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Musk will ISS-Kooperation offenbar frühzeitig beenden

Die USA wollen anscheinend früher als geplant aus der Zusammenarbeit auf der Internationalen Raumstation aussteigen: Das geht aus einer Äußerung von Elon Musk auf X hervor. Und der Tweet sorgt nun für Wirbel. Von U. Spangenberger.

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

#Raumfahrt #ElonMusk


In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content.

A new study found that, on TikTok Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-germany-social-media-algorithms-are-pumping-out-huge-amounts-of-far-right-pro-afd-content/

#news #politics #elonmusk #nazi #corruption #firemusk #germany #afd


An X account, operated by ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, and first created in 2012, has posted hateful, xenophobic, and pro-fascist content. The Observer linked Rodden to the account through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/

#extremism #Fascism #politics #USpol #ICE #immigration #news #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #ElonMusk


DOGE Dives Into Core National Defense and Data Systems Across Government
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-dives-into-core-national-defense-and-data-systems-across-government

"DOGE currently has far deeper and far more extensive access to US #government computer systems — and is far deeper into the #NationalSecurity space — than is conceivably necessary for anything related to their notional brief & goals...

( #CISA), the agency charged w/the defense of the federal government’s civilian computer networks"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Politics #Data #Security #News #US #USA
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DOGE Dives Into Core National Defense and Data Systems Across Government


Trump Contradicts His Own White House’s Legal Filing — Admits ‘I Put a Man Named Elon Musk in Charge’ of DOGE
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-contradicts-his-own-white-houses-legal-filing-admits-i-put-a-man-named-elon-musk-in-charge-of-doge/

"Musk’s technical role is likely to be a major point of contention in the many #legal battles involving #DOGE. If he is deemed to not have a role with the cost-cutting outfit, he may be able to avoid legal scrutiny.

But #Trump, on Wednesday, seemed to remove any doubt about who’s running the show at DOGE."

#ElonMusk #Musk #GOP #Politics #Coup #News #US #USA
Headline:
Trump Contradicts His Own White House’s Legal Filing — Admits ‘I Put a Man Named Elon Musk in Charge’ of DOGE

by Joe DePaolo, Feb 20th, 2025, 9:25 am


Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Govt Funding
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/rand-paul-sheepishly-nods-to-fact-that-musk-is-not-supposed-to-be-in-charge-of-govt-funding

"weak acknowledgements from #Republicans that...

#DOGE federal #funding freezes are not just lawless, but are also a violation of Congress’ authority to stand up agencies and fund the federal #government.

#Musk... has seized for himself one of the few powers #Congress has continued to regularly exercise — at least, up until 2025"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA
Headline from TPM:
Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Gov’t Funding


Elon Musk Loses It After Astronaut Dares Calls Out His Lie

#ElonMusk called a famous astronaut a slur simply because he countered one of his newest talking points.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191782/elon-musk-loses-astronaut-dares-calls-lie

“What a lie,” Danish #astronaut Andreas Mogensen wrote... in reply to #Musk parroting the talking point yet again on #FoxNews. “And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream #media"

Musk exploded."

#Musk #Lies #Space #Astronauts #ISS #SpaceStation
Headline:
Elon Musk Loses It After Astronaut Dares Calls Out His Lie

Elon Musk called a famous astronaut a slur simply because he countered one of his newest talking points.

by Hafiz Rashid
February 20, 2025 / 3:49 p.m. ET


Trump’s #DOJ Threatens Dem Congressman Who Shared “Elon Musk Dick Pic”

Democratic Representative Robert Garcia is now being investigated by a #Trump attorney.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191787/trump-doj-threatens-democratic-congressman-garcia-elon-musk-dick-pic

"Trump’s Dept of #Justice has sent a threatening letter to Representative Robert Garcia after the #California Democrat mocked #ElonMusk last week.

...Garcia displayed a large picture of #Musk, calling it a “dick pick” and jokingly referring to the #tech mogul as president"

#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #News #USA
Headline and photo with credit.

Headline: 
Trump’s DOJ Threatens Dem Congressman Who Shared “Elon Musk Dick Pic”

Democratic Representative Robert Garcia is now being investigated by a Trump attorney.

by Hafiz Rashid/
February 20, 2025/5:15 p.m. ET

Photo: Representative Robert Garcia speaks during a congressional hearing, with a big photo of Elon Musk behind him.
Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images


Trump’s DC US Attorney Nom Targets House Dem, Expanding Effort To Stifle Trump Admin Criticism
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-dc-us-attorney-nom-targets-house-dem-expanding-effort-to-stifle-trump-admin-criticism

"Acting #WashingtonDC US attorney Ed Martin is escalating his psuedo-investigations of what he describes as purported threats to billionaire #ElonMusk...

targeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)...

designed to smother #FreedomOfSpeech and criticism of #Musk & the #Trump administration."

#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Politics #Coup #Corruption #GOP #News #US #USA
Headline from TPM:
Trump’s DC US Attorney Nom Targets House Dem, Expanding Effort To Stifle Trump Admin Criticism


Trump Rambles When Reporter Confronts Him Over Filing Saying #ElonMusk Is Not DOGE Employee
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-rambles-when-reporter-confronts-him-over-filing-saying-elon-musk-is-not-doge-employee/

"Trump’s White House has been busy cranking out a series of contradictory explanations for what Musk’s job exactly is, referring to him as a “special employee” and the “head of DOGE” then claiming in a court filing that he doesn’t work at #DOGE at all, then the “head of DOGE” again."

#Musk #Trump #Coup #Corruption #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA
Headline from Mediaite:
Trump Rambles When Reporter Confronts Him Over Filing Saying Elon Musk Is Not DOGE Employee

Tommy Christopher Feb 19th, 2025, 8:29 am


Elon Musk Is Faking DOGE Results to Hide His Incompetence

Elon Musk’s supposed savings aren’t entirely correct.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191707/elon-musk-fake-doge-savings-data

" #DOGE published an itemized list of canceled #government contracts Monday accounting for an alleged $16 billion in spending. Almost half of those savings were attributed to a hefty $8 billion contract...

it was only worth $8 Million, not $8 billion." [And actually only $5.5 million]

#ElonMusk #Lies #Musk #Coup #Trump #Politics #News #US #USA
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Headline: Elon Musk Is Faking DOGE Results to Hide His Incompetence

Elon Musk’s supposed savings aren’t entirely correct.

Photo: A person holds a sign that says “Department of Greedy Elon” during a protest outside the U.S. Capitol
Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images


The anti-Musk protest movement is expected to ramp up with Congress on recess
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-musk-trump-protests-congress-ccb64f2889d31aad8c25d37686f62d7a

" #ElonMusk is the focus for thousands of Democratic #activists launching a #protest campaign this week to fight the #Trump administration’s push to gut federal #health, #education and human services agencies.

Hundreds of protests are scheduled outside congressional offices and #Tesla dealerships"

#Resist #Resistance #Musk #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline from AP:
Politics

The anti-Musk protest movement is expected to ramp up with Congress on recess


Elon Musk’s lead role in destroying government sparks protests

Angry Americans gather outside Tesla dealerships & across the country
https://www.headsupnews.org/p/elon-musks-lead-role-in-destroying

"Musk’s singular, secretive & ruthless crusade to destroy broad swaths of the #government & get access to confidential #data – along with his status as an unelected foreign-born multibillionaire – have turned him into “a particularly heinous villain”"

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Politics #News #USA #US
Headline and photo.

Headline: Elon Musk’s lead role in destroying government sparks protests

Angry Americans gather outside Tesla dealerships and across the country

by Dan Froomkin
Feb 19, 2025

Photo: Protestors hold up signs. One has a photo of Elon Musk's creepy face and the text, "I am stealing from you."
Source: Bluesky


GOP Senators Are Having to Literally Beg Trump for Their Own Money

Elon Musk & Donald Trump’s spending freeze has sent #Republicans scrambling.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191699/republican-senators-beg-donald-trump-elon-musk-money

"Republican Senators are being forced to grovel at the thrones of #DonaldTrump and #ElonMusk to collect the very #funding they appropriated in the first place...

Others took more desperate means to beseech Trump’s cadre: tweeting at them."

#GOP #Musk #Trump #Coup #Congress #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
Headline: 
GOP Senators Are Having to Literally Beg Trump for Their Own Money

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s spending freeze has sent Republicans scrambling.

by Edith Olmsted
February 19, 2025 / 12:05 p.m. ET


More Good News That’s Bad for Trump and Elon
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/more-good-news-thats-bad-for-trump-2c3

"Protests continued this week outside of #Tesla dealerships... On Monday, hundreds of demonstrators surrounded the# SanFrancisco showroom, where a small sign on the building read: “We hate him too.”
...

“Call all of your elected officials, write them, text them, email them... Do it repeatedly. Everybody from your local city council to your #US senator, because pressure bursts pipes.”

#ElonMusk #Trump #GOP #Coup #News #USA
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Protests continued this week outside of Tesla dealerships, showrooms, and charging stations worldwide. On Monday, hundreds of demonstrators surrounded the San Francisco showroom, where a small sign on the building read: “We hate him too.”

Lastly, on Tuesday, it was reported that the company that owns Trump’s social media site lost $400.9 million in 2024. Good. I hope it goes bankrupt in 2025.

Most of the news we cover is buried in the corporate media dumpster fire, with trash about Musk and Trump. But you can always count on us to cut through their nonsense, to give you news that is never sanewashed.

Yesterday, I spoke with former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner about all of the ongoing madness. We will release the full conversation on Friday. He told me: “Call all of your elected officials, write them, text them, email them. Do it early and often. Do it repeatedly. Everybody from your local city council to your US senator, because pressure bursts pipes.”

And we aim to do just that.


President Elon Musk Can’t Understand How the US Government Works

Elon Musk complained that the US govt was working exactly how it was set up.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191682/president-elon-musk-no-clue-government-works

"Neither #Musk nor #Trump care about the actual structure of the #government [3 branches, checks & balances], or that it was created in direct response to the tyranny of monarchy... To them, there is only the executive branch, the reins of which Musk seems to have happily taken off of Trump’s hands."

#ElonMusk #Coup #News #USA
Headline and photo from The New Republic:

Headline: President Elon Musk Can’t Understand How the U.S. Government Works

Elon Musk complained that the U.S. government was working exactly how it was set up.

by Edith Olmsted
February 19, 2025 / 9:28 a.m. ET

Photo: A protester holds a red sign with Elon Musk’s face and the caption "I Am Stealing from You."
Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images


Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy

This is NOT what democracy looks like.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/elon-musk-trump-breaking-laws-democracy

"Trump did not run on a promise to unleash an unelected... [South African immigrant] to slash-&-burn through the #government, firing tens of thousands of employees & arbitrarily canceling contracts & federal programs.

And even if he had, that still wouldn't make it legal.

...most of what Musk is doing is flatly illegal."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Trump #GOP #Politics #Law #News
Headline from Public Notice:
Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy

This is NOT what democracy looks like.

by Liz Dye
Feb 19, 2025


Worse & worse:

Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers

Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. #DonaldTrump & #ElonMusk are hobbling it. What will those #Republicans say now?
https://newrepublic.com/article/191702/trump-musk-national-institutes-health-wrecked

"The firing of Van Keuren-Jensen, CARD’s incoming director, is seen as particularly damaging to the cause... They describe her as a leading researcher in the #Alzheimers field"

#Health #NIH #Healthcare #Musk #Trump #Politics #News
Headline: Worse and worse

Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers

Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will those Republicans say now?

Greg Sargent
February 19, 2025


Trump Guts Crucial OPM Team as Elon Musk Gains Even More Power

The Office of Personnel Management has just limited access to certain government records on #ElonMusk and his #DOGE minions.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191663/elon-musk-opm-privacy-team

"The Trump administration has fired members of the “privacy team” at the #OPM, a move that will hinder #public access & scrutiny over #government records related to the #security clearances of #ElonMusk & Doge."

#Musk #Coup #Trump #Corruption #Politics #Privacy #USPol #News #US #USA
Headline and text from article:

Headline: Trump Guts Crucial OPM Team as Elon Musk Gains Even More Power

The Office of Personnel Management has just limited access to certain government records on Elon Musk and his DOGE minions.

by Hafiz Rashid
February 18, 2025 / 4:32 p.m. ET

Text: The Trump administration has fired members of the “privacy team” at the Office of Personnel Management, a move that will hinder public access and scrutiny over government records related to the security clearances of Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency.

CNN discovered the terminations when it made a freedom of information act (FOIA) request to OPM looking for those records, particularly regarding DOGE workers who were granted access to classified or sensitive information. An OPM email address responded to CNN’s request and said, “Good luck with that, they just fired the whole privacy team.”


Back Up Everything. Even if Elon Musk Isn’t Looking at It.

Readers worried after Mr. Musk and his team were given access to federal payment systems. Here’s how to back up all your data and documents.
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/business/personal-data-backup-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w04.Zryd.XQW3ZRMFbGe-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"Back up everything important, everywhere you can. Do this at least once a year or so. It’s just good hygiene."

#SocialSecurity #IRS #CreditCards #Data #ElonMusk #Musk #Trump #Politics #News #US #USA
Headline from New York Times:
Back Up Everything. Even if Elon Musk Isn’t Looking at It.

Readers worried after Mr. Musk and his team were given access to federal payment systems. Here’s how to back up all your data and documents.


‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US #democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/trump-musk-government-cost-cutting-coup

“The president is openly violating the #US constitution by taking power from #Congress and handing it to an unelected billionaire – while #ElonMusk goes after judges who uphold the #law and rule against them”

#Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #USA
Headline:
Trump administration
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy

by Peter Stone in Washington
Mon 17 Feb 2025 06.00 EST


The Death of Government Expertise

Why #Trump and #Musk are on a firing spree
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/career-civil-servant-end/681712/

" #DOGE isn’t really a dept... and it has little to do with saving money... The whole enterprise is an attack against civil servants & the very notion of apolitical #expertise...

Modern societies, as #Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without #experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in #public service."

#ElonMusk #Corruption #Politics #Government #US #USA
Headline:
The Death of Government Expertise

Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree

By Tom Nichols


You Are the "Inefficiency"
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/you-are-the-inefficiency

"Musk and his online minions often refer to #liberals as NPCs, or nonplayer characters, a #VideoGame term referring to the figures who populate the background of #games...

as they see it, most of humanity is simply not #human. We are ants, or even less: bits of #programming to be moved around at Elon’s whim...

Any suffering he brings down on NPCs is meaningless"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Bigotry #Coup #Corruption #Government #HumanRights #USA
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What they actually mean is that as they see it, most of humanity is simply not human. We are ants, or even less: bits of programming to be moved around at Elon’s whim. Only he and the people who aspire to be like him are actors, decision-makers, molding the world to conform to their bold interplanetary vision.

Any suffering he brings down on NPCs is meaningless, because to him our lives are without real meaning. Fire thousands of federal workers, cut off vital services — who cares? Those people don’t matter. As one federal worker put it in a subreddit where fired workers by the hundreds are sharing their stories, “The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”


"The #PrivacyAct prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances...

But there are also two broad, vague exceptions..."
https://www.wired.com/story/privacy-act-doge-lawsuits/

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Lawsuit #Resistance #Resist #Privacy #Law #Legal #Data #Information #Government #Politics #US #USPol #USA #News #USNews
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What Is the Privacy Act?

The Privacy Act is a law that limits how the federal government can collect, use, and share information about US citizens and other people in the United States.

The law’s core features include letting people access government records about them; letting people correct those records if they contain mistakes; requiring agencies to limit information collection, publish lists of records databases, and protect data from hackers; and restricting how agency employees and third parties can access records.

Those restrictions on accessing data are at the heart of the ongoing DOGE saga.

The Privacy Act prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances, such as congressional oversight, law enforcement investigations, court orders, census work, statistical research, and National Archives preservation. But there are also two broad, vague exceptions: Agencies can share records with their own employees who “have a need for the record in the performance of their duties” or with third parties for “a routine use” (defined as one that is “compatible with the purpose for which [the data] was collected”).


White House Says Elon Musk Isn’t Running DOGE—So Who Is?

If #ElonMusk isn’t really the person in charge of the Dept of Govt Efficiency, who the hell is?
https://newrepublic.com/post/191633/white-house-elon-musk-doge

"So if #Musk isn’t in charge of #DOGE, who is? And if he’s just some adviser with “no actual formal authority,” why is he seemingly involved in eliminating massive #government programs, firing thousands of people, & holding press conferences in the Oval Office?"

#Trump #Lies #Corruption #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #US
Headline: 
White House Says Elon Musk Isn’t Running DOGE—So Who Is?

If Elon Musk isn’t really the person in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, who the hell is?

by Malcolm Ferguson
February 18, 2025 / 10:17 a.m. ET


STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. MUSK
Declaration of Joshua Fisher
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69638651/24/1/state-of-new-mexico-v-musk/

"Musk is a senior advisor to the president...

In his role as senior advisor..., Musk has no actual or formal authority to make #government decisions...

He is not an employee of the US #Doge Service...

#Musk is not the US Doge Service administrator"

[Is Fisher lying to delay court rulings? Musk is obviously running Doge, whatever his official title.]

#ElonMusk #Lawsuit #NewMexico #Trump #Politics #USA #USPol
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2. I am the Director of the Office of Administration. I have held that position since January 20, 2025. In that capacity, I am personally involved in the appointment of special govt employees. I have personal knowledge of Mr. Elon Musk’s employment status with the federal govt.

3. Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House Office. He holds that position as a non- career Special Govt Employee (“SGE”).

4. In that job, Mr. Musk is a Senior Advisor to the President. It is not uncommon for the President to have Senior Advisors who are SGEs. For instance, Anita Dunn was an influential Senior Advisor to President Biden, while serving as an SGE.

5. In his role as a Senior Advisor to the President, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisors. Like other senior White House advisors, Mr. Musk has no

[page header] Case 1:25-cv-00429-TSC  Document 24-1  Filed 02/17/25 Page 2 of 2 [end page header]

actual or formal authority to make govt decisions himself. Mr. Musk can only advise the President and communicate the President’s directives.

6. The U.S. DOGE Service is a component of the Executive Office of the President. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization is within the U.S. DOGE Service. Both are separate from the White House Office. Mr. Musk is an employee in the White House Office & not an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization. Mr. Musk is not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.


Not Even DOGE Employees Know Who’s Legally Running DOGE

Despite all appearances, the White House insists that #ElonMusk is not in charge of DOGE. US Doge Service employees can’t get a straight answer about who is.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-leadership-administrator/

"according to a new #court filing from the #WhiteHouse, the administrator of #DOGE isn’t Elon Musk after all. Who is? No one knows...

a sworn statement...Musk’s formal role is “senior advisor” to the president"

#Musk #Corruption #Coup #Trump #Politics #News
News headline:
Not Even DOGE Employees Know Who’s Legally Running DOGE

Despite all appearances, the White House insists that Elon Musk is not in charge of DOGE. US Doge Service employees can’t get a straight answer about who is.

by Makena Kelly
Politics
Feb 18, 2025 3:03 PM


Steve Bannon Slams “Parasitic Illegal Immigrant” Elon Musk

Trump’s former adviser has some choice words for #ElonMusk as the #MAGA civil war escalates.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191652/steve-bannon-slams-parasite-elon-musk

"The far-right commentator & former #DonaldTrump adviser told the outlet that “Musk is a parasitic illegal #immigrant. He wants to impose his freak experiment and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, tradition or values.”"

#Musk #SteveBannon #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #US #USNews #News #USA
Headline:
Steve Bannon Slams “Parasitic Illegal Immigrant” Elon Musk

Trump’s former adviser has some choice words for Elon Musk as the MAGA civil war escalates.

by Hafiz Rashid
February 18, 2025 / 1:33 p.m. ET


How Musk is cancelling the US government
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-musk-is-cancelling-the-us-government

"This is blatantly illegal, yet #Congress remains silent.

...Musk has also become Trump’s hatchet man — threatening #Republican members of Congress if they deviate from #Trump...

#Musk warned Republican lawmakers... that his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries” next year."

#ElonMusk #Corruption #Coup #Politics #USPol #USNews #News #US #USA
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They are gaining access to the most sensitive personal information about Americans available anywhere, along with computer code capable of altering that information and those systems. The Muskrats have been able to turn off government funding without Congress’s consent, even in the face of federal court orders to turn the funding back on.

This is blatantly illegal, yet Congress remains silent.

Congress is supine because Republicans are in charge, and Musk has also become Trump’s hatchet man — threatening Republican members of Congress if they deviate from Trump.

Iowa’s Republican Senator Joni Ernst was firmly set against Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense until Musk hinted that he’d finance a primary challenger to Ernst, who’s up for reelection next year. Presto: Ernst supported Hegseth.

Indiana’s Republican Senator Todd Young expressed concern about the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence until Musk tweeted against him. A besieged Young spoke with JD Vance, who arranged a call with Musk. Presto: Young announced he would back Gabbard.

Musk warned Republican lawmakers in December that he was compiling a “naughty list” of members who buck Trump’s agenda. He also pledged shortly after Election Day that his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries” next year.

A Republican senator told The Hill that Musk’s wealth makes primary threats “a bigger deal.”


"But #Musk isn’t really interested in the truth, or even in finding #fraud. If he were, he would have brought in forensic accountants & not young software coders.

Musk is lying to the #American public...

The legacy #press is doing a lousy job letting the public know that Musk’s statements are bogus & easily disprovable...

Just as #fascists have done throughout #history, Musk’s claims of rampant fraud are a #FalseFlag operation"
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/elon-sees-dead-people

#ElonMusk #Coup #Fascism #Politics #USA
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But Musk isn’t really interested in the truth, or even in finding fraud. If he were, he would brought in forensic accountants and not young software coders.

Musk is lying to the American public in order to justify deep cuts to Social Security, all in the name of eliminating fraud. It’s a smokescreen for what he is really after. He also wants to claim credit for purging deceased recipients, even though the government already does this routinely, in order to justify his continued access to the systems he is rapidly taking over.

The legacy press is doing a lousy job letting the public know that Musk’s statements are bogus and easily disprovable. They’re doing an even worse job explaining that Musk has a nefarious agenda behind all his false fraud claims. That means it’s up to us independent reporters and writers to get the word out, and for that we need your help amplifying the truth.

If we keep letting him lie, the public will continue to hand him the keys to the kingdom, all in the name of solving non-existent, wholly fabricated problems. We need to see this clearly. Just as fascists have done throughout history, Musk’s claims of rampant fraud are a false flag operation on a massive scale. And he’s busily duping our whole body politic into going along.


Elon Sees Dead People

Along with a whole lot of fraud that has no basis in fact. So what’s he up to, exactly?
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/elon-sees-dead-people

"Musk wasted no time spreading outright #lies...

#Musk made three big #false claims about #SocialSecurity fraud, both online & during that bizarre Oval Office presser where he acted like the president, with his toddler seated at the desk beside him the whole time. (Musk also brought his child X.)"

#ElonMusk #Trump #Corruption #GOP #Politics #USPol #USA #News
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Headline: Elon Sees Dead People

Along with a whole lot of fraud that has no basis in fact. So what’s he up to, exactly?

by Jay Kuo
Feb 18, 2025

Text: Just when you think the DOGE infection of our financial payments and other government systems can’t get worse, it just did. The New York Times reported that Elon Musk has embedded one of his teams inside the Social Security Administration, with all our personal financial information in its databases now likely available to them.

It’s so bad that a top Social Security official resigned on Monday after DOGE sought access to personal data for millions of Americans. That sounds a lot like what happened inside of the Fiscal Services Bureau and USAID.


Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/meta-removes-facebook-ad-criticizing

"Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of ... #DOGE to seize #Americans' private information. "A single individual now controls sensitive US #data, risking our #NationalSecurity. Urge #Congress to enforce strict oversight," read the rejected Facebook ad"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #SocialMedia #Facebook #Meta #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA
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Headline: Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk

by Caleb Ecarma
Feb 18, 2025

Text: Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to seize Americans' private information. "A single individual now controls sensitive U.S. data, risking our national security. Urge Congress to enforce strict oversight," read the rejected Facebook ad purchased by Ekō, a watchdog group that says it is committed to curbing corporate power. The ad linked to an online petition, which has received roughly 95,000 signatures, calling for "a massive public outcry demanding US lawmakers take action [against Musk and DOGE] before more damage is done."


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
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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