c/enoughmuskspam · by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1y

Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/elon-musk-is-reportedly-taking-control-of-the-inner-workings-of-us-government-agencies/

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WatDabney@sopuli.xyz · 56 pts · 1y (3 replies)

This is now a coup, and should be treated as such.

Rooskie91@discuss.online · 27 pts · 1y

Yupp, it's the business plot but it actually worked.

riodoro1@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

This is the consequences of giving too much power to the president. He can basically do everything he wants with a decree.

zelaya@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 1y

This is how the US has always worked. Rich people using the government for their interest and billions in subsidies. They are just taking it a step up by wanting to get rid of government workers and replace them with ai bs.

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 1y

The Washington Post reported Friday that the highest-ranking career official at Treasury is leaving the department after “a clash” with people working for Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over “access to sensitive payment systems,” citing three unnamed sources.

The DOGE officials have been asking for access to the system — which controls the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare — since after the election in November. The Trump administration has been looking for ways to stop the flow of federal money appropriated by Congress, including hastily ordering a confusing spending freeze, which experts say violates the Constitution.