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Surprise? After 100 Days, Most Americans Hate What Elon Musk Is Doing to the Government
https://gizmodo.com/after-100-days-most-americans-hate-what-elon-musk-is-doing-to-the-government-2000595233Pithy comment: "I want to talk about the number of days it took the average American to decide they had a problem."
Elon Musk has spent the past three months helping President Donald Trump destroy vital parts of the U.S. federal government. The Tesla CEO unlawfully dismantled USAID, has gained access to highly sensitive personal data on Americans, and helped purge at least 120,000 government workers. Musk has also given his own businesses preferential treatment, creating a massive conflict of interest. And most Americans really don’t like any of it, according to new polling.
Only 35% of Americans approve of the way Musk is handling his job in the Trump administration, according to polling conducted by Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos. Fifty-seven percent of Americans say they disapprove of Musk. And if you don’t like what Musk is doing, you really don’t like it, with 46% strongly disapproving of Musk’s job rather than just “somewhat” disapproving.
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Musk was also extremely unpopular with those who have advanced degrees. A whopping 66% of Americans with postgraduate degrees disapprove of Musk, but there was no demographic broken up by education level that liked what Musk was doing. Fifty-five percent of Americans with no college degree say they disapprove of the things Musk is doing to destroy the government.
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The numbers are interesting but perhaps not altogether surprising, no matter how you slice them. Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been taking a chainsaw to the federal government with absolutely no benefits to show for it. The billionaire claims he’s tackling “waste, fraud, and abuse,” but has simply been unilaterally cancelling programs, contracts, and entire agencies that he doesn’t like. Musk doesn’t have the legal authority to do any of that, but that hasn’t stopped him. In fact, Trump’s government has argued in court that DOGE isn’t subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) because it’s merely advising and not making cuts by itself. That assertion is contradicted by just about everything Musk says publicly as he takes credit for destroying things. Congress alone has the power to create and destroy agencies.
Only 35% of Americans approve of the way Musk is handling his job in the Trump administration, according to polling conducted by Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos. Fifty-seven percent of Americans say they disapprove of Musk. And if you don’t like what Musk is doing, you really don’t like it, with 46% strongly disapproving of Musk’s job rather than just “somewhat” disapproving.
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Musk was also extremely unpopular with those who have advanced degrees. A whopping 66% of Americans with postgraduate degrees disapprove of Musk, but there was no demographic broken up by education level that liked what Musk was doing. Fifty-five percent of Americans with no college degree say they disapprove of the things Musk is doing to destroy the government.
more numbers ...
The numbers are interesting but perhaps not altogether surprising, no matter how you slice them. Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been taking a chainsaw to the federal government with absolutely no benefits to show for it. The billionaire claims he’s tackling “waste, fraud, and abuse,” but has simply been unilaterally cancelling programs, contracts, and entire agencies that he doesn’t like. Musk doesn’t have the legal authority to do any of that, but that hasn’t stopped him. In fact, Trump’s government has argued in court that DOGE isn’t subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) because it’s merely advising and not making cuts by itself. That assertion is contradicted by just about everything Musk says publicly as he takes credit for destroying things. Congress alone has the power to create and destroy agencies.
And congress has its thumbs up their asses, or Trumpy's ass.
Can he just play with electricity in the rain?
Or play hood ornament?
Asking for a lot of friends.
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Nothing is blocked there, though many articles don't make it there.
That's why so many of us deliberately misspell "that word"
Good post. I caught it on LBN. Don't forget. The "biggest crises" are purely imaginary (Fox/Miller) hallucinations: the "immigrant invasion" and the "trade deficit"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1116100382
