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Monday, June 02, 2025

Alex Shephard: The real reason that he's "leaving" (or "quiet quitting") is that he has spent the last four months as a "special government employee," a distinction with a 130-day time limit. Were he to continue working in the same capacity, he would be required by federal law to fill out certain financial and ethical disclosures that he is currently exempted from as an SGE.

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UPDATE: Elon Musk is leaving the Department of Government Efficiency effort. His 130 day tenure was marked by legal setbacks, overstated savings claims and little evidence DOGE made things more efficient.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) May 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM

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"So the idea that Musk's time in Washington is over is an obvious farce. To promulgate this notion is to be either ignorant or nefarious:

That narrative goes a long way toward letting Musk and Trump off the hook for a multitude of casualties"those already in the ledger and those to be counted later. It suggests that his reign of terror was actually ineffectual when, in fact, it was massively successful; Trump and Musk destroyed that which they'd planned to all along.

Most crucially, it suggests that reign of terror has ended. It hasn't. The destruction that Musk set in motion remains running in the background as an ambient menace to our safety and livelihoods. Musk's legacy is still being written, and his culpability is still accumulating.

He will do more damage soon, perhaps tomorrow, even though he's already done more than enough."

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The article is worth a full read; assessing the damages, including several 100 thousand deaths worldwide with many more to come.

Oh, and... Thanks, Trumpers! The whole world thanks you now.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-01 01:23 PM | Reply

#1 You left out the millions that would go into poverty and worldwide devastation the planet has never seen before because of Musk.
Sure Corky, take the next 3 years off, you will save yourself from making an even bigger fool of yourself than you already have.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-06-02 12:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

Nazi Musk and the------------- are snuffing out thousands of black children every week.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-06-02 12:06 PM | Reply

You seem to be confused yet again , FishyP, with Muck's meddling in Gov and his private enterprises... which have done nothing to compensate for the estimated 300k deaths worldwide that he's participated in.... not to mention all the suffering among people who need healthcare and SS benefits here in this country that he has terrorized.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-02 12:24 PM | Reply

Elon Musk says don't blame him for everything Trump is doing

finance.yahoo.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-02 12:38 PM | Reply

@#1 ... So the idea that Musk's time in Washington is over is an obvious farce. ...

I agree.

Aside from Mr Musk still having Pres Trump's ear...

How many DOGE operatives has Mr Musk put into place and left to continue his work of destroying the Federal government?

What will Mr Musk be doing with all that private data of Americans that he seemed to have harvested while he was in Washington?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-02 12:39 PM | Reply

Sure Corky, take the next 3 years off, you will save yourself from making an even bigger fool of yourself than you already have.

#2 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Give it up Corky. There is nothing that can be done.

Because.. well ... we are all gonna die anyway!

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-02 12:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Remember all those DOGE-inspired committees in the Congress and various red state legislatures? I wonder how they are all doing? Any updates? Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2025-06-02 01:08 PM | Reply

You left out the millions that would go into poverty and worldwide devastation the planet has never seen before because of Musk.
Sure Corky, take the next 3 years off, you will save yourself from making an even bigger fool of yourself than you already have.

#2 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

lol musk fanboi gaffots are pathetic creatures.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-03 01:08 AM | Reply

@9

I am not yet convinced of whether it is a musk fanboi, or just one of a troll farm looking for replies.

YMMV and all that.

On the other hand, I may be A Good Thing that a troll farm seems to have been employed to disrupt this most august site.

Jus' sayin' ...

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-03 01:30 AM | Reply

@#10

I may be A Good Thing

-- should be --

It may be A Good Thing


Apologies for my issues with the keyboard here.

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-03 01:33 AM | Reply

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