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Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in:
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
BREAKING: The Treasury Department has installed DOGE ally Tom Krause as fiscal assistant secretary, placing the Musk ally in a powerful position over the nation's +$5 trillion payment network
Musk continues to demand unilateral cessation of payments
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Musk continues to demand unilateral cessation of payments
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Treasury installs ally of Musk’s DOGE as head of payment system
Tom Krause, an ally of Elon Musk’s, is expected to take over the key position.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in:
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments
2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal
3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team
4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
Governments should not be run like businesses. The goal of a business is to make money. The goal of a gov’t is to serve the people. Turning the US into a big business is only going to serve those molding it right now—Musk, Trump, and their stooges—and will leave the American people behind
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Governments should not be run like businesses. The goal of a business is to make money. The goal of a gov’t is to serve the people. Turning the US into a big business is only going to serve those molding it right now—Musk, Trump, and their stooges—and will leave the American people behind
Reposted by KDLights
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.