Helena Cobban – Musk’s Digital Coup in Washington

Link to an article by Helena Cobban:

“Musk’s Digital Coup in Washington: Effects and Prospects”

 

Bonus links: “All the Ways Elon Musk is Breaking the Law, Explained by a Law Professor” and “Federal Judge Finds Trump Defied Injunction to Unfreeze Funds” and “DC Judge Blocks Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze” and “Could a President Vivek Ramaswamy Lay Off 75% of Federal Workers by Himself?” and “Agencies Have ‘Ultimate’ Authority Over Firings, OPM Says” and “Corporate Media Bosses Bow to Trump Demands” and “What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy” and “The World’s Richest People Look Out for Each Other” and “WaPo Provides Cover for Musk’s Government Takeover” and “Musk Seeks Access to IRS Tax Data on All Americans” and “Social Security Has Never Missed a Payment. DOGE Actions Threaten ‘Interruption of Benefits,’ Ex-agency Head Says” and “What’s Behind the Republican War Against Education: Part 1” and Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (2018) (“Where once left-wing political parties at least claimed to represent factory workers, nowadays, all such pretense has been discarded, and they have come to be dominated by the professional managerial classes that run institutions like schools and hospitals.  Right-wing populism has taken systematic aim at the authority of those institutions in the name of a different set of religious of patriarchal ‘values’—for instance, challenging the authority of universities by rejecting climate science or evolution, or challenging the authority of the medical system by campaigns against contraception or abortion.  Or it has dabbled in impossible fantasies about returning to the Industrial Age (Trump).”) and “Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew” and “Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression” and “Tracker: Trump Appointees’ Corporate Conflicts of Interest” and “Hundreds Of Law School Deans, Professors, Law Firm Partners, and Former Judges Demand That Government Officials Obey The Rule Of Law” and “White House Has Absolutely Unhinged Response To Judicial Threats” and “Red Flag Alert for Genocide – United States: The Rise of the Nazi Salute” and “Neofascism in the White House” and “Payroll Taxes Are the Achilles Heel of Social Security” and Review of Kill All Normies