Ridiculous who elected #ElonMusk anyway?
The highest-ranking career official at the #TreasuryDepartment is departing after a clash with surrogates of #billionaire Elon #Musk’s #DOGE who sought access to sensitive payment systems.
#law #Treasury #economy #USpol #FederalAgencies #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-systems/
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Via Rupar:
Tina Smith: "I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about what's happening at the US Treasury tonight, and it seems to be entirely possible that he's trying to distract us all from the ransacking of the Treasury Department's federal payment system that is going on right now under the thumb of Elon #Musk."
Thousands protest #Trump administration, #Musk, #Project2025 policies in cities across the US
“A movement to protest the early actions of Trump’s administration took off Wednesday, as thousands of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in Philadelphia and at state capitols in Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin and Indiana. “
"Despite their constant reassurances to the contrary, Republicans have officially begun the process of cutting Medicaid and SNAP benefits to offset the cost of tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. And right on cue, Republicans are playing dumb."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #Medicaid #billionaires #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republicans-play-dumb-on-medicaid
Who’s guiding Elon Musk as he navigates life in DC—and uses DOGE to dismantle key parts of the government? Stephen and Katie Miller
While Musk grabs headlines, Stephen Miller wields power behind-the-scenes
Miller is described by sources as the Prime Minister "carrying out the daily work of governance while Trump serves as head of state"
The Millers "are seen inside Trumpworld as glorified babysitters for Musk"
#ElonMusk #Musk #StephenMiller #KatieMiller #DOGE
https://www.wired.com/story/katie-stephen-miller-elon-musk-takeover/
' "Musk has sought to exert sweeping control over the inner workings of the US government, installing longtime surrogates at several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, which essentially handles federal human resources, and the General Services Administration." '
Best I can tell, #Musk is pulling a #coup by directly attacking #USA federal #IT infrastructure. Where the hell are the #NSA and #DoD? And the US Marshalls?
His agents are securing direct communication and control over the federal bureaucracy by attacking and controlling #opm and #gsa #IT systems. Thread about that here: https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks/113927598764386780
Simultaneously, they're attempting to get control of the centralized #finance and #monetary payment systems at the department of the #treasury ?
Where's #uscybercom and the #NSA?
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Keep ’em coming
“Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had given young aides to Elon #Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/nyregion/letitia-james-doge-suit.html
“Fed workers associations filed suit late Thur asking a fed court to stop #Trump admin’s “effective dismantling” of lead US aid agency.
The lawsuit by American Foreign Service Assoc & American Federation of Govt Employees comes as Trump admin & #Musk are targeting USAID for eradication, freezing its $ & placing almost all of its workers on leave or furlough”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-usaid-musk-doge-7ec0a2b4032d4782d41c00164003b5de?taid=67a5670b374ab80001d33c65&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
YES!! They’ve seen enough!🥳
Decision Desk always gets it early and right!
Susan Crawford was projected to win an open seat on the #Wisconsin Supreme Court race, keeping the high court’s 4-3 liberal majority intact and delivering a blow to Elon #Musk and #Trump, according to Decision Desk HQ.
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftrib.al%2FWIwWFVH
Compromised? In this interview, https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-the-road-is-federal-employee I speak to a systems security specialist who found privacy problems surrounding the HR@opm.gov email servers #IT #security #natsec #nationalsecurity #cybercrime #cybersecurity #hacking #surveillance #malware #email #DOGE #Musk #treasury #OPM #FAA #FEMA #education #privacy #PII
Here is the beginning of the 3rd #thread on Elon Musk's takeover of the US government:
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
"Musk’s team, known as the Dept of Govt Efficiency, has already thrown entire swaths of the federal #government & its programs into disarray — programs that serve millions of #Americans.
#Musk himself has made no secret of his intentions, saying that #DOGE is a “wood chipper for bureaucracy” and that he is “deleting” agencies."
Republican #House Speaker #MikeJohnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers on Tues to avoid #public #TownHall meetings with #voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over #Trump's moves to fire #FederalWorkers & defund government programs.
#cowards #PublicDisservice #Republicans #GOP #RepresentationMatters #USpol #Musk #DOGE #FederalAgencies #SocialSecurity #Medicaid #Veterans #children #seniors #disability #PublicHealth #weather #DisasterPreparedness
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-urges-lawmakers-avoid-town-hall-meetings-2025-03-04/
gotta reward the foreign oligarchs for stealing money from their people so #Trump, #Musk, #Russia, the #GCC, and the other funders can rob us.
@RichardNairn @GottaLaff https://mstdn.ca/@RichardNairn/114068491635772387
I REALLLYY like the Send the President a Postcard movement, because:
a) I love postcards
b) I like imagining all the giggles every postal worker, etc will get seeing it
c) Everyone can do it
Please tell me you'll join in and send a postcard, or 2?
I created this graphic tonight to share - it's the idea from @BrianJopek
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#Musk Seeks to Put $100M Directly Into #Trump *Political Operation*
#ElonMusk has signaled he wants to make donations not just to his own #superPAC, …but to an outside entity.
It is unheard-of for a WH staffer, even one w/*part-time* status, to make such large contributions to support the agenda of the boss. But there has never been someone in the direct employ of an admin like Musk, the world’s richest person, who is leading Trump’s #DOGE.
#law #democracy #oligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-donation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DFBA3C3D-559A-4CDE-A0FB-ECD75001BA03
I can't anymore.
Via Maddow:
They installed the TV...
At his request...
So he can play video games...
In his office...
In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. #Musk
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/musk-influence-inner-circle-00227332
Wasn’t that always obvious?
“EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell WIRED that Elon #Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.” https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-wanted-the-government-shut-down/
There’s a Term for What #Trump & #Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in #America
Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. #DOGE & its boss, #ElonMusk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal #CivilService, along with its culture & values, & its replacement with something different. In other words: #RegimeChange.
#purge #TrumpCoup #law
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/
As boring as this topic may be and resentful as we may be that this man continues dominating news cycles, it's impossible to avoid either, because the damage is ongoing.
Heather Cox Richardson writes,
"The stock market continued to fall today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 478 points, or 1.14%; the S&P 500 fell almost 0.8%; & the Nasdaq Composite fell almost 0.2%."
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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#Appeasement, Thy Names are Chuck #Schumer and Neville #Chamberlain.
"A shutdown would allow #DOGE to shift into overdrive. Let me repeat, a shutdown will allow DOGE to shift into overdrive. It would give Donald #Trump and DOGE the keys to the city, state and country," he said. "Donald Trump and Elon #Musk would be free to destroy vital government services at a much faster rate than they can right now and over a much broader field of destruction that they would render."
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👉🏼SCOOP: Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon #Musk's DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against #USAID.
| WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-plan-treasury-usaid/
Just a worthwhile reminder for #TeslaTakedown folks: #Tesla was never a real car company under #Musk. It was always an unprofitable grift propped up by massive government subsidies. The bubble was always going to pop at some point. It's always been vulnerable. There will never be robot taxis, or robots, or any of the other bullshit he's always promised to pump up the hype. That was always a lie.
The work you're doing is great and important, and you will win. Elon will find more ways to dump money into Tesla to prop up the stock, but, in the end, it will collapse. Tesla should have died a long time ago. You are attacking the only thing Tesla has: image. Keep going, you will win.