Had an idea, wrote me a song, "Send Musk to Mars," 30-seconds long.
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A good way to find out if billion dollar corporations really need tax payer subsidies is to cut off those subsidies and see how long it takes until they notice
Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump
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Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
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The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
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Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
After creating an uproar last week for demanding access to a sensitive system at the Treasury Department, DOGE is expected to turn its attention to another restricted database next week, according to two people with knowledge of their plans.
This database tracks the flow of money across the government, from the Treasury to specific agencies and then to the ultimate destination of the funds.
#News #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #Treasury #Database #Government #USPolitics
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
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The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOGE #Trump #IRS #Federal #Government #Economy #USPolitics
UPDATE: We've confirmed the identities and roles of 9 more key figures affiliated with Musk, bringing our DOGE tracker to a total of 86 staffers.
#News #Musk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Research #Government #USPolitics #Data
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
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Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.
#News #Veterans #Trump #DOGE #Health #Cancer #Addiction #Homelessness
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Michigan #Ohio #Environment #Trump #DOGE #NOAA #Water #Science
A DOGE aide was told by ethics attorneys that he held stock in companies that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees are barred from owning — and was advised not to participate in any actions that could benefit him personally.
Days later, he helped fire 90% of CFPB staff anyway, including the ethics lawyers who warned him.
The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data
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The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #DOGE #Energy #Data #Oil #Gas #Research #Science
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
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The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents.
#News #SpaceX #FAA #ElonMusk #DOGE #Aviation #Spaceflight #Trump #Regulation
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the #Trump’s admin claims to have canceled as part of its cost-cutting program are NOT expected to save the #US govt ANY MONEY, the admin’s own data shows.
#DOGE, run by #ElonMusk, published an updated list of nearly 2,300 contracts that agencies terminated in recent weeks across the #FederalGovernment. Data published on DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” shows that <⅓ of the contract cancellations, 794, are expected to yield NO SAVINGS.
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
#News #USAID #PublicHealth #Trump #DOGE #Aid #Disease #Health #USPolitics
Isn't it just weird how in all these government cuts, all the fraud and waste, the thieving and scammers, all the lazy bureaucrats, that not one large company contracting with the US has been found to be a part of the cuts?
Weird.
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Unbelievable
#ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service are feeding sensitive data into #AI software via #Microsoft’s #cloud
#Musk’s US #DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the #Education Dept into #ArtificialIntelligence software to probe the agency’s programs & spending…. The AI probe includes data w/personally identifiable info for people who manage grants, & sensitive internal financial data…
#law #security #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #Trump #TrumpCoup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/
ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.
Here’s what we know about them: https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #USPolitics
Here is the beginning of the 3rd #thread on Elon Musk's takeover of the US government:
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
"Musk’s team, known as the Dept of Govt Efficiency, has already thrown entire swaths of the federal #government & its programs into disarray — programs that serve millions of #Americans.
#Musk himself has made no secret of his intentions, saying that #DOGE is a “wood chipper for bureaucracy” and that he is “deleting” agencies."
By giving Elon Musk’s engineers access to USAID’s entire digital network, including personal information for thousands of employees, the Trump administration may have violated the Privacy Act of 1974, three experts told ProPublica.
President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
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The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.
ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.
BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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