It has been nearly a decade since we first heard about Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
Yes, it was in 2016 that Clinton’s emails played a significant role in costing her the Presidency. In what many consider to be the most monstrous act in human history, Clinton used a private email server for official public communications as opposed to using State Department email accounts on federal servers, resulting in 100 emails out of about 30,000 that should have been designated “classified” at the time they were sent.
I think we can all agree that based on these actions alone, Satan should drag Hillary Clinton to the ninth circle of Hell and chew on her for eternity alongside Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Gaius Cassius Longinus.
In seriousness, while I think Clinton’s email server was obviously blown out of proportion, I do think cyber security is something that should be taken seriously. Our elected officials obviously should be held to a high standard and shouldn’t risk compromising state secrets or private data.
And that is why I am as angry as I have ever been about our new President Elon Musk.
Make no mistake, Musk is the man in charge right now. Donald Trump may be President in name, but Musk is the one calling the shots. He has every right to be; he paid good money for Trump and he wants a return on his investment. Buying the election was probably the best business decision of his career.
If you have been following Elon Musk’s actions over the last few weeks with any scrutiny whatsoever, you should be apoplectic. One man, the richest man in the world, is dismantling our federal government with no oversight whatsoever.
So what exactly has Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) been up to the last few weeks? Here’s a brief overview:
-A DOGE team member gained access to the NOAA’s IT system to search for staff related to diversity programs.
-The US Agency for International Development, responsible for humanitarian efforts around the world, will be completely dismantled by DOGE unless federal judges manage to block the effort.
-Musk has gained access to the Federal Aviation Administration in order to make “rapid safety upgrades,” according to the man himself. This is the same guy who made a truck that will die if it gets wet.
-Musk is literally trying to dismantle the Department of Education. Just completely do away with it.
-Perhaps most importantly, Musk and his team of 19 year old hackers have seemingly unfettered access to the Treasury, including access to our Social Security numbers, our taxpayer records, and our bank account information.
Now riddle me this: why is some immigrant who was not elected to any office being allowed to take apart the federal government like a cheap watch? There isn’t even a name for the kind of crime Elon Musk is committing. “Treason” comes closest, but it does not fully encompass the scope and the scale of the corruption and fraud being committed here.
Trump, whom you might remember as the guy ostensibly elected to be President, said that Musk is “finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste.” The defense I keep hearing is that Musk’s actions are necessary to root out wasteful federal spending.
To that I say three things.
One, everyone knows that the federal government wastes a lot of money, and an argument could easily be made that some sort of duly-appointed investigative body should look into that issue. This isn’t that. This is the richest man on Earth and his team of loyal incels hacking apart federal systems without even bothering to understand why they were created in the first place.
Two, when it comes to my list of worries, wasteful government spending is pretty low on the totem pole. I’d rather have a half penny of my tax dollars go toward a bunch of grad students studying whether sea cucumbers can experience ennui than military drones and subsidies for billionaires. While we’re at it, I’d rather the government waste my money on dumb stuff than have it go toward Social Security. I’m 40 years old; it’s not like I’m ever going to see a thin dime by the time I’m eligible to collect. And if you think for one second that rooting out government inefficiency will cause your taxes to go down, then I have the world’s worst electric truck to sell you.
And three, what exactly does Elon Musk intend to do with our Social Security numbers and taxpayer records and bank account information? Sell the data for a profit? Make it so that you can’t get a bank loan if you ever called Elon Musk a Nazi wiener on Twitter? I have absolutely no idea. No one does. That is terrifying.
Again, no one voted for any of this. No one asked for it. But Elon Musk, in his unchecked arrogance, decided to try and buy his way into being the leader of the free world, to dismantle our nation and rebuild it in his repellent image. So far, it’s working.
If that doesn’t make you angry as hell, I don’t even know what to tell you.
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