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Inside the Explosive Meeting Where #Trump Officials Clashed With #ElonMusk

Simmering anger at the #billionaire’s unchecked #power spilled out in a remarkable #Cabinet Room meeting. Trump quickly moved to [appear to] rein in #Musk.

#DOGE #USpol #law #government #regulation #CivilServants #CivilService #PublicService #Technocracy #broligarchy #plutocracy #NeoReactionary #NRx #Technofeudalism
nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/poli…

Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk

Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.

^{Jonathan Swan (The New York Times)}

Trump's plan to reclassify 50,000 federal workers would make them easier to fire for political reasons.

Critics say this threatens the merit-based, politically neutral #civilservice that 87% of Americans support. A public affairs professor explains: #politics
theconversation.com/trumps-mov…

Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better

It might sound right that if you do what your boss says, you’re doing a good job. But it’s different if your obligations are to the public interest and the Constitution.

^{The Conversation}

From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power.

Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE buff.ly/40WR9n6

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe

Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among power-hungry leaders is establishing control over the country’s bureaucracy.

^{The Conversation}

“For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking with federal tech workers about what’s happening, how they’re processing it, and how they’re pushing back. I’ve spoken to workers representing the full spectrum: From 10-year veterans to first-year tech workers in their probationary periods—and thus more vulnerable to termination—and from different departments across the government.

I wanted to share some of their stories, with their permission…”

bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-fe…

If you knew exactly where the request for me to share this on the fediverse came from – from one of the anonymous sources quoted in the article – you might feel a little better knowing the resistance is everywhere.

Gives me hope, at least.

#USA #Trump #fascism #resistance #civilService #FederalGovernment

The federal tech workers facing down DOGE

What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign

^{Brian Merchant (Blood in the Machine)}

There’s a Term for What #Trump & #Musk Are Doing

How regime change happens in #America

By @anneapplebaum

Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. #DOGE & its boss, #ElonMusk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal #CivilService, along with its culture & values, & its replacement with something different. In other words: #RegimeChange.

#purge #TrumpCoup #law
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Trump and Musk Are Pushing for Regime Change

How regime change happens in America

^{Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)}