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For those of us  who are able to parse long form, this is a good read, you'll know what it's about if you read it, topical in New York: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25527249-sassoon-letter/

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Is Elon Musk orchestrating a coup?

In its simplest terms, a coup is defined by the following:

A sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power, especially by part of an army

Ms Swisher describes the actions of Mr Musk as a "quiet coup".

The word coup has been thrown around by experts recently as the billionaire has made his way into the White House.

But Dr Morgenbesser says Mr Musk's recent actions under DOGE qualify as state capture:

A process where private entities use their power to influence policies and regulations to benefit their own interests

Dr Morgenbesser says the best way to think of this process is "like legalised corruption".

 

He adds that Mr Musk hasn't shown an intention to "violently remove Trump from office", but he warns that state capture is still concerning.

"You have worse decisions by those that are put in power," he said.

"You also have less accountability and less transparency about decisions … less decisions made in the public good and more decisions made for the benefit of sort of this kleptocratic class of billionaires."

What can we expect next from DOGE?

Dr Morgenbesser expects DOGE to go into some of the bigger government departments next, such as defence.

Some Trump voters are already turning on 'embarrassing' Elon Musk

Donald Trump was inaugurated less than a month ago, but several polls are already pointing to the fact Elon Musk and his DOGE razor gang could be becoming a drag on the President's popularity.

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With growing criticism about the lack of information around DOGE, he says the task force will likely also "get more organised on how they sell things to the American people".

And Dr Morgenbesser believes there are going to be more tech billionaires getting involved with DOGE over the next few months.

"I think there's a big role to play in terms of artificial intelligence … a lot of the AI companies are going to start positioning themselves to be the answer to the problem that Musk is trying to fix," he said.

"So once you gut the federal bureaucracy, you then have to retool it, rebuild it, reform it in some way.

"I think companies are going to be lining up to do that, with the caveat that those companies are loyal to Trump."

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Was going to watch Daytona but someone ruined it before it even started.

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“Beware the Ides of March.”

The Ides of March falls on March 15, and barring a congressional deal, it’s also the day a partial government shutdown could begin. Yet, Republicans are seemingly doing everything they can, to ensure that happens. ..

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mike-johnson-government-shutdown-resolution-rcna192114

 

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Trump says Musk will not take part in space-related government decisions

 President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will not let billionaire Elon Musk take part in any space-related government decisions, when the president was asked about Musk's potential conflicts of interest amid his drive to cut government spending.

"So anything to do with possibly even space, we won't let Elon partake in that," Trump told reporters...........   

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-musk-not-part-215734558.html

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Coss:  "Donald - I call your bullshit on this one, it's not a mistake, its flat out lying bullshit."

Donald: "Elon is, to me, a patriot. So you know, you could call him an employee, you could call him a consultant," Trump said about Musk on Tuesday. "You could call him whatever you want, but he's a patriot."

Coss: "Donald, you can call him Boss."