Burn it down

#Musk and #Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That’s Deliberate.

This is how you sever the positive relationship between people and government—ensuring there’s nothing left to defend.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191573/musk-trump-freeze-ira-education-environment

"But why pick on so many of the most popular [govt programs]?

...their popularity is precisely what the #TrumpMusk administration dislikes about them. For anti-government ideologues, it’s important that people not have good experiences w/the #government"

#Coup #News #USA

Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health WKRs: #TrumpMusk HHS cuts are far-reaching. The# of WRKs let go: unclear —snr officials said as many as 5,200 might receive term. notices *now expected to be somewhat lower.

There may have been some reprieves -reported that the Indian Health SVC was in line for big cuts -not yet materialized. Members of the EIS program -had been warned Fri they were to be fired -by midday Mon none had received term. letters.

#USPol #HHS #DOGE
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/17/trump-layoffs-hhs-impact-on-health-safety-cdc-fda-cms/

"The brakes don’t work!" She crashed into a large concrete barrier. Zhang could never have imagined what was to come: Tesla🚨sued her for defamation for complaining publicly about the car’s brakes -& won. A Chinese court ordered Zhang to pay >$23,000 in damages & publicly apologize to the $1.1T co.

Over the last 4 years, #Tesla has sued at least 6 car owners in CN who'd sudden vehicle malfunctions-.

#TrumpMusk: we must rule like CN/RU -fewer regs, & autocratic.

#USPol
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-china-lawsuits-musk-investigation-58b10ccace488784fcc63646ab78b410

“The US National weather Service, housed within NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.”
-D Swain

#NOAA #NationalWeatherService #DOGE #TrumpMusk #USPol

"They have no relevant experience.

Most of them aren't old enough to rent a car.

And you're going to let them mess with airline safety that's already deteriorated on your watch?"
-H Clinton

Republicans will be complicit until there's a disaster or crisis in their states that was caused by #TrumpMusk -or because the Trump admin refuses to compensate, or fund the recovery.

#USPol #AI #DOGE #Sabotage #DOT #AirlineSafety #PublicSafety #Betrayal #GOPDeathCult