STATE OF PLAY: WHY WE’RE TAKING ACTION
The Trump-Musk coup is underway, and we’re all paying the price. Through his farce agency DOGE, Elon Musk and Trump are dismantling democracy in real-time and ripping apart the services millions rely on. Here’s what’s happening:
- 💥 Economic terrorism at OMB: Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) attempted to cut all federal funding for child nutrition, healthcare, domestic violence shelters, and veterans' programs. A judge blocked it—for now.
- 💰 Elon Musk has his hands on U.S. Treasury payments: Trump’s Treasury Secretary secretly gave Musk access to a system that moves trillions of dollars. Will he block payments to safety-net programs? Funnel confidential financial data to his companies? We don’t know—because there is zero oversight.
- 🏦 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was gutted: At Musk’s behest, Trump-installed director Russell Vought ordered all investigations and enforcement actions to stop—allowing banks, payday lenders, and credit card companies to scam Americans with zero consequences.
- ⚖️ JD Vance declared the courts illegitimate if they try to stop Trump. He openly stated that the judiciary has no right to constrain the president’s power.
And while all of this unfolds, House Republicans are trying to ram through an extremist budget that rips food off tables and puts education and healthcare out of reach—while handing over control of government funding to Elon Musk. They’re slashing programs that help families afford rent, childcare, and healthcare and stripping resources from the very agencies that keep corporations in check. All the while, Musk and Trump tighten their grip on the government, using it as a piggy bank for their own gain. This isn’t governance; it’s outright theft.
They think they can get away with it because people won’t notice. That’s where we come in.
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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