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.

  • @lolrightythen
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    63 days ago

    Pretty sure Stephen King just got booted from Twitter for calling trump the first lady. That’s what a coworker told me, anyways.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 days ago

      Didn’t he already decided for himself to leave twitter? I seem to vaguely remember some post about it a while ago. Not that he is wrong though.

      • @lolrightythen
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        12 days ago

        It would make more sense that king wouldn’t have stayed on Twitter this long. I also liked the story, so here we are.

      • @hamFoilHat
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        33 days ago

        Would it even be misgendering? I thought trump officially said that all people were female when she said that sex is determined at conception.