USPS Makes Alarming Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE

US Postmaster General #LouisDeJoy is welcoming DOGE with open arms.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192777/usps-deal-elon-musk-doge-cuts

"DeJoy said... #DOGE was “an effort aligned” with... shrinking the USPS,

#Musk also believes that the #USPS should be privatized...

#Privatization... would raise prices, hurt postal workers, and negatively impact #rural communities, who are served by USPS thanks to the #Constitution and federal #law."

DOGE plans to double its staff, target safety net programs
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159032671/doge-plans-to-double-its-staff-target-safety-net-programs

" #Musk also telegraphed DOGE’s designs on dramatically reducing social #safety net programs...

Earlier this month, he described #SocialSecurity as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” So far, DOGE’s work has served as a form of austerity theater, which — while destructive — has done very little to reduce federal spending."

The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-week-in-musk-the-white-house

"predicted a certain amount of graft. But even the most skeptical observers may not have pictured #DonaldTrump selling Teslas on the #WhiteHouse lawn...

A makeshift South Portico showroom — featuring five #Tesla models — was organized for the explicit purpose of rallying the company’s #stock after it suffered its worst selloff in five years"

Trump Claims Boycotting Tesla Is Illegal, Which It Very Much Is Not
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/14/trump-claims-boycotting-tesla-is-illegal-which-it-very-much-is-not/

"Meanwhile, the anger at #Musk & #DOGE is absolutely fueling the #protests, property damage, and public outcry at #Tesla owners & dealerships...

while #Trump can’t currently punish the free public for #protesting, it’s obvious he wants to. Which means he, at least, is no longer operating under the illusion that it’s a #democracy he wants. Nor a #republic."

Fiasco for Musk as He Craters in New Polls and DOGE Cuts Lose in Court

As a judge blocks the Trump-Musk effort to fire thousands of federal workers, a close chronicler of Musk’s follies explains why the public backlash against him & #Tesla matters so much—and what’s coming next.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192747/fiasco-musk-craters-new-polls-doge-cuts-lose-court

"two new polls show approval of #Musk cratering—and importantly, that large majorities are turning against Musk’s mission of gutting the #government"

Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?

...Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run #DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-leadership-elon-musk-amy-gleason-trump-ethics-conflict-of-interest

" #Musk himself issues commands from inside the Sect of War Suite in the Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg, next to the #WhiteHouse"

“They always say that. ‘We want clarity,’” Trump said.
“They have plenty of clarity.”

Read more: https://t.co/1192HayMHR

See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims

#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/musk-doge-changes-deletions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.pJHf.DTibHql8U3db&smid=url-share

Helpful animated graphics showing Doge's mistakes and lies.

"debuted a website last month... the list has undergone dizzying changes. New contracts have been added, others deleted. Values have been altered, and altered again...

more than 2,200 contracts listed — or 40% of the total — show a savings value of $0"

TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
https://www.404media.co/tsa-k9-bomb-sniffing-dogs-funding/

"The #TSA spokesperson didn’t clarify whether these were #Doge cuts... but Elon Musk’s dept has been busy making poorly-coded & insecure websites, dodging #FOIA, gutting national parks resources... demanding federal workers list their weeks out in bullet points, and generally sowing #chaos all over the federal #government with layoffs & budget cuts."