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In a statement to Boston.com, a university representative said
Noted, ... He has committed a crime."
In a response to an X post that included a screenshot of May’s Bluesky post calling for the deaths of DOGE staff, Musk respondedI will end all of the Marxist diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the entire federal government immediately
Trump said in December
I don’t know what the intention of the list is for,
the person said
Dear @elon, Please see this important letter,
Ed Martin wrote MondayAs Mr. Martin is aware, any threats, confrontations, or other actions in any way that impact these employees’ work may break numerous laws,
they saidIn the last week, we had Elon Musk in our building, and after he visited the building, called for a 50 percent cut of the entire agency,
he said
Elon Musk is ripping us off and like millions of Americans across the country, I’m pissed. I’m taking action [to prevent] grifters like him from getting richer while pillaging our tax dollars for himself,
Pocan said
Whatever Doge is doing, it is certainly not what democracy looks like, or has ever looked like in the grand history of this country, because democracy does not work in the shadows, democracy does not skirt the rule of law,
Schumer saidIs there an inconsistency by Republicans on one hand, where we’ve heard for years now, ‘All we want is to not have unelected bureaucrats in charge of things downtown,’ and yet ceding Article I powers to the executive branch under Elon Musk?,
Fox News correspondent Chad Pregram probed
The executive branch of government in our system has the right to evaluate how executive branch agencies are operating and to ensure that not only the intent of Congress in funding mechanisms but also the stewardship of precious American taxpayer dollars is being handled well.”
He continuedThere’s a reason the Founding Fathers put the Congress, the legislative branch, as the first article in the Constitution. And we’re gonna vigorously defend that,
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Elon Musk is seizing power from the American people.
Senator Elizabeth Warren addressed frustrated crowds, agreeing
Let's not mince words here: An unelected, unaccountable billionaire with expansive conflicts of interest, deep ties to China and an indiscreet ax to grind against perceived enemies is hijacking our nation's most sensitive financial data system and its checkbook.
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They did however vote for Donald Trump who promised repeatedly to have Elon Musk root out wasteful spending in our government.
Responding to critics who say 'no one voted for Musk', Vance saidThe angry liberals can feel like they have a moral victory when, at the end of the day, the American people have spoken,
Comer said
A Fork in the Road.
At the time, he sent a letter to staff titled
The question at hand is who’s in charge of the state department?”
Senator Brian Schatz told the Guardian
If the Trump administration is successful here, they’re going to try this everywhere else,
said Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey, a former USAid employee who came to protest alongside fired and furloughed workers outside the agency’s headquarters on MondayIt’s an extreme version of who do you trust, when and how
said Kristina Drye, a speechwriter at the agency, who watched dozens of senior colleagues escorted out of the building by security