The Takeover of the US Government & Democracy has begun!
What We Can Do About It?
Town Hall Meeting, sponsored by NAACP, Open to All
Mon, Feb 10, 6:30PM – 8:00PM, Mary C Jenkins Community Center
Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-bureaucratic-coup/681559/
Elon Musk Installs Illegal Server to Seize All Federal Workers’ Data
https://newrepublic.com/post/191075/elon-musk-power-grab-server-federal-worker-data
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
25-year-old engineer Marko Elez, tied to Elon Musk, has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system/
Elon Musk’s Doge team granted ‘full access’ to federal payment system
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/02/elon-musk-doge-access-federal-payment-system
Elon Musk’s task force has gained access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musks-task-force-has-gained-access-to-sensitive-treasury-payment-systems-sources-say
Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
Ranking Member of the House on Oversight and Government Reform Statement on Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover of OPM
https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6215
Ranking Member of the House on Oversight and Government Reform Statement on Trump’s Purge of Federal Inspectors General in the Dead of Night:
https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6199
USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-inspector-general-escorted-out-her-office-after-defying-white-house-2025-01-29/
By firing inspectors general, Trump is covering up pandemic-era fraud:
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5117399-by-firing-inspectors-general-trump-is-covering-up-pandemic-era-fraud/
Trump vs. the Inspectors General
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vs-the-inspectors-general-independent-agencies
USAID security chiefs put on leave after trying to stop Musk’s team from accessing classified info
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/usaid-security-chiefs-put-on-leave-after-trying-to-stop-musks-team-from-accessing-classified-info-officials-say
Senior USAid officials put on leave after denying access to Musk’s Doge team
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/usaid-officials-put-on-leave-musk-doge
Trump administration ends temporary immigration program for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-ends-temporary-immigration-program-venezuela/