Some Trump Officials Push Back Against Musk’s Ultimatum to Workers

The #FBI director, Kash Patel, the director of national #intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, & others told employees not to respond to a directive from #Musk...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html

"Several Trump-appointed agency leaders urged federal workers not to comply with Elon Musk’s [email]...

challenging the broad authority #Trump has given the[South African immigrant] to make drastic changes to the federal bureaucracy"

#USPol #News #US

“A NATIONAL CYBERATTACK”
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/trump-2-0-brings-cuts-to-cyber-consumer-protections/

"The rapidity w/ which #DOGE has rifled through one federal #database after another... has alarmed many #security experts...

“The most alarming aspect isn’t just the access being granted,” wrote Bruce Schneier & Davi Ottenheimer, referring to DOGE as a national #cyberattack. “It’s the systematic dismantling of security measures that would detect & prevent misuse"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Tech #Technology #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USA

New Doge/Musk Email Goes Seriously Sideways
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/new-doge-musk-email-goes-seriously-sideways

"top leadership at the #FBI, the #State Dept, the #VA, the Dept of the #Navy... & other parts of the government have explicitly instructed employees... to ignore the #email ...

these emails are authorized or allowed if not directed by... [ #Trump] And yet whole wings of the #government are saying to ignore it...

his own appointees are pushing back and in a fairly public way."

#Musk #Trump #Coup #Politics #USPol #News #USA

We the Builders
https://www.wethebuilders.org/

"We are the builders

We built the tools millions of #Americans use every single day to access government services."

"We don't work for #DOGE. We have always worked for you.

Here, you'll find stories from real #government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal #information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government #technology puts you at risk."

#Resist #Resistance #ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #USA

Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court

“His attack on democracy isn’t limited to gutting the federal government. He wants it all.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-is-trying-to-buy-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/

"a #DarkMoney group backed by #Musk, is spending at least $1.6 million in support of #Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, a conservative judge in suburban Milwaukee running for an open seat in an April election that will decide whether #progressives or #conservatives control the #court."

#USPol #Corruption #News

Musk Says Government Workers Must Detail Their Workweek or Lose Their Jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-employees.html

"The email was received by workers across the #government...

But in a sign of the upheaval and the potential legal and #security issues caused by the demand, officials at some federal agencies told their staff to hold off on responding and await further guidance.

Among them was Kash Patel, the new FBI director.👀

...“They’re terrorizing us.”"

#Musk #Coup #Trump #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA

List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr72n1yyj30o

"US #government workers received an #email on Saturday afternoon... shortly after #Trump spoke at #CPAC...

employees were asked to explain their accomplishments from the past week in five bullet points... before midnight on Monday.

👀 ...Newly-confirmed #FBI director #KashPatel told his employees... that they should "pause any responses" to the #OPM memo."👀 ‼️

#Musk #Coup #Politics #USPol #News #US #USNews

Bice: An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support Brad Schimel
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/02/17/elon-musk-group-buys-tv-ads-backing-brad-schimel-for-supreme-court/78976985007/

"an #ElonMusk backed #DarkMoney group, began buying TV time in #Wisconsin on Monday...

The conservative nonprofit has already purchased more than $670,000 of air time for the next two weeks on #TV stations throughout the state...

The amount of the group's buy is expected to rise in upcoming days."

#Musk #Money #Corruption #Politics #Ads #USPol #US #USA

Inside DOGE’s Dumbest Cut Yet

Last week’s hastily reversed firings at the National #Nuclear Security Administration have left a reeling, rattled agency in their wake.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-doges-dumbest-cut-yet

"one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was... the top authority for all #NuclearSafety matters in the agency...

a deeply unwise #DOGE hatchet job...

illustration... of the potential real-world repercussions of Elon Musk’s slash-&-burn project."

#Musk #Coup #USPol #News #USA #US

Accountability for #Elon, Emil, and Ed
https://harrylitman.substack.com/i/157635895/a-few-legal-updates-and-summaries

"There are three main kinds of claims directly concerning Musk among the 60+ #lawsuits against the administration... The lawsuits allege violations of:

1. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)...

2. Potential violations of restrictions on disseminating sensitive information, especially under the #Privacy Act...

3. Violations of the Appointments Clause"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA

He Took Musk’s Resignation Offer. He Was Fired Anyway.

Scott Curtis had a leadership role in a critical agency until being kicked “to the curb” by #Trump and #Musk. Only after this article was published was he rehired.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-trump-fork-email-deferred-resignation-offer-probationary-federal-employee-firing

"Four hours after this article was published... Scott Curtis received an email from FEMA’s Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer telling him his firing was being reversed"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #FEMA #Government #Politics #USPol #News #USA

DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

...Trump’s employee purges are making workers worry about how their #data could be abused.
https://www.wired.com/story/surveillance-privacy-doge-federal-employees/

"a barrage of menacing messages... included personal details...

the kinds of encounters that workers across the US #government say they have had w/ #technology...

as Musk’s #DOGE org is rapidly burrowing into various govt agencies & depts... sensitive info "

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #Privacy #Security #News #USA

"the #Trump administration has treated DOGE as if it were a federal agency... #DOGE has also behaved as if it has agency-level authority...

However, DOGE has refused to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests...

“Either it’s an agency covered by #FOIA with the authority to do what it’s doing, or it’s purely advising the president & can’t be directing agencies in the way it now is.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-trump-musk-funding-foia-congress-transparency

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Politics #USPol #News #Press #US #USA

"If we look at everything that DOGE has done over the last 3+ weeks, a unifying feature is the effort to pull all of these [government] networks together for more central control...

It’s obvious that you’d want to be very cautious about centralizing this much power in anyone’s hands"
-Josh Marshall
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-dives-into-core-national-defense-and-data-systems-across-government

Here begins the 7th Elon Musk thread.

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

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA

Inhaltswarnung: US-Politik: Digitaler Staatsstreich Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

Perfectly normal behavior of pro-Israeli #trolls!

Terrorizing the Jewish author and son of a #Holocaust survivor like this is perfectly normal!

Imagine what they would do to Palestinians and non jewish critics of the apartheid regime of #Israel

https://x.com/Betar_USA/status/1886174261783486751/photo/2

#Finkelstein #Terrorism #BetarUS #Politics #Antisemitism #USPol #Palestine #Lebanon #Gaza #Genocide #SanctionIsrael #BoycottIsrael

More and more #coup sentiment #uspol

and so on

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-d8b

Replacing leaders with loyalists

#uspol #coup

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/trump-fires-top-us-general-cq-brown/index.html

#uspol #coup

Why is character in a leader important? Because if a leader actually means to achieve things by any threat or means possible then they are not fit to lead or influence a nation(s). Worse if billionaires and despots want to work together.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/

Ich rechne übrigens damit, dass nun aus den #USA gefordert wird, #Merz solle mit der #Weidel machen.

#uspol #depol #Trump #Musk #FckAfD

"The limit, the constitutional remedy for impoundment and presidential misconduct is impeachment, not litigation. Folks, but *especially* congressfolks need to beat this idea that "courts will save us" out of their vocabulary. It is *your* job."

‪Pwnallthethings‬ ‪

#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Jeffries #HakeemJeffries #Deadwood #VichyDems #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #marker #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight

#canpol #canpolitics #uspol #uspolitics #bordersecurity #resisttrump

#MarcElias slays #Musk: "I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my English name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan (אֶלְחָנָן) — after the great warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring."

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-open-letter-to-elon-musk/

#USPol
#Democracy
#VotingRights

[Thread] Just because #TrumptyDumpty says we don't exist doesn't mean we don't exist!

A Brief History of #Nonbinary Gender: From Ancient Times to the Early Modern Period

By Ahmed Kamran
July 8, 2021

"Despite some claiming the contrary, the concepts of a tertiary gender identity or an identity outside of the gender binary is not new. While it is certain that people on average have become much more aware of the existence of these identities, they have been recorded for millennia. In fact, they are mentioned in some of the earliest written records of human civilization. To understand gender as we know it today, it is important to see how it was viewed yesterday and beyond, as it shows that a variance in identities is a part of humanity.

"Mesopotamian myths, which contain religious beliefs of the earliest human civilization, featured many references to individuals that were neither male nor female or were not what we would know today to be cisgender. One of the most powerful deities was known as Inanna (and later on as Ishtar) and had a particularly strong relationship with gender. Inanna was the goddess of sex, war, and justice as well as the queen of heaven. It was believed that she had the power to change a person’s gender, something noted by a follower as early as the 23rd century BCE. Thus, individuals with nonbinary identities were often involved in religious practices surrounding her, with 'her cult members and priests were known for their androgyny and blurring or destroying the gender binary' (Academus).

"One such group referred to its members as pilipili, or individuals who played roles in celebratory festivals honoring Inanna. The pilipili were originally raised in society as women (ki-sikil) but were then blessed by Inanna, who handed them a spear 'as if she were a man' and renamed them (Academus). It is debated whether the handing of a spear is literal, with the pilipili becoming warriors and as a result defying traditional binary roles or if the spear refers to a physical transformation of the individual.

"Another segment of Inanna’s followers was the gala or her priests. Priests were recorded to have been cisgender women, married or unwed, or women with children, but there were gala that were biologically male as well. In these cases, these individuals adopted women’s names and became women 'for all intents and purposes' (Academus). They even sang in a Sumerian dialect known as eme-sal, a pattern of speech solely reserved for women to deliver the words of goddesses.

"Other relics have been found showing the existence of individuals who were outside the gender binary, suggesting that it is possible that ancient Sumer recognized these identities in ordinary society and not in just religious spheres. Of course, this is speculative because the Sumerian language did not use gendered pronouns, but it is a common interpretation of these ancient texts and remaining art.

"Another gender variant recorded all of the way back to before the common era (BCE) was that of hijras in the Indian subcontinent. These individuals were noted in the Kama Sutra and other ancient Hindu texts, and the term included eunuchs, #intersex people, and transgender people. Despite attempts to wipe out this identity by the British following their passing of the Criminal Tribes Act in India in 1871, #hijras are still present today and are legally recognized as a part of a third gender category by the state. Sadly, the efforts of the British during #colonization have had an impact on society’s view of hijras, being the beginning 'of a mainstream discomfort… [with] transgender people and hijras' (New York Times).

"Around the same time of the Kama Sutra, approximately 385-380 BCE, Aristophanes detailed a creation myth revolving three sexes or genders. Males were believed to be 'born of the sun', while females were 'born of the earth' (Diogenes). A tertiary category, androgynos (now translated to androgynous), was believed to have been born from the moon and androgynos individuals had combined male and female traits. Aristophanes claimed that androgynos no longer existed. Today, it is often suggested that Aristophanes was solely referring to intersex individuals, explaining the different physical and biological traits of males and females existing in one person, but it is interesting to speculate on the potential for the features to represent the individual’s understanding of the gender expression as well.

"Finally, it is necessary to highlight the history of the #TwoSpirit identity in different Native cultures. More than 150 Native American tribes recognized third genders in their communities prior to colonization, with many of these identities having unique names and cultural significance. Most tribes considered two-spirit individuals a third gender, being neither men nor women, and the same terminology was used in reference to them. Other tribes, however, had a distinct word for two-spirit females, making them a fourth gender variant. What is apparent, however, is that the concept of gender had much more fluidity in Native American society than its European counterpart.

"Two-spirit people in some tribes held special roles in their communities, sometimes as healers or religious leaders. Unfortunately, many traditions in Native communities have been lost due to colonization, and 'two-spirit roles, in particular, were singled out for condemnation, interference, and many times violence' (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Much of what is known has survived by being passed down orally through generations.

"All of these examples scratch the surface of what is known in regard to gender expression prior to the early modern period. It is difficult to truly measure the scale because the further back one goes, the harder it is to find a wide array of text and relics from the period. What can be said for certain, however, is that individuals who identified outside of the gender binary have been a part of civilization since its infancy and have played valuable roles in a wide array of societies. This knowledge should help bring understanding that overall, human gender is quite fluid, and being aware and accepting this is part of long-practiced human traditions."

https://clouddancers.org/a-brief-history-of-nonbinary-gender-from-ancient-times-to-the-early-modern-period/
#GenderFluid #GenderFascists #USPol #Colonialism #Fascism #Androgyny #WeExist

The only #GovernmentWaste is #GovermentHandouts for the #Rich and #Corporations!!!

#USPol #DOGE #DOGECityFalls

Excellent column by Will Bunch: "The goal [of #Tesla Takedown] is both to cripple new sales of Tesla and also tank its astronomic stock price that underwrites #Musk and there are powerful signs it is already working. Many experts say the CEO’s right-wing politics are why U.S. sales of its EVs flattened in 2024 and fell below 50% of the domestic market, and also why Tesla’s value on Wall Street has plunged as much as 21% since Trump’s inauguration."

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/tesla-protest-philadelphia-elon-musk-20250223.html

#Fascism
#USPol

The Department of Justice has eliminated its national database that tracked misconduct incidents among federal law enforcement officers.

We’re a lawless society now, but there’re still “laws” the #TrumpMusk regime can enforce against the us. That’s why they want a compliant law enforcement & military.

#USPol #Lawlessness #Betrayal #DOJ #Resist

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-shuts-down-federal-law-enforcement-misconduct-tracker/

“Hitler's Enabling Act (1933) let his cabinet bypass parliament while claiming to ‘save democracy.’

Yesterday's Executive Order lets White House control all independent agencies while claiming to ‘restore democracy.’

They're not even changing the playbook. It couldn't be more obvious but they're disguising it all in democratic language to fool lesser civically-minded citizens.

See the comparison below between yesterday's EO and The Enabling Act.”

via @pardonmycrumbs@threads.net

#USpol #coup

Interview: "Will Universities Surrender or Resist?"

Trump is threatening to defund universities & schools over DEI & to close down the dept of Education.

The moves are just part of an attempt to privatize education. DEI is a wedge.

"Higher education hasn’t faced a crisis like this since potentially McCarthyism.”

~ Julian Vasquez Heilig

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/21/schools_trump

#Trump #GumUpTheWorks #USPol #USEducation #DEI #StrikeNow #Resist #Racism .

I would dearly love it if people could WISE THE FUCK UP and do the opposite of what Elon Musk would like you to do in any given situation, just to spite the cunt.

He wants to go to Mars? Fuck you, we’re going to Venus. Or just not going to Mars. Or digging to the centre of the Earth. I never really understood opposites.

#Musk #USpol

DOGE: destroying the administrative state for trivial savings with Enron-caliber bookkeeping
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/doge-destroying-the-administrative-state-for-trivial-savings-with-enron-caliber-bookkeeping

#BankruptTesla #ArrestElonMusk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Swastikars #Gaslighter #RacistMusk #NaziMusk #PresidentMusk #FuckElonMusk #USPol

Elon Musk accomplished nothing last week.

(no. destroying lives is not an accomplishment.)

#uspol #USPolitics #sociopath #media #socialmedia #elon #musk #elonmusk #FascistTakover

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

According to a retired KGB agent, Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB as far back as the 1980's, prior to the breakup of the USSR.

Trump's actions towards Russia and Putin since then are telling - FACTS ARE FACTS!

Trump's KGB codename is....
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

Ruth Ben-Ghiat offers a skillful criticism of the press and journalism in the Trump era (screenshot).
Not that the press will take notice, since it is nestled into a larger article. The 4th Estate has often failed the nation.

Peter Baker (finally) outlines how Trump uses propaganda and lies to advance his version of reality.

"In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change"

#USpol #Uspolitics #Trump #Propaganda #Journalism

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/trump-alternative-reality.html

I would like to know when journalists are going to ask politicians now whether death threats are part of their political calculus for particular legislative and oversight votes

6 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7WZVmf2HEQ

#journalism #uspol

IOW, a 'trusted #news source' finally admits it's partisan and politically tailors it's 'reporting'. How cool is that?

"MSNBC will lean into 'progressive' (🤣) roots in #Trump era"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/23/msnbc-maddow-trump-programming-changes #ProgLibs #Censorship #MSM #MediaBias #USPol #USPolitics

Blue #MAGAts don't stop attacking anti genocide people when their fake care for Palestinians are exposed.

It's really sad the people who told us to shut up about #GenocideJoe are now acting as of #Harris would have been the savior of #Palestinians and it's all Orange Hitler's fault.

#US #Palestine #Genocide #Israel #Trump #Hypocrisy #politics #USpol

@palestine group @israel group

Blue #MAGAts don't stop attacking anti genocide people when their fake care for Palestinians are exposed.

It's really sad the people who told us to shut up about #GenocideJoe are now acting as of #Harris would have been the savior of #Palestinians and it's all Orange Hitler's fault.

#US #Palestine #Genocide #Israel #Trump #Hypocrisy #politics #USpol

The MeidasTouch Podcast is actually pretty good.

Give it a try.

#uspol #USPolitics #sociopath #media #socialmedia #elon #musk #elonmusk #FascistTakover #podcast #MeidasTouch

"Something is shifting"

#uspol #USPolitics #sociopath #media #socialmedia #elon #musk #elonmusk #FascistTakover