The one thing Elon Musk really can’t have right now as he serves as the absentee CEO of Tesla is more negative attention—not only can his ego not handle it, as a recent report from the Washington Post suggested, but his car company’s reputation really cannot suffer any more hits. So it’s hard to imagine […]
Elon Sounds Extremely Depressed After Tesla Profits Plunge 71%
Tesla reported lower than expected earnings on Tuesday, with first-quarter profits dropping 71% on much lower sales of electric vehicles. The news isn’t altogether surprising, given the fact that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the public face of the company and continues to help President Donald Trump destroy the U.S. federal government while peddling far-right […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Seems to Be Losing Steam as He Prepares to Retreat to Tesla
The early days of Elon Musk’s time at the Department of Government Efficiency were defined by big, flashy actions, promises of massive cuts, and dubious legality. As his 130-day cutoff as a limited government employee approaches, it seems he’ll be leaving with a thud. On top of significantly cutting the expected “savings” that his pseudo-agency […]
Judge Limits DOGE’s Grubby Hands From Grabbing Social Security Administration Data
Elon Musk and company’s apparent desire to suck up as much personal information as they can about Americans has hit another snag. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction that will at least temporarily prevent staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data on millions of Americans while working within […]
Sean Duffy Doesn’t Want Air Traffic Controllers Retiring After 25 Years
Air traffic control staffing at U.S. airports is near a 30-year low, and billionaire oligarch Elon Musk has been doing his best to make sure it stays that way with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has an idea to fix it. Duffy thinks air traffic controllers shouldn’t retire at […]
CDC Can’t Help Fix Milwaukee Schools Lead Poisoning Problem After Cuts
The Trump administration’s cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, have gutted vital health programs in recent months. And the public is slowly learning about the ramifications of these moves that will make Americans sicker and less […]
Social Security Admin Reportedly Moving All Communication to X, the Everything App
The Social Security Administration backed off its plan to cut phone services, but it’s still taking steps to limit the ways that people will be able to access information about the essential agency. The SSA plans to stop issuing communications through normal channels like press releases and will instead make statements exclusively on X. According […]
DOGE Is About to Get DOGE’d
While it often seems that no one is watching the watchmen under the Trump administration, a new report from Wired suggests there is at least one agency still keeping tabs on the Department of Government Efficiency and its seemingly unfettered reach into the guts of government. The publication, citing government records and sources, revealed that […]
DOGE Replacing Magnetic Tape Archives With Digital Is a Dangerous Move, Critics Say
“The @USGSA IT team just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records,” the post reads. While the move may at first seem like a logical decision to modernize government services, critics were quick to point out the benefits of magnetic tapes […]
Social Security Website Crashes Blamed on DOGE Software Update
Elon Musk’s war on fraud and abuse has impacted the Social Security Administration’s ability to distribute payments, according to a new report. In particular, frequent outages of the agency’s website in recent weeks have been linked to its expansion of fraud checks earlier in the claims process. From the Washington Post: The network crashes appear […]