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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Moving fast and breaking things has long been the mantra of Silicon Valley....."
Interesting pushback
US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Thursday allowed read only access to two special government employees tied to Musks group. The specific constraints of the order, although in place only temporarily, marked the first time a judge has placed limits on the Tesla CEOs actions on behalf of Sphincter.
Still, trillions of dollars of federal payments flow through Treasury every year, and Musks access has already given the entrepreneur visibility into sensitive information about taxpayers, beneficiaries, contractors and employees all of which he could make use of in the private sector. Members of Congress, federal employee unions and privacy advocates have exploded in anger at the access given him, citing unprecedented conflicts of interest.
For his part, Bessent contends theres been no tinkering with the departments payment systems. And while he is more on board with Musks mission than has been widely understood, the worlds richest man and his brazen cost-cutting tactics are nevertheless starting to irk Republican lawmakers.
A group of roughly half a dozen GOP senators reached out privately to the White House to object to Musks accessing of Treasury systems, according to people familiar with the conversations. The senators indicated that the moves went beyond DOGEs stated mission to save the government money.
Bloomberg Evening Briefing, Thursday night.
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"Moving fast and breaking things has long been the mantra of Silicon Valley....." (Original Post)
GoneOffShore
Feb 7
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exboyfil
(18,161 posts)1. Ideal scenario
Big Balls or one of his compatriots steals a bunch of money and then brags about it from a non extradite country.
GoneOffShore
(17,756 posts)2. "Big Balls" ?
exboyfil
(18,161 posts)3. Online handle for one of the wonderkids
GoneOffShore
(17,756 posts)4. Ah, so one of Musk's incel brigade
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,311 posts)5. The mascot of the trump administration