Musk says DOGE is halting Treasury payments to US contractors
Musk says DOGE is halting Treasury payments to US contractors
Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees.
Summary
Elon Musk claims his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is shutting down payments to federal contractors, including a Lutheran charity, asserting it is eliminating corruption.
This suggests DOGE has access to Treasury’s payment systems, though officials have not confirmed the extent.
Senator Ron Wyden warned that DOGE may interfere with Social Security, Medicare, and government contracts.
Musk also called USAID “a criminal organization” that should “die,” amid DOGE’s growing influence over federal financial operations.
This is a coup
Contractors handle Medicare.
Remember when people were posting articles on how stupid and ridiculous DOGE is because it wouldn't have the authority to do anything?
He doesn't need the authority if he just forces his way in.
It's still stupid and ridiculous and it still doesn't have any legal authority.
Unfortunately, it is being allowed to act without legal authority.
I see lawsuits flooding the US government for not paying for things they ordered.
jod I hope the shitty military bs has DRM that prevents it from functioning on non payment.
I hate to inform you, but US corporations don't do that shit to other corporations/ governments. Just look at TVs. All your consumer grade TVs have had smart/LLM "features" shoved into them. They don't do that on the commercial lines though. Commercial TVs are still "dumb." Same for computers, cars, and pretty much everything that they can shove electronics in.
I sure hope this was worth it to hate on the trans and the browns. That's the only thing dumb ass Americans voted for in 2024.
Musk is himself a giant government contractor via Space X and Starlink. Odds are he's just trying to clear the board to funnel the money to his businesses. Especially when it comes to defense money!
How is anyone permitting any of these people to have authority?
Because we're all just people and at the end of the day some person is agreeing to not dispense the funds or not provide aid or to round up individuals ... Until there is meaningful pushback by people who actually are carrying this bullshit out it won't change.
Idk same as how the Nazis managed the Holocaust, at the end of the day thousands of individuals agreed and did their part to exterminate the Jews. Same as how Israel now is committing an ongoing genocide in Gaza with their military and all those individuals are carrying out their orders.
Authority, like many other things in our society, is an emphemeral concept we all agree to. Authority is given when we agree to abide by what that authority says. Same like our laws, sure we have laws against things but it's not like those actually mean anything if they're not obeyed by the majority. Nothing stopping you from doming Elon with the a large brick if you got one and can get close enough, you know what I mean?
Trump's government is basically pay-to-play and Elon paid the most so he gets to do whatever he wants.
It started with a paid horse armor and he we are.
Does anyone know what the story is behind this charity he's mentioning?
Edit: looks like they feed and provide shelter for asylum seekers, and obviously he's against that.
Because Putin wants rid of it.
U.S.A.I.D. funds democracy-promotion programs around the world, including in European countries where right-wing populist movements are thriving. Mr. Musk has become an ally of those movements, some of whose leaders have specifically targeted the agency’s pro-democracy programs in recent years.
Supporters of Viktor Orban, the right-wing leader of Hungary and a darling of pro-Trump conservatives in the United States, have personally criticized Samantha Power, who led U.S.A.I.D. during the Biden administration, for trying to import American values into their country.
Great way to get sued for breach of contract. This administration is going to be tied up in court for the next four years
Do you really think this is going to play out in a court? They don't care about the law and are actively plowing through them at will.
Unfortunately, when all this stuff is resolved, it's still the government that's on the hook, not Musk personally. Although the new admin should probably just impound all of his and Trump's assets to pay for the fallout, but obviously Democrats would never do anything this based.
Oh please start halting payments to government contractors. This guy starts holding payments to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon he's going to wind up real Dead real quick
Or Boeing. Boeing certainly seems to not have an issue with taking care of people who are causing them problems.
With the way things are going, I fully expect them to make a beneficial deal that includes Elon because fuck everything
A lot of our day to day military operations run on contractors. This seems like a good way to get more helicopters falling out of the sky.
At what point do we declare this a coup? This isn't what even the most diehard conservatives out there voted for, I don't understand how this isn't considered a hostile takeover.
It’s stressing me out to no end. I think the average person doesn’t even know this is currently happening.
I don't follow politics. I voted for trump because it was badass when he said fight fight fight. Elon's a genius, I'm sure he's gonna make it better.
These are real takes I've heard out there in the world.
It's being censored.
When this happens in a developing country we laugh at their politics.
When it happens in America, no one bats an eye
This isn’t even what the most diehard conservatives out there voted for
Hungarian here, whose face got eaten by the leopards.
Political illiteracy is a serious problem, and so is the access to information. They actually thought the crime rates were up, because the very few news outlets they're exposed to likes to uplift a few cases with scary headlines, often making anniversary reports on some crimes. They actually thought, that the opposition was "too far-left", because pundits told them so, and they learned in school the real nazis did evil things for the sole sake of evil, thus people that say they want to eliminate crime, and have crime statistics must not be far-right.
This is not for to excuse their behavior, but to explain it. Maybe can even lead to an end of this cycle.
Fucking yes.
All conservatives at the tables with all these nazis asking who voted in all the nazis.
At this point your party has folded. Keep saying "but not meeeee, I'm a real conservative!" All you want.
They're in too deep to admit how badly they obviously fucked up. Shit is gonna have to actually reach the ugly bitter end, leaving them no other possible explanation to try to hide behind. In the meantime, this must be what it felt like for the citizens of Rome as it burned.
Now, it is happening right now: https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction
This is exactly what they voted for and they'll fucking do it again.
Hey military industrial complex! Please coup this administration all ready.
Like for real. They got rid of Malcolm, MLK, mayve even Kennedy, and organized a nationwide crack epidemic in black neighborhoods but they can't deal with the biggest actual internal threat since the Confederacy. Useless orgs filled with useless people.
So... SpaceX is one of the contractors not being paid right? Right?
L-m-a-o roflmao even
He has no legal authority
Lawsuit submitted
Lower court determines whether to stay the action while case is handled
Changes are unrecoverable since department can't pay staff managing the payments
Law enforcement given warrant to force stay
Law enforcement chooses not to enforce because they have no motivation
Payments never restored
Case goes to supreme court
Law interpreted in favor of the administration because clearly no means yes, it's obvious
Congress doesn't respond due to right wing majority
Checks and balances are dead.
Legal authority stopped mattering the FIRST time the grifter in chief was selected president.
You still think the law can stop them. Adorable.
This is a great way to end up on the military-indistrial complex hitlist
Can only hope he goes for them and not just the small businesses and academia. Something tells me he'll go for civil facing departments and generally avoid DOD
Raytheon would like to know your latitude and longitude
Care package incoming.
Ah the Trump approach to contractors. And Musk approach to rent.
It's just like when Dumpf would stiff his contractors LMAO 🤣
