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What we’re seeing is unprecedented in that you have these actors who are not really public officials gaining access to the most sensitive data in government, ... We really have very little eyes on what’s going on.”
Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, told the outlet We begin tonight with Elon Musk and ‘Big Balls,’
I didn’t have Big Balls on the CNN chyron on my 2025 bingo card. But it was absolutely epic,
If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will investigate them and we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,
Martin wrote in the letter, which he posted on X using his personal social media account After your referral, as is my practice, I will begin an inquiry,
Martin wrote in a letter made public on X to Musk and Steve Davis, the president of Musk's tunneling enterprise the Boring Company, who has been working with Musk and others at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). If I was doing the background investigation on him, I would probably have recommended against hiring him for the work he's doing. I'm not opposed to the idea of cleaning up the government. But I am questioning the people that are doing it."
Former FBI agent EJ Hilbert told Wired on Thursday Can't believe they doxxed another DOGE team member …
Elon Musk said on social media in response to Coristine being identified I can tell you we are investigating
When asked specifically about May's post, US Attorney Leah B Foley told the Boston Globe We are in contact with the FBI and other law enforcement partners to proceed rapidly
The Palestinian people have the right to simply live as human beings in their own land. The @UN is fully committed to peace, stability, and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people."
António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, posted to X on Wednesday I think simply rebuilding a high-rise refugee camp in Gaza is a prescription for another October 7 in due course."
We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and all of the other weapons on the site."
Federal employees shouldn't be misled by slick talk from unelected billionaires and their lackeys,
said Everett Kelley, president of the large American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). We're trying to instill a panic so that people just walk out the door and leave government in a crippled state, which is partly their objective,
the employee told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity We are aware of a post made by an employee on his personal social media account…. We do not comment on personnel matters. The views expressed do not reflect the values of Questrom School of Business."
In a statement to Boston.com, a university representative said Hysterical reactions like this is how you know that @DOGE is doing work that really matters,
he wrote in response to Schumer Noted, ... He has committed a crime."
In a response to an X post that included a screenshot of May’s Bluesky post calling for the deaths of DOGE staff, Musk responded You saw a great example of this with what Elon Musk has been doing with USAID, for instance. He uncovered that we have been sending millions of dollars for transgender activism in South America, millions of dollars for DEI scholarships in Burma. These are things that the American people largely didn‘t know about until now, and we’re going after them,
What specifically is Elon Musk is actually doing within the federal government right now with his tech staffers in the name of DOGE?,
Brown started off the exchange by asking the GOP lawmaker Elon Musk and his team are not acting as outside advisors. They are acting as employees of the relevant federal agencies. They have security clearances. They‘re complying with applicable federal laws,
