Great, very detailed story about how Musk’s many conflicts of interest are affecting rank and file employees in multiple agencies, including the FAA, NASA, SEC & FDA — and how those employees fear that calling out Musk’s conflicts will result in retribution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/01/elon-musk-government-conflict-interest/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/01/elon-musk-government-conflict-interest/
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All over USA.
Talk to Republican voters.
Visit their districts, listen to them and their fears.
Is their concern about immigration, overshadowing their cost of living, violation of laws, corruption, education, jobs etc ?
Not everybody joined TrumpMusk cult !
Win them over ♡
He is a governmental contractor, who has been given BILLIONS of taxpayers' dollars, bought himself elections, and now is destroying our Democracy.
And, our elected officials just look and do NOTHING.
WHY?
Civil service employees fear Musk.
Republican members of Congress fear Musk.
Apparently some Cabinet members fear Musk.
Musk is a foreign born contractor whose contracts can be and should be revoked.
Who gave Musk billions of our tax money without strings attached? Who is responsible? I found this from 2015 👇
What can Musk do to the elected officials or Cabinet members?
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
-NASA & FAA employees “who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution,”
-“NASA workers [who] were … rattled by the idea of disclosing what they were doing to OPM, an agency run by Musk’s allies”
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-“another [FAA] worker, also speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution,”
-and “a different FAA staffer who also spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.”
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-a NASA “employee, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation,”
-“a half dozen NASA employees, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation over criticizing Musk publicly,”
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-an FDA “employee … speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution” about Musk’s access to “a confidential drug approvals database,”
-an SEC employee “who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals,”
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The enormous power that Musk exercises within the federal government—& his ability to fire employees — creates its own conflict of interest as he intimidates workers who regulate his companies:
-“NASA staffers charged with examining SpaceX's plans & flagging necessary revisions or safety issues”
For example:
-NASA researchers decided last week not to publish a “report on the challenges Al presents to aviation safety … lest the paper draw negative attention from Musk and DOGE.”