Zum Inhalt der Seite gehen

Suche

Beiträge, die mit Elonmusk getaggt sind


Trump-Musk Threats Darken as Their Anger at Enemies Takes Ominous Turn

As Trump & #ElonMusk signal menacing new intentions on numerous fronts, a scholar of democratic breakdown explains how we’re now seeing textbook signs of a country’s slide into #authoritarian rule.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191598/trump-musk-threats-darken-anger-enemies-takes-ominous-turn

"Elon Musk raged on #Twitter that people at CBS News deserve a “long prison sentence”... Meanwhile, #Trump tweeted out a line saying straight out that his presidency is above the #law."

#Authoritarianism
Headline: PODCAST
Trump-Musk Threats Darken as Their Anger at Enemies Takes Ominous Turn

As Trump and Elon Musk signal menacing new intentions on numerous fronts, a scholar of democratic breakdown explains how we’re now seeing textbook signs of a country’s slide into authoritarian rule.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
February 18, 2025


No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits

#ElonMusk claims to have found rampant #fraud in the #SocialSecurity Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/

"weird quirk of the Social Security Administration’s benefits system, which was largely written in COBOL, a 60-year-old programming language...

These systems default to the reference point [May 20, 1875] when a birth date is missing or incomplete"

#Musk #Coup #Trump #Politics #News #USA
News headline:
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits

Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.

by David Gilbert
Politics
Feb 17, 2025 3:02 PM


Top #SocialSecurity Official Leaves After #Musk Team Seeks Data Access

The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to #DOGE efforts to access sensitive data.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/social-security-musk-team-access.html

"abrupt departure of a senior federal official who refused to provide Musk’s lieutenants with access to closely held #data. Musk’s team has been embedding with agencies across the federal #government & seeking access to private data"

#Privacy #ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Politics #News #USA #US
News headline:
Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access

The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.


"Musk and his minions decided to summarily fire as many federal workers as they could without making any effort to find out what these workers do and whether it’s important."
- Paul Krugman

Here begins the 6th Elon Musk thread.

Previous threads:

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

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

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

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

5th: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/114004086338314054

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA
Meme in the form of a newspaper headline with the text:
Elon Musk's gang of very young techbros rampages through US government agencies creating havoc!

"Musk and his minions decided to summarily fire as many federal workers as they could without making any effort to find out what these workers do and whether it’s important."
- Paul Krugman


Ooopsies! #DOGE embarrasses #Trump again with accidental #BirdFlu expert firings

by John Bowden, February 19, 2025

"A second confirmed case of #ElonMusk’s DOGE team accidentally firing critical government workers is leaving egg on the president’s face.

"NBC’s report revealing that officials at the Department of Agriculture (#USDA) working on the federal efforts to halt the spread of bird flu at poultry and dairy farms comes at a poor time for the administration. #EggPrices are skyrocketing as the culling of millions of chickens — implemented by the USDA to halt the disease in farms where it is discovered — has caused shortages.

"The agency expects prices to jump another 20 percent this year.

"But a spokesperson for the USDA on Tuesday was forced to admit to reporters that Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative has already hindered the agency’s efforts. 'Several' employees critical to the agency’s bird flu response efforts were laid off by order of DOGE staffers, according to the USDA, only for the layoffs to be rescinded after the necessity of the axed positions was explained to Musk’s team."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/doge-embarrasses-trump-again-with-accidental-bird-flu-expert-firings/ar-AA1zog6f
#WhenIdiotsRule #TrumptyDumpty #USPol


In December, the Texas Observer and @Bellingcat identified the operators of four prominent white supremacist accounts on X, including documenting their interactions with Elon Musk. One worked for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland. https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/

#ElonMusk #WhiteSupremacy #extremism #Fascism #SocialMedia #racism #politics #USpol #news


Every time I see a media outlet refer to Musk’s ideological purge of public servants as a “cost-cutting” exercise my blood pressure just spikes. #media #trump #fascism #elonmusk


Elon Musk, der China-Freund im Weißen Haus

Tesla-Chef und Trump-Berater Elon Musk hat großes wirtschaftliches Interesse in China. Damit könnte das Land versuchen, Druck auf ihn auszuüben. Doch könnte Peking so auch Einfluss auf Trumps China-Politik nehmen? Von Marie von Mallinckrodt.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/musk-china-usa-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#ElonMusk #China #USA


„Trump attackiert Ukraine-Präsident: „Ihr hättet nie anfangen sollen!“
#Trump #elonmusk #usa #schwarwel
Das bekannte Meme mit dem POC, der im oberen Bild angewidert ablehnt und im unteren Bild Lächelnd Daumen hoch zeigt. Oben: Musk und Trump breit grinsend im Oval Office. Unten: Musk und Trump flennend in Gefängniskleidung im Knast. Unterzeile: „Ausmalbilder“. (Credit: Schwarwel)


Elon Musk - ein Autist? Das ich nicht lache!

Er folgt einfach dem Plan seines Vorbilds, der politischen Bestsellerautorin und einflussreichen Psychopathin Ayn Rand, die Gefühlskälte zur Grundlage einer erfolgreichen Gesellschaft erklärte. Und deren Namen ich in den Analysen dessen, was in den USA momentan geschieht, noch viel zu selten lese.

Es gibt aber einen spannenden Dokumentarfilm von Adam Curtis, der die Connection zwischen Ayn Rand, den Techbros und der aktuellen Stärke der Kalifornischen Ideologie auf höchst unterhaltsame Art beleuchtet. Und der heute aktueller ist, denn je.

Auf Youtube ist die Doku selbstverständlich nur noch stückchenweise zu finden, aber archive.org bietet die Möglichkeit, dieses Meisterwerk aus Kunst, Aufklärung und Unterhaltung zu sehen.

https://archive.org/details/BBC.All.Watched.Over.by.Machines.of.Loving.Grace.3of3.Monkey.in.the.Machine.PDTV/BBC.All.Watched.Over.by.Machines.of.Loving.Grace.1of3.Love.and.Power.PDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.org.mp4

#Autismus #AynRand #ElonMusk #USA #californianideology #AdamCurtis


On Sunday, WaPo reported that #DOGE is seeking access to a heavily guarded system at the #IRS w/detailed #financial #information about every #taxpayer, #business & #nonprofit in the country, & #ElonMusk’s associates have also sought access to sensitive information at the #Labor Dept.

#law #privacy #Trump #InfoSec #PersonalFinance


#ElonMusk’s associates already sought access to records that are typically closely held across the federal #government, prompting disputes w/senior officials across numerous #FederalAgencies. The highest-ranking civil servant at the #Treasury Dept recently resigned after refusing to grant #DOGE access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages >$5R in annual payments.

#law #privacy #Trump #InfoSec #PersonalFinance


The #SocialSecurity Administration is responsible for managing #pension payments for >70 million American #seniors & manages significant troves of personal #data, including those related to Americans’ work & pay history, & where they live. It was not immediately clear precisely which data #ElonMusk associates wanted or the exact circumstances leading to King’s departure.

#law #privacy #Trump #InfoSec #PersonalFinance


“It’s a shame…to disregard 120 senior executive service people,” O’Malley said. “To pick an acting commissioner that is not in the senior executive service sends a message that professional people should leave….”
On #FauxNews on Mon evening, WH press sec Leavitt said she had been fighting “fake news reporters” who had been trying to “fearmonger” about #SocialSecurity payments. Leavitt said #Trump had directed #ElonMusk only to ID “fraud”…, & that seniors’ retirement #benefits would be protected.


In selecting Dudek, #Trump bypassed dozens of other senior executives who sat higher in the agency’s leadership hierarchy, touching off alarm in & around the agency, which has already faced years of budget & staffing difficulties.

“At this rate, they will break it. And they will break it fast, & there will be an interruption of #benefits,” said Martin O’Malley, the #SocialSecurity commissioner under the Biden admin & a fmr Maryland governor.

#law #PersonalFinance #privacy #ElonMusk #InfoSec


#Trump appointed Leland Dudek, a manager in charge of #SocialSecurity’s anti-fraud office, as acting commissioner while Frank Bisignano, Trump’s nom for permanent commissioner, is vetted by the Senate, acc/to 3 individuals…. A public announcement is expected this week. Dudek had posted positive remarks on #socialmedia about #DOGE’s efforts to cut costs and search for fraud in federal agencies, acc/to 2 of the individuals. [that’s all it takes in this admin💨🍑]

#law #privacy #ElonMusk #InfoSec


The acting commissioner of the #SocialSecurity Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire #ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, 3 people familiar with her departure said Monday.

Michelle King, who spent several decades at the agency before being named its acting commissioner last month, left her position Sunday after the disagreement, the people said.

#law #privacy #Trump #InfoSec


Top #SocialSecurity official exits after clash with #Musk’s #DOGE over #data

Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by #ElonMusk’s team for sensitive government #information.

#law #privacy #Trump #InfoSec
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/17/doge-social-security-musk/


Microsoft and the United States Government have a working partnership. You should consider try using Linux.

For a newbie, I would suggest Ultramarine Linux (KDE Plasma) or MX Linux (KDE Plasma). But ultimately, your goal should be to try using Linux.

If you need to keep a copy of Windows for gaming, that's fine. But still try using Linux too.

#Project2025 #Fascism #Nazis #DonaldTrump #Trump #ElonMusk #Musk #Privacy #Security #UsJurisdiction


Grok 3 vorgestellt: Die kontroversen KI-Pläne von Elon Musk

Elon Musk hat die nächste Version seines KI-Chatbots vorgestellt. Doch ist Grok 3 wirklich "die intelligenteste KI der Welt"? Und welche Ziele verfolgt der Tech-Milliardär mit xAI? Von Angela Göpfert.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/musk-ki-grok-openai-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#ElonMusk #KI #Grok #OpenAI #Börse #xAI


Grok 3 vorgestellt: Die kontroversen KI-Pläne von Elon Musk

Elon Musk hat die nächste Version seines KI-Chatbots vorgestellt. Doch ist Grok 3 wirklich "die intelligenteste KI der Welt"? Und welche Ziele verfolgt der Tech-Milliardär mit xAI? Von Angela Göpfert.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/musk-ki-grok-openai-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#ElonMusk #KI #Grok #OpenAI #Börse #xAI


Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) strebt Zugang zu sensiblen Steuerdaten von Millionen US-Bürgern an. Der Vorstoß alarmiert Experten und Politiker. #ElonMusk #Datenschutz https://winfuture.de/news,148921.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia


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.’


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.


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


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


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


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


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


"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)


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


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