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Perhaps the plan involves hitting the Chinese with flying car parts as they fall of cybertrucks …

 #trump #DonaldTrump #uspolitics #uspol #Musk #elonmusk #politics #bbc #gop #republicans #Democrats #trade #tariffs #MAGA #gop #Tariff #FuckTrump #TrumpIsARussianAsse #tesla #teslatakedown


#trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #maga #donaldtrump #trade #politics #bbc #uspol #democrats #tesla #republicans #tariffs #uspolitics #tariff #fucktrump #teslatakedown #trumpisarussianasse

https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil-tells-us-about-t This case calls norms of immigration law into question. But also, importantly, how the US government interprets our constitution’s First Amendment is at stake. #MahmoudKhalil #Immigration #GOP #Palestine

What the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil tells us about the First Amendmen

On March 8, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and detained by the Department of Home Security without due process. His case has put our country’s First Amendment to the test.
Libby Denkmann (KUOW Public Radio)
#gop #immigration #palestine #mahmoudkhalil

https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil-tells-us-about-t ICE’s arrest and detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia University’s student protests, has created a climate of fear and frustration among student protesters across the country.

Khalil was arrested and forced into an unmarked car before being taken to a detention facility in Louisiana. He has not been accused of a crime. #GOP #Crime #Corruption #Racism #Palestine

What the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil tells us about the First Amendmen

On March 8, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and detained by the Department of Home Security without due process. His case has put our country’s First Amendment to the test.
Libby Denkmann (KUOW Public Radio)
#gop #crime #racism #corruption #palestine

Hey, the cowardly #GOP Congress critters are starting to get more scared of their constituents than Trump! Good!

What a shame it took all this for that to happen.

"NY Republican slams Social Security office closure plan: ‘Slap in the face’"

#SocialSecurity #Trump #fascism #musk #doge

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5206478-ny-republican-slams-social-security-office-closure/
#fascism #trump #musk #gop #socialsecurity #doge

Outgoing Commerce Official Shreds Elon Musk’s Starlink in Final Email

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

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

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

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

Why will it take DOGE three years to respond to a simple FOIA?
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/why-will-it-take-doge-three-years-to-respond-to-a-simple-foia/

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

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

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

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

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

Five important questions to ask about DOGE’s FOIA future
Freedom of the Press
#news #trump #musk #gop #usa #uspol #public #corruption #Coup #FOIA #doge

"It sounds too preposterous to believe, but ... #DonaldTrump loves the idea of creating cities that exist outside of federal authority, putting out a video in 2023 promising to give over federal lands to #oligarchs to begin their mini-dictatorships. #Tech executives, fueled by their ill-gotten #crypto gains, are heavily lobbying congressional #Republicans right now to make this #dystopian dream happen."
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/

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

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

"These are going to be cities without democracy" — and Trump has already promised to give them to billionaires
Salon.com
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #crypto #Coup #republicans #dystopian #oligarchs

"In the #tech bro world #ElonMusk comes from, the definition of "freedom" is that rich people get to treat everyone else however they like, without that pesky #government coming in to protect people's #safety, autonomy or civil #rights. As Duran explained in his newsletter, "These cities will be controlled entirely by tech #billionaires and #corporations, operating outside of #US laws.""
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/

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

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

"These are going to be cities without democracy" — and Trump has already promised to give them to billionaires
Salon.com
#fascism #news #trump #billionaires #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #tech #rights #government #safety #corruption #Coup #corporations #authoritarianism

The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction

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

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

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

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

"These are going to be cities without democracy" — and Trump has already promised to give them to billionaires
Salon.com
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #uspol #technology #government #corruption #Coup #citizenship #siliconvalley

These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration

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

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

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

Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From #DOGE

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

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

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

DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers & Safety Experts

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

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

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

DOGE Is Making It Harder to Track Extreme Weather. What Could Go Wrong?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/weather-service-doge-cuts.html

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

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

Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide

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

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

#ElonMusk #Musk #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #genocide #corruption #antisemitic

BWAHAHA! Tim Walz continues his rampage through districts with AWOL #GOP Congress critters! He's in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, tonight. He'll be talking to the voters because #MAGA Derrick Van Orden is too scared to.

Hey, some #Democrats know how to take the fight to the Nazis!

https://www.wpr.org/news/tim-walz-eau-claire-town-hall-susan-crawford-derrick-van-orden

Tim Walz coming to Eau Claire to boost Crawford, attack Van Orden - WPR

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will visit Eau Claire next week to rally Democrats ahead of key elections this year and next.
Rich Kremer (WPR)
#gop #maga #democrats

HOW IT STARTED:

"Minnesota Republicans' bill to define 'Trump derangement syndrome' as mental illness provokes backlash"

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-derangement-syndrome-minnesota-senate-republicans/

HOW IT'S GOING:
"GOP calls for Sen. Justin Eichorn to resign after arrest for allegedly soliciting teen for sex"

Yes, this is one of the guys who submitted the Trump Derangement bill. It's always the ones you most expect.

#GOP #fascism #maga #minnesota #rape #trump

https://www.startribune.com/justin-eichorn-arrested-senator-mn/601238548
Mug shot of Minnesote State Sen Justin Eichorn, 40, one of the Republicans who introduced a bill to classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness. He was just arrested for trying to rape a teenager, and boy does he look the part. He's a pasty blond weasely looking guy I would 100% cover my drink around.

Minnesota Republicans' bill to define "Trump derangement syndrome" as mental illness provokes backlash

A bill that was introduced by Minnesota Senate Republicans to define so-called "Trump derangement syndrome" as a mental illness has provoked a backlash, with some saying the bill trivializes mental health care in the state regardless of the seriousne…
Eric Henderson (CBS Minnesota)
#fascism #trump #gop #maga #minnesota #rape

"Condé Nast publications for the win, baby. They are providing fearless coverage where other mainstream media sources fear to tread.

The New Yorker. Vanity Fair. Teen Vogue. Wired. Ars Technica.

Penske Magazines also deserve a shoutout. Rolling Stone, Vox Media, The Hollywood Reporter."

‪Kaz Weida‬

#GoodMedia #News #RealNews #NBC #USPolitics #Elon #Musk #ElonMusk #TheCons #Journalism #Media #marker #ShitMedia #Bias #Clowns #FascistEnablers #GOP #resistance #FascistTakover #ProRegimeBias
#news #musk #elonmusk #gop #journalism #media #resistance #clowns #elon #bias #uspolitics #nbc #FascistEnablers #fascisttakover #thecons #shitmedia #proregimebias #marker #goodmedia #realnews

Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/who-doge-hurts-gutting-noaa

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

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

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

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

Who DOGE Hurts: Gutting NOAA

On March 12, there was reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's "reductions in force" directive to federal agencies.
Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
#news #trump #musk #gop #climate #us #politics #usa #uspol #weather #tornado #corruption #Coup #disasters #noaa #hurricane #doge

"I find it odious when the world’s richest man cackles about #America shoving programs for needy children “into the wood chipper.”

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

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

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

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

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

The People Trump and DOGE Hurt
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-people-trump-and-doge-hurt

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

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

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

The People Trump and DOGE Hurt

Four members of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after HUD, with no warning, terminated Fair Housing Initiatives…
Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #usa #uspol #housing #americans #government #safety #cruelty #doge

USPS Makes Alarming Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE

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

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

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

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

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline: USPS Makes Alarming Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is welcoming DOGE with open arms. by Hafiz Rashid March 14, 2025 / 12:58 p.m. ET
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #usps #us #usa #uspol #law #rural #constitution #Coup #privatization #doge #louisdejoy

DOGE plans to double its staff, target safety net programs
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159032671/doge-plans-to-double-its-staff-target-safety-net-programs

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

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

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

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

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

See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims

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

Helpful animated graphics showing Doge's mistakes and lies.

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

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

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

TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
https://www.404media.co/tsa-k9-bomb-sniffing-dogs-funding/

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

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

Making DOGE Cuts Permanent Is Easier Said Than Done

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

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

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #USA #US
Headline from The Bulwark: Making DOGE Cuts Permanent Is Easier Said Than Done Plus: GOP town halls are scarce these days. by Joe Perticone Mar 13, 2025
#news #musk #gop #us #usa #uspol #corruption #Coup #usaid #doge #pepfar

Trump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here begins the 11th Elon Musk thread.

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

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

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

Fire sale

A cartoon by RJ Matson
RJ Matson (The Contrarian)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #politics #usa #uspol #potus #business #political #threads #corruption #Coup #whitehouse #uspolitics #teslas

#GOP
NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT “I WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS” WAS REJECTED AS A DEFENSE AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS. JUST SAYING.
#gop

"Our Democrat Senators Must Stand Up To Trump’s Money Grab. Vote NO on the government funding CR."
- Aure

Republicans Bank on Democrats Caving in Shutdown Standoff
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

https://time.com/7267412/government-shutdown-chuck-schumer/
Senator Schumer

Republicans Bank on Democrats Caving in Shutdown Standoff

Chuck Schumer implied Wednesday that Democrats won't provide the votes to pass the GOP spending bill, but key Senators are still wavering.
Philip Elliott (Time)
#news #gop #politics #press #uspol #aurefreepress #uspolitics #headline

This is a must read for all USians who wonder why why US media isn't doing it's job and what is happening with media. It's in Finnish but your browser can translate it.
US media won't tell you this because of obvious reasons.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20147969

#usa #uspol #USPolitics #maga #trump #donaldtrump #gop #media #fascism #farright #freespeech

Analyysi: Trump pelottelee USA:n laatulehtiä, Disneytä ja muita mediajättejä – näin median vaientaminen toimii

Trumpin hallinto on aloittanut vyörytyksen, joka uhkaa Yhdysvaltain lehdistön­vapautta. Keinot ovat tuttuja autori­täärisistä maista, ulkomaan­toimittaja Esko Varho kirjoittaa.
Esko Varho (Yle Uutiset)
#fascism #trump #gop #freespeech #maga #donaldtrump #usa #uspol #media #uspolitics #farright

"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

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