"unelected billionaire #ElonMusk, whose investment of $290 million in #Trump & other #Republican candidates in the 2024 election... bought him freedom to run the #government...

The replacement of our constitutional system of government with the whims of an unelected private citizen is a #coup. The US president has no authority to cut programs created & funded by #Congress, & a private citizen... has even less standing to try anything so radical."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3-2025

#Musk #Trump #Politics

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A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, & more.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system/

"Elez’s privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the #US #government"

#Musk #Coup

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Musk’s Takeover Of The Government’s Computer Systems Needs To Be Understood As A Cyberattack, Or Worse
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/musks-takeover-of-the-governments-computer-systems-needs-to-be-understood-as-a-cyberattack-or-worse/

"These systems #Musk and his “team” have accessed are among the most sensitive and critical to the running of the #USA...

Yet here is Musk, a man who regularly chats with Vladimir #Putin, with access to it all, if not also outright control."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Tech #Technology #CyberSecurity #Security #NationalSecurity #Treasury #OPM #Russia #China #Trump #News #US

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