African Musk: Not a Fragrance

[Ben]

Good article on how Musk had USAid shut down on the basis of false conspiracy theories pushed by a few cranks on the fringes of the internet. This is how government works under the Trump/Musk regime. Dark times indeed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...aid-rcna190646

Indeed. Scary - and dark - times...
It seems Elon Musk, ineligible to be President... as he was born in South Africa, who nobody voted for, is pulling the strings in the Trump regime:

[filghy2]

Indeed. Scary - and dark - times...
It seems Elon Musk, ineligible to be President... as he was born in South Africa, who nobody voted for, is pulling the strings in the Trump regime:

We know that Trump is too lazy to focus on the details of governing, so it looks like he's happy to delegate it to the Muskrat. Musk just has to feed him some BS that appeals to Trump's vanity or prejudices and Trump will give the okay. If Musk goes too far and does something really unpopular, Trump will just make him the scapegoat and claim he knew nothing about it.

Meanwhile, the party that complains constantly about unelected bureaucrats has nothing to say about Musk usurping their Constitutional role.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/g...d=BingNewsSerp

[filghy2]

Another article on DOGE's role at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, the latest government agency to be summarily shut down despite it being established by an act of Congress. There seems to be obvious potential for confict of interest, with Muskrat's minions gaining access to lots of banking and finance data, while Musk is planning to enter the financial payments business.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...igital-wallet?

[filghy2]

More on Muskrat's evidence-free claims about massive fraud and waste.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/e...ans-are-stupid

[filghy2]

Here's one area of US Government spending you can bet will not be cut.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2700645.html

"According to federal data analyzed by The Independent, Musk's own companies have been promised or awarded nearly $21 billion by the U.S. government since 2008.

The cash was still flowing as of Feb 17, with another $76.7 million promised since Donald Trump's inauguration."

[Ben]

[Ben]

[filghy2]

Has there ever been a couple who deserved each other more than those two jerks?

Poor Elon doesn't seem to have understood that the fundamental rule of Trump is that he has no loyalty to anyone but himself. Sure you can buy his favours for a time, but he will eventually shaft you once you have served his purposes.