Summary

The White House now claims Elon Musk is not leading DOGE, despite Trump previously stating Musk was in charge of the task force cutting $2 trillion in federal spending.

A court filing says Musk is only a senior adviser without formal decision-making authority. However, Musk’s tweets and Trump’s remarks suggest he has been directing DOGE’s activities.

The revelation raises legal concerns, as lawsuits argue DOGE violates the Appointments Clause by bypassing Senate confirmation.

A federal judge is set to rule on an emergency motion against Musk’s involvement.

  • ehpolitical
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    2 days ago

    I believe we’re in this mess because you did choose to have faith in politics… in fallible, corruptible people.

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      21 hours ago

      And the alternative was what, to firebomb a wallmart? How many wallmarts you firebombed, how is the glorious revolution going?

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        21 hours ago

        You didn’t think very hard about my response to you.

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          15 hours ago

          Your response doesn’t contain anything to think about. You believe in some version of the antielectoralism and there is no version of that that is serious. You just want to feel cool and above everything, while doing exactly what the right wants you to do.
          Alternatively you know exactly what you’re doing, but that’s worse, that would mean I am wasting my time trying to convince a biorobot, and I don’t want that to be a reality.