#trumpCoup
Four #Tesla cars set on fire in Berlin arson attacks, say police.
Four Tesla cars have been set on fire in Berlin arson attacks and police have said that a "political motive" cannot be ruled out.
#PresidentMusk chief executive of Tesla, has faced a backlash in Germany vocally supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany in the recent general election.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-15/four-teslas-set-on-fire-in-berlin/105055020
"Maybe too many of us are still in a state of disbelief to admit it, but our neighbours and former friends have succumbed to authoritarianism. "
Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly a traitor over Ukraine trip
#Kelly, former Navy #pilot & #astronaut, replied, criticizing #Musk’s stance
“Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great & keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do”
Kelly dismissed Musk as "not a serious guy" suggesting he “go back to building rockets” rather than engaging in political matters
https://kyivindependent.com/musk-calls-sen-mark-kelly-a-traitor-over-ukraine-trip-kelly-pushes-back/
Dudek has repeatedly rebutted that claim. While a database of people who have had #SocialSecurity numbers is missing dates of death for millions of records, that doesn’t mean those people appear in a separate database of beneficiaries, he said.
Under #Trump, the agency is already undergoing a *reorganization*, w/snr staffers exiting, & job cuts & office reductions in the works—alarming Dems who see them as a threat to a #benefits program….
#TiffanyFlick said she didn’t know what #DOGE was working on, but that it seemed to have something to do with allegations of widespread *fraud* that she considered to be “invalid.”
A spox for the #SocialSecurity Administration did not respond to questions about DOGE’s work at the agency. Russo, Gracias, Coulter, Bobba & Davis also did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Bobba’s onboarding was unusual, acc/to #TiffanyFlick, who said his background check was held up for a few days. She said she received pressure from Russo & Steve Davis, who runs #Musk’s Boring Co & is also working for #DOGE, to get Bobba credentials by midnight on Feb 10. Bobba was sworn in over the phone, “contrary to standard practice,” she said.
Russo arrived Feb 3, & “introduced himself as a #DOGE representative to multiple employees on multiple occasions,” #TiffanyFlick said. He now serves as the agency’s chief information officer. Russo also brought on Akash Bobba, a fmr intern for #PeterThiel’s #Palantir Technologies Inc, to *analyze* #SocialSecurity data.
#Trump elevated a mid-level anti-fraud specialist, Leland Dudek, to be #SocialSecurity’s acting commissioner last month — skipping over more than 150 higher-ranking supervisors at the agency.
Dudek had cooperated with #DOGE, helping to bring Russo & Coulter into the agency, according to a sworn statement filed Friday by #TiffanyFlick, the former agency chief of staff who retired when Dudek was promoted.
Among those tapped for the task are Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners, who also served on the board of #Tesla Inc & was an early investor in #SpaceX …as well as Scott Coulter, formerly of Lone Pine Capital, & Michael Russo, formerly of Shift4….
Those names, confirmed in agency & court documents, underscore the importance that the #SocialSecurity agency has taken as a beachhead for #Musk’s #government *cost-cutting* effort.
#ElonMusk’s #DOGE has sent 3 individuals w/experience in #PrivateEquity & #finance to the #SocialSecurity Admin, highlighting the focus that #Trump is putting on *rooting out waste & fraud in the nation’s social insurance programs* [dismantling & privatizing the system].
#benefits #government #kleptocracy #TrumpCoup #USpol #law
https://archive.is/2025.03.10-183556/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/musk-s-doge-team-sends-private-equity-veterans-to-social-security-agency
Trump is testing waters on Ukraine to see how far he can go elsewhere
A ‘win’ in #Ukraine may lead Trump to act in #Gaza, #Canada or #Greenland
Globally #Trump’s focus is cooperating with world’s leading #autocracies & #oligarchies to get #US get richer at the expense of just about everyone else.
In part, this is because the Trump administration is testing the waters to see just how far and how rapidly it can go.
#Republican senator says ditching Ukraine would ‘be worse than Afghanistan’
“If we pull the plug on #Ukraine, it’d be worse than #Afghanistan. I don’t think (Trump) has any desire to do that,” Graham said in a television interview on March 9.
Until a ceasefire is reached, the U.S. must continue to assist Ukraine with military aid and intelligence sharing, the U.S. Senator continued.
https://kyivindependent.com/ditching-ukraine-would-be-worse-than-afghanistan-us-senator-says/
Illegitimate SCOTUS weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
Ruling by the court, which has a Republican super majority, undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act
Think about if Hillary had won and saved the court where our country would be today.. #trumpCoup #TrumpWarOnEnvironment #TrumpRegimeCrimesAgainstAmerica
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Who hasn't seen this? Trump openly admits he won by a rigged election . Why hasn't there been audits for the swing states? #trumpCoup https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16KFaiV1Kj/
Trump ordered 251 million acres of national forest to be cut down, that's three times the size of California. Trump’s new Forest Service chief is a former timber industry lobbyist. Trump’s exact approach — logging in remote forests and telling communities that it will stop fires does just the opposite —and is responsible for numerous towns being destroyed by fires in recent years, and hundreds of lives lost. #TrumpRegimeCrimes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-trump-really-order-280-million-acres-of-national-forest-to-be-cut-down-223112112.html #trumpCoup #TrumpRegimeWarOnAmerica