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The #UnitedStates is currently evolving into a #NetworkState, says a #military analyst who writes regularly on the subject.
https://www.thenerdreich.com/network-state-government-ai-tech-takeover-united-states/
"Musk's actions... [are] the realization of a radical #ideology...
goal is to concentrate #power in the hands of #tech billionaires...
a foreign-born billionaire imposing a new form of governance without the consent of the #American people"
#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #Press #US #USA
Military Analyst: Network State Takeover of U.S. Government
The United States is currently evolving into a Network State, says a military analyst who writes regularly on the subject.Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich)
Here’s what’s next on DOGE’s chopping block.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192360/elon-musk-next-targets-amtrak-postal-service
"Elon #Musk told some of his biggest investors... that he’s looking to fully take over the federal #government.
In a meeting with #MorganStanley, the #tech [South African immigrant] reportedly likened his influence over the federal government to a “corporate takeover.”"
#ElonMusk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #Business #News #USA #US
...Trump and Musk could outrun the rule of law, rendering it irrelevant."
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/time-for-it-to-die-the-chaotic-killing-off-of-government-musk-trump-doge
Here begins the 10th Elon Musk thread.
List of links to previous threads:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113986946321010763
#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Trump #Threads #Government #Tech #Business #Law #USPol #News #USA
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In plain English, Donald Trump’s “vision” is to kill the department, which Congress created in 1979 to administer federal education programs. An executive order has reportedly been in the works for a month, and legal or not, the department could be gone before you know it.
In fact, half the government could be gone, and the half that’s left could be unrecognizable, before most people know it and anyone can do anything about it. It’s all happening at whiplash speed, with little to no transparency. Even court challenges are no match for Trump’s ideological army and Elon Musk’s digital SWAT team.
Federal judge Amy Berman Jackson summed up the threat this week at a hearing on the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent agency created by Congress after the 2008 economic collapse to stop banks and other financial firms from scamming and cheating people, and hold them accountable if they do. She said she feared it would be “choked out of its very existence before I get to rule on the merits.” [underlined and highlighted] In other words, Trump and Musk could outrun the rule of law, rendering it irrelevant. [End underline and highlight]](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/117/848/149/809/081/original/377bd24d9e95e8a0.png "Text from article:
In plain English, Donald Trump’s “vision” is to kill the department, which Congress created in 1979 to administer federal education programs. An executive order has reportedly been in the works for a month, and legal or not, the department could be gone before you know it.
In fact, half the government could be gone, and the half that’s left could be unrecognizable, before most people know it and anyone can do anything about it. It’s all happening at whiplash speed, with little to no transparency. Even court challenges are no match for Trump’s ideological army and Elon Musk’s digital SWAT team.
Federal judge Amy Berman Jackson summed up the threat this week at a hearing on the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent agency created by Congress after the 2008 economic collapse to stop banks and other financial firms from scamming and cheating people, and hold them accountable if they do. She said she feared it would be “choked out of its very existence before I get to rule on the merits.” [underlined and highlighted] In other words, Trump and Musk could outrun the rule of law, rendering it irrelevant. [End underline and highlight]")
‘Time for It to Die’: The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government
Don’t count on the courts to stop it.Jill Lawrence (The Bulwark)
How long has it been in power? Seven weeks? Only going to get worse,
Now will be a good time for anyone in the Democratic party who does not actually approve of these actions to do something about it. Any plan to "wait until the midterms" fails to recognise what kind of regime they now live under.
#uspol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7cPzlI2kYw
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#KeithSelf
#SarahMcBride
#BillKeating
#USPol
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Now they say there's no need for discovery bc there are no more detailees."
-K Cheney
#Discovery #Courts #Fascism #Lawless #Musk #Trump #DOGE #Constitution #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150.51.1.pdf
“Tariffs and escalating trade tensions are a form of economic self-harm and a recipe for slower growth and higher inflation. They are paid by the consumers. This is why Australia will not be imposing reciprocal tariffs on the United States. Such a course of action would only push up prices for Australian consumers and increase inflation.”
…
“… in January 2025, for the first time since the US census bureau published records, Australia recorded a trade surplus with the US. This was driven, almost wholly, by a run on gold in the US. Australia shipped a record amount of gold to the US in January – worth US$2.9bn – according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, the highest figure in records dating back to 1995.”
#TradeWar #Tarriffs #Gold #USPol #Auspol #Steel #Aluminium #PutinsPuppet #TrumpFlation
The new wave of #memecoin scams like #TrumpCoin are also all facilitated/perpetrated by these decentralized trading platforms.
If any of these people are your representative you should do what you can to make sure they are primaried because they are not representing your interests. At a minimum call them and yell at them (this works better than most people think!)
The corruption of the US government by #crypto bros is extremely bipartisan.
* Full roll call of vote: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202571
#uspol #defi #DOGE #broligarchs #SEC #CFPB #DNC #Dems #congress #house #law #tax #corruption #taxation
The formerly anti-government bitcoin movement abandons its principles in favor of number-go-up, applauds federal plan to stockpile seized crypto with no clear benefit to national interest
https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-reserves-no-public-good-no-principles/
#bitcoin #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
Crypto reserves: no public good, no principles
The formerly anti-establishment bitcoin movement abandons its principles in favor of number-go-up, applauds federal plan to stockpile seized crypto with no clear benefit to national interestMolly White (Citation Needed)
by Callie Ferguson and Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News, and Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica
March 11, 2025, 2:45 p.m. EDT
Co-published with Bangor Daily News
Reporting Highlights
- Trump vs. Maine: After an exchange between Maine’s governor and President Donald Trump over transgender girls competing in girls’ sports, several federal agencies launched investigations.
- University Funding Halted: A federal agency investigating the University of Maine System has not yet issued any findings. But on Tuesday [March 11th], the university said the agency had halted research funding.
- Big Response, Few Students: Only two transgender girls in Maine are competing this school year. Six federal agencies now have their sights on the state.
Read more:
https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-trump-janet-mills-transgender-girls-sports-education-social-security
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vny6L
#News #Maine #Trump
#USPol #Government
#LGBTQ #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #MaineResists #Resistance
.. officers turned up pointing a gun at him as his body lay dying on the floor.
Another attendant screams "I DON"T NEED GUNS, I NEED A FIRE EXTINGUISHERS".
That sums up America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation_of_Aaron_Bushnell
#uspol #america #gaza #genocide
From AP.com: Court asked to intervene after email tells USAID workers to destroy classified documents
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-burn-order-shred-classified-documents-f042a51c0a9f74c96b0259b51a0d4a83
Court asked to intervene after email tells USAID workers to destroy classified documents
A union for U.S. Agency for International Development contractors is asking a federal judge to intervene in any destruction of USAID classified documents. That's after an email ordered staffers to help burn and shred agency records.Ellen Knickmeyer (AP News)
https://boycott-flyer.eu/
stronger world - weaker Trump!
#uspol
Make your own Boycott Flyer
Customise a Buy European or a Boycott USA flyer. You can add your own alternatives, titles or slogans.boycott-flyer.eu
'Trump floats labeling Tesla dealership protesters 'domestic terrorists'
"If you storm the Capitol and kill police officers you’re a patriot.
But if you protest Tesla dealerships you’re a domestic terrorist."
-Capt Obvious
If Trump declares that protesters are domestic terrorists...
#Musk #Tesla #DOGE #1A #Constitutiion #Fascism #Autocracy #Kleptocracy #Protest #Resist #DueProcess #Trump #USPol
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5189239-trump-tesla-dealership-protesters-domestic-terrorists/
This photo op appears to be recognition that #Resisters have successfully impaired Tesla sales & tanked its stock.
#Testa #DOGE #Musk #USPol #Resist #USPol
#USPol #Impeach
https://www.commondreams.org/news/free-speech-for-people-impeachment-update
Petition Urging Impeachment of 'Corrupt, Lawless' Trump Surges Past 250,000 Signatures
"As Trump repeatedly undermines our democracy and ignores the Constitution, we will continue to call on Congress to fulfill its duty by investigating and, if necessary, removing this corrupt executive from office," said one legal advocate.eloise-goldsmith (Common Dreams)
Not one story I’ve heard yet of Doug Ford’s latest interaction with Washington has mentioned the coincident hammering the market has been taking as the tariff idiocy escalates and Trump’s desperate need for an out.
They’ll be back. Ford has been used.
Mark these words.
#media #cbc #cdnpoli #dougford #uspol
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU
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#MahmoudKhalil #Freedom #FreedomOfSpeech #FreeSpeech #impeachment #SaveAmericanDemocracy #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
Will Senate Dems oppose the CR or will a handful of them provide the votes needed for it to pass? The case is strong for letting Trump sink.
CR: less specific about its directives to fund part. programs & priorities.🚨It'd actually increase Musk’s flexibility to slash spending/shutter govt programs.
#USPol #Shutdown https://newrepublic.com/article/192575/transcript-trump-sinking-heres-dems-shouldnt-save-him
Transcript: Trump Is Sinking. Here’s Why Dems Shouldn’t Save Him.
An interview with former Congressman Tom Malinowski, who argues that Democrats must use the battle over government funding to put an end to Trump-Musk’s reign of lawbreaking and destruction.The New Republic
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/executions-death-penalty-upcoming
#DeathPenalty #Injustice #USPol #USA
'In an emailed statement to The Verge, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said that Khalil had been arrested “in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting antisemitism.”'
via @theverge
https://www.theverge.com/policy/627185/columbia-ice-arrest-mahmoud-khalil-palestine-protest-surveillance
#uspol #palestine #zionism
This is just the start
ICE agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil for his role in Columbia’s campus-wide pro-Palestine protests. They may have used a vast surveillance dragnet to find him.Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)
🇫🇷 La Croix: “USA-Europe, An alliance threatened”
🇮🇹 Corriere Della Sera: “The world has changed” & “Trump effect hits the stock market”
🇬🇧 FT: “Trump is making Europe great again” & “Wall St plunges”
🇪🇸 Expansión: “Wall Street trembles for fear of a U.S. recession
#economy #uspol #eu #media
Trump further tarnishes Tesla brand by claiming he's going to buy one, calls boycotts collusion and illegal in angry late night tirade.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/trump-buying-tesla-support-elon-musk-00223293
#tesla #uspol
And not a two sided conflict, a multifaceted shitshow with individuals, districts, whole states out for themselves as a paralysed federal govt rages at itself above them.
Hope the Australian government has wargamed the possibility, or at least considered it, and planned the contingencies.Status quo is unsustainable and something is going to break.
#auspol #uspol
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/why-european-starlink-rival-eutelsat-shares-are-rocketing.html
#USpol
#Trump
A European Starlink rival's shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here's why
Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat gained over 550% in a three-day rally last week.Ryan Browne (CNBC)
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna195642
#TransRights #HumanRights #Texas #GregAbbott #USPol
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a state jail felony
The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.Jo Yurcaba (NBC News)
-- AP story on Mahmoud Khalil's detention by ICE, who also said they were revoking his permanent residency, and allegedly threatened to arrest his wife, a US citizen: https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
Khalil had been an organizer of #Gaza war protests at Columbia.
#uspol #FreeSpeech
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who led Columbia protests, lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.Jake Offenhartz (AP News)
Khalil is a green card holder and there is no known legal justification for his arrest. This appears to have been an arbitrary arrest at the direction the White House. Last I heard Khalil has not been allowed to speak to a lawyer. He has been transfered over 1000 miles to ICE detention in Louisiana.
#FreeMahmoudKhalil
#FreePalestine #Columbia #NYC #USPol #Trump #acab #FreeSpeech #ICE #Louisiana
My god in heaven.
#TheResistance #USPol
#Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending
The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As #Trump cuts key government services, we found it aims to spend on sand traps and clubhouses.
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/10/pentagon-spending-golf-courses-trump-budget-cuts-elon-musk-doge/
#USPol #DOGE #DOGECity #DOGETargets #BadDOGE #MadKingTrump
Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending
The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found its plan to spend on sand traps and clubhouses.Nick Turse (The Intercept)
Should he really be rampaging thru the Civil Service if he's not clean?
#Drugs #DrugTesting #Doge #DogeBags #Elon #Musk #ElonMusk #WasteFraudAbuse #impeachment #SaveAmericanDemocracy #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #analysis #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
#USpol #BeckyBurke
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/british-comic-creator-r-e-burke-detained-by-ice-after-crossing-border/
Oh, yeah.
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's doubling down and picking fights with Trump live.
Don't like him particularly, but has more courage than anyone holding office. Fucking get that piece of shit, 'Trumble'.
#auspol #uspol
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"Whatever happens this isn't #MAGA policy. This isn't toddler syndrome, isn't even incompetence or mismanagement.
"This is a deliberate disassembly of the building blocks of American power and security and safety.
"This isn't anything that I would
think that any American would ever want, much less orchestrate. Which has pushed me into the realm of some some conspiracy theories.
"I think we now need to consider that the Russians really have penetrated the White House, and while I think it's a stretch to say it's a Manchurian Candidate situation, there are too many things happening that seem too tailored to hobble American capacity long run.
"Everything that was on this list [of what the White House is doing, has done] is something that the Russians have tried before.
"This is some heavy stuff."
#Russia #USPol #USPolitics #Geopolitics
https://youtu.be/lGFKwshHjWQ