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In the last week, we had Elon Musk in our building, and after he visited the building, he called for a 50 percent cut of the entire agency,
the man said, according to the Reddit video You have allies in the State House who are going to fight back. Donald Trump wants to be a tyrant. Donald Trump is inspired, and he respects tyrants around the world because he wants to be just that. We have to fight back as a community and a nation to allow us to have a voice, not President Musk, not President Trump but the people have the voice of this country to fight back and defend democracy because we are not going to take it anymore."
Massachusetts State Senator Sal DiDomenico at the Boston protest One of the key pillars of Trump's campaign was the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon. This is exactly what people voted for, not some kind of surprise twist!"
Palmer Luckey, founder of ModRetor, on X, and reposted by Musk I used to be a fan of Musk,
I'm worried about what's happening with our government,
Elon got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good if we agree with him, and it's only if we agree with him. Elon can't do and won't do anything without our approval. And we'll give him the approval where appropriate, and where not appropriate, we won't. Where we think there's a conflict, we won't let him go near it."
Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday I'm just out here to speak and tell the truth,
Costigan said, holding a sign that read "two genders," in reference to Trump's executive order I don't trust Elon Musk. I guarantee that within two weeks, Trump the puppet will be gone and Elon Musk will be president,
one protester who gave her name as Gale, told Newsweek The criminality is just spectacularly disastrous for our country,
Maureen Devlin told Newsweek in Boston It's always about money and influence and never about the people,
I feel like a lot of executive orders and a lot of little things are being dismantled right under our noses and people are underreacting,
I think he's a man of great power. He's very intelligent,
Costigan, who is part of an underground conservative movement, told Newsweek Elon Musk is selflessly serving President Trump’s administration as a special government employee, and he has abided by all applicable federal laws,
There are an overwhelming number of ethical issues that are raised by his appointment as an SGE and the range of access he seems to enjoy across the executive branch,
If he goes to 131 days, somebody is going to go into court and say he’s really a full-time employee and demand to see his financial disclosure forms,
Musk should exceed any of the transparency rules and recuse himself from meetings that conflict with his companies' contracts and regulatory interests,
said Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight Special government employees have been a pain in the neck since Day One,
said Richard Painter, the chief ethics lawyer for former President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. We think the idea that if you’re rich enough, you can essentially buy opacity over transparency is a real problem,
No government employee, ‘special’ or not, should have any financial interest in who the government does business with,
Pocan, the House Democrat from Wisconsin, said in a statement Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information.”
In a post on Bluesky, former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens called the takeover of the Treasury’s systems as “the most significant data leak in cyber history,” ... adding:
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