Originally published at: The Musk-Trump Pact Is Sealed In Bizarre Oval Office Circus
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Commissar-in-Chief In a bizarre and surreal Oval Office circus, Elon Musk and Donald Trump ratcheted up DOGE’s infiltration of the federal government. The occasion was Trump signing of a new executive order furthering seeding DOGE…
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WHERE is the money coming from?? Who is it going to???
Elon Musk’s DOGE office budget more than doubles from $6.5 to $14.4 million
- Elon Musk’s task force, DOGE, has doubled its budget to over $14.4 million.
- Trump established DOGE to enhance efficiency and cut federal spending and waste.
- DOGE has claimed to be saving the government around $1 billion a day.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, aimed at reducing federal expenditures, has more than doubled its own spending in its first three weeks.
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Bizarre?
Reposting…
Baby musk says president is talking. Orange man needs to stfu.
Video
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No litter box required.
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What happened to day 1
Inflation leaped 3% in January. Here’s what it means for Fed rate cuts
AND of course
US consumer inflation unexpectedly up, Trump blames Biden
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“The occasion was Trump signing of a new executive order further seeding DOGE across government”
One could also say “further ceding the government to DOGE.”
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So, we’re going to buy Greenland? Teh stupid, it burns. Musk is an absolute menace, but I must wonder how long the Convicted Felon will put up with being sidelined. Not long, I think…
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Elmo is a gazillionaire. He can foot the bill for his “DOGE” shenanigans.
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Since Leon decided to use his child as a prop, I wish someone would get images of the dying toddlers whose food sources Leon cut off and bring those to every event he is at and ask him about them.
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You knew it was coming Mush goes after Social Security
Elon Musk Issues Major Social Security Warning - Newsweek
Musk wrote on X on February 11: “At this point, I am 100% certain that the magnitude of the fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc) exceeds the combined sum of every private scam you’ve ever heard by FAR. It’s not even close.”
This is Of Course a LIE
It follows another post from February 8 in which Musk said he was told there are currently over $100 billion per year of entitlements payments to individuals with no Social Security Number or “even a temporary ID number.”
According to the official Social Security Administration website: “You need an SSN [Social Security number] to work, collect Social Security benefits, and receive certain government services.”
Top historian warns Elon Musk is performing a coup
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“If accurate, this is extremely suspicious,” Musk said, as he explained several steps agreed between DOGE and the Treasury Department for making future payments, including the use of “a rationale for the payment in the comment field” and categorization codes
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Which one of you snowflakes stole my eggs?
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So, is this the tragedy phase, or the farce?
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Is it Easter? The dead has arisen.
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“There are only three types of cons: The billionaires, the shills, and the suckers who vote for them. If you expect truth or common sense from any of these groups, you are barking up the wrong tree.”
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I don’t see any trumps in there.
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“It still seems wildly improbably that the Musk-Trump pact survives for long with these two volatile and unstable personalities, but the damage they may do before they self-combust is almost unimaginable.”
Nah, it’s easy to imagine. Picture a smoking hole in the ground, blazing fires surrounding it, with bodies strewn about.
There, imagined.
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Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) has introduced a bill to “authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland”—and to rename Greenland as “Red, White, and Blueland.”
Only if we can rename Georgia “Imbecilistan” and sell it to Jamaica.
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