Posted on 02/08/2025 12:39:40 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Elon Musk is enlisting the help of his X army as he seeks to hack away at the U.S. government, responding directly to users who recommend specific cuts and posting an X poll to justify reinstating a staffer who resigned over racist tweets.
Why it matters: Now the most powerful bureaucrat in America, Musk is leaning not only on access to sensitive government systems but also on his legions of fervently loyal, often-anonymous X followers as he weighs the fate of billions of dollars in spending.
The big picture: Donald Trump broke new ground in his first term by carrying out the nation's business via tweet decrees.
Musk, who typically posts between 50 and 100 tweets per day, is taking the bottom-up approach by letting foot soldiers supply suggestions that get seen — and acted on — by his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Driving the news: Last weekend, Musk elevated posts decrying USAID uses of money in his push to gut the agency. Then on Monday, he declared that Trump "agreed" to shut it down.
Media became a target when users initially claimed erroneously that Politico had received millions from USAID. In fact, federal agencies were paying for subscriptions to specialized Politico products. After users shared screenshots highlighting that spending, Musk agreed it was "wasteful." Within a few hours the White House announced the Politico subscriptions were being canceled. DOGE has since announced that subscriptions with the New York Times and other outlets are being scrapped.
Targeting the National Endowment for Democracy, Musk solicited ammunition from X users, asking them to "reply to this post listing all the evil things that NED has done."
In responding to a user who complained about the IRS's Direct File system, Musk wrote "That group has been deleted."
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
is Internal Revenue a service or a group?
Propaganda:
“federal agencies were paying for subscriptions to specialized Politico products”
Is the writer really stupid enough to believe those “products” were worth thousands of dollars a year—each?
The writer must think his readers are dumb as rocks—and should start billing them thousands of dollars a year for “specialized products” and see how it goes...
Lol.
For the first time in decades, the words “WE THE PEOPLE” have meaning.
I hope we don’t become complacent. The road before us is long and we need to clear off the obstacles.
Hopefully The commercials that Musk is paying for that are supposed to run during the Superbowl will awaken our misled brethren so that they may join us in celebration and support of the positive direction our Nation is heading into.
Just another money laundering scam like the ghost-written “books” by politicians. Politician gets a large advance, book is published. No individual readers buy it but bulk copies bought by unions etc.
Fedzilla’s Twitter army took the wheel and deplatformed Trump.
The FAFO has had consequences
I READ THAT A PALESTAN CEMENT FACTORY WAS GIVEN 310 million DOLLARS FROM US AID, SO THAT’S HOW Hillary PAID FOR THE CEMENT USED IN THE Gaza tunnels. Authorized BY Hillary WHEN SHE WAS SEC state...
Axios IS A DEMOCRAT WEB SITE
Hat tip to Elon Musk keep exposing the rats they are on the run.
Axios does what it does best - half truths, conclusions without fact, outright lies and leftist propaganda.
And that government of the people, by the people, and for the people will long endure. Yup, honest Abe said. And honest Trump repeats it.
I hope the communists/globalists/nazis that have ruined America over the last 60 years don't pull something like they did in 2020. Or worse.
I hope the Lord protects and blesses Trump and his appointees to get America right side up. I'm getting nose bleed from being upside down the last 50 years.
I would respond with a bit of criticism about your wording as I say Thanks for posting that info.
Hillary didn’t pay for it, we did. Likely she took a cut off the top as well.
A long-overdue forensic colonoscopy.
Nice metaphor. True too.
The key players in this are the NGO’s. The so-called religious charities. They are the DEEP STATE.
They control it all, like the Priests of Monarchies. Like organized crime hiding behind the robes of the Ministers.
It has been a giant pyramid scheme with the payouts going to the top levels of the pyramid and the bottom being the pay-ins by the taxpayers.
All the money went to the top group, the moneychangers, who take a cut and then distribute the funds to the next level of ‘charities’. That level take a cut then distributes the money to next level. Some of it is routed to corrupt government officials. On and on it goes till at the end, the recipients of charity get pennies. The charities then request more money. The charity then requests more money and agencies like USAID hand it out like candy on Halloween. Doesn’t matter that our nation doesn’t have the money since we don’t have a budget and allow unlimited spending.
The Feds write a check and it goes to the top of the pyramid again. Over and over.
(the following are labels and are used as disguises)
Top of the pyramid is Jewish Charities. The money changers/handlers. No matter which Charity runs out of money and requests more, the check goes to this group first. They control the politicians because they control the money that gets laundered and routed back to those politicians.
Next is Catholic Charities. They have boots on the ground worldwide to give the appearance that all funds are spent on the rabble.
Following that are the rest, Baptist,Methodist, Protestant,Islamic,Mormon,etc. Then the non-religious organizations like Red Cross, United Way, etc. At the end of the line is those who are ‘in need’ and who get about a penny of ever dollar that goes out. This ensures there is a need for more money which can be plundered by the true DEEP STATE.
Then there are the State Pyramids. Like the High Speed Bullet Train in California. Billions of Dollars ‘spent’ and how many miles of track have been laid?t’s a complex system and was developed one tiny step at a time, which makes ending that corruption difficult.
However, President Trump has taken the proper method. Cut the flow of money from the top. The streams and tributaries will dry up.
Then there are the State Pyramids. Like the High Speed Bullet Train in California. Billions of Dollars ‘spent’ and how many miles of track have been laid?
Exactlty 👍
Hope Elon has some genius level forensic accountants to go through their books with a lice comb.
Would that not be a hoot?
Everyone needs to say some prayers that Trump and his crew stay safe. Imagine the people he has pissed off. From the Pentagon on down and sideways.
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