Action 52 FIRE ELON MUSK et al NOW!
Background: If you read any competent news sources you know full well that Musk is engaging in an illegal takeover of, and meddling with, government agencies and budgets, functioning with no accountability or oversight, and intentionally undermining Congress with the intent to destroy government by the people. Also, that Congress is being shockingly spineless in facing the threat to democracy, the constitution, and the rule of law.
Among Musk’s illegal and reckless actions:
· Acting without authority of Congress: They never confirmed his nomination to anything. No congressional committee is reviewing what he’s doing. His DOGE bros have not been vetted. He has not produced any information on results of his activities, or his personal finances.
· Transmitting unlawful messages to fire federal officials: Musk used his platform X to send unlawful and threatening messages such as: “all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” Officials at the Departments of Defense, State, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security, the FBI, and the office coordinating America’s intelligence agencies, told their employees not to respond. Federal court officials instructed federal court employees not to respond.
· Threatening the Nation’s Health and Security: Musk’s DOGE illegally fired employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which safeguards nuclear weapons. More than 1,000 workers also have been laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where federal employees who had been working to combat the bird flu outbreak. The agencies are scrambling to rehire some of these employees.
· Disregarding His Many Conflicts of Interest: Musk has targeted his orgy of firings toward at least 11 federal agencies (so far) that had 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints, or enforcement actions into his companies. Some of the highlights:
Neuralink Scientists who had been reviewing Musk’s Neuralink startup were threatened with firing. The FDA had initially rejected Neuralink’s request to start clinical trials, citing safety risks. Following the threats, the agency has given approval to the startup.
SpaceX Musk has fired workers at the FAA, which oversees his SpaceX. Musk’s SpaceX alone has $22 billion in government contracts (the total amount is unknown since a number of contracts are secret).
Tesla Musk has all but stopped work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which oversees Tesla’s financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. China is Tesla’s second largest market, and Musk has advised Trump to work with China.
SEC There was a Security Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Musk of securities fraud. Status unknown.
NLRB The National Labor Relations Board, an independent watchdog for workers’ rights, had 24 investigations into Musk’s companies. All have been stalled following Musk’s and Trump’s firing of key agency officials.
· Planning a tax cut to benefit the wealthy: Also a conflict of interest, Trump’s giant tax cut mainly for the wealthy, including Musk, jeopardizes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and/or would explode the federal budget deficit.
· Wildly exaggerating DOGE savings: Musk claimed that DOGE saved some $16 billion in government contracts. Almost half came from a single $8 billion contract with ICE — but it was actually for $8 million, not $8 billion. Recently the DOGE “wall of receipts” had its top 5 accomplishments quietly removed. For example, the notion that “dead people” are receiving fraudulent Social Security payments was found to be a false reading of the data. We are in a situation where the spineless are kowtowing to the incompetent and uninformed!
ACTION:
(1) Demand Better of our Maine legislators.
We want Congress to initiate “cease and desist” legal action against Musk and his minions. We want Congress to require Musk and minions to stop ALL “DOGE” activities, be removed from any government premises, and immediately be forbidden from communicating with any government entities
Contact Susan Collins, Jared Golden (and Chellie Pingree) and ask:
· What have they done to speak out against Musk’s illegal actions that threaten our national security through firing of essential experts, disappearing taxpayers’ money that has already been appropriated by Congress, and causing the breakdown of the rule of law that is the basis of our republic? Ask for written response.
· Are you willing to use your power to demand Musk be removed from any possibility of meddling in government processes?
Senator Collins’ DC office (202) 224-2523
Email: https://www.collins.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-collins
Representative Golden (202) 225-6306 https://golden.house.gov/contact
Representative Pingree (202) 225-6116 https://pingree.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm
(2) THANK these officials for being outspoken and LOUD against Musk/Trump coup, and encourage them to KEEP IT UP:
Maine Sen. Angus King: DC office 202 224 5344 Email: https://www.king.senate.gov/contact
Dallas, TX Rep. Jasmine Crockett 202 225 8885
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy 202 224 4041
Illinois Gov. J.B.Pritzger 217 782 0244
Extra Credit:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/upshot/doge-spending-cuts-changed.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/elon-musk-companies-conflicts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/business/economy/trump-china-trade-deal.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musks-us-department-defense-contracts-2025-02-11/