aGDevil2k
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DOGE Catch-All | DOGE ledger “riddled with errors”
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rodoheel
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Need some committed left-wing women to honeypot this guy into spilling all the beans on a secret recording. (Or maybe left wing men, if that's what he's into.) There's no way this little dipshit isn't constantly spouting off to everyone he meets about all the cool work he's doing breaking the government.
Although it's possible that Musk is keeping him trapped in whatever building he's in, sleeping on a sofa bed, lol.
sringwal
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Useful article on the DOGE Six:
www.wired.com
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
Paine
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“If this were Pakistan, Chad, or Venezuela, the headlines wouldn’t hedge: A billionaire oligarch seizes control, dismantling democracy in real time. Musk’s loyalists, armed with executive orders instead of rifles, are gutting the civil service, locking officials out of government systems, and dictating policy from a boardroom-turned-war room. Trump, a fading strongman, is the figurehead; Musk, the junta’s real leader. Treasury, national security, federal agencies—one by one, falling under private rule. In any other country, experts would call it state capture, a textbook coup. Here, the press still asks if democracy is in danger, as if waiting for the moment history makes it undeniable.”
MOUNTAINH33L
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Own it, MAGA.
“If this were Pakistan, Chad, or Venezuela, the headlines wouldn’t hedge: A billionaire oligarch seizes control, dismantling democracy in real time. Musk’s loyalists, armed with executive orders instead of rifles, are gutting the civil service, locking officials out of government systems, and dictating policy from a boardroom-turned-war room. Trump, a fading strongman, is the figurehead; Musk, the junta’s real leader. Treasury, national security, federal agencies—one by one, falling under private rule. In any other country, experts would call it state capture, a textbook coup. Here, the press still asks if democracy is in danger, as if waiting for the moment history makes it undeniable.”
gtyellowjacket
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“If this were Pakistan, Chad, or Venezuela, the headlines wouldn’t hedge: A billionaire oligarch seizes control, dismantling democracy in real time. Musk’s loyalists, armed with executive orders instead of rifles, are gutting the civil service, locking officials out of government systems, and dictating policy from a boardroom-turned-war room. Trump, a fading strongman, is the figurehead; Musk, the junta’s real leader. Treasury, national security, federal agencies—one by one, falling under private rule. In any other country, experts would call it state capture, a textbook coup. Here, the press still asks if democracy is in danger, as if waiting for the moment history makes it undeniable.”
If this really is a "coup" I kind of hope Musk is running it. Trump's not going to let that go for too long just because his star will diminish.
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Right now Musk is mostly got a free hand on stuff Trump has vague hatred for but that are outside the scope of things Trump is passionate about (tariffs, immigration, punishing the FBI and DOJ, foreign policy other than USAID dollars to “shit hole” countries).
Musk’s power right now is (a) using his money to threaten primaries against GOP opposition in Congress, (b) using X to promote Trump as a genius and (c) focusing on details that Trump doesn't give a shit about. If Musk grabs the third rail or interferes in Trump’s core focus areas, THEN there could be trouble.
But until then Musk is carving out a huge fiefdom with no oversight or restrictions on his power …
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[used Detroit Interior site b/c it popped up first]
“… A "special Government employee" (or "SGE") is an officer or employee in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government who is appointed to perform important, but limited, services to the Government, with or without compensation, for a period not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days. This status is important because the ethics rules apply differently to individuals who qualify as SGEs versus other Federal employees and officials….”
Special Government Employees | U.S. Department of the Interior
Provides information regarding ethics obligations for Special Government Employees, appointed on a temporary or intermittent basis
ChapelHillSooner
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He should be scared himself. No matter what he achieves here, this isn't ending well for him. I suspect he will be at minimum spending a time in prison.
gtyellowjacket
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Maybe. But Trump is almost certainly not going to run for office again and even if he does, he can win without elon's money.
Would not be shocked if Trump is hoping that Elon buys truth social and makes him just a bit richer.
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U.S. Attorney Offers to Protect Musk’s DOGE Staff
"The newly appointed interim US attorney for the District of Columbia said he would take legal action against anyone who impedes or threatens Elon Musk’s government-efficiency staff, raising the stakes after repeated confrontations between the
politicalwire.com
I guess we will wait and see what they treat as a threat, but “impedes” can mean a lot of things …
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Whose prison? And when? ttump isn't going to give up the presidency, nor will the techbroligarchy. ttump isn't putting the richest man on the planet in prison.
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Me derail it? I posted four words. You chastised me twice.
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No, I politely requested a change in a single post and responded to one of your several follow-ups because I thought your post misrepresented your original exchange.
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Kids these days. SMH.Useful article on the DOGE Six:
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.