From Tech to Politics: Elon Musk Infiltrates Washington DC

Vittoria Elliott, a reporter for Wired, has been closely covering how Elon Musk has been exerting power within the U.S. government. She gave us a great overview… Give it a watch and let me know your thoughts!
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[@danawelch3985]

So glad to you on the channel Katie. We have missed your great journalism and we know how passionate you are about reporting the truth.

[@TheVeritas2100]

Couric has NO CLUE what she is TALKING about, especially about DOGE ( DOGE is all about CUTTING WASTE ! ... if they succeed CUTTING 10% or 20% of SPENDING ....THAT WOULD BE HUGE ! ... and LOWER the DEFICIT ! MIRACLE! ) GO Elon ! GO TRUMP !

[@ElixirNumberTwelve]

​@@TheVeritas2100It will not be huge and you don't understand the economy because they don't want you to.

[@judyhollinger1769]

Thank you for these updates!!

[@lyndalou2892]

Thank you < Katie ... You always come through with exactly what information is needed at the right time during this tumultuous time ! 👑

[@MichaelKomlo]

Loved the fireworks 🎆 another great interview and great information!

[@TheVeritas2100]

Vittoria Elliott = DUMB-and-DUMBER DEI hire at WIRED ! ... KNOWS NOTHING ! ... and brought in NO NEW INFO on Elon ! ... waste of time to hear anything she has to say ... 🙂

[@lifesourceyogabodyworks9093]

Just discovered your channel and am intrigued. Looking forward to future episodes! Thank you for coming forward with your work on YT.

[@MichaelKomlo]

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[@MelissaMG363]

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[@nitajosleyn4182]

Oh how I pray this humble text gets to you Katie. as you read some comments of “regular folks” on their concerns I began to cry. I’m a 70yr old female on Social Security and a tiny pension after working 24yrs in education administration. I had to retire early due to Parkinson’s. Literally since Nov 5, 2024 the outcome my heart has been hurting💔 Today I watched the 2019 movie “Official Secrets” w/Kiera Knightly and Jeremy Irons, concerning Iraq War. How Tony Blair and George W Bush pulled us into war, and murdered thousands. It was stated in the movie that a war must be voted on, and that got me thinking, no one has voted for Elon Musk. And I believe it’s quite possible that Trump Netanyahu could put us into another crisis of war. God forbid World War III. Think about it both men are 80’s and what do they care if they go out causing chaos and war? This is the last hurrah and they only are thinking of themselves. I’m terrified for America, but even more terrified for my children and grandchildren. The Donald Trump was elected to serve in the peoples house, the White House for the United States of America. Why is he allowed to desecrate our sacred Home? Thank You for ALL you and your wonderful team do to keep our democracy alive❤

[@artapalooza]

Don't fret these blowhards!!!

[@williamt.swanson4861]

Thank you from Canada for covering this Katie 🙏🇨🇦

[@nemomonteflores3890]

Appreciate this deep dive reporting even though it triggered a cardiac workout while sitting. Who can stop this? They are violating the Constitution.

[@williamt.swanson4861]

The nerve of Musk .What an absolute outrage ! How dare the GOP allow this to happen ! Wake up America - it’s time to raise holy hell and put an end to this travesty

[@leslieacoca5876]

Keep it coming.

[@jennyscott7856]

What took congress so long to get its act together? I am beside myself with concern. Where is the leadership? Hard to keep up with the rapid fire news cycles. Thank you, Katie.

[@okabayashijoe]

An injunction is one thing. Enforcement of that court order is another. If Musk has access to modify the code in these servers, it may be too late.

[@Kendavgat]

Scott Bessent literally debanked half the things she’s saying in an interview with Bloomberg earlier.

[@davegreene8588]

On the other hand, bessant is a liar, which debunks HIS statements.

[@genana123]

its not politico, so they are not aware of it.

[@BloomByCC]

29:16 clearly Katie, it's much more important that we populate Mars than feed the hungry on our planet. Or, say, address the climate crisis....

[@jsschwar]

I’m here because Vitoria is 🔥🔥

[@dscarty]

The court of public opinion fanning the fires of speculation.

[@TheReasonableSkeptic-ii4te]

Interview Vladimir Putin. Trump and Musk are following his orders.

[@TrusellaLouise-ng3pl]

Thrash and noise are destructive, not disruptive.

[@tra757200]

I understand that they were focused on changing the "log-in" process to use AI to identify people. Of course they use AI to write this code and will use it to target people. They will then push it out to all other systems so they can target certain people. I imagine that filtering will be based on the internal db and maybe a quick scrub of social media. Making any changes to a live IT system is the worst possible thing anyone could do to their career. It's just not done, but then blowing up rockets until they works isn't done either. Right?

[@ReviewsChannel-e4r]

He's a billionaire hobbyist that NASA doesn't endorse. His engineers are a hodge podge.

[@alexleghan8406]

No Katie it’s not bizarre every single thing is normal as usual. Great stuff.

[@qigirl3632]

Maybe if they are cutting all the fat we can all just stop paying income tax. Maybe we shouldn’t pay taxes in April.

[@davegreene8588]

How do these bozos "cut the fat", when they ARE "the fat"?

[@MelissaMG363]

I have to survive on SS and gov tells me I can only make certain amount but yet as a tax payer I paid my share

[@briancase6180]

The press needs to ask Trump if he expects tax refund checks to be delivered on time. Also, will the IRS have enough enforcement officers to do audits of those who have an income above the average but not high enough to be considered wealthy? I.e., can regular people cheat? Will the IRS funding be affected by DOGE?

[@davegreene8588]

"Asking Trump" anything is kinda futile, since Trump tells lies and ONLY lies.

[@MelissaMG363]

It's temporary let's see what he can save in government over spending costing us tax payers

[@karenjones1897]

thank you so much for the information. trying hard to not be a hair on fire panic. all i have is ssi. i paid into the system for years and years. we need to toss trump and his posse out.

[@chemaster100]

If you are going to have balanced reporting, why not cover some of the outrageous payments that taxpayers are footing the bill for?

[@davestr7031]

Changes in behavior due to extended drug usage really shouldn't be classified as evolution. (Unless he ends up winning the Darwin award)

[@UndercoverPirate69]

He always has been like this. His online behavior goes way back to the 4Chan forum days. That's where many of his top neo-Nazi grifters on X also come from. His family come from the hardcore South African Apartheid movement. Grandpa was a Nazi who managed to escape inevitability by moving to South Africa. Elon only came out of the closet around who he really is since the twitter take-over and now is doing Sieg Heils in public while spaced out

[@MelissaMG363]

Making less than 1/3 of what I had with my husband alive

[@TheRealAmy1]

Has anyone considered that Doge can use the information and sell it to other countries?

[@IMAGINENGINE]

Your fake photo of yourself betrays your credibility.

[@tomwirt319]

I listened to description on Civil Servivlce jobs and rules They make it sound these are nothing annd short term jobs not requiring .much and probably sou di g very wasteful to someone likeMus and much better understanding these jobs. Remember that really doesn't understand much about governmengt.

[@davegreene8588]

As for the Darwin Award, Trump and Musk are "sure winners" 😏!

[@Idalianightfire]

I would have titled this episode The Devolution of EM

[@Tikiman1998-ii3jm]

He has always been of the South African slaver mindset. Something ironic: Remember Lethal weapon 2? The bad guy, arian crud. That's musk. The difference is that in this reality, Riggs eliminated Roger Murtaugh, joined crud, and they went on a _____ spree. You fill in the blank.

[@danawelch3985]

I felt like going after AID in Africa was a personal attack from him because it was the first nonprofit that he went after. I agree with you about lethal weapon because he is a satanist.

[@billy-black-socks]

Gimme a break

[@olowoaye]

​@@billy-black-socks lol.

[@kayess2634]

Oh for heavens sake , like the United States hasn’t had a slaver mentality - The US made Elon rificulously wealthy and powerful - you take responsibility for that

[@logathakorsvoll6277]

Would he be able to wipe out people’s information. Example Jane Doe losses her SS # banking accounts and birth certificate?

[@ElixirNumberTwelve]

You showed Ahmedinijad a photo taken by the Associated Press. You never explained what the photo was depicting. Plesse explain. You're responsible. You showed the pjoto. The people cried and cried.

[@tangle1300]

Like the Dept of Defense?

[@UserName_no1]

Okay, soo.... where's the part about the evolution of Elon Bonaparte?

[@Quist1852-wt2vj]

Does anyone know if they could have a constitutional convention and rewrite the constitution?

[@emayhand]

Correction, Peter Theil like Musk was not a Trump supporter.

[@UndercoverPirate69]

Thiel does not support any democracy. He wants autocracy and no government with countries run by tech companies. Trump is just one of the useful idiots and the goal is to dismantle the entire government so a billionaire group can take over

[@paulaberliner9170]

They have not made the nominations difficult

[@gregoryrollins59]

Which was picked first department of governmental efficiency or doge? Why does it even have a name? From 697ce to 1797ce, the republic of Venice highest authority was called the Doge of Venice. Doge comes from the Latin word dux meaning leader. Italian, Duke. By the grace of God Duke so and so. The title became big during the late Roman empire, i.e., the holy Roman empire. Doge took part during the 4th crusade in 1204ce. Enrico Dandolo led the crusade against the byzantine empire at Constantinople. I bet he knew Francis of assisi well. When Napoleon concord Venice Doge ludouico Manin abdicated, thus ending the Doge. Pete Hegseth wrote American Crusade: our fight to stay free. So does elon see himself as Enrico Dandolo? By the grace of God is the same as God's will, and deus vult is tattooed on Hegseth arm. Marko Elze had to step down for being a antisemitic. All these people are Christian. Some Catholic, some protestant. This might come as a shock to you, and you may even remove my comment. However, do you remember Q? Not q anon, that was fake. I mean Q. Back in the spring of 2018, i identified Q as Kofi Annan, the 7th UN secretary General. He got a 17 gun salute at his funeral. Something for a 4 star general of the United States military. He wasn't a 4 star general. 17=Q. He was born on 4/8/1938, the same day as my mom. It's really cool. He died on 8/18/2018. 18=9, 8+9=17, 17=8, 2018=11. My mom died at age 66, the year i was born. 66 is the book of revelation. Revelation 8:11 reads: the name of the star is wormwood. And a third of the water turned into wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters, because these had been made bitter. To find meaning to what this is saying, look at Jeremiah 9:15. Therefore, this is what Jehovah of Army's says against the prophets: Here i am making them eat wormwood and giving them poisoned water to drink. For from the prophets of Jerusalem, apostasy has spread throughout the land. This apostasy that the prophets were saying everyone believed. So back to revelation 8:11 we first see in verse 10 that this star was a great star burning like a lamp fell from heaven. This star is the Roman Catholic Church, but its real name is wormwood because, like the prophets in ancient Jerusalem they have taught bitter lies like hellfire, purgatory, the trinity, predestination, the cross, led nations into war and so on. This is who Elon, doge, maga, and Trump is. Bitter wormwood. Also with 8/18/2018 is 17:11. Revelation 17:11 reads: And the wild beast that was but is not, it is also an eighth king, but it spring from the seventh, and goes off into destruction. Seventh king is the United States, and the eighth king, the wild beast, is the United Nations. In which Kofi Annan was Secretary General. At some point, because God puts it in the wild beasts' heart, they will hate the Roman Catholic Church and all other religions and destroy them Revelation 17:15-17. Only after that will the end come. Get out while you can. Because their, by the grace of God isn't the grace of god. Isaiah 59:13. Peace

[@joewilder]

I've watched Elon for the entire time he's been in the news. I actually find him to be an incredibly honest person. I think why he's acting with such desperate speed is he's concerned the debt we're accumulating is going to crash in on us. And I can see that possibility. Modern monetary policy is a mirage. There is no free lunch. This can't go on forevery.

[@hippieartist1]

If he was so honest he would get rid of the conflicts with his companies. One can not be deciding what or who the government pays for. Then Musk takes major amounts of money from the government for his companies

[@joewilder]

@@hippieartist1 As far as I've seen, the govt. gets a bargain on everything it does with him.

[@Mariesullivan12]

Been watching him too and know people who have worked in his companies. His behavior is consistent. He relies on others for engineering expertise, is consistent in his treatment of employees (see lawsuits from Tesla and Twitter employees), I agree with guest, not concerned with legal obligations or contracts. He does not show sympathy for others and is treating the US gov't like Twitter. Treating the US gov't like a tech company is reckless.

[@davestr7031]

@@hippieartist1 the children are never going to understand this.

[@billy-black-socks]

@@joewilder actual fact. compare the ROI NASA gets from Boeing to that of SpaceX and it’s not even debatable that Elon’s early choice to disrupt and undercut cost plus contracts has saved the tax payers billions of dollars.

[@olowoaye]

Lol. I think I know this journalist from her days in Yahoo and she certainly hasn't evolved into a better journalist

[@jackfrost9433]

What a cesspool - Dem or Reb

[@batekrown]

illegal = jail

[@hardybooks]

Just more elite propaganda. Not worth watching.

[@logathakorsvoll6277]

I fear he can change the system to give himself our money

[@genana123]

thank you Elon. thank you Trump. FAFO

[@UndercoverPirate69]

Nazi detected

[@joewilder]

Why say "So called?" Dept. of govt. efficiency?

[@ReviewsChannel-e4r]

Because it gives a foreigner complete access to Americans private info and lives.

[@caseyalanjones]

Because measuring "efficiency" is subjective.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

​@@ReviewsChannel-e4rhe's a citizen and his grandparents were American

[@melyaz8572]

Don’t buy Tesla

[@wegder]

According to Musk, hyperloop would be useful on Mars as no tubes would be needed because Mars' atmosphere is about 1% the density of the Earth's at sea level.

[@UndercoverPirate69]

That's false. Mars only lacks Oxygen. Mars has quite similar weather as on Earth actually

[@tanjunmin9597]

When average 30-40s trash talked on talented 19-25s, just pure disgusting age discrimination.

[@davegreene8588]

- More _crooked_ than "talented".