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Timothy Snyder: "The federal government is undertaking to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, on the grounds that as a student he led protests against the Israeli assault on Gaza. There is no accusation that Khalil committed a crime. He is being singled out, in what amounts to a test case for American authoritarianism as a whole, for the expression of his views.'

https://substack.com/home/post/p-159072868 #MahmoudKhalil #Trump #Musk #coup #ICE #politics #fascism #oligarchy #kleptocracy

"Antisemitism" and Antisemitism

The abuse of the word and the spread of the phenomenon
Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)
#fascism #trump #musk #politics #ice #Coup #oligarchy #kleptocracy #mahmoudkhalil

"the people who spent years warning us about an imaginary #DeepState have built an actual one. The people who claimed to fear unaccountable bureaucrats have installed literally unaccountable bureaucrats. The people who insisted they would drain the swamp have filled it with their own particularly toxic sludge.

Their accusations weren’t warnings — they were spoilers."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/10/doge-has-become-what-it-claimed-to-destroy/

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Politics #Tech #News #US #USA
Text from article(edited for length): ...DOGE has emerged as the genuine embodiment of the “deep state” we were warned about — except instead of civic-minded career officials, we now have nihilistic power-mad adrenaline junkies running the show. This matters because DOGE isn’t just another example of hypocrisy in action — it represents a fundamental threat to the systems and institutions that actually make government work for people. Of course, DOGE’s defenders claim they’re just “cutting red tape” and “eliminating waste” — as if they discovered government employees whose sole job was to light taxpayer money on fire. In reality, they’re dismantling the systems that protect us from everything from food poisoning to financial collapse. When you replace expertise with ego and public service with personal enrichment, you don’t just get bad policy — you get the systematic dismantling of the infrastructure that supports innovation, protects civil liberties, and maintains the guardrails that keep power in check. The deep state they imagined never existed. The one they’re building is all too real. So here we are: the people who spent years warning us about an imaginary deep state have built an actual one. The people who claimed to fear unaccountable bureaucrats have installed literally unaccountable bureaucrats. The people who insisted they would drain the swamp have filled it with their own particularly toxic sludge. Their accusations weren’t warnings — they were spoilers.

DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy

There’s that old saying that every accusation is a confession. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Musk/Trump administration, everything is projection. While claiming to champion free sp…
Techdirt
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #deepstate #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #doge

DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/10/doge-has-become-what-it-claimed-to-destroy/

"DOGE is the #DeepState. Wired’s Brian Barrett made this crucial observation last week & I can’t get it out of my mind. For all the talk during the last decade of the supposed “deep state” of #unelected bureaucrats controlling the #government, which was never actually true, #DOGE has become the very deep state they falsely claimed existed previously."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #USA
Headline and text from article: Headline: DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy from the every-accusation dept Mon, Mar 10th 2025 03:00pm - Mike Masnick Text: There’s that old saying that every accusation is a confession. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Musk/Trump administration, everything is projection. While claiming to champion free speech and fight government censorship, they’ve become the most aggressively censorial administration in modern history. After years of performative outrage about campus speech restrictions, they’re systematically dismantling academic freedom. They’re “rescuing” what they called a terrible Biden economy (which was actually remarkably strong) by… implementing policies that have economists screaming about an inevitable recession (or worse). But here’s where the projection becomes almost perfectly aligned: DOGE is the deep state. Wired’s Brian Barrett made this crucial observation last week and I can’t get it out of my mind. For all the talk during the last decade of the supposed “deep state” of unelected bureaucrats controlling the government, which was never actually true, DOGE has become the very deep state they falsely claimed existed previously.

DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy

There’s that old saying that every accusation is a confession. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Musk/Trump administration, everything is projection. While claiming to champion free sp…
Techdirt
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #usa #uspol #government #deepstate #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #doge #unelected

Trump, an E.V. Naysayer, Gives Tesla and Musk a White House Exhibition

#Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with #ElonMusk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-buy-tesla-elon-musk.html

"Trump hosted an exclusive #car show at the #WhiteHouse on Tues afternoon.

The only company represented: #Tesla. The only purpose: helping Elon #Musk...

a president using the backdrop of the White House to boost sales for a... top donor."

#Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #News #US
Headline: White House Memo Trump, an E.V. Naysayer, Gives Tesla and Musk a White House Exhibition President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #car #uspol #tesla #corruption #Coup #whitehouse

Trump & Musk's Power-Sharing Agreement Innovates the #Authoritarian Playbook

The Novel Power-Partition Opens New Horizons of #Corruption
https://lucid.substack.com/p/trump-and-musks-power-sharing-agreement

" #Trump has a novel power-sharing arrangement w/an unelected private citizen who is essentially executing a #HostileTakeover of the US #government to capture #data... & use our country as a laboratory for a new form of #authoritarian techno-governance that requires the wrecking of #Democracy"

#Musk #Tech #Coup #USPol #News #USA #US
Headline from Lucid: Trump and Musk's Power-Sharing Agreement Innovates the Authoritarian Playbook The Novel Power-Partition Opens New Horizons of Corruption by Ruth Ben-Ghiat Mar 10, 2025

Trump and Musk's Power-Sharing Agreement Innovates the Authoritarian Playbook

What Each Party Gets out of the Unorthodox Power-Partition
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
#news #democracy #trump #musk #data #us #usa #tech #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #authoritarian #hostiletakeover

Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation

#ElonMusk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own #superPAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on Trump in the past...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-donation.html

"Elon Musk has signaled to Trump’s advisers in recent days that he wants to put $100 million into groups controlled by the #Trump political operation."

#Musk #Trump #Corruption #Coup #GOP #CitizensUnited #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Headline: Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation Elon Musk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own super PAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on President Trump in the past, but to an outside entity.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #citizensunited #superpac

The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk & Corruption

A ‘naïve’ #SupremeCourt delivered lawless #greed & #cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-from-citizens-united-to-trump-musk-and-corruption-campaign-finance-supreme-court

"The court’s 5–4 #CitizensUnited decision, allowing unlimited corporate, interest-group, & individual spending on elections, did trigger dire predictions... But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining #American reality today."

#Musk #Trump #Coup #GOP #Corruption #USPol #Politics #News #US
Headline from The Bulwark: The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk, and Corruption A ‘naïve’ Supreme Court delivered lawless greed and cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can. by Jill Lawrence Mar 10, 2025
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #politics #supremecourt #uspol #american #corruption #Coup #citizensunited #cruelty #greed

"At the core of this "movement" lurks #CurtisYarvin, whose political ideology... has provided the intellectual framework for dismantling #democracy. His #DarkEnlightenment philosophy promotes a #world where governments serve only the Superior (defined, of course, by Yarvin), a select few inherit #power, and the #public exists to obey...

his masturbatory notions of hyper-fascism now resonate among maladjusted, incellionaire #tech executives"
https://www.theindex.media/the-fascist-tech-bro-takeover-is-here-2/

#Musk #Coup #USPol #News #US
Text(edited for length): Musk's authoritarian fantasies aren't pipe dreams; he is constructing them, forcing them into being. His social media platform spreads rightwing propaganda, disinformation, and lies, his companies serve political interests... Every statement, every action, every so-called defense of "free speech" is another ham-fisted Muskian attempt to normalize extremism and undermine democratic governance. The man is a Nazi in all but name, a walking, talking, tweeting, sieg-heiling argument against his own master race musings. But he is not alone. Peter Thiel may not stand beside Musk, but he stands aligned, financing a political machine intended to entrench corporate rule and feed humanity into the meat grinder. Thiel has spent decades working to dismantle democracy, viewing it as a roadblock to elite power, himself the elite personified... At the core of this "movement" lurks Curtis Yarvin, whose political ideology - if it can be called such - has provided the intellectual framework for dismantling democracy. His "Dark Enlightenment" philosophy promotes a world where governments serve only the Superior (defined, of course, by Yarvin), a select few inherit power, and the public exists to obey. Considered fringe by anyone who still maintains contact with reality and decency, his masturbatory notions of hyper-fascism now resonate among maladjusted, incellionaire tech executives... a set of men who believe themselves above and better than the concept of democracy.

The Fascist Tech Bro Takeover Is Here

The future of America isn’t being written in Washington—it’s being coded, traded, and hoarded by tech billionaires who see democracy as a bug, not a feature.
Joan Westenberg (The Index.)
#news #democracy #musk #us #world #tech #uspol #public #power #Coup #curtisyarvin #darkenlightenment

The Fascist Tech Bro Takeover Is Here
https://www.theindex.media/the-fascist-tech-bro-takeover-is-here-2/

"Musk's $277 million campaign contribution secured him unprecedented access to the levers of #Government & cemented his grip on the #political machine... Musk's influence has infected every arm of Govt. And he is using his #wealth, his control of Twitter's husk, & his presence in the #Trump orbit to steer the country away from #democratic principles & toward oligarchic rule."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Tech #USPol #News #USA
Headline, photo, and text from article: Headline: The Fascist Tech Bro Takeover Is Here The future of America isn’t being written in Washington—it’s being coded, traded, and hoarded by tech billionaires who see democracy as a bug, not a feature. by Joan Westenberg 10 Mar 2025 Photo: Some white male techbro's face Text: The future of the United States is no longer decided in Washington. That ship has sailed. It's now dictated in the bunkers, private jets, and compounds of an ideological Silicon Valley, by billionaires and wealth extremists intent on treating democracy as a nuisance that must be swatted away. These men - raised on a rabid press that mythologized their existence in their lifetimes, called them Wunderkind and treated them as something above and beyond mere mortality - have consumed a steady diet of libertarian and authoritarian fan fiction and conceived a new order, designed to elevate their lofty egos at any and all cost.
#fascism #news #trump #musk #usa #tech #uspol #wealth #government #political #corruption #Coup #democratic

Are Trump and Musk Breaking Up?

A conversation with Politico's Jonathan Martin
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/are-trump-and-musk-breaking-up

"Nota Bene four things: (1) #Trump World is rattled and in CYA-mode about Musk’s cuts; (2) Trump gave a green light to cabinet members to go after #Musk, blame him for reckless cuts, and call him a liar; (3) Trump may have clipped his fellow megalomaniac’s wings; and (4) the whole story leaked out."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #DonaldTrump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #Podcast #USA
Heading and text from article: Trouble in MAGA Paradise Nota Bene four things: (1) Trump World is rattled and in CYA-mode about Musk’s cuts; (2) Trump gave a green light to cabinet members to go after Musk, blame him for reckless cuts, and call him a liar; (3) Trump may have clipped his fellow megalomaniac’s wings; and (4) the whole story leaked out. Some background: - Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk - POLITICO - Jonathan Lemire: Is DOGE Losing Steam? The Department of Government Efficiency lives. But Donald Trump is reining in Elon Musk. - Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman: Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #podcast #donaldtrump #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #uspolitics

The DOGE Helpline

Comms from Armageddon
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-doge-helpline

"The scene: an office in the #WestWing ... with a "DOGE Helpline" sign on the door. Four consumer relations specialists take phone calls.

Rep 1 "...The point is to create the conditions for the survival of the fittest. That's #American, right?"

Rep 2 "We... create an #environment of desperation and hatred of Americans. #Americans will show their best side in these situations"

#Satire #Humor #Musk #Doge #Coup #Cruelty #US #USA
Headline and text: The DOGE Helpline Comms from Armageddon by Timothy Snyder Mar 08, 2025 The scene: an office in the West Wing of the White House, with a "DOGE Helpline" sign on the door. Four consumer relations specialists take phone calls. Rep. 1 "Yes. Here's the theory. We call it libertarianism. For now, anyway. The point is to create the conditions for the survival of the fittest. That's American, right?" Rep. 2 "We got rid of USAID and foreign aid to create an environment of desperation and hatred of Americans. Americans will show their best side in these situations." Rep. 3 "The FDA was wrong to track food-borne illnesses. We need an honest competition among digestive tracts out there." Rep. 4 "Consumer Protection just makes people stupid. It should be killed. Americans should be able to identify bank fraud by themselves." Rep. 1. "Yes, we define what is natural and what is fitness." Rep. 2. "You see, the FBI is an unnecessary government intervention. Americans are best placed to handle crime by themselves. We need to allow Americans to take part in an unfettered competition against organized crime." Rep. 3. "We take a different view. Infectious disease is in good. It weeds out the weak and the unfit. We want measles back. And polio. Right. You're catching on. Toxicity in the environment is also good. For the same reasons. EPA will have to be scaled way back."
#environment #musk #us #humor #usa #satire #americans #american #Coup #cruelty #doge #WestWing

Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown

...Elon Musk has wanted a #government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-wanted-the-government-shut-down/

“You know none of this is about saving #money, right?” says a 3rd #Republican familiar with the behind-the-scenes push from #Musk. “It’s all about destroying a liberal power base.”

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #Press #US #USA
Headline from Wired: Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers. by Jake Lahut, Leah Feiger and Vittoria Elliott Politics Mar 11, 2025 1:21 PM
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #press #usa #uspol #money #republican #government #corruption #Coup #uspolitics

Trump Flips Out When Asked About Testy Musk and Rubio Clash

#DonaldTrump shut down a reporter who dared ask about the growing feud between Elon Musk and his Cabinet officials.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192506/trump-reaction-musk-rubio-fight-cabinet-meeting

"Donald Trump got upset when a reporter asked him about “clashes” between #ElonMusk and members of his #Cabinet...

“No clash, I was there. You’re just a troublemaker, and you’re not supposed to be asking that question""

#News #Media #Press #TrumpLies #Musk #Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #USA
Headline: Trump Flips Out When Asked About Testy Musk and Rubio Clash Donald Trump shut down a reporter who dared ask about the growing feud between Elon Musk and his Cabinet officials. by Hafiz Rashid March 7, 2025 / 5:27 p.m. ET
#news #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #press #usa #uspol #media #corruption #Coup #TrumpLies #cabinet

Marco Rubio Finally Loses It at Elon Musk in Trump Cabinet Meeting

The two advisers got into a heated argument over DOGE-backed firings.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192493/marco-rubio-elon-musk-fight-donald-trump

"Secretary of State #MarcoRubio, alongside other miffed agency heads, laid into billionaire bureaucrat #ElonMusk during Thursday’s meeting of Donald Trump’s #Cabinet...

In the end, #Trump defended #Rubio"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #DonaldTrump #GOP #Government #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Headline: Marco Rubio Finally Loses It at Elon Musk in Trump Cabinet Meeting The two advisers got into a heated argument over DOGE-backed firings. by Edith Olmsted March 7, 2025 / 2:39 p.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #us #usa #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #cabinet #MarcoRubio #rubio

OPM Watchdog Says Review of DOGE Work Is Underway

The acting inspector general says the Office of Personnel Mgmt is investigating whether any “emerging threats” have arisen as Elon Musk’s #DOGE works to rapidly transform #government systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/opm-doge-review-underway/

"In addition to #OPM, #Democrats have pressed for similar #security assessments at five other agencies...

Congressional #Republicans have committed to little, if any, formal oversight of DOGE’s work"

#Musk #Coup #GOP #USPol #News
Headline from Wired: OPM Watchdog Says Review of DOGE Work Is Underway The acting inspector general says the Office of Personnel Management is investigating whether any “emerging threats” have arisen as Elon Musk’s DOGE works to rapidly transform government systems. by Dell Cameron Politics Mar 10, 2025 5:51 PM
#news #musk #gop #uspol #democrats #security #government #Coup #republicans #doge #opm

Your weather app could miss the next big storm. Blame DOGE.

Legendary TV meteorologist Tom Skilling says targeting the National Weather Service puts us all in jeopardy.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/your-weather-app-could-miss-the-next

"The US #government ‘s stellar #weather info service is being torn apart & likely sold for parts [by] #ElonMusk & #Doge... experienced #scientists fired... The loss of expertise is profound... We’ll all be less safe, the #economy will suffer"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline and photo. Your weather app could miss the next big storm. Blame DOGE. Legendary TV meteorologist Tom Skilling says targeting the National Weather Service puts us all in jeopardy. Mar 07, 2025 By Jennifer Schulze Photo: Weather radar showing a massive storm system.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #scientists #usa #uspol #economy #weather #government #corruption #Coup #doge

In affidavit, former Social Security official says DOGE is putting benefits at risk

https://www.muskwatch.com/p/in-affidavit-former-social-security

"detailed how deputies for #ElonMusk forced their way into the agency, formed a clandestine unit, and gained access to its most sensitive #databases...

also warned that careless actions by Musk’s #Doge could lead to interruptions in #SocialSecurity payments."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Data #Privacy #News #US #USA
Headline from Musk Watch: In affidavit, former Social Security official says DOGE is putting benefits at risk by Caleb Ecarma Mar 10, 2025

In affidavit, former Social Security official says DOGE is putting benefits at risk

In an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, a former senior civil servant at the Social Security Administration (SSA) detailed how deputies for Elon Musk forced their way into the agency, formed a clandestine unit, and gained access to its most…
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #privacy #gop #data #us #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #socialsecurity #doge #databases

The Diseases Are Coming

Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/diseases-doge-trump/681964/

"DOGE’s slash-and-burn campaign has hit everything from the #NIH to the National #Weather Service. The cuts to global #health, however, are especially alarming...

Undermining even one of these institutions would have posed a serious threat; gutting them all at once is an invitation for future outbreaks."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Ideas The Diseases Are Coming Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health. By Craig Spencer
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #health #uspol #weather #Coup #nih #doge

Is Elon Regulating His Own Rockets Now?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-elon-regulating-his-own-rockets-now

"One of Elon Musk’s #Starship rockets exploded over the #GulfOfMexico early yesterday evening, creating a spectacular #fireworks -like display and disrupting commercial air traffic...

#Musk had claimed repeatedly that he was over-regulated by the #FAA, especially after the agency fined #SpaceX $633,000 for launching rockets with unapproved changes."

#ElonMusk #Explosion #Crash #Tech #Space #Corruption #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Is Elon Regulating His Own Rockets Now? Member Newsletter March 7, 2025 12:25 p.m.

Is Elon Regulating His Own Rockets Now?

One of Elon Musk’s Starship rockets exploded over the Gulf of Mexico early yesterday evening, creating a spectacular fireworks-like display and disrupting…
Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #tech #Space #uspol #explosion #starship #spacex #corruption #Coup #fireworks #gulfofmexico #faa #crash

DOGE job cuts shake Trump-voting West Virginia town | REUTERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LHUPTMU7w

"Jennifer pigot voted for Trump...
in February she was fired from her civil service job...

"conversation now, it's like you knew this was coming.

But we didn't.

Nobody that I've talked to understood the devastation that having this administration in office would do to our lives."" ["OUR lives." Leopards... faces]

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Cruelty #Trump #GOP #USPol #Jobs #News #US #USA

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#news #trump #musk #gop #us #usa #uspol #jobs #corruption #Coup #cruelty #doge

Why Musk Isn’t Reined In

In a word, #Trump can’t rein him in because #Putin doesn’t want him reined in
https://mmansour.substack.com/p/why-musk-isnt-reined-in

"The head of #SocialSecurity has resigned and been replaced by a #Musk acolyte. We will see more of that.

...cabinet secretaries will have to face... if they will be blamed for what goes wrong. The answer is, short of resignation, they will be blamed, along with Trump.

Musk is universally despised."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #USPolitics #Russia #News #USA
Headline and text(edited for length): Why Musk Isn’t Reined In In a word, Trump can’t rein him in because Putin doesn’t want him reined in by Mark Mansour Mar 10, 2025 Multiple reports are that virtually all of Trump’s cabinet secretaries are fed up with Musk, his stooges and his wildly careening chainsaw. It is becoming clear that, incompetent as they are, they’ve figured out that their departments cannot function with indiscriminate firings. Musk has offered ALL HHS employees $25,000 to retire. This would prompt a series of public health catastrophes that would exceed COVID in their long term impact. The cabinet secretaries also have figured out that they and not Musk will be blamed for any ensuing disasters... Trump is playing with fire, especially since he is now singing the fraud and abuse song along with Musk. The head of Social Security has resigned and been replaced by a Musk acolyte. We will see more of that. The question the cabinet secretaries will have to face is how they will manage their departments without highly skilled staff and if they will be blamed for what goes wrong. The answer is, short of resignation, they will be blamed, along with Trump. Musk is universally despised... he is a nasty, immature and ignorant man-child. Just the sort of person Putin would foist on Trump to destroy the American government. The fact that it is working, and that Trump is purposefully tanking the economy and making enemies of all of our friends seals the unholy deal.
#russia #news #trump #musk #elonmusk #putin #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #socialsecurity

Federal judge calls out Trump administration for mischaracterizing Musk's role
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/federal-judge-calls-out-trump-administration-for-mischaracterizing-musks-role

"As for the #Trump administration’s continued insistence that #Musk is not leading #DOGE, the president’s own words were used to refute that argument on Tuesday. "I have created the brand new Dept of Govt Efficiency, DOGE... headed by Elon Musk..." Trump said... filed the remarks in #court as “new evidence” of Musk’s leadership role."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline and text(edited for length): Federal judge calls out Trump administration for mischaracterizing Musk's role Last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Theodore Chuang contested the Trump administration’s claim that Musk has no formal role in DOGE. Chuang, who is overseeing a lawsuit from plaintiffs who worked with or for USAID, said the characterization appeared to be “factually inaccurate.” Joshua Gardner, a Justice Dept lawyer defending DOGE in the case, struggled to explain who exactly has been leading DOGE.... Gardner also claimed that USAID had not been shuttered and was instead undergoing “a reorganization in consultation with Congress,” another claim Chuang did not appear to buy. “The wood chipper isn’t usually reorganization,” the judge replied. (Early last month, Musk announced that DOGE was "shutting down USAID.") As for the Trump administration’s continued insistence that Musk is not leading DOGE, the president’s own words were used to refute that argument on Tuesday. "I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Perhaps. Which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight," Trump said during his congressional address. Kelly McClanahan, a public interest lawyer handling a lawsuit challenging the legality of DOGE, filed the remarks in court as “new evidence” of Musk’s leadership role.

The Week In Musk: A wall of errors

Every time the U.S.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #court #doge

Judge orders DOGE member to testify
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/judge-orders-doge-member-to-testify

"Judge John Bates ruled last week that a member of #DOGE must testify in a case challenging the group’s access at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Departments of #Labor and #Health and Human Services...

#Musk has repeatedly called for Bates to be impeached"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Lawsuit #Judge #Law #CFPB #HHS #Government #News #US #USA
Headline and text: Judge orders DOGE member to testify Judge John Bates ruled last week that a member of DOGE must testify in a case challenging the group’s access at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services. A federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Bates said the deposition would be “necessary to determine the contours of the agency actions that plaintiffs challenge.” Musk has repeatedly called for Bates to be impeached, describing him as an “evil judge.” Andy Ogles, a House Republican from Tennessee, heeded Musk’s request, introducing articles of impeachment last month against Bates, whom he described as a “radical LGBTQ activist.”

The Week In Musk: A wall of errors

Every time the U.S.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #health #uspol #law #labor #government #corruption #Coup #CFPB #lawsuit #uspolitics #hhs #judge #doge

DOGE fires government efficiency team
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/doge-fires-government-efficiency-team

"Among the team’s achievements was an #IRS program that allowed #taxpayers to file directly with the agency for #free instead of paying for filing software from Intuit TurboTax. #18F employees were also responsible for maintaining the government’s #weather alerts and #forecasts service. It’s unclear if IRS Direct File or weather.gov will continue to operate."

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Tech #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Headline and text: DOGE fires government efficiency team The Trump administration terminated 90 technologists last Friday at the General Services Administration (GSA) who were working to modernize the software the federal government runs on, according to Reuters. The Atlantic reported that members of the GSA team known as 18F were informed their roles had been “abolished as part of an agency reduction-in-force.” Among the team’s achievements was an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) program that allowed taxpayers to file directly with the agency for free instead of paying for filing software from Intuit TurboTax. 18F employees were also responsible for maintaining the government’s weather alerts and forecasts service. It’s unclear if IRS Direct File or weather.gov will continue to operate.

The Week In Musk: A wall of errors

Every time the U.S.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #gop #irs #us #usa #tech #uspol #weather #free #taxpayers #Coup #uspolitics #doge #18f #forecasts

Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots

The string of violence against Tesla storefronts, charging stations and #vehicles exacerbates the company’s woes, analysts said.
https://archive.is/caoaN#selection-499.0-503.127

"more than a dozen #violent or destructive acts have been directed at Tesla facilities...

with vandalism directed at #Tesla storefronts, charging stations and vehicles."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #USPol #Resist #Resistance #Protest #News #USA
Headline: Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots The string of violence against Tesla storefronts, charging stations and vehicles exacerbates the company’s woes, analysts said. Yesterday at 8:57 a.m. EST
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #protest #usa #uspol #resistance #tesla #corruption #Coup #vehicles #resist #violent

"I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s #productivity, if not more"
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/id-say-it-cost-us-at-least-a-full-days-productivity-if-not-more

"But in an update... #OPM removed wording describing responses as “explicitly voluntary.” The new PIA states, “The consequences for failure to provide the requested #information will vary depending on the particular #email at issue.” #DonaldTrump has also said that federal employees who do not respond could lose their #jobs."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Government #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline and text(edited for length): "I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s productivity, if not more" Elon Musk dispatched another round of emails last weekend demanding federal workers spell out five things they accomplished over the week. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — the government’s human resources wing that has been transformed into a Musk cut-out — had initially said responses were voluntary. But in an update to its privacy impact assessment (PIA) last Friday, OPM removed wording describing responses as “explicitly voluntary.” The new PIA states, “The consequences for failure to provide the requested information will vary depending on the particular email at issue.” President Donald Trump has also said that federal employees who do not respond could lose their jobs. The scramble to respond to Musk’s email has led to inefficiencies for federal workers, including at the Dept of Veterans Affairs (VA)... Another employee at the agency told HuffPost that their managers became “mired in daily meetings to discuss ... how it was affecting employees and overall morale, and addressing whether or not any of this is legal… I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s productivity, if not more.” Musk’s ability to simultaneously email all federal workers was described as “illegal” by a federal judge last week in a lawsuit brought by the American Federation of Government Employees. The same judge ruled that OPM has no authority to layoff federal workers.

The Week In Musk: A wall of errors

Every time the U.S.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #us #usa #uspol #jobs #government #Coup #email #productivity #information #opm

DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk

In its apparent quest to cut #government spending and improve efficiency, #DOGE has fired entire #tech teams devoted to those very things.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/

"The culling of the GSA’s #18F division, in particular...has crippled programs... Over the weekend, around 90 technologists at 18F were fired via a surprise #email that went out shortly before 1 am ET on Saturday."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk In its apparent quest to cut government spending and improve efficiency, DOGE has fired entire tech teams devoted to those very things. by Makena Kelly Politics Mar 7, 2025 2:14 PM
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #tech #uspol #government #Coup #email #doge #18f

Trump's attempt to clean up after Elon Musk backfires

One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's #DOGE project?
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/07/attempt-to-clean-up-after-elon-musk-backfires/

"What #Elon is after... All the LLMs have sucked in all the #data. Now they need more to have an advantage.

... #Government is the biggest trove of #information on the planet...

"why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is. Why do you rob govt agencies? Because that's where the data is."

#Musk #Coup #Tech #USPol #News #USA
Headline: Trump's attempt to clean up after Elon Musk backfires One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's DOGE project? By Heather Digby Parton Columnist Published March 7, 2025 9:27AM (EST)

Trump's attempt to clean up after Elon Musk backfires

One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's DOGE project?
Salon.com
#news #musk #data #usa #tech #uspol #government #Coup #elon #information #doge

DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce.
https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/

"The move to automate tasks previously done by humans comes as DOGE continues its purge of the federal workforce."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Tech #Jobs #Technology #US #USA
Headline: DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce. by Makena Kelly and Zoë Schiffer Business Mar 7, 2025 6:22 PM
#trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #tech #uspol #jobs #technology #corruption #Coup

Musk’s Attack on Social Security Takes Ugly Turn With New Leak Stunner

As Trump officials move to cut Social Security & startling new info emerges about Elon Musk’s involvement, an advocate for social insurance explains how #Trump & #Musk are headed for deep political trouble.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192458/musks-attack-social-security-takes-ugly-turn-new-leak-stunner

"Trump’s admn gears up to cut #SocialSecurity... a top official at the #SSA privately admitted that Musk’s so-called #Doge is in charge of the cutting"

#ElonMusk #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: PODCAST Musk’s Attack on Social Security Takes Ugly Turn With New Leak Stunner As Trump officials move to cut Social Security and startling new info emerges about Elon Musk’s involvement, an advocate for social insurance explains how Trump and Musk are headed for deep political trouble. The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent March 7, 2025
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #uspol #Coup #socialsecurity #doge #ssa

A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale

Plans to redevelop a Northern #Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The #GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
https://www.wired.com/story/gsa-sale-cia-facility/

“The GSA’s effort to sell hundreds of US #government properties is part of... Elon Musk’s so-called #Doge...

some of the buildings identified house classified #CIA space"

#Musk #Coup #USPol #News
Headline: A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway. by Dhruv Mehrotra, Tim Marchman, Leah Feiger, and Andrew Couts Politics Mar 6, 2025 4:27 PM
#news #musk #uspol #government #Coup #CIA #virginia #doge #gsa

New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s #DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the #IRS demanding detailed info about #American taxpayers...
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/doge-staffer-corcos-wife-ties-russian-oligarch-1235291673/

"Corcos’ wife, Varvara Russkova Corcos, spent three years at the VC firm GVA Capital, which was previously exposed as a vehicle for one of the richest #oligarchs in #Russia"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Headline from Rolling Stone: Exclusive; New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud by Jacqueline Sweet March 7, 2025

New DOGE Staffer Sam Corcos Has Ties to Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud.
Jacqueline Sweet (Rolling Stone)
#russia #news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #irs #us #usa #uspol #american #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #oligarchs #doge

Farmers ruined by Musk killing USAID
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/29fc3a95e8fa4407a96507cc5720609c

"USAID bought $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers. - Civil Eats

Click to see where farmers are getting ruined by MAGA policies and the local political rep to hold accountable."

[It's an interactive map.]

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Doge #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #USAID #Farmers #Food #US #USA #Maps

Farmers ruined by Musk closing USAID

Farmers ruined by Musk closing USAID and who to hold accountable
Esri
#trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #food #maps #corruption #Coup #farmers #uspolitics #usaid #doge

DOGE Is the Deep State

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal govt to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-the-deep-state/

"If a bunch of shadowy, unelected figures, many with shared #business interests and connections, took over #government functions at the highest levels and directly contravened the will of #Congress, what might you call that? How about … #Doge?"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Headline: DOGE Is the Deep State A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar! By Brian Barrett Politics Mar 6, 2025 2:11 PM
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #congress #us #usa #uspol #business #government #corruption #Coup #uspolitics #doge

One Agency Held Off The DOGE Invasion & Is Now Fighting Back

Legal complaint narrates US African Development Foundation's efforts to stop DOGE from muscling its way into their building
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-agency-held-off-the-doge-invasion-and-is-now-fighting-back

"For weeks, the #US African Development Foundation... managed to do one thing that many federal agencies have not: beat back #DOGE...

So far USADF has succeeded in keeping DOGE from dismantling it."
[The details are fascinating, read them]

#Resist #Resistance #Musk #Coup #News #USPol
Text from article(edited for length): From there, USADF leadership started to fight back... It asked DOGE for an “assessment of the legal basis” of Altik’s vision for the agency and said that DOGE staffers would need security clearances to access agency data. That set off a back-and-forth that culminated in a showdown at USADF headquarters... Altik purportedly said that if the board didn’t provide waivers for security clearances, he would have the board fired... At one point, DOGE staffers allegedly approached a GOP appointee on the USADF board, incorrectly told him that everyone else had been fired, and asked him to implement their vision. He refused. After all that, on Feb. 24, the complaint says that the Presidential Personnel Office told Brehm that he had been fired from the board. PPO told the agency days later that it had appointed Pete Marocco, by that time well-known for putting a stranglehold on USAID, as board chairman. In the meantime, the original board had named fellow board member Brehm... as president of USADF... USADF board members determined that Marocco had been illegally appointed – he was an imposter as board chairman. The board also appointed Brehm as President, and notified Congress of the same. There’s no law that authorizes an acting chairman for USADF, they determined, and the President needs to nominate a replacement for Senate confirmation. It all came to a head on Wednesday, when Marocco appeared at USADF headquarters with DOGE staffers.

One Agency Held Off The DOGE Invasion And Is Now Fighting Back

For weeks, the U.S. African Development Foundation says in a new lawsuit, it’s managed to do one thing that many federal agencies have not: beat back DOGE and…
Josh Kovensky (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#news #musk #us #uspol #resistance #Coup #resist #doge

DOGE’s credibility is shot.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-weeks-ten-reasons-for-modest

"DOGE has saved the govt just $2 billion. That comes to 1/35 of 1% of the federal budget.

Repeated #errors have raised questions about the quality & veracity of the #information Musk’s #DOGE is putting out. The mistakes also call into question the team members’ competence — whether they understand the #government well enough to cut it while avoiding catastrophe."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #News #USA
Sub-heading and text from article (edited for length): 3. DOGE’s credibility is shot. ... Not even these contract cancellations amount to much. The New York Times found many so-called “cancelled” contracts had actually ended under previous presidents. By some estimates, DOGE has saved the government just $2 billion. That comes to 1/35 of 1 percent of the federal budget. Repeated errors have raised questions about the quality and veracity of the information Musk’s DOGE is putting out. The mistakes also call into question the team members’ competence — whether they understand the government well enough to cut it while avoiding catastrophe. This week, Musk again demanded every federal worker justify their employment, and once again, his hastily executed email has sowed confusion and resistance throughout the workforce, with many agency heads openly defying it. Federal workers at NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) program didn’t know how to respond because HLS has contracted with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company, the major competitor to Musk’s SpaceX, and HLS workers didn’t want to disclose to Musk what they were doing. At the same time, the Commerce Department has adjusted a government program to make it easier for states and municipalities to use government subsidies to buy Musk’s Starlink internet service. (Mark my words: When all this is put together, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.)

More reasons for modest optimism

This week’s 10
Robert Reich
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #information #errors #doge

And here is the list of email addresses for all DOGE employees (that we know of).

You can see a thread about where it came from and its verification here:
https://bsky.app/profile/esqueer.net/post/3ljpyyjzfis2l

HT: Alejandra Caraballo over on BlueSky

#Doge #MuskRats #AppaMuskRatchiks #Email #ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Government #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA #Resist #Resistance
A slightly out of focus list of members of Doge and their official email addresses. It would a real shame if anyone used these email addresses for anything other than legitimate questions about their government activities.
#news #musk #elonmusk #us #usa #uspol #resistance #government #corruption #Coup #email #uspolitics #resist #doge #muskrats #appamuskratchiks

Elon Musk’s #Government Email Address Is Now #Public Information

➡️ Do with this what you will.⬅️
https://newrepublic.com/post/192429/elon-musk-government-email-address

"The government #email address of powerful unelected bureaucrat #ElonMusk is now publicly available...

erm71@who.eop.gov

...Erm71 refers to Musk’s full initials & his 1971 birth year... addresses in the EOP... usually include the employee’s full first & last name." [So they were trying to hide it. Ha!]

#Resist #Resistance #Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #Press #USA
Headline: Elon Musk’s Government Email Address Is Now Public Information Do with this what you will. by Hafiz Rashid March 6, 2025 / 1:06 p.m. ET
#news #musk #elonmusk #press #usa #uspol #public #resistance #government #corruption #Coup #email #resist

Building Staff Canned At Phoenix Federal Courthouse
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/building-staff-caned-at-phoenix-federal-courthouse

"The GSA is currently controlled by #DOGE...

The #Phoenix courthouse houses the #judicial branch mostly. But the #GSA is still in charge of running the building. So court staff were surprised earlier this week when they found out that all the GSA employees who run the building had been fired. None of the judicial offices... had been notified."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Government #News #Arizona #USA
Text from article: In Phoenix, the federal courthouse is named after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: it’s the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse. The General Services Administration (GSA) is the agency charged with running the building. The GSA is currently controlled by DOGE and they’re the ones currently breaking leases on federal offices around the country and trying to sell off, at least as of earlier this week, hundreds of federal buildings including the Departments of Justice, Labor and Health and Human Services. The Phoenix courthouse houses the judicial branch mostly. But the GSA is still in charge of running the building. So court staff were surprised earlier this week when they found out that all the GSA employees who run the building had been fired. None of the judicial offices, I’m told, had been notified. They only realized what was happening when they noticed some members of the building staff crying. Seems like a problem, right? Who’s running the building? How’s it going?

Building Staff Canned At Phoenix Federal Courthouse

In Phoenix, the federal courthouse is named after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: it’s the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse. The General Services Administration…
Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#news #trump #musk #gop #usa #uspol #judicial #government #corruption #Coup #arizona #phoenix #doge #gsa

Elon Musk’s DOGE Sued After Using U.S. Marshals to Take Over Agency

The US African Development Foundation is doing everything it can to stop the illegal takeover of its agency.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192442/doge-marocco-sued-us-marshals-takeover-usadf-agency

"Elon Musk’s #Doge used the #US Marshals to physically take over a #government agency... & now that agency head is suing...

“Any attempt to unilaterally dismantle the USADF through executive action violates the #law & exceeds the constitutional limits of executive authority”

#Musk #Coup #News
Photo and headline from The New Republic: Photo: Protesters sit on the floor outside a door with signs like "Marocco's illegal attacks on global health." Capitol Police stand near them, with one officer yelling at them. PAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Caption: Protesters are detained by U.S. Capitol Police officers after demonstrating outside a meeting between the House Foreign Affairs Commitee and Pete Marocco, deputy administrator-designate for USAID, on March 5. Headline: Elon Musk’s DOGE Sued After Using U.S. Marshals to Take Over Agency The U.S. African Development Foundation is doing everything it can to stop the illegal takeover of its agency. by Hafiz Rashid March 6, 2025 / 3:20pm ET
#news #musk #us #law #government #Coup #doge

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