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All your moneys are belong to Musk:
"- Largest buyer of goods and services in the world: US government
- Amount the US government spent on contracts for goods and services in 2024: $755 billion
- Amount one government agency—the Pentagon—spent on contracts in 2024: $454 billion
- Pentagon contracts as a share of total federal contracts: 60%
- Amount DOGE claims to have saved by terminating federal contracts: $18 billion
- Hypothetical DOGE cut to Pentagon contracts, if cuts were proportional: $11 billion
- Actual DOGE cut to Pentagon contracts: $8.5 million
- Cuts to Pentagon contracts as a share of all contract cuts: <0.05%
- Cuts to Pentagon contracts as a share of annual Pentagon contracts: <0.002%
- Top Pentagon contractor by market valuation: SpaceX
- Pentagon contracts awarded to SpaceX: $5.6 billion
- SpaceX CEO: Elon Musk
- DOGE leader: Elon Musk"
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What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide who prioritize personal loyalty over competence and respect for the law.The Conversation
The #US-flagged #StenaImmaculate appears to have been hit while at anchor by the Portuguese-flagged container #Solong, according to tracking data analysed by BBC Verify
The Stena Immaculate is one of just 10 vessels the #USmilitary uses to carry its #fuel during conflicts or emergencies; there's no indication of how it was being used at the time of the crash
#oil #NorthSea #Britain #climate
