Summary
Elon Musk announced plans to double DOGE staff from 100 to 200 employees during a Fox Business interview on Monday.
He stated DOGE is working in “pretty much” all federal agencies despite growing opposition from courts, Democrats, and some Trump Cabinet members.
Musk repeated debunked claims about Social Security fraud and indicated he plans to stay in government another year, despite his temporary “special government employee” status limiting service to 130 days annually.
Meanwhile, Tesla shares have dropped 15%, and protests have targeted Musk-owned businesses. He also claimed, without evidence, that a cyberattack on X originated from Ukraine-based IP addresses.
This is the precursor to the US Gustapo or KGB. Mark my words!
They are embedding a fascist tech bro secret police into every government body to ensure compliance and alignment with state propaganda, weed out non-loyalists, control the purse, etc.
The CIA/FBI/NSA can’t be trusted to perform this function for many years, because they are not staffed with loyalists of the fascist regime. Replacing their leadership is easy. Replacing their entire org structure — thousands of managers, and tens of thousands of staff — will take years, if not decades.
Very nitpicky, but its “gestapo” shortform for GEheime STAats POlizei so secret state police, know the name of your enemies
Ah, so they are the Stupid Gestapo