care about national #security. It's unconstitutional, if you care about the #Constitution. It's likely to be devastating to the #economy, if you care about the economy... It's the most corrupt activity in the history of our country, if you care about #corruption."
- @JuliusGoat

#Musk #Coup #Republicans #Trump #Politics #USPol #US #USA #Media
Text from article (edited for length): ...the richest man in the world fired off a couple Nazi salutes for the delight of the voting base and then he and his gang of pimple-faced digital stoßtruppen started firing everyone else... It's smash-and-grab looting of our entire shared life together as human society, enacted by a guy who needs none of it, a man who has fattened himself in time of slaughter, who eats long after he is full to bursting, who grinds other humans between his strange teeth just for the love of chewing. And one thing I know about Republicans is that they either love it or they don't give a shit, and you'll know it too, if you ask them. What he's doing is illegal, if you care about law. It's massively expensive, if you care about expense. It's a national security crisis, if you care about national security. It's unconstitutional, if you care about the Constitution. It's likely to be devastating to the economy, if you care about the economy. It's burning the future for us and for our children, if you care about children. It's the most corrupt activity in the history of our country, if you care about corruption. Republican Americans claim to care about these things. They observably do not. No Republican with any power to do anything about this is doing anything to stop any of it, and almost all Republicans at whatever level of power are either monumentally complacent or actually happy about what's happening.

The Worst and the Dimmest

It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
A.R. Moxon (The Reframe)
#trump #musk #us #politics #usa #uspol #law #economy #media #nationalsecurity #security #constitution #corruption #Coup #republicans @A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’
https://fair.org/home/ap-describes-musks-coup-as-penchant-for-dabbling/

"Musk locking federal workers out of internal systems...

Why, that’s just “Musk’s penchant for dabbling.” He’s been “tinkering with things his entire life,” the wire service says. He learned to code as a child in #SouthAfrica, you see, & “now #Musk is popping open the hood on the federal #government like it’s one of his cars or rockets.”

Popping open the hood of democratic processes to tinker with them?"

#Coup #News
Headline: AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’ by Janine Jackson, February 14, 2025

AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’

"Musk is popping open the hood on the federal government like it’s one of his cars or rockets.”
FAIR
#news #musk #southafrica #government #Coup
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Understanding the Taxonomy of DOGE
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/understanding-the-taxonomy-of-doge

"took the #US Digital Service... and rebranded it as the US DOGE Service... same initials, USDS... rerouted their place in the executive branch org chart to go through the WH Chief of Staff rather than OMB... so it won’t be subject to #FOIA disclosure...

#DOGE showing up at a new federal agency... always includes a member of that original feral/incel group [19 - 25yr olds] in the lead."

#Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #News #USA
Text from article: I want to add a few additional points that provide context. First of all, there’s DOGE proper. The White House took the U.S. Digital Service, an organization which grew out of the botched launch of the Obamacare exchange system in 2014, and rebranded it as the U.S. DOGE Service. Get it? They keep the same initials, USDS. That gave DOGE a ready-made administrative shell, based out of the White House, to operate from. As 404 Media reported, they’ve also rerouted their place in the executive branch org chart to go through the White House Chief of Staff rather than OMB, where it was heretofore, so it won’t be subject to FOIA disclosure. So there’s people who are formally part of what’s now called the U.S. DOGE Service. But a number of people who are part of the same operation have gotten appointments at various agencies around the executive branch. They’re not formally part of the rebranded USDS. But they’re part of the same operation, the same group of Musk operatives carrying out Musk’s plans across the federal government.

Understanding the Taxonomy of DOGE

Here’s an important resource being maintained by ProPublica. It’s a list of everyone associated with the DOGE operation. (Nice to see two TPM alums on the list…
Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #politics #usa #Coup #FOIA #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Musk pushes private financial interests in meeting with Indian Prime Minister
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-pushes-private-financial-interests

"When #ElonMusk met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra #Modi... the pair was seated in front of the #American & Indian flags, an arrangement that typically accompanies a meeting between #world leaders...

It was the most brazen example of how #Musk is leveraging his powerful position in the administration to advance his private economic interests."

#Corruption #Trump #Politics #News #US #USA
Headline from Musk Watch: Musk pushes private financial interests in meeting with Indian Prime Minister by Caleb Ecarma Feb 17, 2025

Musk pushes private financial interests in meeting with Indian Prime Minister

When Elon Musk met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, the pair was seated in front of the American and Indian flags, an arrangement that typically accompanies a meeting between world leaders.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #politics #world #usa #american #corruption #modi
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Breaking Things Faster Than You Can Read About It
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/breaking-things-faster-than-you-can

"Elon Musk, who reliable sources inform us is still not technically the president, wants to see reporters whose coverage he doesn’t like thrown in jail... he posted last night. “They deserve a long prison sentence.”"

#FreeSpeech #FreePress #Journalism #Journalists #News #Media #Press #ElonMusk #Musk #Trump #GOP #Republicans #Coup #Corruption #Politics #US #USA
Headline and text from article: Headline: Morning Shots Breaking Things Faster Than You Can Read About It Plus: Where have all the Democrats gone? by William Kristol and Andrew Egger Feb 17, 2025 Text: Elon Musk, who reliable sources inform us is still not technically the president, wants to see reporters whose coverage he doesn’t like thrown in jail. “60 Minutes are the biggest liars in the world! They engaged in deliberate deception to interfere with the last election,” he posted last night. “They deserve a long prison sentence.” Happy Monday.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #journalism #freespeech #freepress #journalists #us #politics #press #usa #media #corruption #Coup #republicans
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Day 77: DOGE's IRS Infiltration...

...At the Same Time It's Being Hacked
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/day-77-doges-irs-infiltration

" #DOGE employees... sought access to the IRS’s Integrated Data Retrieval System, which houses the data of millions of #Americans... IRS officials are considering a memorandum of understanding that would allow access to some systems.

...reports are emerging that DOGE’s own systems are poorly constructed and easily subject to hacking"

#IRS #ElonMusk #Doge #Coup #GOP #Politics #News #US #USA
Headline and text from article: Headline: Day 77: DOGE's IRS Infiltration... ...At the Same Time It's Being Hacked by David Pepper Feb 17, 2025 Text: Day 77 — February 16, 2025 As part of its continued piracy of Americans’ private data, DOGE’s next target is the IRS. DOGE employees—whoever the hell they are—sought access to the IRS’s Integrated Data Retrieval System, which houses the data of millions of Americans. The Washington Post reported that IRS officials are considering a memorandum of understanding that would allow access to some systems. To make matters worse, reports are emerging that DOGE’s own systems are poorly constructed and easily subject to hacking: “Cybersecurity specialists reviewing the website noted that it appeared hastily constructed, containing multiple vulnerabilities, coding errors, and exposed details in its source code.” Several hackers hacked its website, taunting DOGE with public messages: “‘THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN - roro’ and ‘This is a joke of a .gov site.’
#news #elonmusk #gop #irs #us #politics #usa #americans #Coup #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE at the IRS
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/157318856/doge-at-the-irs

"DOGE fired—with no real review, no notice, and no transition period—one in five of the #federal employees who manage our #nuclear stockpile. Maybe we don’t need all those #employees currently working at the National Nuclear Security Administration? Maybe we need more? Maybe their duties should be reorganized in some way or another?

I don’t know. Neither does #DOGE."

#IRS #Data #Musk #Doge #GOP #Trump #Coup #Government #Jobs #US #USA #News
Headline and text from article: Headline: DOGE at the IRS by William Kristol Text: It’s Presidents’ Day. But because Donald Trump is currently our president, today we have this headline in the Washington Post: “Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS.” The Post story explains that “Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.” What could go wrong? Well, what hasn’t gone wrong? As University of Michigan political scientist Don Moynihan writes, “Musk and DOGE are providing a real-time management case study. Unfortunately, all of the lessons are about what not to do.” After all, last week DOGE fired—with no real review, no notice, and no transition period—one in five of the federal employees who manage our nuclear stockpile. Maybe we don’t need all those employees currently working at the National Nuclear Security Administration? Maybe we need more? Maybe their duties should be reorganized in some way or another? I don’t know. Neither does DOGE. So, when experts and the public and Congress reacted negatively to the firings, DOGE scrambled to reinstate the employees. Unfortunately, having canceled their email accounts, DOGE had difficulty getting in touch with the people they’d fired in order to un-fire them.

Breaking Things Faster Than You Can Read About It

Plus: Where have all the Democrats gone?
William Kristol (The Bulwark)
#news #trump #musk #gop #data #irs #us #usa #jobs #government #Coup #nuclear #employees #federal #doge
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
DOGE Mismanagement Principles

Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles

"Sam Rayburn, the #Texan who served as House Speaker for 17 years was fond of saying, "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one."...

Trashing #government agencies is easy. Making them work is hard...

failure of government systems has big and sometimes irrevocable costs"

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Trump #GOP #US #USPol #Politics #USA #News
Headline and text from article: Headline: DOGE Mismanagement Principles Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing by Don Moynihan Feb 16, 2025 Text: Sam Rayburn, the Texan who served as House Speaker for 17 years was fond of saying: "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one."
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #politics #usa #uspol #government #Coup #doge #Texan
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"It is a fundamental error to believe that #DOGE is a government efficiency project. Cutting 1 in 4 federal employees would cut federal #government spending by 1%. Cost savings are incidental. DOGE is a #political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation of private interests and strengthening a personalist presidency."
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles

#Trump #ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Text from article (edited for length): Chris Hayes said: “They are just swinging sledgehammers in the dark.” That feels about right, except they are also in a china shop. By the time other people have to put it all back together (if that time ever comes) the Doge bros will be long gone, having extracted whatever value they were seeking from the federal government. This is just the first wave. It will get worse. Way worse. The probationary employees were the easiest to fire. Now Trump has told federal agencies to prepare reduction in force (RIF) plans... The order promises that only one new employee will be allowed to join for every four that leave. It also specifies that DOGE approves any new agency hires, adding a new level of politicization to not just the firing process, but also hiring. It is a fundamental error to believe that DOGE is a government efficiency project. Cutting 1 in 4 federal employees would cut federal government spending by 1%. Cost savings are incidental. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation of private interests and strengthening a personalist presidency. Sometime soon, some big stuff will start to break in observable ways. It will be important to trace those failures back to decisions being made now... we will have to simply accept a long and slow decline of actual American greatness in the name of making America great again.

DOGE Mismanagement Principles

Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
Don Moynihan (Can We Still Govern?)
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