Elon Musk tightens grip on gov’t, sparking ‘coup’ accusations
Tech billionaire has upended the federal bureaucracy in the two weeks since US President Donald Trump took office.
Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup
What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and unaccountable friend?
Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.
‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’
A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.
Elon Musk Tightens Grip on Federal Government as Democrats Raise Alarms
Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing
Trump is giving Elon Musk an unprecedented amount of power
One of President Donald Trump's core campaign promises was to cut government spending and dismantle the federal bureaucracy — and two weeks into his presidency, he's attempted to consolidate an extraordinary amount of power in order to do just that.
How Elon Musk set off two weeks of chaos across Washington
Elon Musk and his allies have spent the last two weeks barreling full speed into multiple government agencies, causing confusion and chaos and raising questions about whether an unelected businessman can wield this kind of authority,
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by ...
The Musk/Trump coup will not be televised | Will Bunch Newsletter
Trump has been more than happy to provide cover for Musk by throwing CNN producers and New York Times editors slabs of juicy ...
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Donald Trump’s January 6 insurrection is now a coup
On Feb. 2, private actors employed by Elon Musk took over U.S. Treasury computer systems that control payments for government ...
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Experts Say a Coup Is Underway as Musk Seizes Control of Government Agencies
The unelected billionaire has captured vast portions of the federal government, warns strategist Waleed Shahid.
A coup attempt and an undivided government
A coup attempt, incited by a defeated president. That’s a plot line for a Tom Clancy novel, not something that would happen ...
BC historian calls Elon Musk’s accessing of U.S. private financial data a ‘coup’
Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson, who writes the Substack newsletter “ Letters from an American ,” ...
He called for increased ‘trustworthiness’ and ‘public steering’ of AI development.
One of the engineers helping Elon Musk do an end run around democratic and constitutional safeguards via what’s being called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) won a $100,000 grant last ...
'We would call it a coup': watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to ...
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My Turn: A plea for Alaska’s delegation to actively oppose political coup occurring in D.C.
• Actively oppose the ridiculous notion that all federal payments can be stopped; having very serious consequences for health ...
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Trump and Musk Threaten Shutdown of USAID in What Observers Call “Textbook Coup”
USAID officials were forced out after refusing to give Musk agents access to internal systems and classified material.