Summary

Elon Musk’s team is reportedly gaining control over key U.S. government operations.

His Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials have clashed with Treasury staff over access to federal payment systems, which handle $6 trillion annually.

Reports indicate Musk aides have locked civil servants out of government databases and are reviewing tech operations across agencies.

Originally intended as an external advisory body, DOGE was instead integrated into the government by Trump’s executive order, giving Musk a direct role in federal operations.

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    America is letting this guy put their government and economy on auto drive and it’s going to crash.

    Cuck country.

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      Some of us know and are incredibly frustrated and disheartened by it, but we’re still the minority. The state has a monopoly on violence at any meaningful scale. What are we supposed to do while we wait for the rest of the country to wake up? All we can do is talk about it and try to get them to see what’s happening.

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        We’re in the minority because most folks aren’t bothering to pay attention.

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          Or they just blithely assume that it will all go back to normal in four years and choose to ignore it.

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        The ‘Divide and rule’ strategy worked after all. Although the government could have blocked the channels for sowing hate and fear earlier

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        You said it. Right on the nose. More Republicans own guns versus democrats, and most cops are Republicans, so the side with more common sense voted their gun rights away years ago and are sitting with their proverbial dicks in their hands.