According to The New York Times, the satellite internet service was provided to the government as part of Musk-led cost-cutting measures via the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the move was intended to “improve Wifi connectivity” across the complex — despite the fact that the site […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink at the White House: Concerns Grow
Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Service Installed at the White House. Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service has been installed at the White House, sparking concerns about potential conflicts of interest as the billionaire takes a central role in a government initiative aimed at reducing federal costs. The installation, reported by The New York Times, raises alarms […]
Injunction Dysfunction Or Tyrant Disruption? Trump-Era Judicial Paralysis Explained
Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, Can a single judge unilaterally thwart the president of the United States? That’s the contentious question the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve last week in response to court orders blocking its effort to curtail birthright citizenship, and after a slew of decrees requiring the president do everything from […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service installed in White House | Trump administration
Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now available at the White House, the New York Times reported, exacerbating conflict of interest concerns that are growing with each day the world’s richest person spends at the heart of government. Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, said the installation was done to “improve wifi connectivity […]
Musk: Feds Have “Magic Money Computers” That Issue Payments “Out Of Thin Air”
Elon Musk says that DOGE has discovered the US government has “magic money computers” that make payments “out of thin air.” Sitting down with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for his podcast that was recorded at the White House, Cruz said: “One of the things you told me about is what you called, ‘Magic Money Computers.’ So […]
Musk sounds alarm over ‘magic money computers’ printing cash ‘out of thin air’
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk on Monday sounded the alarm over what he described as “magic money computers” creating waste in the federal government. The remarks made on the Verdict podcast with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, come amid DOGE’s aggressive audit of the federal government. Musk said his team […]
Science policy this week: Mar. 17, 2025
The courthouse in San Francisco where a judge ordered federal agencies to reinstate fired probationary employees. Sam Wheeler / CC BY-SA 3.0 Probationary employees reinstated at science agencies Last week, judges in California and Maryland ordered several agencies to immediately offer all fired probationary employees their jobs back, in some cases temporarily. The covered agencies […]
Government expert on Elon Musk and DOGE’s “slash-and-burn exercise”
It was a remarkable moment last Tuesday: President Trump standing beside a shiny electric car at the White House making a pitch for the car’s maker, Elon Musk: “This man has devoted his energy and his life to doing this. I think he’s been treated very unfairly by a very small group of people.” For […]
How Barack Obama Built An Omnipotent Thought-Control Machine… And How It Was Destroyed
Authored by David Samuels via TabletMag.com, Rapid Onset Political Enlightenment If anyone in the future cares enough to write an authentic history of the 2024 presidential campaign, they might begin by noting that American politics exists downstream of American culture, which is a deep and broad river. Like any river, American culture follows a particular […]
