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The Importance of Being SpaceX

#Tesla might be suffering, but SpaceX is poised to profit off billions in new government contracts
nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/poli

" #SpaceX is positioning itself to win billions in new federal contracts from the #Pentagon, the Federal #Aviation Admn, the Federal #Communications Commission and #NASA...The scale of the #business is staggering, as is the potential for #conflicts of interest."

Headline: Newsletter On Politics: Musk’s Washington The Importance of Being SpaceX Tesla might be suffering, but SpaceX is poised to profit off billions in new government contracts
#ElonMusk#Musk#Corruption
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Elon Musk Leaves Pentagon After Discussions About China & Tech
archive.is/jBqo7#selection-602

"That Musk would sit for any China-related meeting at all underscored the potential #conflicts of interest for him

#Musk... was going to receive the top-secret briefing on #China because he asked for one. He has a #security clearance but isn’t in the #military chain of command or known to be a military adviser to #Trump."

Headline from the Wall Street Journal: Politics | National Security Elon Musk Leaves Pentagon After Discussions About China and Tech The Trump adviser had been originally set to receive a briefing on top-secret war plan but revelations of the meeting caused a change of course By Alexander Ward and Nancy A. Youssef Updated March 21, 2025 11:04 am ET
#ElonMusk#Corruption#Coup
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Do You Trust Elon Musk With Top Secret Pentagon Plans?

The #Trump admn is denying reports that the billionaire #DOGE chief was set to be briefed on the possibility of #war with #China, where he maintains deep #business ties.
vanityfair.com/news/story/do-y

"In the fiery rebuttals, there is a tacit acknowledgment of how explosive & alarming the story is...

The #conflicts of interest are extraordinary, even in a Trump #government rife with them."

Headline from Vanity Fair: Politics Do You Trust Elon Musk With Top Secret Pentagon Plans? The Trump administration is denying reports that the billionaire DOGE chief was set to be briefed on the possibility of war with China, where he maintains deep business ties. By Eric Lutz March 21, 2025
#ElonMusk#Musk#Politics
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Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China

The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s govt role & highlight his conflicts of interest.
nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/poli

"Musk’s #conflicts of interest... continuing to run businesses that are major #government contractors... #Musk... chief executive of both #SpaceX & #Tesla, is a leading supplier to the #Pentagon & has extensive financial interests in #China."

Headline from New York Times: Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s government role and highlight his conflicts of interest.
#ElonMusk#Corruption#Coup
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Takes Over the White House

The world’s richest man now has control over the internet at the White House.
newrepublic.com/post/192855/el

"numerous #conflicts of interest & #ethics issues. #Musk already collects billions of dollars through his #government contracts, & controls #Starlink. If #WhiteHouse employees are using the #internet service, he could have access to their #data... questions as to how secure Starlink’s #network is."

Headline: Elon Musk’s Starlink Takes Over the White House The world’s richest man now has control over the internet at the White House. by Hafiz Rashid March 18, 2025 / 10:29 a.m. ET
#ElonMusk#Coup#Tech
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FAA workers threatened with firing if they ‘impede’ Elon Musk’s SpaceX federal deal: Report

#ElonMusk has been at the center of potential #conflicts of interest since his political ascendance
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

"A #SpaceX operative has threatened #FAA employees with termination if they stand in the way of agency work by the company, which could lead to a lucrative federal contract" for Musk's #Starlink

Headline: News, World, Americas FAA workers threatened with firing if they ‘impede’ Elon Musk’s SpaceX federal deal: Report Elon Musk has been at the center of potential conflicts of interest since his political ascendance by Michelle Del Rey Washington D.C. Thursday 06 March 2025 00:54 GMT
#Musk#Corruption#Coup
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Fined $50,000 Following Texas Worker’s Death

OSHA's citations against #Tesla help illustrate why Elon Musk's position atop the government-cutting #DOGE is so dangerous.
huffpost.com/entry/tesla-osha-

"OSHA’s findings are a reminder of just how many #conflicts of interest #Musk faces as the White House guts federal agencies and fires federal employees by the thousands."

Headline: Politics, Elon Musk, Tesla, Workers Rights Elon Musk’s Tesla Fined $50,000 Following Texas Worker’s Death OSHA's citations against Tesla help illustrate why Elon Musk's position atop the government-cutting DOGE is so dangerous. By Dave Jamieson Mar 6, 2025, 12:53 PM EST
#ElonMusk#Corruption#Coup
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Musk’s Inexcusable Conflicts
contrarian.substack.com/p/musk

"Elon Musk is a #government employee “who also owns companies that have billions of dollars in federal contracts"...

#conflicts of interest...

According to statute, high-level officials—almost all of whom wield much less power than #Musk currently does—must file publicly available financial disclosures.

Govt #ethics professionals then...

None of that has happened with Elon Musk."

Text from article: Big picture: It is, of course, absurd to rely on Elon Musk to recognize and respond to his own conflicts of interest. As far as I can gauge, Musk does not even recognize that he is not an elected official. Even if he had been, the only place in the federal government that relies on officials to police their own conflicts is the Supreme Court…and, well, we know how that has turned out. Nearly fifty years ago, Congress created a system for proactively detecting and preventing conflicts of interest. Here’s how the system is intended to work. According to statute, high-level officials—almost all of whom wield much less power than Musk currently does—must file publicly available financial disclosures. Government ethics professionals then comb through those financial disclosures and identify situations where officials have to abstain (or “recuse”) from participating in government matters, and where they have to divest from financial holdings that create conflicts. Journalists, non-government organizations, and the public can access those financial disclosures and serve as a further check on conflicts of interest. None of that has happened with Elon Musk. There has been no public disclosure of his finances—nor is there any indication that Musk has ever submitted his finances (confidentially or otherwise) for government ethics professionals to review and advise him about the conflicts created by his numerous government contracts and other financial holdings...
#Corruption#ElonMusk#Coup
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