Summary

Elon Musk is facing criticism for targeting Ashley Thomas, a federal climate official, by reposting a right-wing troll’s comment labeling her job as a “fake job.”

Musk’s actions, reminiscent of his past harassment of ex-Twitter employee Yoel Roth, prompted concerns about the safety of federal employees.

This comes as Musk prepares to co-lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, aiming to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget, potentially outsourcing roles to private companies.

Critics argue Musk’s tactics intimidate public servants while benefiting billionaire-owned businesses.

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    11 days ago

    The fact that he’s going to rinse NASA and no one can stop him despite the obvious conflict is wild.

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    I’d say he’s just finishing his transition to being a full on comic book style supervillain, but honestly Lex Luthor would have more class than this

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    Well we voted the world’s biggest cyberbully into office, eyes wide open.

    Too bad Melania’s campaign didn’t work…

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    A trillion? That’s it? That’s literally the budget deficit after Trump’s corporate tax cuts from 35% to 21% (18% to 11% effective) .

    Repeal the TJCA

    What’s next?

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    the absolute audacity of this piece of shit, who has demonstrated that he has the fakest job on earth, literally doing nothing but scrolling through twitter all day, calling someone else’s job fake. even after sucking up to the president elect the best he got was a fake position on a fake agency that’s not even official. fucking clown.

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    Privitizing will obviously be more, not less, expensive. These supposed prodigies of wealth generation think creating middlemen is a good call? Elon makes 80% of his money through the government and the rest through stupid investors, I guess he well represents the middleman class.

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    he should be tried for mobbing. he probably won’t even go because he thinks he is the real shit

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    Well, yeah, “federal climate official” is a fake job. The United States is on track to destroy the climate, so what the fuck is her job supposed to be?