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From friendship to break up, Donald Trump and Elon Musk blew up
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has asked whether it’s time to “create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle”. His comment came after US President Donald Trump threatened on ‘Truth Social’ to cut off billions of dollars in federal subsidies and contracts to Musk’s companies, including Tesla and SpaceX.
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The Trump-Musk break up may affect the future of SpaceX andTesla
Elon Musk, who quit as the US government’s Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Outreach last week, has asked his fans on social media whether it’s time “to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle”. “Without me, Trump would’ve lost the election, Dems would…
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Let’s do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s posts
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to troll Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over the federal government’s plan to end its contracts with the companies. “If your company doesn’t win the contract, why should you?” Trump wrote. Musk responded, “No, we win because we have the most beautiful people in the world.” Trump…
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Let’s all read mean posts from Musk and Trump
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that without him, US President Donald Trump would have lost the 2020 presidential election. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” he added. This comes after Trump asked Musk to vote against the immigration…
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A Hurricane Season like no other
US President Donald Trump’s administration has laid off more than 500 workers from the country’s National Weather Service (NWS), which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in recent months. The cuts come amid Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s decision to reduce the federal workforce. NOAA, which houses NWS and…
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DC had a black eye and a tattered reputation, so it was no surprise that Mr. Musk left with a black eye
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk in an interview revealed that his 5-year-old son Draco got a black eye when he hit him in the face with a hammer. “I couldn’t take it any more,” he added. Musk further said that Draco had left the house earlier this year and had told him, “Don’t…
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The president of South Africa is in the US
US President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk has called for South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove the country’s national flag from the US. In a post on Instagram, Musk wrote, “Absolutely no white genocide is happening.” Musk added, “What I’m saying is if you can find common ground with Trump, you should try and…
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Chimp societies drum to a distinct beat
Elon Musk-led DOGE Task Force has shut down the main science division of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Reuters reported. According to the report, the situation at EPA is among the most pronounced examples of an approach, spearheaded by Musk’s DOGE task force, that is hobbling activities across several US federal agencies including the…
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Millions may have protested Trump and Musk yesterday
Around three million people took part in ‘Hands Off!’ protests across the US on Saturday, calling for an end to “authoritarian overreach by Trump” and “Tesla Takedown” by Elon Musk. The protests were held in all 50 states, the US territories and a dozen locations worldwide asking for an end to “authoritarian overreach” by Trump…
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More than 1,200 rallies protested Trump and Musk around the world
Several protests took place across the US to show disapproval for Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. A man, who supports pro-Palestine protests, said, “There are so many things that Trump has done…and [Vice President] JD Vance and Musk…that are outrageous.” The protesters urged people to come to the Capitol at 1 pm…
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Protests erupted nationwide against Trump and Musk
People have gathered across the US and globally to protest an “illegal billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, reports said. Protests have taken place against Trump’s policies since he became president, from the firing of federal workers to the involvement of Tesla CEO Musk in the federal government.
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Questions about Musk’s access to sensitive files were raised when he visited the Pentagon
Elon Musk and SpaceX CEO Sal Paparo attended a briefing at Pentagon on ‘Top Secret China War Plan’, The New York Times reported. “It’s an informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies and smarter production,” Musk said. “If Musk were really coming to the Pentagon for more casual discussion, why wouldn’t you hold it in the Tank?”…
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It was easy to fire federal employees
The US government fired around 70 to 100 probationary employees of the Elon Musk-owned Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in February after a meeting with the Tesla CEO’s Department of Government Efficiency, court filings revealed. The employees were hired by the agency for a period of time. Over 24,000 federal employees were affected by the…
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There is a Digital Coup in the office of Mr. Musk
Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has 10 staff members at the Social Security Administration (SSA), government records reviewed by WIRED revealed. Some of them have been listed as part of a group within Microsoft Teams, which SSAemployees use for internal communication, according to a screenshot shared by WIRED. This comes after DOGE’s claims…
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The president bought a car with Musk at the White House
US President Donald Trump said he is going to buy a new electric car from Tesla for confidence and support of CEO Elon Musk. He added that he would pay for the car with a check and would keep it at the White House for staff to use. Trump further said that he has revoked…
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We know who the legal owner of DOGE is
Twenty-one employees of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency have resigned over Elon Musk’s decision to shut down the agency. In their letter to White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, the employees wrote, “We swore an oath to the Constitution to serve…the American people but it has become clear that we canno longer…
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The 50-year-old law could possibly stop DOGE in its tracks
The Privacy Act of 1974 violates the US government’s authority to collect, use and share information about Americans, opponents of Elon Musk-led DOGE have claimed. The law restricts federal agencies from disclosing anyone’s records unless they approve in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. DOGE is a government agency that…
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The race to the bottom of the doge
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DGE) is currently looking at shutting down all the US government agencies, The New York Times reported. Musk had created the agency earlier this year. Last week, Musk also said, “I hope that you will think about resignations and that they won’t be able to…
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Federal workers are fighting the access to their data
In a lawsuit filed in US, the EFF has accused the US government of giving ‘administrative’ access to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computer systems to billionaire Elon Musk’s companies without undergoing “rigorous national-security vetting”. The lawsuit further accuses Musk’s company DOGE of violating the US’ Privacy Act of 1974 by giving the access to…
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The lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration allowed DOGE to gain access to workers data
Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker DOGE and its agents have sued US’ Office of Personnel Management (OPM), alleging that they gave access to the agency’s computer systems to Musk’s private companies without normal national-security vetting. They are accused of violating the Privacy Act, a 1974 law that determines how the government can collect, use, and store…
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The Firewall between Musk’s Team and LegacyUSDS workers has been built by DOGE
Hackers working for Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency firm DOGE were granted read and write privileges on two sensitive US government systems, WIRED reported. It said the hackers could also rewrite code of sensitive systems. DoGE has built a “firewall” separating DOGE from the 200 or so legacy workers employed by the United States Digital Service (USDS),…
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Trump and Musk are tearing apart the government
The US Agency for International Development (USCISID) has shut down its website, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Famine Early Warning System Network (Famine early warning system). This comes after Elon Musk, who has been waging a campaign against USCISID, called it a “criminal organisation”. He said he and…
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DC is waking up to the fact that there is a takeover going on
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday tweeted that he and his allies have spent the weekend feeding the US Agency for International Development into the “wood”. The US-based agency was founded by then-US President Bill Clinton to support African-American and South African organizations during the apartheid era. Commenting on this, a Twitter user wrote, “We’re…
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There is no going back
Elon Musk, the US President, has said that he will not stop the government’s payments to Tesla and SpaceX as long as there is a “proper authorisation”. “We are in a national crisis,” Musk said. Earlier, the US government had sued Musk over an alleged breach of an agreement with the US Treasury Department where…
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The State Department is sending overseas staffers home
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) agents have been stationed at the headquarters of the US Agency for International Development since last week. Musk took to Instagram to reveal that he spent the weekend feeding USAID “into the wood”. Earlier this week, DOGE agents had cut off staff email accounts on aRandom basis after…