DOGE’s credibility is shot.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-weeks-ten-reasons-for-modest

"DOGE has saved the govt just $2 billion. That comes to 1/35 of 1% of the federal budget.

Repeated #errors have raised questions about the quality & veracity of the #information Musk’s #DOGE is putting out. The mistakes also call into question the team members’ competence — whether they understand the #government well enough to cut it while avoiding catastrophe."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #News #USA

One Agency Held Off The DOGE Invasion & Is Now Fighting Back

Legal complaint narrates US African Development Foundation's efforts to stop DOGE from muscling its way into their building
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-agency-held-off-the-doge-invasion-and-is-now-fighting-back

"For weeks, the #US African Development Foundation... managed to do one thing that many federal agencies have not: beat back #DOGE...

So far USADF has succeeded in keeping DOGE from dismantling it."
[The details are fascinating, read them]

#Resist #Resistance #Musk #Coup #News #USPol

DOGE Is the Deep State

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal govt to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-the-deep-state/

"If a bunch of shadowy, unelected figures, many with shared #business interests and connections, took over #government functions at the highest levels and directly contravened the will of #Congress, what might you call that? How about … #Doge?"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA

Farmers ruined by Musk killing USAID
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/29fc3a95e8fa4407a96507cc5720609c

"USAID bought $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers. - Civil Eats

Click to see where farmers are getting ruined by MAGA policies and the local political rep to hold accountable."

[It's an interactive map.]

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Doge #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #USAID #Farmers #Food #US #USA #Maps

New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s #DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the #IRS demanding detailed info about #American taxpayers...
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/doge-staffer-corcos-wife-ties-russian-oligarch-1235291673/

"Corcos’ wife, Varvara Russkova Corcos, spent three years at the VC firm GVA Capital, which was previously exposed as a vehicle for one of the richest #oligarchs in #Russia"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA

Elon's Worst Day: Baby Mamas, Spaceship Crashes, Stock Tanks, DOGE Embarrassments & More!
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/elons-worst-day-baby-mamas-spaceship

"Tim Miller and Sam Stein review Elon Musk's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, from being demoted, spaceship bursting to bits, #Tesla stock continuing to plummet, and continued issues with his many baby mamas."

#Resist #Resistance #ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #SpaceX #USPol #Video #News #US #USA

A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale

Plans to redevelop a Northern #Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The #GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
https://www.wired.com/story/gsa-sale-cia-facility/

“The GSA’s effort to sell hundreds of US #government properties is part of... Elon Musk’s so-called #Doge...

some of the buildings identified house classified #CIA space"

#Musk #Coup #USPol #News

Musk’s Attack on Social Security Takes Ugly Turn With New Leak Stunner

As Trump officials move to cut Social Security & startling new info emerges about Elon Musk’s involvement, an advocate for social insurance explains how #Trump & #Musk are headed for deep political trouble.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192458/musks-attack-social-security-takes-ugly-turn-new-leak-stunner

"Trump’s admn gears up to cut #SocialSecurity... a top official at the #SSA privately admitted that Musk’s so-called #Doge is in charge of the cutting"

#ElonMusk #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA

DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce.
https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/

"The move to automate tasks previously done by humans comes as DOGE continues its purge of the federal workforce."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #Tech #Jobs #Technology #US #USA

Musk’s Cultish Business Empire May Be Starting to Crack
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/opinion/musk-tesla-sales-stock-price.html

"his wealth is largely thanks to a financial #cult, one in which legions of dazzled investor-followers have enabled him to launch an ever-growing list of disparate initiatives & provided immunity from critics who question his operational decision-making, his corporate governance, his obscene pay packages, & now his migration into the political sphere."

#ElonMusk #Business #Crash #Tesla #SpaceX #Starlink #News #USA

Trump's attempt to clean up after Elon Musk backfires

One question remains: What is the true motivation behind Musk's #DOGE project?
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/07/attempt-to-clean-up-after-elon-musk-backfires/

"What #Elon is after... All the LLMs have sucked in all the #data. Now they need more to have an advantage.

... #Government is the biggest trove of #information on the planet...

"why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is. Why do you rob govt agencies? Because that's where the data is."

#Musk #Coup #Tech #USPol #News #USA

DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk

In its apparent quest to cut #government spending and improve efficiency, #DOGE has fired entire #tech teams devoted to those very things.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/

"The culling of the GSA’s #18F division, in particular...has crippled programs... Over the weekend, around 90 technologists at 18F were fired via a surprise #email that went out shortly before 1 am ET on Saturday."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

"I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s #productivity, if not more"
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/id-say-it-cost-us-at-least-a-full-days-productivity-if-not-more

"But in an update... #OPM removed wording describing responses as “explicitly voluntary.” The new PIA states, “The consequences for failure to provide the requested #information will vary depending on the particular #email at issue.” #DonaldTrump has also said that federal employees who do not respond could lose their #jobs."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Government #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots

The string of violence against Tesla storefronts, charging stations and #vehicles exacerbates the company’s woes, analysts said.
https://archive.is/caoaN#selection-499.0-503.127

"more than a dozen #violent or destructive acts have been directed at Tesla facilities...

with vandalism directed at #Tesla storefronts, charging stations and vehicles."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #USPol #Resist #Resistance #Protest #News #USA

DOGE fires government efficiency team
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/doge-fires-government-efficiency-team

"Among the team’s achievements was an #IRS program that allowed #taxpayers to file directly with the agency for #free instead of paying for filing software from Intuit TurboTax. #18F employees were also responsible for maintaining the government’s #weather alerts and #forecasts service. It’s unclear if IRS Direct File or weather.gov will continue to operate."

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Tech #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA

Tesla made a suspicious number of rebate requests on last days of Canadian EV incentive
https://electrek.co/2025/03/07/tesla-made-a-suspicious-number-of-rebate-requests-on-last-days-of-canadian-ev-incentive/

"A single dealership in #Quebec would have delivered about 4,000 vehicles in a single weekend, which is physically impossible...

four #Tesla locations claimed to have sold 8,653 electric #vehicles in the last three days of the #rebate...

the company needs to have delivered the vehicle to file the rebate"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Corruption #Lies #Fraud #Business #EV #Canada #News

Judge orders DOGE member to testify
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/judge-orders-doge-member-to-testify

"Judge John Bates ruled last week that a member of #DOGE must testify in a case challenging the group’s access at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Departments of #Labor and #Health and Human Services...

#Musk has repeatedly called for Bates to be impeached"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Lawsuit #Judge #Law #CFPB #HHS #Government #News #US #USA

Federal judge calls out Trump administration for mischaracterizing Musk's role
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/federal-judge-calls-out-trump-administration-for-mischaracterizing-musks-role

"As for the #Trump administration’s continued insistence that #Musk is not leading #DOGE, the president’s own words were used to refute that argument on Tuesday. "I have created the brand new Dept of Govt Efficiency, DOGE... headed by Elon Musk..." Trump said... filed the remarks in #court as “new evidence” of Musk’s leadership role."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

Why Musk Isn’t Reined In

In a word, #Trump can’t rein him in because #Putin doesn’t want him reined in
https://mmansour.substack.com/p/why-musk-isnt-reined-in

"The head of #SocialSecurity has resigned and been replaced by a #Musk acolyte. We will see more of that.

...cabinet secretaries will have to face... if they will be blamed for what goes wrong. The answer is, short of resignation, they will be blamed, along with Trump.

Musk is universally despised."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #USPolitics #Russia #News #USA

DOGE job cuts shake Trump-voting West Virginia town | REUTERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LHUPTMU7w

"Jennifer pigot voted for Trump...
in February she was fired from her civil service job...

"conversation now, it's like you knew this was coming.

But we didn't.

Nobody that I've talked to understood the devastation that having this administration in office would do to our lives."" ["OUR lives." Leopards... faces]

#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Cruelty #Trump #GOP #USPol #Jobs #News #US #USA

Trump Rushes to Do President Elon Musk’s Dirty Work With South Africa

#DonaldTrump attacked South Africa right after the country refused one of Elon Musk’s #business projects.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192469/donald-trump-elon-musk-south-africa-starlink

"“ #Starlink is not allowed to operate in #SouthAfrica, because I’m not black,” Musk [lied]...

policy stipulates that all companies that do business in the nation must have at least 30% of their ownership or economic involvement owned by #Black South Africans."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Racism #News #US

Elon Musk's "affinity for Nazi salutes have also called into question his racial ideology, especially as a descendant of #Nazi sympathizers. That is according to his father, Errol Musk, who told the Podcast and Chill Network in November that the billionaire’s maternal grandparents supported #AdolfHitler and were members of the #German Nazi Party in #Canada before moving to #SouthAfrica in support of #apartheid."

https://newrepublic.com/post/192469/donald-trump-elon-musk-south-africa-starlink

#ElonMusk #Musk #Nazis #Nazism #Racism #News #US #USA

Is Elon Regulating His Own Rockets Now?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-elon-regulating-his-own-rockets-now

"One of Elon Musk’s #Starship rockets exploded over the #GulfOfMexico early yesterday evening, creating a spectacular #fireworks -like display and disrupting commercial air traffic...

#Musk had claimed repeatedly that he was over-regulated by the #FAA, especially after the agency fined #SpaceX $633,000 for launching rockets with unapproved changes."

#ElonMusk #Explosion #Crash #Tech #Space #Corruption #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA

" #Musk has been in de facto control of the #FAA through #DOGE for the last 6 weeks. He appears to be on the verge of taking a major contract away from #Verizon & giving it to his company #Starlink...

FAA announced that it had issued #SpaceX a new license to authorizing Starship Flight 8 despite the fact that the investigation into the January explosion was still ongoing...

Musk’s de facto control over the FAA has led to more lax oversight of his rocket launches."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-elon-regulating-his-own-rockets-now

#US

The Diseases Are Coming

Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/diseases-doge-trump/681964/

"DOGE’s slash-and-burn campaign has hit everything from the #NIH to the National #Weather Service. The cuts to global #health, however, are especially alarming...

Undermining even one of these institutions would have posed a serious threat; gutting them all at once is an invitation for future outbreaks."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA

In affidavit, former Social Security official says DOGE is putting benefits at risk

https://www.muskwatch.com/p/in-affidavit-former-social-security

"detailed how deputies for #ElonMusk forced their way into the agency, formed a clandestine unit, and gained access to its most sensitive #databases...

also warned that careless actions by Musk’s #Doge could lead to interruptions in #SocialSecurity payments."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Data #Privacy #News #US #USA

Musk's Tesla facilities in US face 'Takedown' protests

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvze9dzq8vo

" #Tesla facilities across the #US are facing protests and vandalism in response to the political role #ElonMusk... has played in the #Trump administration.

Most #TeslaTakedown protests have been peaceful, but a few have been destructive with fires intentionally set at Tesla showrooms and charging stations in #Colorado & #Massachusetts last week."

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Musk #GOP #USPol #News #USA #USNews

Your weather app could miss the next big storm. Blame DOGE.

Legendary TV meteorologist Tom Skilling says targeting the National Weather Service puts us all in jeopardy.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/your-weather-app-could-miss-the-next

"The US #government ‘s stellar #weather info service is being torn apart & likely sold for parts [by] #ElonMusk & #Doge... experienced #scientists fired... The loss of expertise is profound... We’ll all be less safe, the #economy will suffer"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

OPM Watchdog Says Review of DOGE Work Is Underway

The acting inspector general says the Office of Personnel Mgmt is investigating whether any “emerging threats” have arisen as Elon Musk’s #DOGE works to rapidly transform #government systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/opm-doge-review-underway/

"In addition to #OPM, #Democrats have pressed for similar #security assessments at five other agencies...

Congressional #Republicans have committed to little, if any, formal oversight of DOGE’s work"

#Musk #Coup #GOP #USPol #News

FAA Halts Flights as Elon Musk’s Rocket Blows Up Yet Again

Passengers had to deal with flight delays thanks to #ElonMusk playing #space.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192472/faa-halts-flights-musk-spacex-rocket-blows-up

"Yet again, one of Elon Musk’s #SpaceX rockets exploded... grounding #flights across #Florida as fiery debris fell from the sky...

This is the 2nd consecutive #explosion of a SpaceX rocket. On Jan 16, a rocket failed shortly after launching, also diverting dozens of flights as #debris fell from the sky"

#Musk #Corruption #News #USA

Marco Rubio Finally Loses It at Elon Musk in Trump Cabinet Meeting

The two advisers got into a heated argument over DOGE-backed firings.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192493/marco-rubio-elon-musk-fight-donald-trump

"Secretary of State #MarcoRubio, alongside other miffed agency heads, laid into billionaire bureaucrat #ElonMusk during Thursday’s meeting of Donald Trump’s #Cabinet...

In the end, #Trump defended #Rubio"

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #DonaldTrump #GOP #Government #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA

Trump Flips Out When Asked About Testy Musk and Rubio Clash

#DonaldTrump shut down a reporter who dared ask about the growing feud between Elon Musk and his Cabinet officials.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192506/trump-reaction-musk-rubio-fight-cabinet-meeting

"Donald Trump got upset when a reporter asked him about “clashes” between #ElonMusk and members of his #Cabinet...

“No clash, I was there. You’re just a troublemaker, and you’re not supposed to be asking that question""

#News #Media #Press #TrumpLies #Musk #Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #USA

Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown

...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/

“You know none of this is about saving #money, right?” says a 3rd #Republican familiar with the behind-the-scenes push from #Musk. “It’s all about destroying a liberal power base.”

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #Press #US #USA

The DOGE Helpline

Comms from Armageddon
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-doge-helpline

"The scene: an office in the #WestWing ... with a "DOGE Helpline" sign on the door. Four consumer relations specialists take phone calls.

Rep 1 "...The point is to create the conditions for the survival of the fittest. That's #American, right?"

Rep 2 "We... create an #environment of desperation and hatred of Americans. #Americans will show their best side in these situations"

#Satire #Humor #Musk #Doge #Coup #Cruelty #US #USA

"Rep. 1 "...such a competition is rigged from the beginning, since it is organized by an #oligarch who controls the govt. He is fit. You are not. That is natural."
...

"Rep. 1. “...yes, the point is to make the #government entirely dysfunctional for the rest of you. But, right, we will keep the govt functional for us..."

Rep. 4 "Of course we lie. Lying is good. Let #science & the #humanities compete with other opinions in a free market of ideas."
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-doge-helpline

#Satire #Musk #USA

Are Trump and Musk Breaking Up?

A conversation with Politico's Jonathan Martin
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/are-trump-and-musk-breaking-up

"Nota Bene four things: (1) #Trump World is rattled and in CYA-mode about Musk’s cuts; (2) Trump gave a green light to cabinet members to go after #Musk, blame him for reckless cuts, and call him a liar; (3) Trump may have clipped his fellow megalomaniac’s wings; and (4) the whole story leaked out."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #DonaldTrump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #Podcast #USA

The Fascist Tech Bro Takeover Is Here
https://www.theindex.media/the-fascist-tech-bro-takeover-is-here-2/

"Musk's $277 million campaign contribution secured him unprecedented access to the levers of #Government & cemented his grip on the #political machine... Musk's influence has infected every arm of Govt. And he is using his #wealth, his control of Twitter's husk, & his presence in the #Trump orbit to steer the country away from #democratic principles & toward oligarchic rule."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Tech #USPol #News #USA

"At the core of this "movement" lurks #CurtisYarvin, whose political ideology... has provided the intellectual framework for dismantling #democracy. His #DarkEnlightenment philosophy promotes a #world where governments serve only the Superior (defined, of course, by Yarvin), a select few inherit #power, and the #public exists to obey...

his masturbatory notions of hyper-fascism now resonate among maladjusted, incellionaire #tech executives"
https://www.theindex.media/the-fascist-tech-bro-takeover-is-here-2/

#Musk #Coup #USPol #News #US

The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk & Corruption

A ‘naïve’ #SupremeCourt delivered lawless #greed & #cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-from-citizens-united-to-trump-musk-and-corruption-campaign-finance-supreme-court

"The court’s 5–4 #CitizensUnited decision, allowing unlimited corporate, interest-group, & individual spending on elections, did trigger dire predictions... But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining #American reality today."

#Musk #Trump #Coup #GOP #Corruption #USPol #Politics #News #US

Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation

#ElonMusk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own #superPAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on Trump in the past...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-donation.html

"Elon Musk has signaled to Trump’s advisers in recent days that he wants to put $100 million into groups controlled by the #Trump political operation."

#Musk #Trump #Corruption #Coup #GOP #CitizensUnited #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA