…The WH is the latest govt property on which #Starlink now operates.

In recent weeks, Starlink was also set up at the #GSA, which has served as a hub for #Musk’s government-shrinking efforts…

While several #FederalAgencies contract w/Starlink, the satellite service is typically used to provide internet access in emergency situations & to remote locations — not at federal buildings in DC, which already have ample internet options.

Dudek has repeatedly rebutted that claim. While a database of people who have had #SocialSecurity numbers is missing dates of death for millions of records, that doesn’t mean those people appear in a separate database of beneficiaries, he said.

Under #Trump, the agency is already undergoing a *reorganization*, w/snr staffers exiting, & job cuts & office reductions in the works—alarming Dems who see them as a threat to a #benefits program….

#TiffanyFlick said she didn’t know what #DOGE was working on, but that it seemed to have something to do with allegations of widespread *fraud* that she considered to be “invalid.”

A spox for the #SocialSecurity Administration did not respond to questions about DOGE’s work at the agency. Russo, Gracias, Coulter, Bobba & Davis also did not respond to messages seeking comment.

As part of the #clemency effort, #SBF’s parents Mr. Bankman & Ms. Fried, who are #Stanford University #law professors & longtime active #Democrats [shame], are consulting w/Kory Langhofer, an AZ atty who worked for #Trump’s 2016 & 2020 presidential campaigns. Politically connected businesspeople & DC lobbyists have also received outreach from intermediaries who claim to be allies of #SamBankmanFried….

…The push appears intended to capitalize on #Trump’s #transactional approach to #clemency. Trump favors #pardon seekers w/connections to him—either personally or through lawyers & lobbyists—& claims of *prosecutorial misconduct* [perceived persecution] that echo his own #grievances about the cases against him.

Since #ElonMusk’s so-called #DOGE took over important govt #technology teams within the #GSA & what was formally known as the #USDS, around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing around a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from #PublicHealth to #passport applications.

The meeting was a potential turning point after the frenetic first weeks of #Trump’s 2nd term. It yielded the first significant indication that Trump is willing to put some limits on #Musk, whose efforts have become the subject of several lawsuits & prompted concerns from #Republican lawmakers, some of whom have complained directly to Trump.

Throughout all of this, #Trump sat back in his chair, arms folded, as if he were watching a tennis match.

After the argument dragged on for an uncomfortable time, Trump finally intervened to defend #Rubio as doing a “great job.” Rubio has a lot to deal with, he said. “He is very busy, he is always traveling & on TV, & he has an agency to run. So everyone just needs to work together.”

#MarcoRubio had been privately furious w/ #Musk for weeks, ever since his team effectively shuttered an entire agency that was supposedly under #Rubio’s control: the #USAID. But, in the extraordinary #cabinet meeting in front of #Trump & around 20 others — details of which have not been reported before — Rubio got his grievances off his chest.

#Trump won significant financial support from the #crypto industry in his 2024 election bid, & he has quickly moved to back their policy priorities. Under his Democratic predecessor, Joe #Biden, #regulators cracked down on the industry in a bid to protect Americans from #fraud & #MoneyLaundering.

#ElonMusk's government *efficiency* effort has led to thousands of #layoffs in the federal government, disrupting government operations across the country. #Musk, who leads #space company #SpaceX, has long criticized space #regulations for being too *slow & outdated* [requiring him to abide w/safety standards & laws].

Their termination, the sources said, threatens to undermine efforts to complete what is essentially an air traffic coordination system for #space, currently operating in a trial phase as growing global demand for crucial #satellite services sharply increases the number of #spacecraft in Earth's #orbit.