E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against #Musk ’s #X
European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 bil
"Eur authorities weighing how large a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing #Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs & war in Ukraine. The fine could surpass $1 billion..as regulators seek to make an example of X to deter other companies from violating the law, called the Digital Services Act"
https://youtu.be/lAmhbchfxDA
🔴🇺🇸Another Victim Of Musk’s DOGE Chainsaw: What The GOPs silencing of ‘Voice of America’ means for listeners worldwide | 60 minutes (CBS News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #VoA #BoycottMusk #BoycottTesla #BoycottX #Tesla #Musk #ElonMusk #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
AMERICAN PANOPTICON
The #Trump admin is pooling #data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
by Ian Bogost & Charlie Warzel
If you were tasked with building a #panopticon, your design might look a lot like the #information stores of the US federal govt—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from #citizens.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #AmericanAutocracy #tech #DOGE #Musk #surveillance
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
#Trump admin overrode #SocialSecurity staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office & put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
Two days after the SSA purposely & falsely labeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead, security guards arrived at the office of a well-regarded senior executive in the agency’s Woodlawn, MD, headquarters.
#law #immigration #labor #Musk #DOGE
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/
#Whistleblower details how #DOGE may have taken sensitive #NLRB data
In the first days of March, a team of advisers from #Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, DC, headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.
The small, independent federal agency investigates & adjudicates complaints about unfair #labor practices.
#law #InfoSec #privacy #NationalSecurity #Musk
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
"Great Replacement Theory, or the idea that White Christians are being outperformed demographically by non-Whites, threatening the survival of the race and 'civilization,' was central to Fascist ideologies and practices and it is central to anti-immigrant and other racist platforms of far-right parties and governments today."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#racism #eugenics #SocialEngineering #pronatalism #immigration #Musk #Vance #GreatReplacement #WhiteSupremacy
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/fascist-population-engineering-yes
Every time I hear the tangerine dictator speak I’m reminded of what grandma always said: ‘The empty can makes the most noise’.
It didn’t really make sense to me until Trump ran for office in 2015.
After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans
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Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-starship-explosions-uk-turks-caicos-faa-launches?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SpaceX #Starship #UK #Britain #ElonMusk #Musk #FAA #Aviation #Space
🚨"Update: DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong.
The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them."
-D Fahrenthold
#DOGE #Fraud #Fraudsters #Firings #Corruption #Trump #Musk #Austerity #USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
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Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Another one bites the dust
“Jared Isaacman told his nomination as NASA administrator will be withdrawn The billionaire entrepreneur has ties to SpaceX and Elon #Musk”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/31/nasa-nomination-administrator-senate-isaacman/
"Just for clarification, there is no such thing as a white South African refugee. And the Episcopal Church is well aware of that fact. Because there is nothing that a white South African needs to be refuged from. ...
South Africa's wealth distribution is heavily influenced by race, with white South Africans historically and currently holding a disproportionate share of wealth."
~ Keith Owens
A fire that started around 12:45PM ET at #Jacksonville International Airport parking garage today, Friday, May 16, forced #airport operations to shut down & delayed flights.
A #Tesla explosion was the ignition point.
How quickly they turn on each other
#Musk calls #Trump’s sweeping #legislation ‘pork-filled’ & ‘a disgusting abomination’
#law #Republicans #broligarchy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/trump-presidency-news/
#Tesla Sales Tank in Another Country as Musk Backlash Spirals
"The automaker’s sales were down—and a Chinese supplier’s sales are soaring...
Sweden has become the latest country to sour on Tesla, with new data revealing a dramatic drop in sales—part of a broader backlash linked to CEO Elon #Musk ’s increasingly erratic behavior."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tesla-sales-tank-in-sweden-as-furious-musk-backlash-spirals/
Judge #BerylHowell rules that #Trump / #DOGE's *entire takeover* of the U.S. Institute of Peace #USIP was unlawful—including the removal of board members & termination of programs.
Her order is very long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE's imposter board members & nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Musk
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529/gov.uscourts.dcd.278529.40.0_2.pdf
If you hate Tesla, and honestly, who doesn't, (often hated a good deal) Microsoft has decided to partner with Elon Musk.
"Microsoft’s Partnership With Elon Musk’s Grok AI Isn’t a Feature—It’s a Liability "
Gizmodo:
#Musk has deleted his tweet accusing Trump of being in the Epstein files
He also deleted a follow-up that said "Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out."
NYT tech guy Ryan Mac:
This is exactly like when Musk deleted his 2018 “pedo guy” tweet.
If Musk’s past behavior is any indication, he’s deleting tweets because he feels regret. Not necessarily that he doesn’t believe what he said. But that many people yelled at him for it and he got in trouble.
So #Musk and #Trump are having a slapfight
there are more serious attacks going on right now, to our rights
that is what truly deserves our attention
but shiny objects are shiny
i am guilty of the attraction to the drama as well
i won't begrudge you your popcorn
just:
be aware that you can be distracted
there are quiet things going on right now that is the real game
don't lose attention to that as well as you enjoy the 🍿 🍿 🍿
![DECLARED that the resolution adopted by 2 ex officio Directors of USIP's Board purportedly appointing Adam Amar as president of the Endowment of the USIP Fund & authorizing & instructing him to transfer any & all of the Endowment's assets to USIP was invalid, null, void, & w/o any legal effect; …plaintiff Board members duly appointed under 22 USC §2605(b)(4) shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4605(e) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out their duties…; …USIP Acting President Amb. Moose shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4606(a) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out his duties…; …defendants, except for the ex officio members of USIP's Board of Directors to the extent their official positions allow, are ENJOINED from further trespass against the real & personal property belonging to the Institute & its employees, contractors, agents, & other representatives; …[&] are ENJOINED from maintaining, retaining, gaining, or exercising any access or control over the Institute's offices, facilities, computer systems, or any other records, files, or resources, & from acting or purporting to act in the name of Institute, & from using the Institute's name, emblem, badge, seal & any other mark of recognition of the Institute; it is further](/proxy/post_attachment/714874/9d5474216c.png "DECLARED that the resolution adopted by 2 ex officio Directors of USIP's Board purportedly appointing Adam Amar as president of the Endowment of the USIP Fund & authorizing & instructing him to transfer any & all of the Endowment's assets to USIP was invalid, null, void, & w/o any legal effect; …plaintiff Board members duly appointed under 22 USC §2605(b)(4) shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4605(e) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out their duties…; …USIP Acting President Amb. Moose shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4606(a) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out his duties…; …defendants, except for the ex officio members of USIP's Board of Directors to the extent their official positions allow, are ENJOINED from further trespass against the real & personal property belonging to the Institute & its employees, contractors, agents, & other representatives; …[&] are ENJOINED from maintaining, retaining, gaining, or exercising any access or control over the Institute's offices, facilities, computer systems, or any other records, files, or resources, & from acting or purporting to act in the name of Institute, & from using the Institute's name, emblem, badge, seal & any other mark of recognition of the Institute; it is further")
