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BumRushDaShow

(154,205 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:12 AM Tuesday

'Big name' Musk allies may soon get shown the door amid bitter spat

Source: Raw Story

June 9, 2025 7:51PM ET


Now that tech billionaire Elon Musk has fallen out with President Donald Trump, his ongoing allies still working within the White House could be prime targets, Semafor reported on Monday evening.

"MAGA loyalists are taking advantage of the Trump-Musk rift to threaten the standing of anyone in the administration who’s perceived as too close to the Tesla CEO," reported Shelby Talcott and Eleanor Mueller.

The man spearheading this effort is Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser and far-right webcaster, "whose long-running animosity toward Musk peaked last week with the former calling to deport Musk from the US and the latter deeming Bannon a 'Communist r-----.'"

The key figure Bannon most wants ousted, per the report, is David Sacks, who like Musk is a South African immigrant entrepreneur involved with him in the early days of PayPal, and is currently serving as a cryptocurrency adviser in the Trump administration. “You’re dangerous. It’s all about you, not the country.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/musk-allies-fired/



Link to Semafor article - Musk’s administration allies become targets
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Javaman

(64,030 posts)
1. of course they will be kicked out.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:39 AM
Tuesday

it's about a man-baby with a massive ego and out of control narcissistic disorder who thinks he knows everything.

just what are those eggheads going to tell him that he doesn't know already, right?

no problem with getting rid of these tech billionaire control freaks, but at the same time, they've fucked up things so righteously, that the vacuum with be epic.

slightlv

(5,739 posts)
8. Oh, man...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 11:23 AM
Tuesday
2. G.O.P.ers look to Bannon and Krasnov as their Moral Exemplars and Leaders


Just how screwed up is that?!

calimary

(86,605 posts)
14. MASSIVELY screwed up.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:57 PM
Tuesday

And we've still got three-and-a-half YEARS of this shit yet to get through.

calimary

(86,605 posts)
16. That is one helluva worthy goal, I must say!
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:49 PM
Tuesday

Cuz I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT until (presumably) a changing of the guard in 2028.

magicarpet

(18,445 posts)
3. DOGE's illegal data mining of government databases has not been disbanded with the departure of Musk.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:10 AM
Tuesday

.... personal and private information of American citizens. The bro-ligarchy is using this private information that we entrusted to our government to build their Artificial Intelligence Systems that will be worth billions and billions of dollars once completed.

They intend to consolidate all governmental databases into one Motherload database then use these powerful databases to keep us under surveillance and as a formidable political weapon to keep the Fascists in power.

DOGE has not been disbanded because eLoon Musk has been shown the door by djt. Djt has hired Peter Thiel to pickup where Musk left off and continue this illegal data mining a pace.

■○■○■○■○

The Trump administration has reportedly been discreetly working with Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ LTR) to gather personal data of American citizens from various federal agencies, sparking concerns over privacy and potential misuse of personal data.

What Happened: President Trump’s March executive order for federal data sharing is being implemented through Palantir’s product, Foundry. Although Trump has not publicly discussed this initiative, this platform is already in use by several federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services as well as the Social Security Administration, reported The New York Times on Friday.

Link below to more info,..

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-silently-employs-palantir-213150870.html

slightlv

(5,739 posts)
9. I've already received a notice of data breach involving
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 11:24 AM
Tuesday

my info and my husband's. Told hubby last night, I expect it to the first in a long long of these things.

BumRushDaShow

(154,205 posts)
5. It doesn't take much to get Bannon off the rails
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:39 AM
Tuesday

as he is erratic when it comes to all kinds of policy things.

slightlv

(5,739 posts)
10. Bannon has always wanted the entire government of the U.S.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 11:26 AM
Tuesday

to fall. He's for chaos and anarchy, and no government. He's living his best dream right now. Think about that, and how we're feeling right now about the world we live in. We view it as a horrendous dystopia, and he's living his bliss. SMDH

usonian

(18,181 posts)
6. Long time Silicon Valley investor sheds 💦💦 tears 💦💦 over bad decision. 💦💦
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 10:27 AM
Tuesday
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220378706

spoiler:

One word of advice for those in Silicon Valley who followed Musk’s lead and sided with Trump. Leave. Don’t delude yourself that you are working to make crypto a part of global finance, minimising artificial intelligence regulation, helping start-up companies or protecting the interests of Silicon Valley. You have no sway. You are just cannon fodder.

notinkansas

(1,245 posts)
13. I want to know when Congress is
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:04 PM
Tuesday

going to get off their asses and get rid of DOGE entirely.

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