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Summary

Elon Musk claims his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is shutting down payments to federal contractors, including a Lutheran charity, asserting it is eliminating corruption.

This suggests DOGE has access to Treasury’s payment systems, though officials have not confirmed the extent.

Senator Ron Wyden warned that DOGE may interfere with Social Security, Medicare, and government contracts.

Musk also called USAID “a criminal organization” that should “die,” amid DOGE’s growing influence over federal financial operations.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Does anyone know what the story is behind this charity he's mentioning?

Edit: looks like they feed and provide shelter for asylum seekers, and obviously he's against that.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Great way to get sued for breach of contract. This administration is going to be tied up in court for the next four years

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 hours ago

Unfortunately, when all this stuff is resolved, it's still the government that's on the hook, not Musk personally. Although the new admin should probably just impound all of his and Trump's assets to pay for the fallout, but obviously Democrats would never do anything this based.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Oh please start halting payments to government contractors. This guy starts holding payments to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon he's going to wind up real Dead real quick

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

With the way things are going, I fully expect them to make a beneficial deal that includes Elon because fuck everything

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 hours ago

A lot of our day to day military operations run on contractors. This seems like a good way to get more helicopters falling out of the sky.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 hours ago

Hey military industrial complex! Please coup this administration all ready.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Lawsuit submitted

Lower court determines whether to stay the action while case is handled

Changes are unrecoverable since department can't pay staff managing the payments

Law enforcement given warrant to force stay

Law enforcement chooses not to enforce because they have no motivation

Payments never restored

Case goes to supreme court

Law interpreted in favor of the administration because clearly no means yes, it's obvious

Congress doesn't respond due to right wing majority

Checks and balances are dead.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 hours ago

Legal authority stopped mattering the FIRST time the grifter in chief was selected president.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

You still think the law can stop them. Adorable.

[–] [email protected] 178 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

At what point do we declare this a coup? This isn't what even the most diehard conservatives out there voted for, I don't understand how this isn't considered a hostile takeover.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

When this happens in a developing country we laugh at their politics.

When it happens in America, no one bats an eye

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

USA is the new banana republic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Americans still think their country is somehow different even though it's still a developing country in many respects.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Not just country nations, reminder the regions with the strongest identities are either the oldest, important, or Mormon. We are very much kn the same state the late western Roman empire was in, where they had African Romance, Brithonic Romance, and Gaulic Romance we have Californian, Texan, and Northestern the east coast tracks to eastern Mediterranean.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago

Oh no I am absolutely laughing at America

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This isn’t even what the most diehard conservatives out there voted for

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 hours ago

Fucking yes.

All conservatives at the tables with all these nazis asking who voted in all the nazis.

At this point your party has folded. Keep saying "but not meeeee, I'm a real conservative!" All you want.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

They're in too deep to admit how badly they obviously fucked up. Shit is gonna have to actually reach the ugly bitter end, leaving them no other possible explanation to try to hide behind. In the meantime, this must be what it felt like for the citizens of Rome as it burned.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago

It is not until it affects them on a personal level they make that realization. That is how far the empathy of the average conservative voter reaches.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 hours ago

And here I am, too damn poor to afford a fiddle...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

This is exactly what they voted for and they'll fucking do it again.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

So... SpaceX is one of the contractors not being paid right? Right?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 hours ago

L-m-a-o roflmao even

[–] [email protected] 78 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

This is a great way to end up on the military-indistrial complex hitlist

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Can only hope he goes for them and not just the small businesses and academia. Something tells me he'll go for civil facing departments and generally avoid DOD

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Raytheon would like to know your latitude and longitude

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago

Care package incoming.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Ah the Trump approach to contractors. And Musk approach to rent.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 hours ago

It's just like when Dumpf would stiff his contractors LMAO 🤣

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago