Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees

[Galraedia]

Elon Musk is so excited to start his new gig ruining the federal government that he’s getting an early start by goading his millions of followers to cyberbully government employees.

This week, Musk took aim at Ashley Thomas, the director of climate diversification for the U.S. International Finance Corporation—a highly technical role that involves developing ways of securing agriculture and infrastructure against extreme weather, one agency official told The Wall Street Journal.

After a right-wing troll account posted on X drawing attention to Thomas’s position, Musk reposted it, noting that there were “So many fake jobs.” Ironic, coming from a CEO.

Speaking of fake jobs, last week, Donald Trump announced that Musk would be co-heading the Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory board set on slashing the government budget by a trillion dollars, hoping to cut personnel and essential government services … so they can be snatched up by government contractors or outsourced to private companies … owned by billionaires … like Musk.

Musk’s decision to sic his millions of X followers on a specific individual, whose only crime seems to be having a job that Musk in all his infinite tech bro wisdom doesn’t understand, isn’t just cruel, it’s dangerous.

Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/188773/elon-musk-x-government-employees-call-out

[Irish_Dem]

1. If only there were laws protecting federal workers from being harassed on the job.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Not to worry -- Melamina will be all over it !

Remember, opposing cyberbullying was supposed to be her "big thing", before she decided that destroying Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden was more important.

[IronLionZion]

3. The foreigners threatening American citizens and destroying American jobs

are people like Elon Musk.

I'm sure Texas power grid is one example where protection against extreme weather might come in handy. There are other examples in places with lots of wildfires or hurricanes.

[Montauk6]

4. This could be a truly jumbo popcorn tub moment

Given that the biggest dippers in the federal till are the Redpublican states, I wonder how this sitcom will end…

[DeepWinter]

10. I myself an looking forward to it

There is a lot of waste and fat in Fed Government. We'd all like our tax dollars spent wisely. The Republicans just don't fully realize how this will affect them too. /Popcorn indeed.

[Karasu]

5. Fuck "DOGE."

This is the stupidest, goofiest shit, and yet it's also extremely dangerous, because the inmates are running the asylum and they actually take this shit seriously.

Take your fictional "non-government department department" and shove it where it belongs, Elon.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. Let me get this straight.

A guy who is the head of a government department that doesn't actually exist is accusing someone else of having a fake job?

[Galraedia]

7. It's actually not a government department though but a cringe presidential advisory commission

lead by billionaires, one of whom is heavily dependent on tax dollars.

[lostnfound]

8. Wrecking ball to government. Website lists thousands of Biden executive branch employees

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The Federal government is stocked with expertise and science.
The Trump administration destroying it is a feature, not a bug.
Putin wants US govt to be idiotic and divisive.
Billionaires / Heritage wants all expertise to be privatized and profit-seeking.

The agency that this woman works for is responsible for projects all over the world to provide US expertise or assistance which supports US strategic interests.
It’s been a strategy that ensured US domination for a century. But now we can cede it to the Chinese or the Russians. The Chinese are a bit economically challenged right now, but they have been undertaking large projects in many parts of the world to increase their influence. To a smaller extent, true with the Russians as well.

[lostnfound]

9. International DFC - climate diversification projects - examples

This gives insight into the value of this organization to US strategic interests. Some of it are loan guarantees. These types of projects are small investments that support the ability of the US to influence local governments, prevent climate-driven mass migration and wars, develop industrial capability or raw materials that the US deems that it needs for the future.

US corporations are almost always benefiting from these investments, as loans are given for development to happen that uses US companies to lead construction or to consult on the projects, or to benefit from the raw material output.

https://www.dfc.gov/media/press-releases/dfc-announces-nearly-4-billion-new-climate-finance-commitments-cop29
*In Kenya, a $20 million DFC loan will help Victory Farms expand sustainable tilapia production in Lake Victoria to increase access to an affordable source of protein.
* In Indonesia, a $126 million DFC loan to PT Medco Cahaya Geothermal will finance the development of 31.4MW of geothermal power generation capacity in East Java
* In Angola, a $553 million loan to the Lobito Atlantic Railway will support the upgrade and rehabilitation of a mineral port and more than 800 miles of rail to help ensure the efficient, reliable, and lower-emission transport of minerals that are critical to the clean energy transition