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Bondi demands Crockett apologize for aggravated mean to Elon

Hurting Musk's feefees is not a crime no matter how many Fox hits the AG does.
publicnotice.co/p/bondi-crocke

"Attorney General #PamBondi is threatening #Texas Democratic Rep. #JasmineCrockett for participating in protests of Elon Musk’s efforts to burn down the federal #government.

The #TeslaTakedown movement is an attempt to grab the world’s most famous ketamine user by the wallet & make #fascism rude again."

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The #ConstitutionalCrisis Is Here

By shipping men to a Salvadoran prison without #DueProcess, the Trump admn has begun defying court orders in earnest.
thebulwark.com/p/the-constitut

"At around 6:45 p.m., Boasberg orally ordered the planes turned around...

At 7:26 p.m., he issued a brief written order barring the #government from relying on the #AlienEnemiesAct to remove noncitizens from the country.

The government ignored both orders."

#Trump#Coup#Crisis
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DOGE’s Supposed Savings Are About to Cost the US a Lot of Money

The IRS is bracing for a huge hit to its revenue thanks to Elon Musk’s cuts.
newrepublic.com/post/193093/ir

" #DOGE directed staff cuts at the agency have sparked fears that #US tax revenue could plummet by 10%, or $500 billion...

Last year, the #IRS collected $5.1 trillion, w/ $825 billion going to the #Defense Dept. Such a massive loss would hobble #government services or increase the national deficit"

#Musk#Trump#USPol

Much is being said about the #Signal group chat in terms of #opsec and #nationalsecurity.

But little notice has been given to the contents of that discussion. The mystifying hatred of #Europe, the relentless focus on what Pres #Biden did or did not do — I’m no expert in these things but that cannot be normal.

Professionals involved in a serious business — say, planning the #bombing of another country — focus on the matter at hand. This sounded more like a locker room conversation among a bunch of teenaged boys.

Even setting aside the #security aspects, the sheer #incompetence and #unprofessionalism on display should disqualify every one of them from any serious job, in or outside the #government.

Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over

The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
propublica.org/article/trump-h

ProPublicaFederal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over
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#News#Texas#Housing
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"The last two months have proven him disastrously incorrect. #ElonMusk, a South African [immigrant]... spent $288 million to reelect #DonaldTrump last year. In return for his contributions, he has been given more #power over the federal #government than any other private individual since the founding...

The entire federal government now seems to bend to one man’s personal interests."
newrepublic.com/article/193058

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Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Govt Contracts

The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by Trump & Elon Musk’s allies & employees who hold #government positions...
nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/poli

"At NASA, after repeated nudges by #Musk, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to Mars, allowing #SpaceX to pursue federal contracts...

And at the #FAA & the White House... #Starlink satellite dishes have recently been installed"

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"Conceivably, #Waltz, by coordinating a #NationalSecurity related action over #Signal, may have violated several provisions of the #Espionage Act, which governs the handling of “national defense” #information...

The Signal app is not approved by the #government for sharing classified information... they should go into a specially designed space known as a ... #SCIF —most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home"
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.

propublica.org/article/nih-fun

ProPublicaNIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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#News#Climate#NIH

"Reliance on #SocialSecurity isn’t evenly distributed... with less-educated #Americans much more reliant...

less educated voters strongly favored #Trump in November...

they set the stage for demolition of a #government program that is the only thing standing between them and dire #poverty...

#WorkingClass voters weren’t paying attention; they thought they were voting for lower grocery prices, not an assault on Social Security."

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/soc

#GOP#Politics#USPol

#watse #fraud #abuse #corruption In Plain Sight. No not from Dept of Education, Social Security, or #medicaid. This is 100% #doge #Musk #maga #billionaires #power #corrupts #absolutely #politics We are not a #democracy no #constitution This is #Despotism Plundering our #government. Musk Positioned to Profit Off #Billions in New Government Contracts. The boost in federal spending for #SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by #Trump and Elon Musk’s allies who control govt agencies. #DOD

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IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/i

"the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the #IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced #tax receipts by more than $500 billion...

in about eight weeks #DOGE managed to lose the US #government, more or less light fire, more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending."

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"We are watching #DOGE become both the most important unit in #government, but also one that claims to have limited legal power. It is amassing these powers through a series of... legal fictions...

We have struggled to characterize DOGE... DOGE is better described as a network, with members across govt, and inside & outside of govt. It operates around a single charismatic figure—Musk, not Trump"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/cen

#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup
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Elon Musk is accelerating a 50-year government privatization project

Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates a longtime Republican trend
salon.com/2025/03/22/elon-musk

" #DonaldTrump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal #government...

#DOGE has been billed as a cost-cutting initiative, although the actual amount of money being saved remains unclear...

these actions reflect a longer trend of privatizing govt."

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"Having a #court at last officially credit the arguments that any DOGE authority was falsely claimed seems an important point to be reached... Right now all these cases are being litigated against the big black box of the #government...

But with DOGE it is different because what it is finally starting to dawn is the #judicial recognition that #DOGE has no constitutionally-appointed governmental power"
techdirt.com/2025/03/21/its-a-

#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup

"This is nothing less than government compelled speech – a textbook #FirstAmendment violation. The #government is explicitly forcing a private entity to dedicate resources to supporting specific #political initiatives. That a major #law firm would accept such an obviously #unconstitutional demand, rather than challenge it as #PerkinsCoie did, represents a complete abdication of their professional responsibilities"
techdirt.com/2025/03/21/paul-w

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Director of federal broadband program quits
muskwatch.com/i/159516805/dire

"The director of a massive Dept of #Commerce program to improve #rural broadband access has quit the #government over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish #Starlink with federal funds...

Feinman urged the #Trump admn against changing BEAD “to benefit [satellite] #technology that delivers slower speeds at higher costs"