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- Elon Musk's Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and–Yes–A Coup https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/elon-musk-power-grab-trump-coup.html 1 comment
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- Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-federal-payments-system.html?smid=url-share 4006 comments
- Elon Musk’s support of right-wing parties ‘is really disgusting,’ German Chancellor tells CNN | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/europe/elon-musk-german-chancellor-right-wing-support-intl-latam/index.html 1333 comments
- Musk says DOGE is halting Treasury payments to US contractors | Fortune https://fortune.com/2025/02/02/musk-doge-treasury-payments-system-halt-us-govenment-contractors-lutheran-charity/ 852 comments
- A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system/ 488 comments
- Elon Musk U.S. Aid data heist: I’m a federal worker. Things are bleak. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/elon-musk-us-aid-social-security-data-heist-trump.html 469 comments
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-give-update-reform-effort-amid-questions-about-his-power-2025-02-03/ 399 comments
- Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/usaid-official-leave-musk.html 332 comments
- Trump’s illegal spending freeze: How will the Supreme Court respond? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-illegal-spending-freeze-supreme-court-response.html 201 comments
- Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/elon-musk-2024-election-spending-millions/index.html 187 comments
- https://www.ft.com/content/a221a10a-5ac2-47b6-ba8b-30e18553c181 141 comments
- Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html 106 comments
- Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government 91 comments
- Musk is a 'special government employee,' the White House confirms | AP News https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-21153a742fbad86284369bb173ec343c 81 comments
- Lawsuit alleges new Trump administration email system for federal employees raises privacy concerns | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/federal-employees-email-system-privacy-concerns-lawsuit/index.html 70 comments
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-systems/ 30 comments
- USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/usaid-security-leaders-removed-refusing-elon-musks-doge-employees-acce-rcna190357 25 comments
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/02/usaid-trump-musk/ 21 comments
- USAID: Why it’s a huge deal Trump and Musk are trying to shut down this governmental agency. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/usaid-donald-trump-elon-musk-doge-government-freeze.html 14 comments
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.58912/gov.uscourts.rid.58912.50.0_2.pdf 10 comments
- Musk associates given unfettered access to private data of government employees https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-associates-given-unfettered 4 comments
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