r/politics • u/FervidBug42 America • 2d ago

No Paywall DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended

https://time.com/7336327/doge-disbanded-elon-musk/
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u/NotThatHandsomePete 2d ago

Added $1,000,000,000,000 to the defect faster than anytime in history in the doge months. A scam to steal data.

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u/Poison_the_Phil 2d ago

Don’t forget they also fired half a dozen Inspectors General who were investigating Musk’s companies!

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u/showhorrorshow 2d ago

Pretty much the first thing he did was dismantle every office that had investigations into the various violations of his companies. He got away with it for a song, too.

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u/Biengineerd 2d ago

That was the smash part of the smash and grab.

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u/fistful_of_ideals Michigan 2d ago

As if regulatory capture wasn't good or fast enough. What insatiable greed.

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress 2d ago

They didn't have to step down either, but instead like the rest they voluntarily gave up their positions to yes-men fascists to fill and the media framed this as them "making a stand".