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Next Meeting - 05/12/25, 7 PM, Ozark-Dale Library
Focus on Elon Musk and the Other Billionaires Trying to Rule Our Country
Video: Watch "The Problem With Billionaires" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jytzozJ1wm0
USA Today: Elon Musk takes a backseat as Donald Trump reaches 100 days in office
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/29/elon-musk-trump-100-days/83008770007/
MSN: Elon Musk Lost 25% of Fortune During His Quest to Gut the US Government
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/ar-AA1DPt8J
Trump says Bezos and Zuckerberg have ‘been great’ and the billionaire class hold him in ‘a higher level of respect’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-bezos-zuckerberg-great-162214378.html
Musk ‘finds’ his savings: Dems accuse DOGE cuts of saving tech mogul $2bn in tax liabilities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-finds-savings-dems-accuse-210502059.html
Axios: Elon Musk leaves legacy of self-destruction at DOGE
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/elon-musk-doge-legacy
futurism.com: Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-wasted-taxpayer-money-incompetence
Politico: ‘Highly inappropriate': Musk, a defense contractor, sat in on Air Force nominee’s interview
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/musk-meink-ethics-concerns-00309302
WSJ: Pentagon Prepared Briefing for Musk on Top Secret U.S. Weapons for China War
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-elon-musk-pentagon-classified-e81dade5
Comment: Does Musk have the clearances to see this information? Musk is not cleared for some of the programs his company Space-X is involved in.
One of Trump’s billionaire supporters has harsh words for the president about his trade war
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/one-trump-billionaire-supporters-harsh-113720234.html
Axios: Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/musk-bessent-trump-white-house-irs
Elon Musk was supposed to work in government as a special employee for 130 days. He just pledged to spend ‘a day or two’ per week for the remainder of Trump’s 4-year term
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-supposed-government-special-074300732.html
DOGE loses its biggest advocate as Musk exits Washington
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/elon-musk-doge-trump-00306673
How Laura Loomer and other far-right users saw their X engagements plummet as soon as they criticized Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/laura-loomer-other-far-users-164811487.html
Comment: Is this a good thing, done for a bad reason?
As Tesla profits plunge, Musk says he’ll spend less time on DOGE : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371552/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge
The Guardian: Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/22/tesla-sales-musk-white-house-exit
Elon Musk claims Tesla demonstrators are somehow being paid via the government’s ‘waste and fraud’ — they just won’t admit it
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-claims-tesla-demonstrators-233238848.html
Comment: This statement has no credibility and illustrates that Musk is in a serious state of denial.
Former Tesla Engineer Says Elon Musk Threatened to Deport Her Team for Pointing Out a Problem With the Brakes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-tesla-engineer-says-elon-143325402.html
Daily Kos: Here’s your new reason for laughing at Elon Musk
AP News: Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at a federal agency you probably haven’t heard of
NPR: DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366851/doge-nlrb-whistleblower-musk-data
Comment: Could "sensitive " data be used to help Musk's companies or hurt his competitors?
Elon Musk’s Wild Plan to Father ‘Legion’ of Kids by Hitting Women Up on X Revealed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-wild-plan-father-042434230.html
Futurism: Elon Musk Reportedly Sends DMs on Twitter Offering Women the Chance to Have His Babies
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-dms-women-have-his-babies
NPR: DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366851/doge-nlrb-whistleblower-musk-data
Comment: Could "sensitive " data be used to help Musk's companies or hurt his competitors?
Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
Politico: Musk goes where no other Trump adviser can: Publicly disagreeing with the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/12/elon-musk-donald-trump-relationship-033889
DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-grants-website-nih-b2732203.html
The Washington Post: DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/doge-controls-federal-grant-postings/
Futurism: When Elon Musk Hears About Lives He's Destroyed, He Reportedly Responds With Laugh-Cry Emojis
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-lives-destroyed-respond-laugh-cry-emojis
Trump brags to NASCAR drivers that friend Charles Schwab made $2bn from stock market chaos
https://www.aol.com/trump-brags-nascar-drivers-friend-160319170.html
Billionaire Charles Schwab "Made $2.5 Billion Today" Trump Boasts at White House: "That's Not Bad"
Politico: NASA chief nominee, contradicting Musk, opts for the moon first over Mars
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/isaacman-heaing-moon-mars-musk-00007464
Comment: I wish these two billionaires would quit arguing and start worrying about earth.
Axios: "Boys will be boys," White House says, as Musk calls Navarro "moron"
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/musk-navarro-moron-trump-tariffs-trade-war
Futurism: Elon Musk Breaks Rank, Rages Against Donald Trump's Tariffs
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-rages-against-donald-trump-tariffs
Daily Kos: Elon Musk's fat new government contract will make your blood boil
Mother Jones: Elon Musk’s Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service
CNN: Protests continue at Tesla showrooms amid talk Elon Musk could soon leave DOGE
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/business/tesla-musk-doge-demonstrations/index.html
‘Unhappy’ Trump Blindsided by Musk Briefing on Secret China War Plan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unhappy-trump-blindsided-musk-briefing-174213334.html
Forbes: Elon Musk Stays Mum On Tariff Chaos As His Fortune Drops
ABC News: Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles
Comment: We certainly hope that Elon Musk's billionaire client and his friends loved their joyride.
HuffPost: Pulitzer Prize Winner Quits Washington Post, Slams Jeff Bezos Over 'Mistake'
Hundreds of federal buildings, some of them historic, are on the auction block as part of DOGE’s effort to privatize everything
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-federal-buildings-them-historic-110100707.html
Social Security Website Crashes as DOGE-Linked Disruption at the Agency Continues
Politico: Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784
CNN: Wisconsin loss a warning sign for GOP about Musk’s campaign role
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk/index.html
AP News: Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad
NBC News: Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2025 results: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel, defying Elon Musk
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-results-rcna198353
Forbes: Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2025: The Top 200
Forbes: The $100 Billion Club: These 15 People Have 12-Figure Fortunes
Bice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to 'vote'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bice-elon-musk-group-removes-010416597.html
Comment: Musk trying hide evidence that he likely broke Wisconsin election law.
DOGE staffer who resigned over past social media posts reinstated with higher access: Filing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-staffer-resigned-over-past-163343326.html
Futurism: Billionaire SpaceX Customer Flies Private Jet Into DC to Become New Head of NASA
https://futurism.com/jared-isaacman-flies-dc-head-nasa
CNN: SpaceX launches first-of-its kind tourism mission around Earth’s poles
https://www.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-launch-fram2-mission-03-31-25/index.html
Comment: Space tourism for a "cryptocurrency" billionaire and his guests.
WIRED: The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla’s Defense
https://www.wired.com/story/proud-boys-and-militias-come-to-teslas-defense/
NPR: DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5345708/doge-data-access-labor-cfpb-hhs
WIRED: Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-access-federal-payroll-systems-officials-leave-interior/
Is DOGE actually an agency? The answer could have major ramifications
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-actually-agency-answer-could-120035126.html
Senator questions canceling planned military satellites in favor of SpaceX
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senator-questions-canceling-planned-military-192331925.html
MSNBC: Ahead of Tesla protests, Musk threatens his company’s critics
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/tesla-protests-musk-threats-critics-rcna198628
Wisconsin attorney general sues Musk to block $1 million payment offers ahead of election | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-trump-d75807980ac311b87606fb4ec58cc466
Musk promises to go to Wisconsin to personally deliver $2 million to voters in Supreme Court race - ABC News
Comment: According to the article, Musk's actions seem to violate Wisconsin law.
Axios: "This is a revolution," Musk says of DOGE's government overhaul
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/musk-doge-revolution
NPR: A lawyer who represented SpaceX looks to downsize federal contracting watchdog
Comment: Conflict of Interest?
Breaking Defense: Air Force weighs plan to cancel SDA’s next set of data relay sats in favor of SpaceX: Sources
Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it 'corrupt'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-announces-1-million-wisconsin-152348382.html
Comment: Certainly appears to be the "C" word. The sad part is, if Musk's candidate wins, Musk probably won't be held accountable for any 'corruption.'
TechCrunch: SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/spacex-reportedly-has-a-secret-backdoor-for-chinese-investment/
The American Prospect: The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires
https://prospect.org/power/2025-03-25-existential-threat-ultra-billionaires-elon-musk/
Walmart heiress worth $17.8 billion quietly enters political discourse with New York Times ad declaring ‘the dignity of our country is not for sale’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/walmart-heiress-worth-17-8-164305461.html
Comment: Although not exactly a statement of "resistance," this is a reasonable statement from a member of the billionaire class.
Fortune: Walmart heiress places New York Times ad: 'The dignity of our country is not for sale'
https://fortune.com/2025/03/25/walmart-heiress-christy-walton-nonparitsan-advert/
The Guardian: Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/25/doge-musk-spacex-starlink-contracts
The year's first major political test in Wisconsin becomes a referendum on Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/years-first-major-political-test-174947842.html
Elon Musk's Social Security jabs cause concern among Trump allies
Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-group-offers-100-wisconsin-142333249.html
Comment: How is this possibly legal?
Elon Musk’s companies have billions in federal contracts but also deep ties to China. Trump said it makes him ‘susceptible’ as a businessman
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-companies-billions-federal-042800926.html
POLITICO: Trump, again, defends Musk’s morals
POLITICO: Leakers to Musk: We’re ‘not Elon’s servants’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/musk-leakers-government-trump-doge-00243208
Musk’s Dad: Elon’s Not Racist—He Was Friends With ‘Black Servants’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-dad-elon-not-racist-232704088.html
Republicans want Musk to shut up about Social Security
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-want-musk-shut-social-100000099.html
Musk uses immigration and claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security Administration cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-uses-immigration-claims-voter-104541766.html
Musk donates thousands to GOP members of Congress pushing to impeach judge who oppose Trump: Report
https://share.newsbreak.com/c6cdgvza
Opinion: Trump voters are starting to get burned by DOGE’s chainsaw
https://share.newsbreak.com/c6ce51dp
The Associated Press: DOGE official takes a leadership role at USAID, an agency Musk's team has helped dismantle
ABC News: Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks
The Atlantic: Buy, Borrow, Die - How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/tax-loophole-buy-borrow-die/682031/
Former Broadband Director Calls Handout to Musk's Starlink a 'Betrayal' to Rural America
https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-broadband-director-warns-musk-001300697.html
Elon Musk could be a bridge between the U.S. and China — but for which country's benefit?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/elon-musk-china-tesla-trump-doge-xi-beijing-washington-rcna195587
Slate: Jeff Bezos Washington Post: The mask is really off now on tech billionaire politics.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/jeff-bezos-washington-post-elon-musk-donald-trump.html
Forbes: Elon Musk Hit With First Formal Conflict Of Interest Complaint Over FAA-Starlink Deal
Elon Musk called a combat veteran a 'traitor.' No American should tolerate it. | Opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-called-combat-veteran-091445242.html
The Hill: DOGE’s war on American veterans has begun
Elon Musk’s paranoid conspiracy theory about Social Security, explained
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-paranoid-conspiracy-theory-212341100.html
Hours after Trump promises to buy a Tesla, reports of Elon Musk’s plans to donate $100M to MAGA super PACs emerge
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hours-trump-promises-buy-tesla-120810589.html
CNBC: DOGE chief Elon Musk says he's running businesses 'with great difficulty' as Tesla shares tank
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/musk-tesla-doge-stock-market.html
Axios: Trump's secret power protection plan: A $500 million war chest
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/trump-maga-inc-power-fundraising
The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him? | Elon Musk | The Guardian
Video: 'Not a happy meeting': Elon Musk vs. Trump's cabinet secretaries in 'explosive meeting'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-happy-meeting-elon-musk-110001483.html '
Senate Republican says Musk ‘does not have the power to fire people’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5184652-rick-scott-elon-musk-power-fire-people/
Elon Musk dealt second major blow as another disaster strikes - TheStreet
Trump shifts tone on Musk as tensions rise with Cabinet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shifts-tone-musk-tensions-110000501.html
Some DOGE staffers drawing in 'robust' six-figure government salaries: WIRED
The Weather Channel: SpaceX Starship Explodes As Debris Falls Over Florida
https://weather.com/science/space/news/2025-03-07-spacex-starship-test-explosion-elon-musk
US okays higher-power cellphone service for Musk's Starlink despite objections
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/us-okays-higher-power-cellphone-194956481.html
‘I don’t trust a word of it’: Federal workers deeply skeptical that Trump will rein in Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-trust-word-federal-211038318.html
Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk's authority amid DOGE backlash
Wall Street is turning its back on Elon Musk
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/06/business/musk-trump-tesla-shares-slide
POLITICO: FAA grounds traffic at four Florida airports after SpaceX craft breaks apart
FAA workers threatened with firing if they ‘impede’ Elon Musk’s SpaceX federal deal: Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-workers-threatened-firing-impede-005446481.html
The Guardian US: White House to overhaul $42.5bn Biden-era internet plan – likely to Elon Musk’s advantage
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/trump-musk-rural-internet-starlink
Some DOGE employees are earning six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are shutting down
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkuzwb8
A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxku8atn
The Atlantic: What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-effects-elon-musk/681911/
Elon Musk and DOGE promised up to $2 trillion in government savings. How much have they actually saved so far?
POLITICO: Trump is all-in on DOGE. It’s a political gamble.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/03/trump-doge-political-gamble-00206766
‘Total lie': Senator warns Americans don't trust 'anything coming out of DOGE'
https://share.newsbreak.com/bv8wu5jl
Special government employees come with a 130-day cap. But, no one knows when - or if - Musk will leave
https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-government-employees-come-130-035459697.html
US senator joins Elon Musk in calling for withdrawal from NATO
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-senator-joins-elon-musk-230643748.html
Elon Musk Supports US Withdrawal from NATO, UN - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us-withdrawal-nato-un-2038354
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink
https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-officials-ordered-staff-funding-133821434.html
POLITICO: The Gilded Age Is Back — And That Should Worry Conservatives
Futurism: You Can See When Elon Musk Actually Sleeps by Analyzing His Tweets, and It's Terrifying
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tweets-sleep
‘Paying no attention to consequences’: Agencies scramble to rehire experts fired by DOGE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/paying-no-attention-consequences-agencies-175228233.html
Comment: Includes Video.
NPR: DOGE’s savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1-5313853/doge-savings-receipts-musk-trump
DOGE structure, authority emerge as biggest DC mystery under Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-structure-authority-emerge-biggest-220000208.html
‘He’s Full of Crap!’: Musk Ripped for ‘Lying’ About DOGE Vetting Process
https://www.yahoo.com/news/full-crap-musk-ripped-lying-184851336.html
Bezos' changes to 'Washington Post' lead to more cancellations : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312819/washington-post-bezos-subscriptions-cancellations
DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say
The Guardian: Three billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/america-billionaires-bezos-zuckerberg-musk
Fortune: Tesla investors furious at stock’s plunge turn tables on CEO Elon Musk
https://fortune.com/2025/02/27/tesla-investors-furious-at-share-plunge-turn-tables-on-elon-musk/
GOP senators vent Musk frustrations at closed-door meeting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senators-vent-musk-frustrations-110000447.html
Comment: Includes Video.
Bombshell Report Reveals How Much Money Elon Musk Got From Government
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/report-exposes-elon-musk-made-163355830.html
The Washington Post: Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
New York Post : Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post opinion editor
https://nypost.com/2025/02/26/media/jeff-bezos-fires-washington-post-opinion-editor-david-shipley/
Elon Musk Has Sucked Up $38 Billion in Aid From the Federal Government, and Now He's Slashing That Help for Others
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-sucked-38-billion-201416428.html
ProPublica: DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence
Billionaire Nominee for Deputy Defense Secretary Grilled on Plans to Slash Staff, Budget | Military.com
CNN: Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/business/musk-faa-starlink-contract/index.html
White House Finally Comes Up With An Official Answer For Who Is Running DOGE: An Obama Honoree
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-finally-comes-official-235001754.html
DOGE’s Mystery Leader Finally Unmasked—And It’s Not Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-mystery-leader-finally-unmasked-221801046.html
Forbes: Tesla Stock Drops 8% As European Sales Fall, Elon Musk’s Net Worth Goes Down $15 Billion
Axios: More than 230,000 Canadians want Musk's citizenship revoked
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-canada-citizenship
Elon Musk Faces Massive Lawsuit After Menacing Email Ultimatum
https://newrepublic.com/post/191875/elon-musk-lawsuit-email-ultimatum-accomplishments
POLITICO: Judge questions constitutionality of DOGE, Musk’s role
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/judge-questions-constitutionality-doge-elon-musk-00205866
TechCrunch: SpaceX says Starship self-destructed after propellant leaks caused fires and comms blackout
Yahoo: Author of Upcoming Elon Musk Biography Says ‘There Is No Evidence’ Billionaire Has Any ‘Intellectual Achievements’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/author-upcoming-elon-musk-biography-040538098.html
The political education of Elon Musk - POLITICO
Elon Musk Guts The NHTSA Department Responsible For Autonomous Vehicle Safety
https://autos.yahoo.com/elon-musk-guts-nhtsa-department-143540413.html
Elon Musk Is Flagrantly Gutting an Agency in Charge of Regulating Tesla
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-doge-gutting-nhtsa-tesla
Trump and Musk Keep Spouting Bogus Numbers to Hide Their Real Agenda
https://newrepublic.com/article/191667/trump-musk-numbers-statistics-debunked-real-agenda
Gizmodo: Musk’s Plan to Kill the ISS Early Is a Selfish, Shortsighted Move
https://gizmodo.com/musks-plan-to-kill-the-iss-early-is-a-selfish-shortsighted-move-2000566650
Yahoo: Elon Musk Calls for Destroying the Space Station as Soon as Possible
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-calls-destroying-space-184228148.html
Fort Knox gold: Trump vows to 'make sure' it's there, echoing Musk
Comment: Is Elon's Ketamine use fueling this conspiracy theory?
Fortune: Trump directly contradicts White House over who really runs DOGE, saying he 'put a man named Elon Musk in charge'
https://fortune.com/2025/02/20/who-really-runs-doge-elon-musk-donald-trump-white-house/
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts
DOGE says it’s saved $55 billion, itemized data show far less | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/doge-says-saved-55-billion-itemized-data-show-far-less/
Kash Patel called out Elon Musk multiple times for getting rich off taxpayer money in resurfaced interviews | The Independent
Musk's move to take on Social Security tests the 'third rail of American politics'
What companies does Elon Musk own? A look at his businesses
Musk helped fire hundreds of FAA workers. Now, his SpaceX employees could fill the void
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-helped-fire-hundreds-faa-165444577.html
White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-says-musk-not-031709466.html
ABC News: Contradictory statements about Musk make it unclear who runs DOGE
https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-house-claims-elon-musk-doesnt-run-doge/story?id=118913206
Elon Musk's influence in Donald Trump's administration sparks GOP divisions
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5146881-elon-musk-senate-republicans/
The Hill: DOGE sets up IRS, SEC accounts on X
https://thehill.com/business/5149582-doeg-irs-sec-x-accounts/
FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-staff-were-reviewing-elon-234619086.html
"They deserve a long prison sentence": Musk joins Trump in trashing "60 Minutes"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/deserve-long-prison-sentence-musk-201615935.html
The Daily Beast: John Oliver Returns to Dismantle ‘Parasitic Freak’ Elon Musk
https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-returns-to-dismantle-parasitic-freak-elon-musk/
Comment: For those who like a little comedy with their political reading.
Video: Elon Musk and DOGE upend government with firings, budget cuts
The Guardian: Elon Musk’s mass government cuts could make private companies millions
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/16/elon-musk-doge-government-privatization
Insiders at Tesla Concerned That Musk's Madness Is Damaging Company, Saying It Would Be Better If He Just Resigned
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insiders-tesla-concerned-musks-madness-114523933.html
Daily Kos: Let's Talk About Ketamine
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/15/2303839/-Let-s-Talk-About-Ketamine
ABC News: Agency data shared by DOGE online sparks concern among intelligence community
Daily Kos: Nope. There are no 150-year-olds on Social Security. It's COBOL!--UPDATED Feb 15
Fortune: Elon Musk’s DOGE launched its website. It was hacked within days
https://fortune.com/2025/02/14/elon-musk-doge-website-hacked-hackers/
Elon Musk's DOGE team is expected to cut costs at the Pentagon soon : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5297896/elon-musk-doge-pentagon-dod
Elon Musk Goes After NATO
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-goes-after-nato-2030046
Video: Watch "Stop Elon Musk’s Coup" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iHxFx7at50U
Musk calls for ‘wave of judicial impeachments’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-calls-wave-judicial-impeachments-181006611.html
Elon Musk calls for the US to 'delete entire agencies' from the federal government
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-calls-us-government-052516365.html
Elon Musk's X will pay Trump $10M to settle lawsuit over 2021 ban
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-x-pay-trump-004233196.html
Elon Musk calls Bush-appointed judge ‘evil’ after court orders Trump to restore CDC and health websites
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-calls-judge-evil-195045714.html
The Associated Press: Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-secrecy-68a66370cbc67c457e0a1c6edb08c5ef
Gizmodo: Elon’s DOGE Attack on Financial Watchdog Coincides With X Pursuit of Digital Wallet
Axios: Elon's X army takes the wheel
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/08/elon-musk-x-followers-us-government
The Guardian US: Who is helping Elon Musk gut the US government?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/elon-musk-doge-team-staff
The Associated Press: The slash-and-burn tactics Musk brings to Washington often backfired at Twitter
InsideEVs : Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World
https://insideevs.com/news/750076/tesla-sales-tanking-globally/
Germany: Tesla sales plunge almost 60% in January – DW – 02/06/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tesla-sales-plunge-almost-60-in-january/a-71533790
Vox.com: All the ways Elon Musk is breaking the law, explained by a law professor
https://www.vox.com/politics/398618/elon-musk-doge-illegal-lawbreaking-analysis
NBC News: How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
The Associated Press: Musk team's access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions
https://apnews.com/article/education-department-trump-doge-8c5bba3883b3d924b28114a4f291bec4
The Hill: GOP support for Musk influence with Trump falls dramatically: Poll
Elon Musk uses his X ownership to be a mouthpiece for Trump narratives and his White House position to push his priorities | PBS News
NPR: Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289337/elon-musk-doge-treasury
Elon Musk creates confusion about IRS’ Direct File — but the free tax program is still available
https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16
Los Angeles Times: 'Shadow government'? Billionaire Elon Musk's grip on U.S. government spending raises questions
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-02-05-king-musks-government-purge-hits-snag/
DOGE officials home in on Medicare, Medicaid offices
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-officials-home-medicare-medicaid-223938310.html
Axios: Musk's team accesses Medicare, Medicaid records
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-health-data-cms
Military.com: Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems
NBC News: Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
The Wiretap: Americans, Elon Musk Is Coming For Your Personal Data
Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/
Musk’s Lackeys Seize Control of Social Security Check System
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-lackeys-seize-control-social-002907189.html
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-suggests-getting-rid-212557557.html
Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-says-doge-halting-treasury-020337006.html
Musk's role as ‘special government employee’ raises ethics questions - Government Executive
Axios: Musk adds "special government employee" to resume
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/elon-musk-trump-special-government-employee
DOGE head Elon Musk joins federal government amid pushback on role
The Guardian: Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
Why does Musk want USAID 'to die'? And why did its website disappear? : Goats and Soda : NPR
Elon Musk calls USAID a ‘criminal organization’ that should ‘die’
Reuters: Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-musk-aides-lock-government-200344003.html
Nextgov/FCW: Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/01/musk-visits-and-asserts-growing-influence-gsa/402628/
TIME: The Feud Between Elon Musk and Former FAA Boss Mike Whitaker
https://time.com/7211655/elon-musk-former-faa-administrator-mike-whitaker-history/
Elon Musk tells German crowd to be proud and move beyond the 'sins of their parents' during video appearance at far right event
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/elon-musk-far-right-germans-proud-past-sins-rcna189281
Comment: Now do you doubt that Elon Musk was giving the fascist salute at Trump's inauguration?
Graham: Elon Musk’s comments in Germany ‘bother me’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/graham-elon-musk-comments-germany-162546526.html
POLITICO: Musk tells Germans to get over ‘past guilt’ in speech to far-right AfD rally
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/25/musk-german-afd-rally-weidel-00200620
‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute | Elon Musk | The Guardian
POLITICO: The 199 Most Elon Musk Things Elon Musk Has Ever Said
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/24/199-elon-musk-quotes-00199008
The New Republic: Elon Musk’s Henchmen Have Taken Over OPM—and It’s Not Looking Good
https://newrepublic.com/post/190877/elon-musk-takeover-opm-aides
Axios: The Elon-ification of the federal government
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/elon-musk-government-takeover-federal-workers
The Guardian: Ethics watchdog issues conflict of interest warning to Musk’s Doge agency
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/23/elon-musk-doge-conflict-interest
ABC News: 'Oligarchy 2.0': Experts weigh in on whether Biden's warning about wealthy justified
POLITICO Europe: Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says
https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-pedro-sanchez-big-tech-billionaires-democracy-social-media/
Fortune: Billionaires are multiplying, and 60% earn their wealth through ‘inheritance, cronyism, or monopoly power,’ Oxfam writes
https://fortune.com/2025/01/22/how-billionaires-make-money-oxfam-report/
Opinion - The Trump-Musk bromance is breaking up and could break America
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-musk-bromance-breaking-183000256.html
Elon Musk Comments on Salute Controversy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-shares-clip-nazi-042128366.html
Violent US Capitol rioters and far-right militia leaders set free by Trump, with Elon Musk’s support
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/capitol-rioters-trump-musk/index.html
ABC News: Vivek Ramaswamy to leave DOGE and announce run for Ohio governor, sources say
Slate: The Scene at Trump’s Inauguration Tells Us Who He Cares About
How Many Billionaires Are in Trump’s Administration, and What Is Their Worth? | National News | U.S. News
Visual Capitalist: Breaking Down the Wealth of America’s Top 20 Billionaires
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/breaking-down-the-wealth-of-americas-top-20-billionaires/
Comment: "These 20 individuals have a combined wealth of $2.7 trillion, which is more than the annual GDP of countries like Russia ($2.2T), Canada ($2.1T), and Italy ($2.0T)."
CNN: Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/business/trillionaire-net-worth-oxfam-report/index.html
Even Trump-supporting crypto investors think his meme coin is ‘absolutely preposterous’
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/even-trump-supporting-crypto-investors-174144613.html
Comment: A great way to bribe Trump. Just buy his worthless crypto. Legal bribery.
POLITICO Europe: Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program
https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-zuckerberg-full-elon-musk-dump-facebook-fact-checker/
The Guardian: Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Forbes: Musk’s DOGE Could Threaten The Health Of Millions Of Americans
Forbes: Elon Musk Pushes For Britain’s King Charles To Dissolve Parliament—As Lawmakers Say Tesla CEO Is ‘Misinformed’
Daily Kos: Do You Ever Get the Feeling?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/18/2297606/--Do-You-Ever-Get-the-Feeling
Elon Musk bet me $1 million the U.S. would not see 35,000 cases of Covid—then turned on me when it happened, says Sam Harris
https://share.newsbreak.com/az4jrl36
POLITICO: Elon Musk’s ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ Attitude Clashes with Washington
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/24/elon-musk-washington-congress-00196006
Watch "The Real Elites Rigging the System" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/9J6xnQP4xoc?feature=shared
Chris Hayes Says Elon Musk is ‘Effectively Running the United States’ After He ‘Bought Himself Control’ | Video
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chris-hayes-says-elon-musk-032433037.html
Business Insider: Kids' low reading scores are 'a 5-alarm fire,' says DOGE's Ramaswamy. His solution: Eliminate the Education Department.
Axios: Shutdown watch: Musk barrages GOP to blow up "criminal" spending deal
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/18/elon-musk-government-shutdown-bill-doge
‘Tell Him to Get Lost’: Musk’s Dad Urges Public to Ignore His Son
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tell-him-lost-musk-dad-101851394.html
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-loop-oversight
CNBC: Dow tanks by 1,100 points, posts first 10-day losing streak since 1974: Live updates
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/17/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
Comment: As Elon Musk and Trump push govt. shutdown & Trump's cabinet picks get closer scrutiny
The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk 'needs to learn a little bit more about the business' before deriding crewed fighter jets
https://www.yahoo.com/news/air-force-secretary-said-elon-035917684.html
Elizabeth Warren is pushing Trump to establish conflict-of-interest rules for Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-pushing-trump-establish-152341829.html
Donald Trump's transition team wants to scrap a car crash requirement opposed by Elon Musk's Tesla
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trumps-transition-team-wants-193101605.html
Elon Musk Denied Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets Over Drugs and Foreign Contacts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-denied-access-spacex-175858022.html
Elon Musk, SpaceX's CEO, isn't privy to all of the company's classified work with the US government: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-spacexs-ceo-isnt-103336034.html
Elon Musk's Drug Use Means He Isn't Allowed to Enter Certain SpaceX Buildings
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-drug-means-isnt-145556489.html
Elon Musk Being Investigated for Violating Terms of "Top Secret" Clearance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-being-investigated-violating-201238122.html
SpaceX was advised not to seek higher clearance for Elon Musk due to Putin contacts: Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-advised-not-seek-higher-223838379.html
Vanity Fair: Elon Musk Doesn’t Want Tesla to Have to Do Car-Crash Reporting, and—What Do You Know—the Trump Transition Agrees
The Guardian US: Elon Musk’s six major conflicts of interest with the federal government
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/13/elon-musk-conflict-of-interest
Elon Musk signals he’ll go beyond supporting Trump to serve as his political enforcer
Trump’s Latest Ridiculous Proposal Is a Huge Gift to Billionaires
https://newrepublic.com/post/189222/donald-trump-proposal-environment-billionaires
Hey, MAGA voters: You've been had. Trump's plans for the economy may ruin you. | Opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hey-maga-voters-youve-had-220513815.html
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/bluesky-x-becomes-social-media-rcna181685
Elon Musk's Plans for a City on Mars Will Likely End in Horrifying Mass Death
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-plans-city-mars-120032022.html
Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, with whom Trump allegedly shared nuclear secrets, is permanently moving to the U.S.
https://share.newsbreak.com/9tg7wuvo
Video: Watch "What is DOGE Really After?" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/WSxz7qI432E?feature=shared
MSNBC: Why Elon Musk wants to ‘delete’ an agency that protects your money
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-trump-cfpb-marc-andreesen-rcna182551
Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC, new filings show
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-spent-least-quarter-billion-040534626.html
Musk, Ramaswamy have few answers for tough DOGE questions from GOP
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-ramaswamy-few-answers-tough-231208681.html
The Guardian US: Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/trump-us-cabinet-billionaires
The Guardian: Elon Musk revealed as sole funder of RBG Pac that claimed Trump and Ginsburg were aligned
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/06/elon-musk-rbg-pac-abortion
Elon Musk says DOGE can 'gut the federal government' with a recent Supreme Court ruling. Some lawyers disagree.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-doge-gut-093001461.html
Elon Musk is in 'regular contact' with Vladimir Putin, new report alleges - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/elon-musk-regular-contact-vladimir-putin-new-report/story?id=115130093
Elon Musk’s Stanford ties raise questions about legal status
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/11/11/elon-musk-stanford-work-status/
Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-citizenship-revoked-denaturalized/
Elon Musk Was Illegal Migrant Worker Who Abused his Student Visa
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-illegal-immigrant-abused-162201531.html
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