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Elon Musk’s rise changes Democrats’ plans for 2028
MSNBC ^ | 2/11/25 | James Downie, MSNBC Opinion Editor

Posted on 02/12/2025 5:34:02 AM PST by DallasBiff

Democrats have no choice but to face the billionaires head on and break their power.

The short-term dangers of Elon Musk’s power grab in the new Trump administration increase by the day. Already his loyalists at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have seized access to the government’s payment system — for decades the province of nonpolitical civil servants — and helped push unilateral shutdowns of congressionally authorized agencies. Unvetted engineers from his and his friends’ companies are pulling on purse strings at everything from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the State Department. And the use of “deferred resignations” and other efforts to encourage federal workforce attrition are straight out of the playbook Musk used after he purchased Twitter in 2022.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; musk
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Already his loyalists at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have seized access to the government’s payment system — for decades the province of nonpolitical civil servants —

LOL! Non-political civil servants.

1 posted on 02/12/2025 5:34:02 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Didn’t have to read far before running into the first lie, lol.


2 posted on 02/12/2025 5:35:18 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: DallasBiff

FUJD


3 posted on 02/12/2025 5:35:57 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: piasa

The bed wetting is big on this one.


4 posted on 02/12/2025 5:36:40 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: DallasBiff

Yaa, obviously a DC resident, person of color, DEI Hire, bureaucrat is the most non political person on the face of the earth.

These people have no shame they lie so much they are incapable of ever knowing the truth.


5 posted on 02/12/2025 5:37:14 AM PST by Skwor
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To: DallasBiff
Democrats have no choice but to face the billionaires head on and break their power.

Democrats are going to attack the rich? That's the only group that still supports them! Certainly the working class and the middle class have figured out that the Republicans actually care about them.

6 posted on 02/12/2025 5:37:19 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: piasa

Elon will ‘hopefully’ be in a Mission Accomplished mode in 16 months-the US 250th birthday. By ‘28 his road show should go to Europe, specifically England where he can establish residence and run for PM.


7 posted on 02/12/2025 5:38:54 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: piasa

“Didn’t have to read far before running into the first lie, lol.”

The short term danger

lol


8 posted on 02/12/2025 5:39:43 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: DallasBiff

“Face the billionaires”? Billionaires support the Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin. The Democrat party is the party of Billionaires.


9 posted on 02/12/2025 5:40:04 AM PST by FLT-bird
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First hearing today. Bring the IGs of every department in and discover why they didn’t catch this theft.


10 posted on 02/12/2025 5:40:19 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: DallasBiff

Lolz this whole article.


11 posted on 02/12/2025 5:40:22 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: DallasBiff

Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth! Oh, the humanity!


12 posted on 02/12/2025 5:40:28 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: DallasBiff

Anyone remember when Rupert Murdoch was the boogie man?
The left is terrified that they are loosing billionaire support from Silicon Valley.


13 posted on 02/12/2025 5:40:50 AM PST by Zathras
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To: DallasBiff
Old Democrat strategy: Trump is racist!!

New Democrat strategy: Musk is racist!!

14 posted on 02/12/2025 5:45:48 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

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First hearing today. Bring the IGs of every department in and discover why they didn’t catch this theft
>

You missed a step: Then, FIRE them (being either 1) Incompetent a/o 2) Complicit)


15 posted on 02/12/2025 5:46:01 AM PST by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: DallasBiff

How much money does James have?


16 posted on 02/12/2025 5:49:36 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: piasa

This is full of lies.


17 posted on 02/12/2025 5:50:23 AM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: i_robot73

Yes. Why aren’t ANY of the 535 in Congress praising / thanking / helping Elon Musk?


18 posted on 02/12/2025 5:51:19 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

19 posted on 02/12/2025 5:54:50 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DallasBiff

The only real threat to Democrats is their bad policy and frankly their very weird elected officials.


20 posted on 02/12/2025 5:55:26 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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