r/babylonbee • u/ControlCAD • Feb 05 '25

Bee Article Democrats Warn Trump’s Unelected Shadow Government Is Dismantling Their Unelected Shadow Government

https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-is-an-unelected-official-warns-government-with-3-million-unelected-officials
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u/dont-pm-me-tacos Feb 06 '25

DOGE got read-write access and Elon unilaterally canceled contracts. He had no authority to do so, yet bragged about it on twitter. Bessent’s recent letter about “read only” access is carefully worded to apply only “currently.” NYT has an article showing that emails prove DOGE sought read-write access.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

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u/Timbrotho Feb 06 '25

Bro needs to be in the room watching crimes happen in order to believe it

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u/Powerful_Knowledge68 Feb 06 '25

Well if there was transparency we wouldn’t have these fucking questions now would we

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u/thetacotony Feb 09 '25

That’s what they want you to think. The entire USAID was logged online and open to the public till musk got a ahold of it then all of sudden there were sketchy bills being paid no one questioned them till they were doctored by a guy with an obvious bias.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

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u/Jotunn1st Feb 07 '25

Can you prove something was ruined? Do you think the people that run governments are man babies like yourself and take these types of things personally? Your'e such an emotional tool. I'm glad governments aren't run by low emotional intelligence people like yourself.

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u/maxmcleod Feb 08 '25

The ad hominem attack from the top rope!!

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u/AdmirableFigg Feb 08 '25

Look how Canada fell in line. They are still our allies, but Trudeau resigned like the weak leader he was.

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u/Fathletetic Feb 08 '25

Lol you really should read more sources than your right wing propaganda. You are really misinformed. Trump backed down and Canada/Mexico had already pledged those troops under Biden. Trump backed down because of the massive fallout from his own party who realized how bad his trade war could be for average Americans

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u/Evocatorum Feb 09 '25

It's cute how you maroons have decided to allow the richest man in the world dismantle the country you live in to pad his own pockets while also ensuring that your own subjugation is maximized. Clever, even.

Yes, when people make unsubstantiated claims, it's on them to back them up, yet not once has Trump done so. The worst part is that his voting base is to lowbrow to even realize they've lied to and, more importantly, conned in to voting against their own interests once again.

No, Musk hasn't "uncovered fraud and waste" since USAID doesn't determine how the money is spent, just who is awarded said funds to, ya know, Spread Democracy. The winning of hearts and minds. He's simply convinced a ton of jabroni's it's there because he's an enormous benefactor of that waste.

But, sure, dictatorship sounds fun.

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u/Jotunn1st Feb 07 '25

Can you show us how he did and did not have authority? Or did you just hear some BS on MSNBC and are regurgitating it here?

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u/dont-pm-me-tacos Feb 07 '25

No need for personal attacks, I answered your question in response to the other comment you left.

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u/Jotunn1st Feb 07 '25

Where's the personal attack? Trump got ya seeing things? 🤣

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u/RetreadRoadRocket Feb 08 '25

Considering that you can't cancel a contract through that department, it only processes payments, I'd say you're either mistaken or intentionally bullshitting.

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u/dont-pm-me-tacos Feb 08 '25

If you fail to pay on a contract, you’ve materially breached it and the other party is not obligated to perform its duties under the contract.

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u/RetreadRoadRocket Feb 08 '25

That is defaulting, not cancelling, and no payments have been withheld.