An un-elected South African immigrant is illegally taking control over US #government agencies:
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DOGE at the IRS
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/157318856/doge-at-the-irs"DOGE fired—with no real review, no notice, and no transition period—one in five of the #federal employees who manage our #nuclear stockpile. Maybe we don’t need all those #employees currently working at the National Nuclear Security Administration? Maybe we need more? Maybe their duties should be reorganized in some way or another?
I don’t know. Neither does #DOGE."
#IRS #Data #Musk #Doge #GOP #Trump #Coup #Government #Jobs #US #USA #News
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles"Sam Rayburn, the #Texan who served as House Speaker for 17 years was fond of saying, "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one."...
Trashing #government agencies is easy. Making them work is hard...
failure of government systems has big and sometimes irrevocable costs"
#Musk #Doge #Coup #Trump #GOP #US #USPol #Politics #USA #News
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DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles"Sam Rayburn, the #Texan who served as House Speaker for 17 years was fond of saying, "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one."...
Trashing #government agencies is easy. Making them work is hard...
failure of government systems has big and sometimes irrevocable costs"
#Musk #Doge #Coup #Trump #GOP #US #USPol #Politics #USA #News
"It is a fundamental error to believe that #DOGE is a government efficiency project. Cutting 1 in 4 federal employees would cut federal #government spending by 1%. Cost savings are incidental. DOGE is a #political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation of private interests and strengthening a personalist presidency."
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles#Trump #ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
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"It is a fundamental error to believe that #DOGE is a government efficiency project. Cutting 1 in 4 federal employees would cut federal #government spending by 1%. Cost savings are incidental. DOGE is a #political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation of private interests and strengthening a personalist presidency."
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-mismanagement-principles#Trump #ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency
President Elon Musk has set his sights on a new target.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191591/elon-musk-imprison-news-agency-60-minutes" #ElonMusk is pushing for a massive crackdown on #FreeSpeech...
“...They deserve a long prison sentence.”
Musk’s #fascist threat to imprison #journalists was a deflection written in response to a post from #60Minutes that criticized his efforts to gut #USAID."
#Musk #Trump #Coup #Corruption #Politics #FirstAmendment #FreePress #Press #Media #News #US #USA
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Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency
President Elon Musk has set his sights on a new target.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191591/elon-musk-imprison-news-agency-60-minutes" #ElonMusk is pushing for a massive crackdown on #FreeSpeech...
“...They deserve a long prison sentence.”
Musk’s #fascist threat to imprison #journalists was a deflection written in response to a post from #60Minutes that criticized his efforts to gut #USAID."
#Musk #Trump #Coup #Corruption #Politics #FirstAmendment #FreePress #Press #Media #News #US #USA
Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad
The newspaper was all set to run a print ad critical of the tech mogul, but then balked.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191588/washington-post-elon-musk-ad"The #WashingtonPost —owned by #billionaire and #Trump inauguration attendee #JeffBezos— [agreed to print, then] spiked a print ad critical of Elon Musk & his increased influence on the federal #government...
spokesperson for the Post declined to comment"
See #ads here: https://www.commoncause.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MuskAd_LaughingElon_2025_FINALPRINT.pdf
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Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad
The newspaper was all set to run a print ad critical of the tech mogul, but then balked.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191588/washington-post-elon-musk-ad"The #WashingtonPost —owned by #billionaire and #Trump inauguration attendee #JeffBezos— [agreed to print, then] spiked a print ad critical of Elon Musk & his increased influence on the federal #government...
spokesperson for the Post declined to comment"
See #ads here: https://www.commoncause.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MuskAd_LaughingElon_2025_FINALPRINT.pdf
Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/media/washington-post-anti-musk-advertising/index.html"The #ads come as #Trump has given Musk’s #DOGE apparent free rein to bulldoze the federal workforce..
When the advocacy group asked the #JeffBezos -owned outlet whether there was anything they could do to alter the wrap to make it more suitable, they were simply told that the Post could not run it"
#WashingtonPost #Newspaper #Musk #ElonMusk #Corruption #Coup #Politics #News #US #USA
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Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/media/washington-post-anti-musk-advertising/index.html"The #ads come as #Trump has given Musk’s #DOGE apparent free rein to bulldoze the federal workforce..
When the advocacy group asked the #JeffBezos -owned outlet whether there was anything they could do to alter the wrap to make it more suitable, they were simply told that the Post could not run it"
#WashingtonPost #Newspaper #Musk #ElonMusk #Corruption #Coup #Politics #News #US #USA
Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say
If granted, DOGE would have personal financial details on millions of Americans.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musks-doge-asks-access-irs-taxpayer-data/story?id=118883475"The #database includes such #private information as a person's #SocialSecurity number and address, as well as details on how much they earn, how much #money they owe, properties and even details related to child custody agreements."
#Privacy #IRS #Data #Musk #ElonMusk #Doge #Politics #Coup #Corruption #News #US #USA
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Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say
If granted, DOGE would have personal financial details on millions of Americans.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musks-doge-asks-access-irs-taxpayer-data/story?id=118883475"The #database includes such #private information as a person's #SocialSecurity number and address, as well as details on how much they earn, how much #money they owe, properties and even details related to child custody agreements."
#Privacy #IRS #Data #Musk #ElonMusk #Doge #Politics #Coup #Corruption #News #US #USA
Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants to Seize Your Private Tax Data
The Internal Revenue Service is the next agency in the tech mogul's crosshairs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191594/elon-musk-doge-taxpayer-personal-data-irs"The #Trump administration... would allow #DOGE employees to infiltrate IRS programs like the Integrated Data Retrieval System... which gives #IRS employees access to bank information & personal identification numbers. DOGE also plans to send its own software engineer, Gavin Kliger [25 yrs old] to the IRS"
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants to Seize Your Private Tax Data
The Internal Revenue Service is the next agency in the tech mogul's crosshairs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191594/elon-musk-doge-taxpayer-personal-data-irs"The #Trump administration... would allow #DOGE employees to infiltrate IRS programs like the Integrated Data Retrieval System... which gives #IRS employees access to bank information & personal identification numbers. DOGE also plans to send its own software engineer, Gavin Kliger [25 yrs old] to the IRS"
Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-ridiculed-a-blind-person-on-x-then-a-mob-went-to-work/ar-AA1zcoHB"Musk’s ...ownership of a #SocialMedia platform... & his position heading a #government entity with access to private #data, give him a unique ability to threaten those who question him...
“People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the govt,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor... "the govt in the form of #ElonMusk & #Trump himself will catalyze retribution.”"
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Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-ridiculed-a-blind-person-on-x-then-a-mob-went-to-work/ar-AA1zcoHB"Musk’s ...ownership of a #SocialMedia platform... & his position heading a #government entity with access to private #data, give him a unique ability to threaten those who question him...
“People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the govt,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor... "the govt in the form of #ElonMusk & #Trump himself will catalyze retribution.”"
FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
At least 20 staffers reviewing #Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, were fired in an ongoing #DOGE purge of federal workers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/17/fda-elon-musk-neuralink-doge-trump/79000197007/"“It’s intimidating to the #FDA professionals who are overseeing Neuralink’s trial,”...
#Musk has been leading a sweeping effort to cut #government spending, including at agencies that regulate his companies, such as #Tesla & #SpaceX"
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FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
At least 20 staffers reviewing #Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, were fired in an ongoing #DOGE purge of federal workers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/17/fda-elon-musk-neuralink-doge-trump/79000197007/"“It’s intimidating to the #FDA professionals who are overseeing Neuralink’s trial,”...
#Musk has been leading a sweeping effort to cut #government spending, including at agencies that regulate his companies, such as #Tesla & #SpaceX"
Why is Elon Musk Throttling the Signal App?
Links to a popular encrypted messaging app used by federal workers are being blocked on X.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191601/elon-musk-anti-trump-whistleblowers-x-twitter-signal-federal-workers"Self-professed free speech crusader #ElonMusk seems to be trying to #censor users on his own platform...
“Signal, the encrypted messaging #app, has recently become a major tool for #government workers looking to blow the whistle on #DOGE.” #Journalists also using #Signal to solicit tips from unhappy federal workers."
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