Elon Musk tells federal employees to list 5 things they did last week or be fired – agency heads say to ignore him

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Considering Fox "NEWS" had to state in court that they're an "entertainment" show and that no one would actually believe what they say in reality because it's for entertainment...I'm gonna go with believing news sources other than Fox "News".
I worked at newscorp cable division with friends & co-workers that worked at "Fox News". 1) it's an editorial entertainment network not a news network. Never had the budget of a CNN so they did cheap editorial shows (as in cheap to produce) and 2) most of the male network hosts are as racist & misogynistic as you think they are.
 
Yes it has, stop trying to lie.
I'm not lying. And you aren't showing any evidence that this is true.
I've been paying taxes for almost 40 years... there are undercover programs that been paying out since Obama
So have I. So what? What are these mysterious "undercover programs"?
That fact that ANY money of ours is being paid to another nation, instead of helping Americans is absurd.
As its already been established, you have no idea what soft power is. You are assuming we just give away money to other countries for nothing in return. In most cases, that is wrong.
IN FACT deep state bureaucrats were smuggling money to illegal migrants.
More bullshit. They weren't "smuggling" money to illegal immigrants. The "deep state" still doesn't exist.
Yeah you might not like THE FACT that this lvl of grifting was happening
If only the things you were posting were based on fact.
Fox news and Gateway Pundit are PROVEN news sources that do not have to retract their lies. And were on the Biden/Pelosi Government Censorship list that was exposed... bcz they actually do Journalism and are not part of the deep state.
You have to be joking. Foxnews is highly biased but infinitely better than the Gateway Pundit. Gateway Pundit is a third-rate tabloid that isn't worth the pixels it uses to publish their garbage. "Proven" in your deluded dreams.
If you are looking for actual RESPECTABLE conservative leaning news, there is the Wall Street Journal.

Take a look at this chart: https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive. Gateway Pundit is in loony-ville. Right down there with the shyster and king loony, Alex Jones.
 
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this is not to root out bad employees - anyone who thinks so lack wisdom

In my country if govt finds fraud we see prosecution - I doubt we will see very many from Doge - again if you think this the overriding reason - you are gullible and easily deceived

was it 880 Billion to be found out of Americas Entitlements like super, medicaid - Stuff you actually bankrolled with NO DEBT from payroll- Ie something rich and trust fund babies do not pay into

All the save money and MORE debt will go to Mega rich. 80% of Americans with get only a $1000 or 2 dollars tax cuts to pay for eggs and imported goods with tariffs , so much winning

What about Hillarys' emails ?

This is how TRICKLE UP works - really sad to see leopards walking openly - but kind of funny as we knew GOP care nothing for average America -fooled by the most silly things - how many trans athletes competing in women's sport 10?? maybe 12 , here lets steal YOUR entitlements while we enrich ourselves with money we don't need except as score to see how rich we are thank you thanks giving turkeys
 
Have you ever heard of deep state..?
I love the user that posts conspiracy theories. And the Deep State exists because Trump said so? Good luck with that when it comes from a serial liar.
Stop crying about them finding more and moAR corruption and grifting every day. America is back!
America was never gone. Trump played you and everyone who voted for him.
And like Jupiter's Moon said, it seems you are not a Principled person and only care about Elon, not waste. Trying to "shoot-the-messenger" argument, instead of dealing with facts.
I think you are describing yourself when you say the other guy is not a principled person. Elon is FOS and this BS about saving money only distracts you and the other right-wingers from the truth of what they are doing. Trashing America.
 
I support trump and what he is doing, the last administration was bananas and this is the pendulum swing going the other way, hopefully brings some balance back.

let's put politics aside and address the real issue here. Yes, there is immense waste in gov, I know because I work for a gov agency and there are so many office workers that probably work 4 maybe 3 hours out of a 6 or 7 hour shift, constant talking, coffee breaks, meaningless meetings by management that could have been an email.

But I feel this could have been done a better way.
What if someone was on sick leave, family leave, annual leave?
What if their job isn't to be in an office constantly checking emails?
What if they had an off week and they are usually one of the best workers you could ask for?

This binary approach means real good workers could be at risk here while leaving some bullsh!t artists a way to stay in and screw more things up...

Again, yes, something needs to be done with how much waste there is with workers and budgets, but I feel they should have started from the top and worked their way down. Take out bad management and then the good management comes in and cleans up underneath them.
 
America was never gone. Trump played you and everyone who voted for him.
But now America IS gone. Funny how Ukraine resisted Putin for 3 years (and counting) while America folded to him in less than a week.
It sure helps when the "enemy from within" is the President himself.
History is in the making, make no mistake and this President's name will feature prominently next to Romulus Augustulus.
 
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We need government jobs as a way to put money into the economy through people who wouldn't do work anyway.
 
I am having difficulty as to why TechSpot is catering to this garbage. I feel like I'm on some social media app or something. Yes, articles like this are going to get clicks. No, it will not instigate constructive conversation. Seems to me like its a great idea if you are interested in pitting your site visitors against each other.... and this isn't some AMD vs. Intel BS.
 
I can understand why the heads of the FBI, CIA, Pentagon etc would say no, but 99% of the other BLOATED agencies, not so much!


The FBI, state department, Pentagon, and others have instructed employees not to reply to the messages
 
BTW:
Fox news and Gateway Pundit are PROVEN news sources that do not have to retract their lies. And were on the Biden/Pelosi Government Censorship list that was exposed... bcz they actually do Journalism and are not part of the deep state.

LOL...
LOL!!!


Really too many for me to list, you can go sort through them all.

Yeah, seems totally legit.
 
As someone who has worked many years in both the private and public sectors, there is nothing more refreshing to see than the LOOOOONG overdue purging of excess government employees. Public sector “work” was a joke. Anybody with just a pulse could have performed well in over 90% of all government work. Bureaucracy is the most inefficient and fiscally irresponsible entity there is, and it’s not even close!
 
If Musks email asking employees to name 5 things they did has triggered, you. Then you are programmed to hate this man. What he's doing is eliminating the low hanging fruit, he's removing anyone who's literally doing nothing for their salary that us taxpayers have given them. What possible reason can anyone have for being upset with this unless you are one of those idle "workers"?

As someone who has worked in the private sector my whole life, this process is filling me with glee to watch. I would never get away with the tardiness and laziness of many government workers, yet my taxes pay their salary. It's outrageous and I'm glad something is finally being done about it.

Also a reminder to all that the majority of the USA voted for Trump and this is what most of us want. You can scream from the rooftops as much as you like, if you are unhappy with the corruption being exposed and halted you need to get a candidate elected that will reverse that for you. There is a democratic process to all of this.
 
LOL!!!


Really too many for me to list, you can go sort through them all.

Yeah, seems totally legit.
See, you fell for it.
Now, in your new found journalistic glee (now that you are onto truth-seeking), go do CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, etc...

We've recently seen liberal media outlets having to issue correction (after commercial) live on air, bcz their reporting doesnt hold up.. and so fake. That is why nobody watches CNN or MSNBC because they lie so much, they are fake. And why all of them are dying off.

old saying:
If you want to pizz off a Conservative, tell him a lie...
If you want to pizz off a Liberal, tell him the truth...



I'm not lying. And you aren't showing any evidence that this is true.
So have I. So what? What are these mysterious "undercover programs"?
As its already been established, you have no idea what soft power is. You are assuming we just give away money to other countries for nothing in return. In most cases, that is wrong.
More bullshit. They weren't "smuggling" money to illegal immigrants. The "deep state" still doesn't exist.
If only the things you were posting were based on fact.
You have to be joking. Foxnews is highly biased but infinitely better than the Gateway Pundit. Gateway Pundit is a third-rate tabloid that isn't worth the pixels it uses to publish their garbage. "Proven" in your deluded dreams.
If you are looking for actual RESPECTABLE conservative leaning news, there is the Wall Street Journal.
Take a look at this chart: https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive. Gateway Pundit is in loony-ville. Right down there with the shyster and king loony, Alex Jones.

The evidence is one link away.
But you are unable to click and learn for yourself, bcz that would mean it would invalidate your hatred of Elon.

You try to use terms like "soft power" to shy away from all the wasteful spending by Democrats to suggest ALL the waste is good, bcz it does something for America. Which is a lie...


Additionally, "soft power" is not when spending MILLIONS/BILLIONS of America's dollars on a "Soft Program" that nobody knows about.. that's only benefits local Politicians and their constituents & not America's interests = grift.

That type of grift is being uncovered by the hour.
Major news about it already tonight about the Tides Foundation, etc. (ie Something that benefits Nancy Pelosi, but not other Americans.. is considered as grift, bcz it's done to further their career, not as goodwill from Americans.)


Soft-power doesnt even require money, it's liken to when handing out candy bars to kids from troops ovr sees = goodwill, Building a bridge to help an impovrished nation, etc. So stop with new term of the day for why all these billions are grifted by Democrats. Per your own criteria, you have not proven that any of these programs was soft-power moves... (like that flip?)

So are you done defending all the grifting going on... bcz it's getting rather humorous that even Democrats are not even denying any of this, but you are here trying to hold you own against facts... trying to blaspheme Elon. And it's hilarious..

You are essentially arguing that DOGE isn't real and is lying to everyone. You sound like a denier.



Lastly, the Gateway Pundit...
Which we know you have never been to, otherwise you would know it has zero to do with people like Alex Jones, or any talk show. They are actual Journalists, who do investigative reporting and have broke many of the biggest stories ovr the last 6 years. They were one of the Web Sites that Joe Biden's FBI/CIA tried to shut down that was uncovered in the Twitter Files. (Remember, liberals hate the truth)

Heck, The Gateway Pundit uncovered so much of Hunter Biden's stuff.. that President Biden tried to shut them down using Government agencies as they were investigating them... and crooked Joe Biden got caught and had to pardon everyone they exposed. That is good Journalism!

All you have are untruths my friend, u can't win an argument with lies...
 
Unlike Soros, there's nothing shadowy about Musk - he was officially appointed by President Trump, and is a part of the official government, not of a "shadow government".
I just love the conspiracy theorists. They can present no evidence, therefore, Soros must be guilty and part of a shadow government. That shadow government, for which there is also no evidence, must exist because there is no evidence. Ghosts and phantoms are scary. Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

And Musk overstepping with this was walked back.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5161948-trump-musk-opm-email-backlash/
And DOGE will cost more than it saves, and the DOGE savings have, so far, been overstated.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts
Trump and Musk (to borrow the term Trusk) are doing a great job of fooling those who elected Trump.
 
It sounds to me that you enable an inefficient/corrupt government who negligently spends your tax dollars on things that do not benefit you. I feel that you are concerned about the wrong things. What you should be concerned about are those politicians who are suppose to making 6 figures a year magically becoming multi-millionaires off your tax dollars. It makes complete sense that Elon is a billionaire because he is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful businesses to include, PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, and X.
An expert Economist has spoken. Yet again, no evidence presented. Just conspiracy theories.
 
See, you fell for it.
Now, in your new found journalistic glee (now that you are onto truth-seeking), go do CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, etc...

We've recently seen liberal media outlets having to issue correction (after commercial) live on air, bcz their reporting doesnt hold up.. and so fake. That is why nobody watches CNN or MSNBC because they lie so much, they are fake. And why all of them are dying off.

old saying:
If you want to pizz off a Conservative, tell him a lie...
If you want to pizz off a Liberal, tell him the truth...





The evidence is one link away.
But you are unable to click and learn for yourself, bcz that would mean it would invalidate your hatred of Elon.

You try to use terms like "soft power" to shy away from all the wasteful spending by Democrats to suggest ALL the waste is good, bcz it does something for America. Which is a lie...


Additionally, "soft power" is not when spending MILLIONS/BILLIONS of America's dollars on a "Soft Program" that nobody knows about.. that's only benefits local Politicians and their constituents & not America's interests = grift.

That type of grift is being uncovered by the hour.
Major news about it already tonight about the Tides Foundation, etc. (ie Something that benefits Nancy Pelosi, but not other Americans.. is considered as grift, bcz it's done to further their career, not as goodwill from Americans.)


Soft-power doesnt even require money, it's liken to when handing out candy bars to kids from troops ovr sees = goodwill, Building a bridge to help an impovrished nation, etc. So stop with new term of the day for why all these billions are grifted by Democrats. Per your own criteria, you have not proven that any of these programs was soft-power moves... (like that flip?)

So are you done defending all the grifting going on... bcz it's getting rather humorous that even Democrats are not even denying any of this, but you are here trying to hold you own against facts... trying to blaspheme Elon. And it's hilarious..

You are essentially arguing that DOGE isn't real and is lying to everyone. You sound like a denier.



Lastly, the Gateway Pundit...
Which we know you have never been to, otherwise you would know it has zero to do with people like Alex Jones, or any talk show. They are actual Journalists, who do investigative reporting and have broke many of the biggest stories ovr the last 6 years. They were one of the Web Sites that Joe Biden's FBI/CIA tried to shut down that was uncovered in the Twitter Files. (Remember, liberals hate the truth)

Heck, The Gateway Pundit uncovered so much of Hunter Biden's stuff.. that President Biden tried to shut them down using Government agencies as they were investigating them... and crooked Joe Biden got caught and had to pardon everyone they exposed. That is good Journalism!

All you have are untruths my friend, u can't win an argument with lies...
Ah, the right-winger goes to the right-winger web site. Surprise, Surprise.
 
If Musks email asking employees to name 5 things they did has triggered, you. Then you are programmed to hate this man. What he's doing is eliminating the low hanging fruit, he's removing anyone who's literally doing nothing for their salary that us taxpayers have given them. What possible reason can anyone have for being upset with this unless you are one of those idle "workers"?

As someone who has worked in the private sector my whole life, this process is filling me with glee to watch. I would never get away with the tardiness and laziness of many government workers, yet my taxes pay their salary. It's outrageous and I'm glad something is finally being done about it.

Also a reminder to all that the majority of the USA voted for Trump and this is what most of us want. You can scream from the rooftops as much as you like, if you are unhappy with the corruption being exposed and halted you need to get a candidate elected that will reverse that for you. There is a democratic process to all of this.
Evidence? Do you have any other than Musk/Trump said so?
 
Does anyone ever wonder where the money of these savings (real or not; justified or not) is going to? Will the "rightful" civilians (whoever that are) benefit from this in the form of less taxes, better housing, better education, better health services... ? Or will it result in tax cuts and other benefits for the large corporations and their shareholders? Is there a clear plan? I'm not answering. It's just questions to think about.

Me? I'm going to continue my game of Cyberpunk 2077.
Respectfully, you are asking too much of those who would benefit from the true answers to your questions. Those answers would shatter their world as they see Must/Trump and all Trumps cronies as perfect. Why would they be lied to?

When the rude awakening hits them, we'll be here to remind them "We told you so!"
 
I just love the conspiracy theorists. They can present no evidence, therefore, Soros must be guilty and part of a shadow government. That shadow government, for which there is also no evidence, must exist because there is no evidence. Ghosts and phantoms are scary. Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

And Musk overstepping with this was walked back.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5161948-trump-musk-opm-email-backlash/
And DOGE will cost more than it saves, and the DOGE savings have, so far, been overstated.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts
Trump and Musk (to borrow the term Trusk) are doing a great job of fooling those who elected Trump.
MAGA ignores the most basic fact that "you can't prove a negative".
They move on because in their limited understanding of that simplistic hard truth, if they know they can't prove something, it must be because "the truth" is so well hidden.
For them, if there is no smoke, just build a fire.
All through the nation, it is just a continuation of the "stolen" 2020 election dipshits.

Remember what W.C. Fields said?
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"
From the White House to Techspot and in between, it's the way of the MAGA.

And by the way, that Field's quote should be on every MAGA letterhead.

If you want to pizz off a Conservative, tell him a lie...
If you want to pizz off a Liberal, tell him the truth...
Well, except that old saying was also the exact opposite.
Nobody is sure who said it, which side said it first, or where it came from originally.
But it was NOT Teddy Roosevelt.

dont-believe-everything-you-see-on-the-internet.jpg
 
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We've recently seen liberal media outlets having to issue correction
That's what news organizations with some type of integrity do. The lack of corrections is telling about your preferred "news" organizations - but not in the way you think.
old saying:
It's not an old saying. Its a meaningless mantra some "conservatives" repeat as if its true. It isn't.
Which we know you have never been to, otherwise you would know it has zero to do with people like Alex Jones, or any talk show.
I have been to the site enough to know its highly biased and prints unfounded conspiracy theories. If you had looked at the chart I linked for you, you would understand why its similar to Alex Jones. Its highly biased towards the right and it often contains misleading, inaccurate and fabricated information. Just like Alex Jones.
But you are unable to click and learn for yourself, bcz that would mean it would invalidate your hatred of Elon.
You MAGAs, have such binary views of people and pretty much everything else. It is either hate or love. I don't hate Elon. I don't love him either.
Your link didn't support your claim of 2 trillion "wasted on grifters". I don't trust Elon or DOGE anyway. They have already shown that don't deserve to be trusted.
Elon claimed they saved 8 billion. Nope. 8 million. Whoops, nope again, it was really 5.5 million.
So, what about the 50 million in condoms sent to Gaza? Whoops, that didn't happen. That was Trump, by the way. Its beginning to be hard to tell the 2 apart, lol.
Elon claimed that Social Security was riddled with mass fraud and payments were going to dead people. Nope. Not true.
You try to use terms like "soft power" to shy away from all the wasteful spending by Democrats to suggest ALL the waste is good..
You love creating strawmen. Both parties have projected soft power. Why? Because it works. What do you think China is doing around the world? Do you think China is just altruistic, or just looking out for their best interest?
"Soft Program" that nobody knows about..
If people don't know about it, it's because they are too lazy to look. That's on them.
That type of grift is being uncovered by the hour.
You keep claiming this, but have yet to prove it. Grift is obtaining money illicitly. If that is so, who is getting indicted?
So are you done defending all the grifting going on... bcz it's getting rather humorous that even Democrats are not even denying any of this, but you are here trying to hold you own against facts... trying to blaspheme Elon. And it's hilarious..
What's hilarious is your prolific strawmanning. That's your thing, eh? Wow, your defense of Elon is weird. Blaspheme Elon? You think he is a god or sacred? Wow, just, wow.
You are essentially arguing that DOGE isn't real and is lying to everyone.
DOGE is real and I'm sure they will find some waste. It's the government after all. However, they are either lying about some things or are incompetent.
Which we know you have never been to, otherwise you would know it has zero to do with people like Alex Jones, or any talk show. the last 6 years. They were They are actual Journalists
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it? I have already addressed the Alex Jones thing. Actual journalists? LMAO! Let me give you an example of why they aren't. First headline on the page, "RINO Rep. Dan Crenshaw Says He Would “Kill” Tucker Carlson". No reputable news source is going to start off by calling someone a RINO. That is what is called a value judgement - not news. No real journalist is going to write like that. Its glaring evidence that the Gateway Pundit is nothing but a tabloid.
And no, they are good journalists.
All you have are untruths my friend, u can't win an argument with lies...
Funny, in all your rants you have yet to give an actual example of me lying. I really don't think you are capable of telling a lie from a truth anymore. Truth to you is just whatever Trump and Elon say because you like what they are doing. That is it.
 
Its highly biased towards the right and it often contains misleading, inaccurate and fabricated information. Just like Alex Jones.
Woah, a lot of what Alex Jones has said in the past has actually become true to an extent 😂
Yes, there are instances of totally lunacy and outright lies, but when he is called out on those he usually backtracks if he gets new information to show he is wrong.

But to say anyone lies constantly is a bit disingenuous. I think most people have true intentions of informing of their perspectives and data, some are just mislead themselves and then mislead others thinking they have the right information at that time.
 
That's what news organizations with some type of integrity do. The lack of corrections is telling about your preferred "news" organizations - but not in the way you think.
I find people who line-item post are not proving a point, they are trying to argue.

At no point are you rebutting anything I've said, you are denying it. As if the world has to prove to you, something. We do not, get over yourself, You are the one that has to prove that the DOGE website is lying to American's.


So, what about the 50 million in condoms sent to Gaza? Whoops, that didn't happen. That was Trump, by the way. Its beginning to be hard to tell the 2 apart, lol.
Elon claimed that Social Security was riddled with mass fraud and payments were going to dead people. Nope. Not true.
And..?

They corrected it. What about everything else..? Why do you keep poking questions at me, it's like you do not no how to read the Website, or understand 20 minutes later it updated..

Or, that you are just that angry and nitpicking.


Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it? I have already addressed the Alex Jones thing. Actual journalists? LMAO! Let me give you an example of why they aren't. First headline on the page, "RINO Rep. Dan Crenshaw Says He Would “Kill” Tucker Carlson". No reputable news source is going to start off by calling someone a RINO. That is what is called a value judgement - not news. No real journalist is going to write like that. Its glaring evidence that the Gateway Pundit is nothing but a tabloid.
And no, they are good journalists.

Funny, in all your rants you have yet to give an actual example of me lying. I really don't think you are capable of telling a lie from a truth anymore. Truth to you is just whatever Trump and Elon say because you like what they are doing. That is it.
These responses^ make no sense & show u did not actually read my previous post.

Do you see how entitled you are, you believe (in your own mind) that you do not have to accept a story as legitimate, because it uses the word Republican In Name Only...!



The fact that you are ranting about The Gateway Pundit, shows me that you are angry by their facts and you want them to be Censored, bcz liberals don't like the truth.

Meanwhile Liberals at networks are dropping like flies... for all their lies:
Don Lemon
Jim Acosta
Chris Matthews
Charlie Rose
Chris Cuomo
Chris Wallace
Alisyn Camerota
Mehdi Hasan
Joy Reid
Poppy Harlow
Brian Seltzer
John Harlow
Tiffany Cross
etc...


The lies these People told^
That removed them from the Air waves, are the same one you keep telling yourself. The narrative going on in your head, is not based on facts, it's conspiracy theory and denialism.

Woke is ovr...
 
See, you fell for it.
Now, in your new found journalistic glee (now that you are onto truth-seeking), go do CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, etc...
I dont listen to main stream media. So its a nice spin at not addressing anything I said but saying "nuh uh".

You just literally did exactly what I said you would. I didnt claim CNN was free of lawsuits and had perfect integrity. You said that about Fox and Gateway Pundit, I demonstrated you were demonstrably incorrect and yet here we are. Its 2025 man, there is no reason to not know these things.

Nobody said anything about any other channel not having integrity except you.

Period.
 
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