🚨 Elon commits FATAL mistake with DOGE

Breaking #news - No Lie podcast episode 252: Elon makes a fatal mistake with DOGE.
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[@SuckitTrebeck-yk3ne]

When you going to shave your head to complete that fetterman look?

[@davidwelden1280]

Never use the word doubably again. Im still a huge fan!

[@joshw8710]

Thank You Mr. Cohen. I've been telling people Republicans want to take your rights, constitution, money, education and more. And 47 was installed to deflect from that Everyday. Also, they want you to keep having babies to perpetual the cycle. Idiocracy...

[@roninbikepunk]

Nothing but lies from Toupee Cohen. Brian Toupee Cohen has ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIBILITY whatsoever.

[@HappyVegan72]

Thank you, Brian. For keeping us informed.

[@stevea2085]

I'm going to keep saying this: DOGE isn't an official government agency. They shouldn't have access to ANYTHING.

[@annakingry9157]

No Republican has stood up for the law in the whole Trump era.

[@MadDragon75]

Everybody deserves access to their information now.

[@Peterclevenger-sx1kh]

The court orders are worthless, given there's nobody to enforce them, because Trump's in charge of federal law enforcement. That's why he and Musk just laugh at the court orders unfortunately, knowing there's nobody to hold them accountable for their crimes.

[@TobiasC-mg4zk]

DOGE Deranged Oligarchs Grabbing Everything

[@leathiafails]

We no this

[@BlackEpyon]

To be clear, it's not that Starlink was providing Ukrainians with access, but that not only was Ukraine's access deliberately cut during critical offensives, but Russia has ALSO been using the service! Elon's been playing BOTH sides of the conflict!

[@Raelven]

BINGO

[@thebeezkneez7559]

And he literally if he wanted to could fund such a conflict himself, billionaires are a threat to the future of humanity.

[@davidvanderbrook3988]

I belive he also tried to shake down Ukraine and or the US for money to keep it up after giving it for free.

[@thorkagemob1297]

Typical warmonger

[@TheLucanicLord]

To be fair, he isn't the first to do that. To be fairer, they were a$$holes too.

[@JaimieRoby]

Don’t forget about the FAA. They were investigating him too.

[@camd6102]

Exploding rockets endangering air traffic and people & property on the ground

[@kmb9144]

🎯 mostly wealthy people are crooks

[@MercenaryOO7]

Everyone had their lives destroyed over the last 5 years, I didn't hear any panic coming in from those doings. The destroying of incriminating evidence, being pardoned for crimes apparently not committed. Silencing the public... Nothing, Just emotional raging click bait bull shit like this when the money laundering gets exposed. Why aren't you asking where the 100 Billion meant for Ukraine went? Trash bags trying to cover up the crooks while pretending to be the good guys, good for you. Watch your country crumble why you encourage and support those who get paid to kill children over seas, let alone the child trafficking that allegedly ran rampant under the Biden administration. It was so bad that Movies like "The Sound of Freedom" was also shamed, the same way you try to shame those who are trying to uncover the negative deeds of the swamp. Or so I'm told it's called. How are those Weapons of mass destruction coming along, did they justify the 20 year genocide of that country? Oh they never existed... yeah... Go a head. Pull your chats and emotionally attack people with your nonsense. The American and Canadian public have been asking for clarity on spending and now it's coming out. It's so bad that Canada allegedly destroyed their records of that foreign spending as opposed to flaunting it. Nothing to see here folks, all normal and cool.

[@nanettegunn7360]

​@@camd6102 AND BEFOWLING THE AIR!!!

[@lakeliving2013]

The SEC was investigating him for stock manipulation as Tesla is an overvalued Ponzi scheme whose profit and personality is being rejected worldwide..

[@oneofnumbers]

I hate that this is a huge F'ing deal, and none of the main stream media outlets are talking about it.

[@annakingry9157]

Boycott msm. They started really failing us in 2015 and have gotten worse. I don't waste my money for cable or news subscriptions. Newsweek and WAPO were the last to go when they totally caved ot Trump mythology against a real President Joe Biden.

[@SweetSkies478]

corporate media is bought and paid for by the top wealthy

[@NoOneHere2Day]

They are.

[@moniquemurphy4851]

Maybe while we're contacting our representatives in Washington we should also raise a ruckus with media outlets?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

So he has allowed thousands to d ie, just to stop an investigation into himself. Genuinely so evil.

[@TheRealJamesKirk]

trump allows free reign, meaning he's complicit in murder.

[@jennifer60515]

If Elon is “opening the books,” why are there programmers there instead of accountants? Best quote I heard today.

[@Robodie]

Good question...

[@Jo-cm5jv]

This!!! That’s what I was telling. Little hackers just to “read” files?!!! BS! They were there to copy, delete, hide, fabricate documents,… who knows?! At the end, as they say, they are IT genius, they could do everything in a second. Nobody was there to control them. One of them was already known to sell info before!!

[@4vrstand]

yep

[@5tyxx]

Ever heard of "follow the money" since most money is sent to accounts which are then redirected to several other accounts (some which are opened and then closed almost right away) makes sense to have programmers over accountants since a programmer can better track who actually got the money.....i am sure the accountants raise the suspicions to begin with tho

[@svengerkens6547]

To "find" evidence. After tampering with the data, of course.

[@SandraBonney]

Hit the nail on the head there with comment about the Pentagon Brian. If this was REALLY about government waste, that would have been the first place they started.

[@paradigmnnf]

Not to talk about unquestioned Billions of aid to Israel-- the highest, using tax-payers dollars.

[@chrisjames3087]

It's not about corruption or waste. It's all about retribution.

[@kathychatterton5623]

They want to use the military against civilians in order to keep power. Though they did a pretty good job of messing it up with Hegseth, who by the way refused to answer questions (in his confirmation hearing) about refusing illegal orders, like firing on civilians (that specific was asked). That should scare the $#!+ out of everyone. As a veteran that is diametrically opposed to the oath I took.

[@chrisjames3087]

@@kathychatterton5623 I didn't suffer Marine Corp boot camp to fire on civilian protestors or round up migrants. FDJT.

[@lflucena]

Elon celebrating ending of CFPB it makes sense, imagine how many complaints Tesla received because its cars getting fire out of the blue? Total conflict of interests!

[@jdotoz]

Do cars count as financial products?

[@RatPfink66]

@@jdotoz Watchdog orgs of all kinds, _private and public,_ are going out the window. Any advice to the public beyond "let the buyer beware, based on asymmetric information," will be ruled restraint of trade.

[@briandbeaudin9166]

​@@jdotozWhen they cost $50,000-$100,000+ I'd say they might...

[@jdotoz]

@@RatPfink66 Fine, so say that. Don't make non sequiturs like OP.

[@jdotoz]

@@briandbeaudin9166 That's not how it works.

[@chrisjames3087]

All this could have been avoided if Senate Republicans had a spine.

[@annakingry9157]

They couldn't do anything but lose, so they gave in to their richies like Heritage Foundation so they could elect a man they despise, Donald Trump. It's not for the people; it's for their own wealth and power.

[@galaxyglitterlatte4664]

Peter Hegspeth just spent $50,000 of taxpayer $$$ on getting his new home repainted. WTF?? Talk about WASTE!!!

[@TheMisterGuy]

Fake news, he spent on alcohol.

[@tkat6442]

Mr. DUI hire!

[@BellaItalian]

@@galaxyglitterlatte4664 ohhhh sure!!!! That's the way they work!!! Disturbing

[@BellaItalian]

@@TheMisterGuy probably had a new bar installed in his homes, stocked with whiskey, wine, and a private Bar Tender at home!

[@klaus2158]

@@TheMisterGuy I guess you are right. He bought French Burgundy wine and champagne before Donald imposes tariffs on EU products. Skål! 🥂🍷🍾

[@SonicCommenter]

If getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse was really important, all of Musk's government contracts and subsidies would already be canceled.

[@rosejones6495]

he does not use USAID

[@darleneknowles5424]

And going directly into their pockets

[@kooale]

@@rosejones6495 No, but he benefits from U.S. aid & contracts

[@darleneknowles5424]

Done illegally and have changed records to say whatever they want

[@kayasquith3639]

​@@rosejones6495nobody claimed that he did.

[@barbarasmith7510]

USAID also supports our farmers!

[@annakingry9157]

And much of healthcare.

[@joanne4758]

*Trump posted on his Truth Social page on Friday that USAID's spending "IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE... CLOSE IT DOWN!"* - That's what he ran his election on - and that's what MAGA's hear. Very dark times.

[@MariaGentilini-u2h]

Very important

[@jimmyqballs]

Yeah, to produce motor oil that ends up in the majority of the food supply dingus

[@niagarawarrior9623]

as we speak, food grown in the US by US farmers FOR the USAID program is sitting at the warehouses rotting. US farmers, hired to grow specific foods for the USAID program, now have no clients to sell to. which means, come harvest, its going to be a struggle to sell.

[@CindyMaike]

Many people fail to remember or not old enough to remember the financial crisis of 2008!!! That is why the CFPB was formed.

[@Tailfuzzy]

Yeah like when WAMU (WASHINGTON MUTUAL) tried to steal my mother’s house after she passed away. No matter what we did or how many copies of random crap they wanted including Trust info, they seemed to lose it. 6 months later turned a lawyer loose on them, we got the mortgage settled. Effers…💩🗑️💩🗑️

[@Rain_Reign]

I had just graduated college and was looking for work in my field for the first time in 2009. If we have to go through something like that every 20 years just to remind people why they need to be protected from the greed of corporations…oof.

[@BKope]

I love how MAGA always refuses to say the name, because it literally says it's for consumers.

[@8arrows]

I’m old enough to remember the energy crisis under Jimmy Carter. Ppl were limited to how many gallons of gas they could buy.

[@Kat_K_]

​@@8arrows I remember that, too! Do you also recall getting our car's emissions checked yearly? Glad those days are over!!!

[@MokinRin]

I've been subject to predatory medical debt collection by a hospital corporation who keeps reselling a debt that was already covered by insurance and legally protected from hidden fees. Additionally they tried to hold me hostage on ward watch because after they told me they found something on my heart they asked me in a vulnerable state a question about thoughts. Long story short I've been harassed because they keep selling this off to different companies each time the CFPB has shut them down and they kept reselling it. I'm on my third legal takedown of debt collectors through the CFPB. I'm absolutely infuriated that part of my family voted for this knowing this because I told them they would do this.

[@tootsla1252]

I’ve been through numerous corporate change, cost reduction, process streamlining and improvement initiatives. This is not even close to what is going on in Washington. Transforming an organization is complicated. This is just burning down the house.

[@annakingry9157]

Correct. With the homeowners cheering.

[@lorinelson7523]

The world needs to boycott Tesla.

[@BellaItalian]

They are, Germany Tesla sales are down 58%

[@AltinaAmen]

Currently trying to convince my husband to return our car.

[@marigracemckay7244]

Tesla global sales down 68% and falling.

[@ThisRideIsWild]

They are.. all over Europe

[@tenorly]

Hear, hear. Sweep out the Swastikars.

[@BrigandiFilms]

The only reason to end the CFPB is to not have to pay back the consumer once you crash the economy and take all of our money.

[@RatPfink66]

CFPB turned a huge profit compared to its budget, but it all went to make individual citizens whole. To conservatives that is _lost profit_ rightfully belonging to the corporation. Individual citizens need to be totally vulnerable to business.

[@Maya_Pinion]

That's what we are terrified of..... And we are not $ rich either----and what do u do, buy a box full of gold- bury money in coffee cans in the yard,stuff it under the mattress???? Even the accountants day oh well we go thru this often,don't panic ... 🥴😲😕🙃 WTF

[@TheZincroofer]

Explains why Trump wants to eliminate FDIC.

[@e-spy]

@@TheZincroofer well, here is a chilling scenario...they already have all your banking info, enough to drain your accounts. if the FDIC still exists, you are covered and they just have to pay it back. how does that sound to you? Know what happens next? You lose your house and they simply sell it to a corp that will rent it to you at an unreasonable price.

[@brokenstacker8297]

When has the consumer ever been paid back. Republicans and Democrats alike love to bailout big business.

[@rcox54321]

Same reason they fired the inspector generals.

[@jC-fr4lw]

Bringing Elon in front of a judge is a great start. Most thugs hate courtrooms. Thank you, all 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Rubberdougy]

I dare America! Send them a warning! Don't pay your taxes. Until we get a snap election.

[@KisstheSky.1989]

Taxes literally come out of our paychecks before they enter our bank accounts.

[@reganzick]

I’ll be emailing my CO congressman and senators weekly. Every single freaking week.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

😊

[@aprilcunningham7246]

Every day! CO? The most beautiful state!! Lived there for 5 years and made the mistake of moving back home because of family and was betrayed. I'm moving back to Colorado next year!! The Rockies are calling my name.

[@tracyelogan7297]

Thank you! I do the same in IL...😁

[@razzwho1]

I email and call my Congress members every day. This country should remain a Democracy. Impeach the Fake Orange Precious and put him in Prison. Ban Elon Musk from the USA forever. Take his Government Contracts. I'm glad his Tesla stock is falling across the World. Better Sell that Stock before its not worth one Red cent.

[@amyschmidt1113]

I'm calling. Also showing others how to call. I'm telling them I'm watching what they do or don't do. They will lose votes if they allow doge to destroy our country. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT BETTER!

[@johnnyyuen809]

Instead of of looking for waste at Social Security, Medicaid, and USAID; why don't they look for waste in the military, where hundreds of billions are unaccounted for.

[@Monica_Renata]

If they looked into military it would reveal how Elon has his hands all in the department of defense. I'm waiting for proof instead of these tweets about waste.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

Last time I remember is that the dod lost track of $1B, not more.

[@Monica_Renata]

Yep! If they really cared about waste that would be the first spot they should have looked. This is crazy

[@autobface]

It's actually trillions unaccounted for.

[@lubricustheslippery5028]

The easiest savings would be to stop the funding of building big rockets

[@erictonsil1349]

How can he be in govt.buildings without being sworn in through congress

[@annakingry9157]

Illegal in our old democracy. Perfectly fine with law enforcement and Congress now because King Trump says so, even though it's against the law.

[@TheMisterGuy]

This is an attempt at taking over the country. Everything about it is illegal. It's an all-in play, Game of Thrones style. They win or they die.

[@kurtwinchell]

USAID Inspector General was investigating Elon... No wonder he starts there.

[@gusdagoosesmom4902]

It's ALWAYS the most vulnerable among us that are harmed by the wealthiest. Why we admire wealth is beyond me.

[@heidimueller1039]

The US spends LESS than 1% of its annual budget on USAID! Less than half a percent! .47%

[@curiouscrow4761]

You should take over with all of your super human knowledge...

[@kooale]

@@curiouscrow4761 Back to Russia Ivan, shoo poodle

[@Falseprophetinvasion]

Yeah 50 billion dollars to lesbian transgender causes I say no in American people say no so get off your high horse get off of KZbin don't comment stupid crap

[@thewillowfaery]

@@curiouscrow4761 go back to your bridge and eat experiment. That’s what trolls do. Spirit it elsewhere, please.

[@zdwade]

No rerun the numbers without entitlements, interest on debt, and defense. Now USAID is closer to 10% if discretionary spending. Get a brain. Stop being gaslight. You know why doge started at USAID ? Because trump put a stop to all foreign aid. They were still trying to send out payment. That’s why USAID became a target.

[@ieshadover]

Military personal that want to fight for freedom. Refuse to follow any unlawful orders. #pushback

[@annakingry9157]

Especially against Americans since that is not your sphere. However, when the gov't is in the process of a hostile take-over, we need you on Trump and Musk.

[@j.r.1823]

👍🏻

[@clarabisson7299]

to protect The Constitution of the United Stated of America

[@DesertbikerAZ]

I will never buy a Tesla!

[@MISTERKIC]

I can't afford one anyway 😂

[@george170]

I've deleted my X account also. Anything worthwhile will be brought up here on BTC

[@lyndamedley543]

Never support anything Musk or Trumph does

[@PaulThurman-yy5wf]

Not just Tesla, but anything that Musk has his fingers in. You destroy these fools when you take their money away.

[@AdoraTsang-t2c]

He only has 20% of Tesla. I suspect he's willing to drive it into the ground to benefit his private companies. SpaceX is getting more government contracts. X-AI and SolarCity benefit from anti-china regulations. Neuralink can avoid regulatory limits. I don't know whatever the f**k is Boring Company is doing. Twitter gets more shit posting and the content are sold for AI training... He's a supervillain at this point.

[@AJ21743]

It is surprising how ineffective congress has been confronting this issue.

[@AltinaAmen]

@@AJ21743 the republican majority in congress is not trying to do anything except 😙 the president @$$

[@kariannecrysler640]

Cardiff in Britain is ending arts departments too. Our Department of Education is on the chopping block… what other teaching institutions are being dismantled?

[@Because-rt8qs]

Trump always wanted to destroy the CFPB. In his 1st term, he appointed Mick Mulvaney as director. Mulvaney requested an operating budget of $0 and stopped all CFPB enforcement. It doesn't have to specifically benefit Elon. It's something Trump always wanted.

[@slimnim1753]

Every Senate and Congress member get $40,000 a year for office furniture. That might be a place to start.

[@darakinsey7775]

No sh*t!!! What about that $19,000,00 pulpit hucklebee got 😂😂😂

[@TamaraWhelpley]

And Heghound just spent $130k to fix his government home.

[@PhuckEwerself]

And the millions of tax payer dollars so Trump can golf.

[@Slicklee2454-u3f]

Musk should get rid of senate and congress since he is doing their work save at 5 billion

[@terrykelley9404]

Yeah instead they go for PBS and headstart😢

[@christopherrandallnicholson]

"Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE." - George Takei

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

Good one!

[@dspirit444]

💯

[@amyschmidt1113]

Or doggie. I like saying 'Musk's doggies'.

[@Puffsdad]

And pronounce Elon ; a long, as in a long turd.

[@lhpl]

The "doge" was the ruler of the Venetian republic, from 697 to 1797, 1100 years. Quoting Wikipedia: "The Doge of Venice acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy. Doges were elected for life through a complex voting process." The word "doge" comes from latin _dux_ and is the same word as "duke". In modern Italian it is of course "duce" - as in Il Duce, the title Mussolini used. Few people seem to even know that Italy was actually a kingdom until 1946, the last king being Victor Emmanuel III. So while you are at it, stop calling Trump a king as a derogatory term. Victor Emmanuel III _did_ appoint Mussolini in 1922, but that was probably a hard choice, given that the Italian army stood little chance to face the fascists without causing a civil war. Hmm. Sounds much like Biden, come to think of it. Well, you will get your civil war anyway, I hope, now that you have an orange tyrant and a Il Duce Felonito Bandito Muskolini. Good luck ridding yourselves of Emperor Palpatrump and Darth Elon. I just hope that Canada, Mexico, EU and China are capable of isolating you as much as possible until you are done, you see, we can't really help you a whole lot, so you are on your own. We have enough shit to shovel, dealing with Putin - now without your help - and helping Ukraine, while also having to fight the interference from US-controlled and therefore compromised IT giants, who have far to big influence here. Damn you if AfD gets more power in Germany, I will hold you responsible for that. The chaos you Americans have created for yourselves makes China, while of course still a flawed and totalitarian system, seem at least somewhat reasonable as a country. USA will not regain such a reputation in this century, whether you succeed at keeping the coup attempt from becoming a permanent reality or not. Perhaps you should consider selling your military hardware like aircraft carriers, missile subs etc to EU. You will not be able to eat them nor maintain them when you go poor.

[@shelleychaplin2063]

Make those calls Americans!!! Steady the course ," United voices speak volumes!! With Love from your neighbors 🇨🇦❤️💪

[@susankeiger6820]

Trump’s going to the Super Bowl on our dime. That’s a big waste of our taxpayer dollars.

[@robertlawrence8698]

Why isn't mysk being arrested and put in jail. Interfering with govrnmental functions.

[@ct1600a]

$$$

[@catherinem7441]

My account was hacked and drained luckily? Not much but I feel unsafe

[@RandomPeasant123]

Because he is rich

[@AuxRose]

He bankrolled Trump, therefore President Musk has all the power.

[@dansegelov305]

His boyfriend has pardon power.

[@tford8129]

Get Elon out of our country.

[@stephenrioux6821]

Please don't send him to us in Canada. We don't want him back.

[@larryrubin5150]

Please today not tomorrow

[@Ron_Coletta]

No! Jail!

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

He's going to be the only illegal immigrant that Trump isn't married to that isn't going to be deported.

[@thumpinthenight1917]

@@larryrubin5150when and where are the protests to show that we’re serious?

[@Naejbert]

DOGE is the new Gestapo.

[@eleghari]

ICE is the new gestapo

[@silent_abyss2100]

Mild correction, ICE is the most historically accurate representation of the Gestapo, muskrat's fake department is following suit being to be just has vile and corrupt.

[@DorisDance]

And ICE is the SA (Sturmabteilung)

[@SamDude-cu2jb]

It is the Ministry of Truth.

[@goodvibes5220]

The Gestapo didn’t actually close any departments. The Gestapo rather would arrest, torture and sometimes kill any „enemy of the state“, ie political adversaries like communists and socialists, critical media and clerical figures, LGBTQ people etc - and of course Jews and their helpers. So, to me that’s more like ICE, breaking into houses, arresting and dragging people to dungeons or sending them to concentration camps. To my knowledge, Hitler either created new departments or just took everything over and „remodeled“ it, didn’t really close anything. SA, the violent, unsophisticated brutes, that’s more the „stand back and stand by“ oathkeepers, 3-percenters and similar. Not yet that much in action, but I’m sure, if their führer would call, they’d act. Might be nitpicking, in the end the playbook From back then is the playbook of now. As a German, I’m so sad I have to say this 😢

[@bt55-123]

Now in the news here in Germany: a special, unknown form of Ebola and Mpox has broken out in Uganda. The lack of money from USAID and WHO is causing major problems.

[@annakingry9157]

Trump and Musk won't care. Those people are Black, so they don't matter. When it gets to the US, they will be protected from the least hint of a sniffle. Never mind the people.

[@stop_lying_to_me]

I remember when America First did not involve global imperialism and genocide.

[@jeanettebrannstrom2320]

When is the American people going to do something about Elon Musk and Trump?

[@zdwade]

@@jeanettebrannstrom2320 we did. E elected Trump. Next up, Vance. Dem party is in death spiral.

[@RatPfink66]

When life is so not worth living that enough of us are willing to *kill and/or get killed.*

[@carriertaiyo2694]

We just voted for them to do exactly this.

[@regenerate2427]

They did last election. They voted for them and being a non American I am happy for America and the world..

[@debraharlow1143]

1st remind Trump that he is not King with 100% power. Our elected officials, Congress, need to stand up to those two, not give them absolute power: where is our democracy? Perhaps all need a history lesson on the cause of the Depression. Lessons not learned, repeat again.

[@LuBu2]

Fatal my ass. It literally does not matter unless there are consequences, and those consequences are enforced. He gets to do whatever he wants until people ACTUALLY stand up to him

[@jack-i7d7l]

and people are by protesting in all 50 states. along with blue state judges and ag

[@AngelaBeacham]

I hope the Pentagon doesn't give them access

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@jack-i7d7l We've also had a couple of orders from Republican appointees, so it's going to be interesting to see what some of those more corrupt circuits decide to do with this.

[@matthewcarter919]

Establishment dems wont do shit. Just isn't how this works. They are too chickenshit

[@AM-el4iv]

It is fatal for America.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

Your updates are the only thing stoping me from falling into a deep and hopless depression

[@traces2807]

You're not alone.❤

[@zipkick4883]

The water is warm down here... a little to warm

[@Alacritous]

It doesn't mean anything. he's doing the same thing that mainstream news does. Just blathering madness with hyperbolic superlatives. When everything they do is the worst thing ever and every roadblock they face is a fatal mistake, where does that leave you?

[@bdell519]

Ditto

[@JustJohnnyIV]

​@@zipkick4883it's piss.

[@wetsand7379]

We need to continue calling and emailing our reps!

[@debr628]

given congress determines how public $$ are spent, can the USAID organization be reinstated and refunded? ASAP!

[@annakingry9157]

Repubs are playing, "Daddy, may I?" so it's doubtful. Formerly a Repub, I see clearly how they have sold out all honor to win ever since their policies could not win the vote.

[@HenryTreitel]

I’m British and your comments finally brought me to the point of thinking that Trump and Musk (and maybe all of MAGA) think that “alliances are for wimps”. Your points fit together with the various insults and threats of Trump and Musk to Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Colombia, Panama, and to a lesser extent Britain and Germany. Getting rid of USAID is another example of taking less care of alliances.

[@annakingry9157]

Trump, born with a silver spoon, knows nothing of work, privation, or self control. I'll never believe this last election was fair. Americans are not that dumb twice.

[@shirleycrane9013]

Predators isolating their citizen prey.

[@steventealby2549]

Trump and Elon are hell bent on destroying American friendships.

[@paularobert2478]

Trump is a virus!

[@Chez8922-kf6cy]

"Waste, fraud, and abuse" is defined by the richest man in the world as anything that helps the peasants.

[@julialaynemcclain1562]

Yes. We the people are the shit the wealthy grow their money in as far as they are concerned. (Got that from guest on Heather Cox Richardson show - feels quite true )

[@libbycollins9349]

Irony is alive and in Washington.

[@RogerStouffer-wx3fk]

That's just the excuse to raid the Treasury.

[@frankwolf3860]

Truthfully written, thank you!

[@grizzybear9111]

Tesla's FSD is fraud it will never work, same with his promise on robots

[@jessicabixler1658]

USAID also helped abolish apartide

[@helenrichards7465]

apartheid

[@palmislandgolfcart6279]

Another reason Musk would hate USAID. Didn’t hear him yo in arms when Ivankas programs totaling $248million was being spent

[@sergeantjorge5944]

It's not DOGE, it's Douche

[@berthabridges3483]

"Where you see 👀 wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on." ~ Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), American lawyer and Supreme Court Justice. ⚖️

[@MissChristine-wo6vp]

Keep calling your congressmen and women - even the Republicans are starting to feel concern over the public's (their constituents) anger about Elon Musk and the volume of calls coming in. This might be more of a common ground than we realize. Even MAGA is starting to catch on that Trump/Musk are finding new ways to take money from the lower class and feed it up to the billionaires.

[@mrfirestop415]

Make sure you tell Republican congressmen ONLY about economic concerns. Republican phone staff will mock any social concerns.

[@samanthadillard2853]

I have called every single day to my Republican party because they're the ones that need to step up the Democrats are already trying

[@bonniebreckenridge5236]

Yes. They may say, like Kennedy, that they don't care, but if his own people who put him in Congress call him out.... Maybe, just maybe he'll feel the goose in his political grave. I've heard that every Congress person's call and email is full to breaking. Let's keep it up! Handwritten, mailed in would be great, too! Bags of it stacked in front of their local and in house offices would be glorious! Along with people in the streets... Or outside local offices... I've gone with orgs to local offices to talk to them and hand deliver a letter signed by multiple people, in the past. And managed to talk directly to a Rep. on behalf of an organization. It's hard for them to ignore. ❤

[@ARTIC7051]

NOT A CHANCE..SEEK HELP

[@flicks28]

Where u know that? I hang around right wing media to monitor it but not seeing many lose loyalty to the orange mango yet

[@GamePerson-w3e]

these monsters would start WWIII in order to distract you from noticing your life being drained

[@lorawiseman8847]

And we'll be on the wrong side.

[@d.measor2159]

We are already in WWIII

[@nykkydiamond]

That is what has happened.

[@aim302]

Or that they are stealing from us.

[@illissawhite2676]

EXACTLY!

[@TropicalLatitude]

I'm in Africa where China is everywhere. Meanwhile racist Trump is too selfish to be here.

[@KathyChambers-mh1hw]

Thank you Brian for all that you do!!!!!!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@katz7life]

Musk needs to be routed out. I am so angry about this. How many Dems in DC are secretly glad the CFPB is done?

[@mamo1961]

When you cut back on helping people in need! How can that count as savings? It is nothing but evil!

[@keep-ukraine-free]

Learn to recognize psychopaths. They wear "regular clothes" to blend in and hide, but inside, they're not normal.

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

"Soft power" is vastly cheaper than military power. If they actually cared about saving money, they would expand USAID and the State Department, and cut back the DoD.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

​@@MyFiddlePlayer 😊

[@ShirleyFarley-ot3ug]

Thank you, Brian 😊🎉❤when we fight, we win!!

[@RendaJane]

While I do believe that, that “won” an election prior to it even being possible to have counted ALL LEGAL AND LEGITIMATE BALLOTS 😡

[@Wtiberon]

Except last election...and probably the midterms.

[@Terry2020-x3c]

Please come up with a new slogan. That one is clearly false.

[@vee6778]

@@ShirleyFarley-ot3ug OH REALLY… all that fighting cause you don’t have any solutions and just want to bit#h!

[@sheilawilson9189]

But they've not shown any "waste, fraud, abuse" in any case! All just words, words, words.

[@annakingry9157]

Thieves robbing banks to "save" the customers' money.

[@JackiLuciani]

Apparently, feeding the poor and helping the world citizens is a waste 😢😔🤮😡

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

💯🎯

[@Grimehammer1969]

They aren't feeding anything except their own pockets.

[@FrozeSilvers99]

an having incels who are racist and leak stuff in their previous job while musk gives nazi salutes and talk to neo nazi far right german party an as twitter which is full of racists there is no good faith with this guy.

[@jwwebnaut7045]

At least one of Musk's Bros is a blatant racist.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

I'm all for getting rid of government waste...but this is chaos. No planning, no diagnosis, just pure meanness.

[@annakingry9157]

And no expertise or analysis. Just shutting down for spite.

[@Kari-14Guitar]

It's obvious-They both saved each other from going to jail.

[@eleghari]

And both stated the same...

[@Cobracurled]

Exactly!

[@shane1899]

What would they be going to jail for?

[@Kari-14Guitar]

@@shane1899 Not the brightest tool in the shed? Or are you being sarcastic. Probably both.

[@RogerStouffer-wx3fk]

@@Kari-14Guitar It's a favorite game Maga trolls play to ask stupid questions like that hoping to engage you.

[@storyline2339]

It's a C.O.U.P

[@susansmiles2242]

Pardon me if I am wrong but didn’t both trump and musk say at some point that if you voted for him (trump) it would be the last time you would have to vote. So yes it’s a COUP

[@gossamerglenn6714]

Sedan?

[@Roger-fs5yo]

No it's not🤦‍♂️

[@hydromind5438]

IT’S A COUP!!!

[@ShortyBilly]

@@Roger-fs5yo Bot

[@Anthony59-y1o]

Can't spell felon without elon.

[@ARKdeEREH]

And 'F' Elon, literally spells Felon.

[@nykkydiamond]

Literally 🎉

[@56Sweetanita]

Good one!

[@nykkydiamond]

@@ARKdeEREH perfect 👌

[@pjlindsay7251]

That is brilliant 👍 from a Canadian

[@TheFlowitionBand]

You cannot dismantle any government agency without congressional approval. I really don't understand what is going on. It baffles me.

[@annakingry9157]

Coups are never legal.

[@DarrellCook-u5m]

Corruption and ignoring the law. Thank the lawyers, that's where the money goes. Your true masters. Thus the ESQ at the end of their names. Prove me wrong. Ha!

[@speechgirl9647]

Rule of law is done

[@Lambchoppers-hp5jk]

I wonder if they will try to pass the SAVE Act now in the senate in March. 🤔🤮 Please STOP this‼️

[@barbarasmith7510]

I refuse to use the framing of DOGE’s purported purpose (searching out waste, fraud). It is merely necessary to substitute the words power and profit. They are there to consolidate power and profit. All to give the billionaires more money. All to give the billionaires more money. All to give the billionaires more money.

[@annakingry9157]

You are so right! "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil."

[@dianegile2433]

and sell or give our info to foreign countries

[@possumofantikka8160]

they are there for very simple reasons. tapping into the system to skim off funds. tapping into the info so they can divert funds or withold them from whoever at any time. they withold funds to break infrastructure such as healthcare or education, or to commit extortion. they also individually attack specific people or businesses through financial means. they want the personal information to run it through AI and mathematically skim the most possible from human beings, such as the AI united healthcare uses to deny claims. these are the things they are doing. stealing money and making sure they have the tools to extort or control any entity in the country.

[@Over.It.999]

It’s just like they falsely claim voter fraud to try to steal elections. It looks like that strategy worked in 2024 - watch Greg Palast

[@AliceMarold]

Searching out waste can be done without burning the account books!

[@carleybennov5764]

Why is our government moving slowly when they know that elon is committing crimes.

[@Matt-h8g7o]

Because they control it. republicans.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

It may seem that way, but this is lightning speed for the court system.

[@zuzuridesagain]

The GOP caucus is only interested in what their benefactors demand.

[@RogerStouffer-wx3fk]

Isn't it a crime to do what Musk is doing or is he now above the law too?

[@frankwolf3860]

With a small handful of exceptions, Democrat, Republican members of Congress are all in on the take...have been coopted and corrupted by their major donors...just in case you haven't figured all this out yet.

[@JH-kj6zl]

Thank you, BTC, for your passion and hard work!

[@sandrawatkins2656]

Yes! You guys are the light.

[@Cillekat]

A peace conference was to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in April. Activists from Syria, Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar, among others, were to meet to discuss how civil society can help create peace in the world's hotspots. After Trump froze payments from USAID, the organizers of the conference, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, are now 138,146 $ short. Money that had been promised from USAID. Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke cannot be reimbursed for expenses that have already been paid. And the organization in the US administration that the money has gone through is likely to close because all their grants have been stopped.

[@art.is.life.eternal]

Thank you - you are finding your power logarithmically, and I am so proud of you, Brian. Thank you for your political awareness, your humanity, and your brilliance

[@amchou8072]

Elon Musk is like a teenager with a lot of a power and a rich parent (with the parent being Trump)

[@cilr]

On cocaine and mushrooms

[@NonOfYourBusiness1234]

Can you imagine how jealous erick and Don jr are right now, knowing that elon is the top boy 🤦‍♀️

[@makedasylvester]

Flip parent child designations

[@jamesthecat]

The most spoiled, petulant teenager you can imagine...

[@Bundycom]

Madam president Trump isn't her parent, shes musk's key to the henhouse. Trump only wants to play on her little golf course while she pretends to be the one in charge. *making sure I follow the executive order about everyone being the gender assigned at conception. Lets go girls!

[@Artunleashed69]

Excellent and informative as usual! Well done!

[@tanvipandya4366]

When it comes to getting budget approval, there should be commitment to shutdown unless musk is removed from everything and investigated. Andy Kim is on the right track.

[@Noneofyourbusiness-r1v]

Trump doesn’t need “budget approval” anymore. Musk has control over the Treasury payment system.

[@AGHathaway]

If only the headline was literal.

[@xR0N1Nx]

Why hasn't Elon been arrested? He's not a government employee

[@llemon8622]

My personal and financial information was accessed without my authorization, constituting a clear violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Privacy Act of 1974, which safeguard the confidentiality of student records. Given the severity of this breach-along with the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) role in compromising my information. How can I hire a lawyer to address my concerns?

[@56Sweetanita]

If/when you get an answer, please post it all over. I want to join the lawsuit.

[@llemon8622]

@@56Sweetanita I absolutely will. If you can copy and paste my comment, you are welcome to do so. Maybe between the two of us, we can get the help we need.

[@kimclarke5018]

Contact Jaime Raskin. Btw they also violated HIPAA because the federal government is a payer thus has stored medical information of those they have paid doctors and hospitals for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.

[@vermiform]

​@@llemon8622it'll become copypasta if you do that. It already kind of sounds like it.

[@RogerStouffer-wx3fk]

Am I being old fashioned to think arrests should be made of the perps?

[@DyslexicLivesMattress]

DEI = Deport Elon Immediately

[@JohnJakeWilliam]

JD Vance is tweeting about defying judges' orders. Seriously.

[@elizabethc.2057]

So much for being the party of law and order....

[@glendavisl-p3w]

JD Vance is a total tool for the techno dictatorship selling out democracy.

[@eleghari]

He is also tweeting it is ok to 💩 on his indian wife and kids!

[@Tamsuw1781]

They are all just assholes..... Who don't give a damn about anyone but themselves

[@traces2807]

What else would you expect from a guy who sold out his whole family by sticking up for a racist?

[@jerrihadding2534]

Sir, I even appreciate your advertisements! I trust you. A 75 year old American woman who has lived in Europe for nearly 36 years.

[@MegaPeePop]

This is the BEST BTC yet 👍👍👍👍👍

[@LeftinTheRightPlace]

I swear I’m living in the Twilight Zone watching the news these days. To think it hasn’t even been a full month yet is wild. Feels like I’ve been living under an authoritarian regime for years ATP. 😒

[@willywillypoopy1652]

Cry

[@SizzleMoonSong]

That is what they want - to overwhelm & CREATE chaos & disenfranchisement in their corruption & dismantling our goverment - it is a COUP. By an unelected OLIGARCHY Stay Engaged ~ Stay Enraged JOIN the Resistance NOW

[@zja3746]

Because we have these wars are always planned

[@TreySarver]

@@willywillypoopy1652 being a moron isn’t the flex you think it is

[@Bunnykangaroo123]

I swear I feel like i have paid walking on egg shells. I had to stop listening to the radio and stay off the internet .

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

Aren't Governors worried about costs to state taxes for taking over jobs the Government used to do (Ex.: FEMA, Education, Superfund cleanup, infrastructure, Health, Etc.)? Aren't taxpayers?

[@annakingry9157]

Taxpayers watch TV. They mostly have been taught to be passive, and definitely not think.

[@brodriguez11000]

Bad things happening at the state level too. Fascism isn't just a federal thing.

[@nykkydiamond]

As someone diagnosed with Asperger I can tell you we are extraordinarily impulsive. This man should Not have been given this much power at any point in time yet he sold you diamond dreams saturated in safety. In reality he wanted full power and all if the money to make it possible.

[@mssinnocence]

EM may have ASD but he's a terrible, corrupt, evil human who wants power and no regulations. He thinks he's untouchable and superior to anyone else. He has huge conflicts of interest and unchecked power.

[@nykkydiamond]

Americans and their toys. *SMH

[@Reed-2big]

And yet you have learned to channel your impulse. Bravo! Meanwhile I’m not willing to even let DJT claim that diagnosis, it’s not fair to the diagnosis not the people who do have a genuine diagnosis.

[@nykkydiamond]

@@Reed-2big it is Elon who is autistic. Donald is just getting dementia. If you give someone who has autism disorder all the money in the world what did you expect to happen?

[@nykkydiamond]

@Reed-2big I can't imagine having that much power or money...I would require an advisor. Maybe we need to listen to and investigate the whispers in Musks ears.

[@pabloinla1]

We are at the point where the massive majority of Dems WOULD support blocking the budget! Don't just threaten. Shut It Down!

[@beckyd712]

*IF wealthy people actually paid their taxes and paid the same tax rate as all the "little people", there would be NO national budget deficit and everybody could be cared for.*

[@jasper2207]

Fatal should apply to Musk physically.

[@kikigirlkauai]

Agreed

[@BKope]

We need a Magione Militia. Deny defend depose

[@brodriguez11000]

Covid hit Trump. I'm sure there are diseases that could visit Musk.

[@brodriguez11000]

Funny how your comment sailed through, while mine pointing out susceptibility to diseases don't make it. This platform can be weird.

[@DarrellCook-u5m]

KZbin censored my comment simular to this. Beware the algorithm, it's not on freedoms side. It's only a program.

[@jbainbridge22]

I can't believe they won't even get jail for this stuff.

[@annakingry9157]

I can't believe they're getting away with it now. Congress is fangless, but I did believe in the militarty, law enforcement, and the judiciary. My mistake.

[@residentjess]

Not anytime soon. But it will happen.

[@Drowningpooralice505]

Its not illegal.

[@debraharlow1143]

What did ppl expect with a felon as President? Felons can’t own a gun but can be President of the US!

[@Rain_Reign]

I’m 100% fine with getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse - with one HUGE condition. TRANSPARENCY. If transparency isn’t there, it’s just adding to the waste, fraud, and abuse.

[@annakingry9157]

And actually, firing and cutting things like the FAA is not a fraud or a waste. Trump and Musk are frauds, using the US as a cash cow more than all the USAID in the world.

[@silkjamfpv]

We need some shorts from your content today!!! To share on r/conservatives where they hail Doge and bash Democrats as opposed to uncovering waste and fraud. Please Brian 🥰

[@Hakuna65Matata]

Reasons why my great grandmother never trust the bank since the depression. It was so bad that she was hiding her own Money all over her hosue, including the inside the holding tank of the toilet and the Butter container.

[@RichardFoley-f2x]

This is extremely exhausting. Thank you for standing up for what is right!

[@tedrickabus2087]

"Fatal" would mean "career ending". I doubt that this is what brings Musk down.

[@darscassel]

Tesla sales in Europe are down from 40 to 60%!!

[@JomarAF]

It's clickbait. Which really sucks, cause I'm actually expecting good news of some change actually happening when I look for these videos, just to find some fairly anticlimactic talking point

[@RendaJane]

I don’t think so either. He’s only been stopped after he killed all the chickens that could stop him. The werewolves are in henhouse already. Or maybe it’s the fElon & Donvict’s corruption and demolition crew. Somehow they aquired the keys to the kingdom before it was even possible to have counted ALL LEGAL BALLOTS. Project 2025 ahead of schedule it seems.

[@susankeith326]

​@@darscasselDown in Canada too!

[@wittol_wanderer]

I tried to say this 4-5 different ways lol.. dang censors

[@sherryschaaf7795]

Get him out!

[@razzwho1]

Both of these Clowns! Trump and Musk.

[@danmarquez3971]

Going after CFPB will harm companies like Tesla, where the majority of customers relay on loans to buy Tesla vehicles. No one is going to want a predatory bank to finance Elon's expensive cars.

[@nancyn5324]

NO LIE!!!!! Thank you for putting EVERYTHING into perspective..Damn elon....

[@DeathKnightZ777]

While as a Canadian I love watching BTC/Meidas Touch, I do feel like these vid titles are click bait. "Fatal" to me is pretty much removed or 6 feet under. No matter what crap these 2 pull fatal doesn't mean crap when they still running the clown show. Fatal should be removed and in jail in my opinion.

[@charlysage8642]

Agree fully, MTM could dispense with these shrill click bait titles, they are insulting.

[@Joe-gf6vn]

Yes. I am always so underwhelmed when I watch the actual video.

[@bustercrimes5434]

agree 110% LOL

[@darakinsey7775]

Uh yes, I agree, fatal means unalive!

[@Reed-2big]

Is there another term about jobs when you can’t go anywhere else? Fatal comes to mind. When a government or similar collapses that seems fatal too. I’m not saying I approve of clickbait either but banning words isn’t a great substitute either.

[@collinsfriend1]

Someone suggested that reporters should start every question with "what does Elon think" or end every question with "what does Elon think about that"

[@annakingry9157]

In interviewing Trump, I agree.

[@ballet07]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@Alwaysanerdy]

VP Vance just stated the Executive does not have to follow any injunctions from the Judicial branch. This is the end of the three branches of government.

[@atee6331]

Unreal!

[@annakingry9157]

Like Vance has an honest bone in his body.

[@brodriguez11000]

You all know what you have to do. Be creative.

[@dianegile2433]

sob

[@keep-ukraine-free]

It's a full-on brawl between the 3 branches of govt. The legislature/Congress kept bowing, so now they're all secretly terrified of the psychopaths in power. If SCOTUS doesn't stop the felon, they'll have to hide in fear of "seal te*m 6".

[@horacebond9394]

Their greed ( billionaires) is truly unbelievable.