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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…
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The administration is ready to withdraw the staff from overseas posts
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has said that US President Donald Trump and him wanted to shut down the government entirely, without addressing their legal authority to do so. Musk added that the two were seeking to shut down the country’s foreign aid agency, US Agency for International Development. Musk said that he and Trump have…
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The Federal Workers are trying to have the DOGE server disconnected
Elon Musk-led’Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE) has reportedly taken control of several federal agencies and sensitive government systems in the US. This comes after reports that officials at the White House banned federal employees from disclosure of their personal pronouns in their email signatures. It’s led by Musk’s Task Force on Transformational Government.
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Government signature emails are being removed of pronouns
Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has reportedly taken over US federal agencies and sensitive government systems with apparent White House clearance. It’s said to be spearheaded by Musk. The move comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that gives powers to Musk and his appointees to control the government’s IT…
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The young and inexperienced engineers are helping Musk’s government takeover
A former top White House official has said Elon Musk’s involvement in US government matter has a direct and predictable effect on his financial holdings. “He may not participate in any…matter that has a direct…effect on his financial holdings,” Richard Painter said while adding that “there are zero exceptions” to the restricted access given these…
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Why did the website disappear and why did Musk ask for it to die?
After US President Donald Trump said, “The US Agency for International Development needs to die”, Elon Musk tweeted that it “needs to die”. Meanwhile, reports claimed that two USAID security officials have been placed on leave after they reportedly refused access to confidential documents at the agency. According to reports, workers at the US Department…
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Tech workers are forced to defend their work
The General Services Administration (GSA) has asked its employees to identify their biggest win and blocker in a brief meeting. The invites included people without official GSA email accounts who were using Gmail accounts as well as official government accounts, WIRED reported. This comes as Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DGE) was…
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There is a new Artificial Intelligence arms race
Elon Musk’s AI startup OpenAI has raised $25 billion led by SoftBank at an estimated $340 billion valuation, according to reports. It had earlier raised about $22 billion from SoftBank and Tencent. Last year, Microsoft and OpenAI had announced plans for a massive data centre that would have been billed as a landmark Trump-era project.
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Musk tells friends that he is sleeping at the office
An email sent by the US Office of Personnel Management to federal employees after thePulse-Macks merger said, “A Fork in the Road.” It was reportedly an email from Twitter CEO Elon Musk to Twitter employees saying they’d need to be “extremely hardcore” to realise his vision for Twitter 2.0. Those who failed to do so…