You all dont get it, they’re not going to cut Social Security, they’re going to take a cut of it. It is no mistake that Musk is going after the actual payment system. He is going to try and force all government payments to individuals (and maybe all other payments too) onto X.

“Journalists shouldn’t destroy people, that’s our job. We make sure only the right people get destroyed, though, so it’s all good”

Idiocracy is the only movie that was a satire on its release but became a documentary over time…

Context

Smaller agencies dont require their leaders to have Senate approval. It’s possible that’s the reason they picked this agency in particular.

It’s complicated. Trump renamed an Obama-era agency and put Musk as the head of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_DOGE_Service

I’d like to know what emergencies the County Executive envisions that would require mustering an armed militia, on Long Island of all places. Has that ever been needed before? Are they implying the Nassau County Sheriffs and State Police can’t effectively respond to emergencies?

Good move. Call him names and challenge his masculinity and he’s sure to show up.

They might be divided over it, but they own it, and if they have any Muslims in their district (or, indeed, anyone who cares about human rights) they will have to explain it to them.

But I know, GeNoCiDe JoE and all that bullshit.

It is a real department, sort of. Trump used Legislation that was intended for an Obama Era “US Digital Service” and rebranded it “US DOGE Service”. He didn’t even need to change the acronym, although it is now a nested acronym.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_DOGE_Service

They do, in fact, overstep their legal boundaries quite often. But the administration simply fires anyone in any other department who gets in the way until they get an acquiescent administrator who lets them grab the department by the pussy.

The cruelty is the point.

Musk will respond by offering buyouts to Democratic Members of Congress.

Wait a minute, how can they get away with deporting citizens? Is that even a thing? How can a country deport its own citizens?

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

No, it’s not above board at all. It will be challenged in the courts, and the challenge will win. The question becomes, what happens then?

A court can say “This is plainly illegal, it needs to stop and be reversed”, but if that ruling is ignored it’s not like they are going to send in US Marshals to kick DOGE out. Unless there is a clear enforcement mechanism that the court can use, Elon will just stay, like a squatter.

In fact, a squatter is the perfect analogy. Elon simply moved in, without paying rent, because he is a friend of the property manager. And won’t leave because he knows it will take forever for the landlord to evict him and then even after that there is no force to it.

So, literally, State-owned media…

He didn’t say which Friday, did he? Gotcha!

It is now. Elon Musk says so, and he bought a President.

Trump fired all the “watchdogs”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-watchdog-firings-inspectors-general