My, my - a whiff of special dealing in the air? In #47's administration? How can this be?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-space-employees-musk?CMP=share_btn_url
My, my - a whiff of special dealing in the air? In #47's administration? How can this be?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-space-employees-musk?CMP=share_btn_url
A clear-eyed & important interview: Anne Applebaum, (Starts at abou 13:00 - 31:00) Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum examines how our authoritarian rise is actually happening faster than usual.
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fast-politics-with-molly-jong-fast/id1645614328?i=1000703823277
It’s hard for me to understand the massive amount of public sector #CORRUPTION that Americans think is acceptable.
Why do so many people consider #bribery, #fraud, #selfdealing, #graft, and other #corrupt actions by the regime and its supporters to be okay? Is it just widespread #cynicism or something else?
Why are people not outraged anymore about the #dishonesty of public servants?
#fascism #authoritarianism #publiccorruption #autocracy #kleptocracy
[Wired]: The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned. By Zoë Schiffer, April 11, 2025
https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/
'Fundamental corruption': Bill Nye unloads on Elon Musk's alleged self-dealing
Weather experts predict that Elon Musk's latest round of government firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including at the National Weather Service, will almost certainly make it more difficult to predict dangerous weather emergencies as quickly as needed. As the W...