The end of Elon Musk's Washington tenure should be the beginning of his reckoning

[C_Clayton_Jones]

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

‘Elon Musk has formally left the White House and the Department of Government Efficiency, as he attempts to reset his image from haphazard budget slasher back to supposed tech visionary. Whether he actually leaves Washington or not, Democrats need to make sure that the next time they’re in power they hold him accountable for his disastrous tenure.

Before coming to Washington, Musk promised to deliver, via DOGE, at least $1 trillion in government savings. The billionaire delivered only a small fraction of that, and left a legacy, in the words of the New York Times’s Michelle Goldberg, of “disease, starvation, and death.”

As I detail in my recent book, Musk’s far-right politics complement his self-messianic view that only he can solve the problems facing the U.S. As his purchase and subsequent degradation of Twitter showed, this drive is stymied by his poor management and worse ideas. But at DOGE, operating with the backing of the president, he has been unconstrained by more rational actors.

The resulting attack on the federal government left agencies across the administration in chaos. DOGE’s assault on USAID in particular will have deadly ramifications on the world’s least fortunate for years, if not decades. Federal regulators in positions that could affect Musk’s businesses have been defunded, removed or otherwise cowed.’

The end of Elon Musk's Washington tenure should be the beginning of his reckoning

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

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Trump of course is responsible for facilitating the disaster that was Musk, and the unwarranted carnage left in Washington.

 

[Godboy]

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

Why? Because you dont like him? You people are dumb and you waste tax dollars, AND your politicians waste their limited time on this horseshit? Good luck with all that.

 

[elektra]

Yet, somehow, despite all the crying and screaming, everyone's life is getting better. Unless of course you are democrat ruled by democrats.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Why are the Democrats terrified of Musk cleaning up fraud, waste, and abuse?

 

[Rawley]

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

‘Elon Musk has formally left the White House and the Department of Government Efficiency, as he attempts to reset his image from haphazard budget slasher back to supposed tech visionary. Whether he actually leaves Washington or not, Democrats need to make sure that the next time they’re in power they hold him accountable for his disastrous tenure.

Before coming to Washington, Musk promised to deliver, via DOGE, at least $1 trillion in government savings. The billionaire delivered only a small fraction of that, and left a legacy, in the words of the New York Times’s Michelle Goldberg, of “disease, starvation, and death.”

As I detail in my recent book, Musk’s far-right politics complement his self-messianic view that only he can solve the problems facing the U.S. As his purchase and subsequent degradation of Twitter showed, this drive is stymied by his poor management and worse ideas. But at DOGE, operating with the backing of the president, he has been unconstrained by more rational actors.

The resulting attack on the federal government left agencies across the administration in chaos. DOGE’s assault on USAID in particular will have deadly ramifications on the world’s least fortunate for years, if not decades. Federal regulators in positions that could affect Musk’s businesses have been defunded, removed or otherwise cowed.’

The end of Elon Musk's Washington tenure should be the beginning of his reckoning

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

www.msnbc.com

Trump of course is responsible for facilitating the disaster that was Musk, and the unwarranted carnage left in Washington.

What are they telling you that they are going to "investigate?"

 

[Zafira Cherry]

Elon might go down in history as worst than Dotard

 

[DigitalDrifter]

How dare someone try to create a more streamlined government, saving the taxpayers billions of dollars. The horror!!!

 

[Stryder50]

How dare someone try to create a more streamlined government, saving the taxpayers billions of dollars. The horror!!!

The lid is just barely lifted ...

Might of the Living Feds: The Need to Tackle the 1,500-Plus ‘Zombie' Gov’t Departments​

In 1974, Congress created the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to connect lower-income Americans involved in civil disputes with free legal help. The law that established the agency stipulated that authorization for its funding would expire in 1980, when lawmakers were required to vote on whether to keep it alive.

They never did. Still, Congress has funded LSC every year since. In fiscal year 2025, its 51st year, LSC’s 135 employees will spend 95 percent of its now $560 million annual budget paying legal groups to represent Americans in cases dealing with evictions, domestic violence, and disputes over government benefits, according to Ron Flagg, the agency’s president since 2020.

“LSC would welcome reauthorization,” Flagg said. “We haven’t hidden from it. Every budget cycle, we go through an exhaustive process before Congress appropriates funds—dozens of meetings with leaders of both parties.

“We demonstrate our return on investment, how we help 2 million Americans get life-saving legal help.”

LSC now stands as the United States’ oldest “zombie” program, but it’s far from unique. At a time when the Trump administration is moving aggressively to scale back government—with actions such as eliminating the entire Education Department—it’s sobering to note that 1,503 agencies or programs live on despite expired authorizations, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Another 155 will expire on Sept. 30.

The zombies, nearly half of which have been officially dead for more than a decade, persist in a budgetary netherworld. In a 2024 deep dive, CBO analysts were able to find dollar amounts for 491 of the programs, with total expenditures of $516 billion. They don’t know how much funding the other programs received.

The total federal budget in 2024 was $6.8 trillion, meaning that expired zombie programs take up at least 8 percent of the budget, and likely much more.
.....,.
Many zombie programs now soak up far more funding than lawmakers originally envisioned. The Federal Election Commission (FEC), for example, was expected to spend $9.4 million per year before its authorization expired in 1981. Yet the agency continued to receive funding and spent $95 million in 2024, auditors at government watchdog Open The Books found. The Federal Communications Commission was originally allocated $339.6 million per year. Its funding authorization expired in 2020, yet it spent $28.4 billion in 2024.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hasn’t addressed the zombies that are prowling the federal spreadsheets. According to experts, given DOGE’s headlong push to first root out alleged waste, fraud, and abuse and ask questions later, zombies may offer a ripe target.

Might of the Living Feds: 1500+ Cash-Sucking 'Zombies'​

Might of the Living Feds: 1500 Cash-Sucking 'Zombies' ...​

Might of the Living Feds: The Need to Tackle the 1500-Plus ...​

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Let's see if Elon and Taco get into a brawl.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Let's see if Elon and Taco get into a brawl.

 

[Invisibleflash]

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

‘Elon Musk has formally left the White House and the Department of Government Efficiency, as he attempts to reset his image from haphazard budget slasher back to supposed tech visionary. Whether he actually leaves Washington or not, Democrats need to make sure that the next time they’re in power they hold him accountable for his disastrous tenure.

Before coming to Washington, Musk promised to deliver, via DOGE, at least $1 trillion in government savings. The billionaire delivered only a small fraction of that, and left a legacy, in the words of the New York Times’s Michelle Goldberg, of “disease, starvation, and death.”

As I detail in my recent book, Musk’s far-right politics complement his self-messianic view that only he can solve the problems facing the U.S. As his purchase and subsequent degradation of Twitter showed, this drive is stymied by his poor management and worse ideas. But at DOGE, operating with the backing of the president, he has been unconstrained by more rational actors.

The resulting attack on the federal government left agencies across the administration in chaos. DOGE’s assault on USAID in particular will have deadly ramifications on the world’s least fortunate for years, if not decades. Federal regulators in positions that could affect Musk’s businesses have been defunded, removed or otherwise cowed.’

The end of Elon Musk's Washington tenure should be the beginning of his reckoning

If Democrats retake the House or Senate, they’ll need to investigate what exactly the billionaire did with DOGE.

www.msnbc.com

Trump of course is responsible for facilitating the disaster that was Musk, and the unwarranted carnage left in Washington.

Poor Elon. I heard Tesla shares dropped $100 billion or something like that. Now if dems take over they will show him how they fuck over their enemies. Nothing at all like the pussy Trump that has arrested zero people that have destroyed America under Biden.



Maybe he sees the writing on the wall and is sucking up to the filthy commie dem pigs?