The hostile takeover of federal IT systems is intended to use technology to reach preordained conclusions.
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Posted inAmerica and the World
Elon Musk’s China Threat
The shadow president has deep ties to the Chinese dictatorship, and it shows. The risk to national security is unimaginable.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Vought Stops CFPB From Functioning With Illegal Order
The budget director and acting head of the CFPB also tried to defund the agency, but found it was already funded through the fiscal year.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Silicon Valley Gang
On our live show, David and Moe break down who is really running the show in Washington.
Posted inTAP
Two Grifters Off to Seize the World*
Today on TAP: The Trump-Musk proposed sovereign wealth fund fits the pattern—dictatorship as an opportunity for personal enrichment.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bessent Gives Musk a Present, Stalling CFPB Oversight of Big Tech
A hastily added second order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director halts the agency from supervising non-bank firms like X.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s Energy Czar Is All In on AI
Doug Burgum is the perfect conduit for Big Tech and Big Oil’s joint agenda.
Posted inPolitics
2024’s Foreseeable Unforeseens
What many refused to see in the last election becomes clearer day by day.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Private Equity Hatchet Man Leading the Lost Boys of DOGE
If Tom Krause is looking for government waste, ‘he should look in the mirror,’ says an ex-employee.
Posted inTAP
A Plan for the Resistance
Today on TAP: Come April, it will be time to celebrate—and renew—America’s 1775 revolt against usurping monarchs.
