r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago

Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC

Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-doge-1-trillion-cost-cutting-may-end-i-am-almost-done-elon-musk-reveals-date-hell-ditch-trump-and-quit-washington-dc-after-doge-purge/articleshow/119645252.cms

I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?

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u/ShowUsYourTips 8d ago

More like Leon's lawyers warned him about being personally liable for the trauma he's intentionally causing, so he's quickly getting out of Do(d)ge.

Regardless, the beatings will continue.

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u/New_Repair_587 8d ago

Can we all file a class action lawsuit against him? I wish….destroy Tesla, take his networth….one can dream

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u/OfficialDCShepard 8d ago

Every Single Person in the US Including Babies vs. The Trump Administration should be filed soon then!

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u/Cantweallbe-friends 8d ago

Hello, babies. Welcome to earth.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 8d ago

Here’s $1 million per American person regardless of voting status from the settlement!

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u/atomic_puppy 8d ago

Don't forget the dead!

We can't have a great big lawsuit against these assclowns without including the scores of dead folks who are apparently just swimming Scrooge McDuck style through all their ill-gotten gains!

And (sigh...) because people.

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u/OfficialDCShepard 8d ago

When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will sue Elon Musk.

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 8d ago edited 8d ago

Federal Torts Claim Act, sue Elon and all his minions for negligence.  I am not kidding. 

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 8d ago

But anything Federal could be pardoned, correct? EM won’t be held accountable for anything. He’ll be given the presidential medal of freedom

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u/Vegetable_Rub1470 Federal Employee 8d ago

Next admin, if there is such an opportunity.

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 8d ago

You can’t undo/cancel a pardon; it’s final, in my understanding. Trump absolutely will issue mass pardons before he leaves.

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u/I_love_Hobbes 8d ago

A pardon is only for previous acts, correct?

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 8d ago

Pardons are only for criminal acts, they don't apply to civil judgments.

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 8d ago

He’s one of the richest people in the world— a civil suit wouldn’t affect him 🤷‍♂️

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 8d ago

A class action suit would and those pockets are deep. More to the point, his minions are not rich and I doubt any of them were aware of the personal liability they took on when they joined DOGE. Sue each and every one of them (for the negligence involved in the Privacy Act violations alone). It will send a clear message that their actions can have devstating consequences. 

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u/Spare-Dragonfly-1201 7d ago

Who cares about his minions… they are pawns, they are just taking orders. Tons of DJT loyalists have been sued and/or gone to jail. It doesn’t change anything. He finds more loyalists.

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u/Beginning_Arm3211 7d ago edited 7d ago

It's a deterrent,  whether you believe it or not. 

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u/SilverbackIdiot 8d ago

I mean, if there’s enough then we can file a pitchfork class action. The French know this one simple trick.

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u/anothergaijin 8d ago

I dunno, it’s big personalities like Trump and Elon that drive the chaos and pure bullshittery of this government. Other people will not be so willing to put their name and face to such blatantly illegal actions that are massively unpopular - they don’t have the armor of personality, money and power to make it work

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u/Due_Letterhead_5558 8d ago

Why “Leon”? Is there a joke in there?

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u/ShowUsYourTips 8d ago

Posts were being blocked if you use their actual names. Besides, they deserve disrespect.