State department cancels cyber truck deal

[justoffal]

And nothing will have changed. It's all for show. Any actions it takes will be overturned in the courts. Musk's conflicts of interest will play a role in that.

Oh I wouldn't say that.... I think a great deal has changed and even more will happen afterwards.
While I believe that some Congress nummies were aware of the enormity of the waste I think for the most part a lot of them were kept the dark.

These will be campaign issues that cannot be overlooked.

 

[meaner gene]

/----/ Calm down, princess, DOGE expires in July.

Musk And Ramaswamy Confirm Expiry Date For DOGE Initiative​

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will cease operations on July 4, ... "Most government projects should come with a clear expiry date. That's why we set one for DOGE: July 4, 2026." Musk echoed the sentiment, stating, "The final step for DOGE is to

Except a "special government employee" expires in June 2025, not July 2026.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5293124/special-government-employee-trump-musk-doge

Trump hired Musk as a 'special government employee.' Here's what that means

In 1962, Congress created the role of "special government employee," which allows the executive branch, the legislative branch and independent federal agencies to bring on employees for specific roles on a temporary basis.


SGEs are limited to working for the government for no more than 130 days out of a 365-day period,

 

[pknopp]

Oh I wouldn't say that.... I think a great deal has changed and even more will happen afterwards.
While I believe that some Congress nums were aware of the enormity of the waste I think for the most part a lot of them were kept the dark.
These will be campaign issues that cannot be overlooked.

Kept in the dark? Their vote was required to pass all of it.

 

[Cellblock2429]

And nothing will have changed. It's all for show. Any actions it takes will be overturned in the courts. Musk's conflicts of interest will play a role in that.

/----/ Only the USSC can overturn an EO if it's considered unconstitutional. A local judge has no authority over the executive branch. One of those orders has already been overturned.
The executive branch is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the government and is responsible for implementing policies and programs that reflect the priorities of the president. It is also responsible for national security and defense.

The 3 Branches of Government and Their Functions - Have Fun With History

The three branches of government – legislative, executive, and judicial – are at the heart of modern democratic systems. They were designed to prevent the concentration of power in any one branch and ensure that no single person or group could wield too much influence over the affairs of the...

www.havefunwithhistory.com

 

[meaner gene]

Kept in the dark? Their vote was required to pass all of it.

It is the job of congress (Article I US Constitution) they write the spending bills, and they appropriate (authorize) the spending.
If they're claiming they don't know, they should be fired.

 

[pknopp]

/----/ Only the USSC can overturn an EO if it's considered unconstitutional. A local judge has no authority over the executive branch.

Federal judges are overturning the actions. They have every right to do so. I'm not interested in your attempted spin.

 

[justoffal]

Kept in the dark? Their vote was required to pass all of it.

They vote with their eyes closed and afterwards do nothing to follow the money. That's how the bureaucracy got to be so far out of control.

Well there are some career crooks like Pelosi and McConnell.... I think the larger number one would be outraged by what they're seeing.

 

[justoffal]

Federal judges are overturning the actions. They have every right to do so. I'm not interested in your attempted spin.

Not overturning....delaying. Delay is all they can do.. and each successive extension becomes more difficult to maintain before it goes up to the appellate.

 

[pknopp]

They vote with their eyes closed and afterwards do nothing to follow the money. That's all the bureaucracy got to be so far out of control.
Well there are some career crooks like Pelosi and McConnell.... I think the larger number one would be outraged by what they're seeing.

They aren't outraged because it's how they get their campaigns funded.

 

[meaner gene]

/----/ Only the USSC can overturn an EO if it's considered unconstitutional. A local judge has no authority over the executive branch. One of those orders has already been overturned.

Actually any federal judge can declare an EO to be unconstitutional. The appellate courts, and ultimately the USSC has the final decision.

 

[pknopp]

Not overturning....delaying. Delay is all they can do.. and each successive extension becomes more difficult to maintain before it goes up to the appellate.

It doesn't.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Actually any federal judge can declare an EO to be unconstitutional. The appellate courts, and ultimately the USSC has the final decision.

/---/ Yes. I'm referring to the local activist judges that have no jurisdiction.

 

[meaner gene]

/---/ Yes. I'm referring to the local activist judges that have no jurisdiction.

You confuse no jurisdiction with appellate jurisdiction.

Trumps first muslim ban was overturned by a district court judge, and his ruling was upheld all the way to the supreme court. So in effect, the local judge declared the EO to be unconstitutional. And his ruling, and his jurisdiction upheld on appeal.

 

[meaner gene]

Executive Order 13769 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Executive Order 13769, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, labeled the "Muslim ban" by Donald Trump and his supporters

A nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) was issued on February 3, 2017, in the case Washington v. Trump, which was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on February 9, 2017.

On February 3, 2017, Judge James Robart issued a nationwide temporary restraining order which forbade the federal government from enforcing certain provisions of the order.[6] The federal government, in turn, filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. That court, however, denied the government's request to stay the temporary restraining order as the federal government failed to show it was likely to succeed at trial, thereby maintaining the prohibition on the government in enforcing the executive order.

 

[pknopp]

More hypocrisy over this issue. It's why I call both parties cults. Blumenthal condemns the spending but from all accounts (and please if someone can prove different I will acknowledge it) this passed under Biden and Blumenthal had to have voted on it.

Now maybe it was a general expenditure and the contracts hadn't been awarded yet but it's hard to imagine this process just started and ended this quickly. Generally there is a pretty large window to send bids.

The whole mess seems indicative of the corruption of the government as a whole.

Blumenthal presses Rubio for answers on $400M Tesla Cybertruck deal

 

[Orangecat]

It's already been allocated BUT Musk has billions of other contracts.

Billions?

 

[pknopp]

Billions?

I posted a link.

 

[Jarlaxle]

First-these were intended as "green" replacements for the current VIP vehicles-usually large SUVS fitted with armor. They're almost certainly Teslas because nobody else offers an EV able to carry the required weight, and the Biden-era bid required EVs.

Much of cost wouldn't go to Tesla, because Tesla doesn't offer armored vehicles-the vehicles would be bought and sent to a third party to be fitted with the armor, just like the current fleet of Suburbans.

 

[pknopp]

First-these were intended as "green" replacements for the current VIP vehicles-usually large SUVS fitted with armor. They're almost certainly Teslas because nobody else offers an EV able to carry the required weight, and the Biden-era bid required EVs.

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[Orangecat]

I posted a link.

A link that says "billions of government contracts"?
Do you have any clue how much a billion actually is?