WHAT'S GOIN' ON:
President Trump and his sidekick from South Africa are undertaking an administrative and digital coup in Washington D.C., firing dozens of career government officials (not loyal to them,) pardoning convicted criminals, freezing funding programs crucial to human and economic health, illegally pawing for federal fund deposits. I will be running a series of bulletins, shared across multiple platforms, containing bite-sized accounts of what is happening. Call your congressperson and do not sit there as if it's not happening or that nothing can be done about it. Dare to share. It's your democracy.
Bulletin #8
It must be pointed out, again, that Mr. Musk is neither an elected official nor anyone who has been confirmed after having his bona fides vetted congressionally. Trump, still clueless about how the government works, in effect "deputized" him to root out fraud and waste (as they understand it). The Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) legitimacy is currently being scrutinized in three separate lawsuits, in as much as it is Congress that establishes federal agencies, the boundaries of their mission, and the funding of said mandate.
Since Congress would appropriate any funding for DOGE, and hasn't, it's a fair guess that Musk, who doesn't need the money, is paying private hirelings to harass federal employees such as these at the Office of Personnel Management. All Americans should be mortified at the idea of private lackeys paid by a South African with a penchant for Fascist salutes bullying their way into government offices, locking the supervisors of said offices out of the computer systems under their aegis, and nosing around to find out whatever it is they are looking for.
Musk needs to be fired, but it would be like firing Kramer from "Seinfeld" who was dismissed from a place that didn't really employ him. Musk isn't working for anybody but himself here.
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