1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Native Lamb Pod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: with Reason Choice Media. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. I am happy to be here with you 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: all today. This is my second solo pod with Native 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: Lampod and as we say normally, with my co hosts 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: who aren't with me of course, because it's a solo pod, 8 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: Tiffany Cross and Andrew Gillum shout out to tiff is 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: her birthday week. Welcome home, y'all. So today we are 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: getting back into it. Last week, as you all know, 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: we covered the federal funding freeze, and this week I 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: want to talk about President Elon Musk. There are gonna 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: be a couple of these in this series. I think 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: next we're going to talk about Steven Miller, who is 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: the Deputy chief of Staff for Policy at the White House. 16 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: But today I think it's really really important for us 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: to dive into the role that Elon Musk is playing 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: in the federal government, the fact that it is very 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: much outside, perhaps illegal, and he is waiting in the water, 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: maybe drowning in the water, with conflicts of interest. So 21 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: we're going to get into that, I think first and 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: foremost what I really want to talk about. Actually, before 23 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: I get into anything, let me offer this disclaimer, because 24 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: what we know about this White House and the Trump 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: administration is they are highly litigious. So to cover my 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: home behind iHeart and reason choice media, let me say this. 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: I am acknowledging that they are very litigious. That what 28 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about today is going to infuriate 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: some associated with the federal government. Whether they are contractors, 30 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: Elon Musk acolytes, Trump acolytes, fans, MAGA protesters, or anything else, 31 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: the fact that remains that they are litigious. So I 32 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: want you to ensure I want to ensure that you 33 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: know the sources. I will cite the sources as much 34 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: as I can. I will do my best to say 35 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: what is alleged. I will let you know what is 36 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: a theory and what is my inner holy ghost, the 37 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: black woman's discernment, and let you know that it is just. 38 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: That a theory. 39 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: And then I will also be sure as always to 40 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: let you know what is a fact, because facts matter 41 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: in a day and age where they could not convince 42 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: us more that they do not. 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: They matter. 44 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: And I will also make sure that I am diligent 45 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: about this because. 46 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 2: I think that these are Donald Trump's puppet masters. 47 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: Starting of course, with Elon Musk, I said, I think 48 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: that means it's a theory. So one of the things 49 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: that we will also continue to go back to is 50 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: Project twenty twenty five. In Project twenty twenty five, efficiency 51 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: or inefficiency is mentioned at least sixty times in that document. 52 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: So it's no wonder that the Trump administration is working 53 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 1: diligently to come up with something that makes government more efficient. 54 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: In fact, they created an agency, because you know, Republicans 55 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: are apparently about big government these days, they added a 56 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: new agency. That agency is called the Department of Government Efficiency, 57 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: because the best way to make government more efficient is 58 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: to add another agency. I'm just kidding if you can't tell. 59 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: So the other thing that I think we should talk 60 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: about is who Donald Trump and Elon were, where their 61 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: relationship originated, and how we got to this very treacherous place. 62 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: So on July thirteenth, twenty twenty four, Elon Musk went 63 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: to the platform that he purchased formally known as Twitter 64 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: to endorse Donald Trump. Since then, the evil brother to 65 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: True Social has seemingly suppressed the content of its most 66 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: progressive users, and has amplified content that is relate to, 67 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: related to and bolsters the once banned President Donald Trump. 68 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: So let's talk briefly about who Elon Musk is. So 69 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: he is a South African born entrepreneur. He is believed 70 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: to be the richest man in the world, with a 71 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: reported net worth of more than four hundred and ten 72 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: billion dollars. One hundred and fifty billion of that four 73 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: hundred and ten billion has been garnered since the twenty 74 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 1: twenty four election. You heard me right, So he got 75 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: a whole additional one hundred and fifty billion dollars since 76 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: the election. I think that is worth noting. Next, this 77 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: former h one B visa holder. As I said, he 78 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: is the South African born richest man in the world. 79 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: Elon Musk got rich from building companies like PayPal and 80 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: then going on to invest in companies like Tesla, which 81 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: most of us know him from. 82 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: And SpaceX. 83 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: This election cycle, he establish a pack called America Pack 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: for those of you who don't know, a pack stands 85 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: for political Action committee. So he founded America Political Action 86 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: Committee and according to FBC filing, spent seventy two million 87 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: dollars to support the election of Donald J. 88 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 2: T Donald J. 89 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: Trump so again July endorsement established his America Pack spends 90 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: seventy two million dollars of his own money to help 91 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: get Donald Trump elected. I would say a theory is 92 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: he did a little bit more than that. You all 93 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: know my theory if you watch the podcast. If you 94 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: don't know my theory, watch the podcast. It is a theory. 95 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: It is not confirmed, but I believe that the SpaceX 96 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: Satellite Division might have had something to do with this 97 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: electoral victory. 98 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: So there's that now. 99 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: I want to also say that that it is that. Well, 100 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm just going back to the facts. Let me go 101 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: back to the facts. Don't ever bouy my theories for now. 102 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: So one of Trump's earliest advisors, Steve Bannon, who you 103 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: are may remember. His name may ring a bell because 104 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: he was held in contempt of Congress for not cooperating 105 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: with Congress. He said recently that Elon Musk's sole objective is. 106 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 2: To become a trillionaire. 107 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: There is apparently trouble in paradise because Steve Bannon and 108 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Elon must don't rock with each other. Steve Bannon was 109 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: fired in the last Trump administration, but he is still 110 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: a diehard Maga. So the Magas are scrapping. So he 111 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: said that his only goal is to become a trillionaire. 112 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: He says that white South Africans are the most racist 113 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: on the planet. It's funny to watch the pot calling 114 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: the kettle black, or maybe to watch the pot calling 115 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: the kettle white, or to say that the sheet and 116 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: the wall match. I don't know, but I just think 117 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: it's worth noting. So they're fighting, there's trouble in paradise. 118 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: He said that he was going to see to it 119 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: by inauguration that Elon Musk did not have the unfettered 120 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: access that surprise he has. So Steve Bannon, you fail, 121 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: Try again, for try again now. I want to just 122 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: get into the frail a little bit around what's happening 123 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: in South Africa. You would will have just noted that 124 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: most recently, Donald Trump said that he was going to 125 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: cut off all funding the South Africa. I keep emphasizing 126 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: the South African born Elon Musk for a reason. 127 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: Elon Musk might have something to do with this policy. 128 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: So South Africa just announced a land expropriation law, and 129 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: that law passed last month. It is designed to redress 130 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: the apartheid era confiscation of land owned by black people, 131 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: and Donald Trump, in response to this law passing in 132 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: South Africa, made this statement on true social South Africa 133 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly. 134 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: A massive, a massive human rights violation at a minimum 135 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: is happening for all to see. The United States won't 136 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: stand for it. 137 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: We will act. Also note this part. 138 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: Also, I will be cutting off all future spending, all 139 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: future funding. I'm sorry about that, all future funding to 140 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has 141 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: been completed. Now, what is fascinating about this is Donald Trump, 142 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: Mister America first himself is real focused on where he's 143 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,679 Speaker 1: going to, you know, lay down the law on a tariff. 144 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: He drew that back, he pulled that back, and now 145 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: he's talking about funding the South Africa. And South Africa 146 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: only receives foreign aid from US to the tune of 147 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: four hundred million dollars annually and it's mostly for health programs, 148 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: primarily focused around HIV AID support. So it's fascinating that 149 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: he's tied this land expropriation law that is designed to 150 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: give people back the land that they once had and 151 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 1: he's saying, we're not going to do this. Now what 152 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: you should also know and then I'm gonna get back 153 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: to America, roll with me to South Africa a little 154 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: bit longer. Elon Mus's hometown homeland home country. Land ownership 155 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: has been a very contentious issue in South Africa. This is, 156 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: according to BBC, for more than a century. In nineteen thirteen, 157 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: British colonies authorized British colonial authorities pass legislation that restricted 158 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: the property rights of the country's black majority. Again, the 159 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: law that was just passed is designed to give back 160 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: black folks the land that they once had. The Native's 161 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: Land Act left the vast majority of the land under 162 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: the control of the white minority and set the foundation 163 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: for the forced removal of black people to poor homelands, 164 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: homelands and townships. And this is more than three decades ago, 165 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: until the end of apartheid. Now, the other thing that 166 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: I think is worth noting is that Elon mu Us 167 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: had something to say and it sounded very similar to 168 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: what Donald Trump said around returning the land. 169 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: And it being a racist policy. 170 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: So the Washington Post said that South Africa's government has 171 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: framed land reform as a moral social and economic imperative. 172 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: I think many of us would agree with that given 173 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: our own experiences in this country because of the systemic 174 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: dispossession of black South Africans under apartheid. The country did 175 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: a land audit in twenty seventeen, and that land audit 176 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: says that the white population in South Africa owned seventy 177 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 1: two percent of individually owned farms and agricultural holdings. Mixed 178 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: race citizens also known as coloreds in South Africa owned 179 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: fifteen percent, Indians owned five percent, In Africans owned four percent. Now, 180 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: what you need to know is, according to the twenty 181 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: twenty two census in South Africa, white folks made up 182 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: seven point three percent of the population, but again owned 183 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: seventy two percent of the farms and agricultural lands. So 184 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: when Elon Musk says, why do you guys have openly 185 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: racist ownership laws, he's not looking at the data and 186 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: he's not looking at the impact, not even the intention 187 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 1: of the law. We talked several times now about what 188 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: the intention of that law is. But Elon Musk is 189 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: focusing on the fact that white South Africans like him 190 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: are going to perhaps get land snatched, that they're not 191 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: even occupying. By the way, it is unoccupied land, unclaimed 192 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,599 Speaker 1: land that they are returning back to black citizens. 193 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 2: And that is what is bizarre to me. 194 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: But what is very clear to me is you know, 195 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: for Elon Musk, if it don't make dollars, it don't 196 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: make sense. He says, well, it's been noted that Musk's 197 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: Starlink satellite internet service was denied and this is a 198 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: company that is a subsidiary of SpaceX. It was denied 199 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: a license in South Africa because it doesn't meet affirmative 200 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: action criteria. 201 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 2: All of this story to say to you. 202 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: That if Elon Musk doesn't have a direct financial opportunity. 203 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 2: Or a potential, he don't care. 204 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: So the reason that Elon Musk is tweeting about South 205 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: Africa and its racist laws ownership laws is really because 206 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: this is a theory, by the way, is really because 207 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: Elon Musk is frustrated by the fact that his company, 208 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: Starlink Satellite was denied a license in South Africa. So 209 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: now he's questioning everything they do to create equitable outcomes 210 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: for people who have suffered under an apartheid system and 211 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: still haven't seen equity, equality and justice. If we're honest. 212 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: So he has Donald Trump in the fray around the 213 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: expropriation law, but really he wants to upset what's going 214 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: on in South Africa because he didn't get a contract 215 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: which brings us to the United States. So what we 216 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: also know is that Elon Musk has marched his white 217 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: man privilege into the White House, into the White House 218 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: complex at that with office space in his role as 219 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: the Department of Government Efficiency lead, and Donald Trump has 220 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 1: named him a special government employee. There is a big well, actually, 221 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: there are several big issues with Elon Musk being named 222 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: a special government employee, especially because in some ways it 223 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: appears so again this is a theory, it appears that 224 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: Donald Trump and his administration don't understand that conflict of 225 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: interest and ethics still apply to special government employees. So 226 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 1: I want to get into that a little bit because 227 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: I think it's important to understand. One, Elon must South 228 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: African descent, since they can't stand immigrant so much. It 229 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: depends apparently white immigrants are in the clear, but he's 230 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: a South African immigrant who now has unfettered access to 231 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: the federal government. Anybody that has created an obstacle for 232 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: him economically he's going after we saw him do that 233 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: most recently with the South African president, and he's gotten 234 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: Donald Trump in the frey there. 235 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 2: But furthermore, furthermore. 236 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: We need to understand what he plans to do with 237 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: the Department of Government efficiency and how it will benefit 238 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: President Elon Musk. So I got a question, Lolo, you 239 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: just sent me from someone who said, who is leading 240 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: the investigation? What investigation are y'all talking about? I've been 241 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: talking for a long time. Just run that thing back 242 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: for me. 243 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: Okay. 244 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: So, now let's go into Elon musk potential bias as 245 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: a special government employee, the conflicts of interests that are there, 246 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: as well as the government business he has, and why 247 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: this might create a much larger issue. So special government 248 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: employees are defined in eighteen USC. Section two oho two, 249 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: that is, Title eighteen of the United States Code, Section 250 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: two zero two. 251 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 2: What can we do that does not include the Supreme Court? 252 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: Okay, these questions are I'm gonna keep I'm gonna get 253 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: through my monologue and then I'll go back to these questions. 254 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: But a special government employee means that the person's work 255 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,119 Speaker 1: does not normally exceed one hundred and thirty days annually. 256 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: We know there's three hundred and sixty five days in 257 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: a year. One hundred and thirty days may not It 258 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: may be no problem. Elon muss and his friends may 259 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: be no problem. They sleeping in government buildings, we'll get 260 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: into that later. 261 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 2: May not be a problem. 262 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: But there are some other problems. So special government employees 263 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: do have rules that apply to them. Donald Trump seemed 264 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: to try to skirt by this issue in a press 265 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: conference yesterday when he said, you know, it doesn't matter. 266 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: Elon Musk is a special government employee who also isn't 267 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: getting paid, So we'll call them a special government volunteer. 268 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: Maybe they intend to introduce a new category of employee 269 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: where none of the conflict of interests and ethics rules 270 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: apply to them, or for now they do. 271 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 2: So. 272 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: While he doesn't have to comply with every ethics rule 273 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: and conflict of interest rule that it normally applies to 274 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: a full time government employee, appointed position, et cetera, special 275 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: government employees do have rules, and especially around financial disclosures, ethics, 276 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: and misuse of position. So the in the misuse of 277 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: position part of the law, it says you cannot use 278 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: public office for their own private gain or private gains 279 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: of friends. Okay, So remember that eighteen USC. Two eight 280 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: A says it prohibits you from participating personally and substantially 281 00:16:55,480 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: in any particular matter that affects your finance interests as 282 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: well as the financial interests of your spouse, minor child, 283 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: general partner, an organization in which you serve as an officer, director, trustee, 284 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: general partner, or employee, or an organization with which you 285 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: are negotiating or with which you have an arrangement for 286 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: perspective employment. So we are going to shortly get into 287 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: the many places where Elon Musk's companies have government contracts 288 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: and why it is a problem that he accessed all 289 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: of the payment systems for the Department of Treasury, along 290 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: with several others. So I don't know if Donald Trump 291 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: and Elon Musk will get rid of FDIC. Congress can 292 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: introduce legislation to stop them. And I'm just stopping here 293 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: because there are more questions that are coming in and 294 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 1: I think that what is most important is for the 295 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: Democratic minority in the Senate and the House to find 296 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: who their potential are allies are on the other side 297 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: of the out and the Senate, in the House that 298 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: are in districts where their majorities are thin. Maybe they 299 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: were formerly blue districts. Maybe they are districts where they're Republicans, 300 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: but they're not really Trumpers like that, and so they 301 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: don't want to give him unfettered access to destroying the government. 302 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: Those are the folks who they should be looking to 303 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: ally up with, to align with, to determine what the 304 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: steps forward could be to introduce legislation to stop some 305 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: of what's happening. The majority is razor thin in the House, 306 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: and it's razor thin in the Senate. They definitely don't 307 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: have anywhere near sixty votes. So there are a number 308 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: of things that can and should be done. I'm assuming 309 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: that on these retreats and conferences that are currently being 310 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: held that they're talking about these things. 311 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 2: Now. 312 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: I want to get into two. I was gonna say 313 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, President Donald Musk elon Musk conflicts of interest. So, 314 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: according to the New York Times, Tesla has three hundred 315 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: and fifty two thousand, which isn't a lot in federal contracts, 316 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: but there are federal contracts. No less, SpaceX has fifteen 317 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: point four billion dollars in contracts with nine different departments 318 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: and three different government agencies. 319 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 2: These are all at the federal level, and. 320 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: Tesla and SpaceX, according to the New York Times, are 321 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: the subject of more than twenty investigations or reviews by 322 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: five different departments and six agencies in the federal government. 323 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 2: So that is significant. 324 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: Six figures in contracts for Tesla, billions of dollars in 325 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: contracts for SpaceX, the subject of more than twenty investigation 326 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: or reviews by five different departments and six agencies. One 327 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: of these that you probably are already guessing is the 328 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: Department of Treasury. So by election day, just so you 329 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: all understand, by election day, according to New York Times, 330 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: Elon mus led companies were in several battles across agencies 331 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: and departments, including being fined. So that brings us back 332 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: to the Department of Government efficiency. That's for a minute, 333 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: to stop here at what happened with Treasury. So there 334 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: are questions coming in about the Treasury department. What's going on, 335 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: How does it impact us? The Department of Treasury literally 336 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: is the entity that prints our money. It is literally 337 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: the entity that is charged with holding banks accountable to 338 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: ensure that our money is protected. Somebody asked about FDIC. 339 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: The Department of Treasury is responsible for more than one 340 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: billion payments per year, totaling five trillion dollars. Elon Musk 341 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: has said to let him into the Department of Treasury 342 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: because he could trim more than a trillion dollars from 343 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: the federal deficit. The payments that the Department of Treasury 344 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: oversees include all types of sensitive information, including bank accounts 345 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 1: and social Security numbers, as well as all of those payments, 346 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: so it is very, very important that we understand what 347 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: they have access to at this point. There are several 348 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: laws that Elon Musk's team could be violating. We went 349 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: through some of those relative to a special government employee 350 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: and their conflicts of interests, their financial disclosure requirements when 351 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: they're supposed to wall themselves completely off. We know that 352 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: he is an officer of a company that has federal 353 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: government contracts, a founder of a company that has federal 354 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: government contracts, and he is now in there tinkering with 355 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: his competition's payments. It's just a bridge too far from me. 356 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 2: Now. 357 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: I want to also go to OPM, which has not 358 00:21:48,440 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: been discussed as much. What you should know is OPM 359 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: is discussed, so is USAID. By the way, you all, 360 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: i'm sure, have been seeing a lot of things about 361 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: USAID in the news. USAID and OPM are talked about 362 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: in the Project twenty twenty five. There's one part on 363 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: page two seventy one where they're talked about in the 364 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: same paragraph. It is important for you to understand that 365 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: Elon Musk is not doing anything, as Donald Trump said 366 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: himself in a press conference, that hasn't already been authorized. 367 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: Donald Trump made not necessarily be the one who authorized 368 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: it or one who authorized it. But let me tell 369 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: you who is the authors of Project twenty twenty five. 370 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: The Heritage Foundation, the same Heritage Foundation that gave Ronald 371 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: Reagan his blueprint, the same Heritage Foundation that gave George 372 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,719 Speaker 1: hw and George W. Bush their blueprint. There's nothing new 373 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: under the sun, y'all. They have just renamed the thing 374 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: and they've gotten a little more Rogan reckless. The reason 375 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: you see Republican senators and members of the House on 376 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: TV saying tough, it's gonna be alright, y'all, just don't 377 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: want to trim the fat because you like bureaucracy. 378 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 2: That's not it. 379 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: They want bureaucracy, but only if it results in payments 380 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: for their friends, and if they can be punitive and 381 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: stop payments for grants that look into climate change and 382 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: grants that go to HBCUs and opportunities like funding people's 383 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: social security because you know they've been trying to cut 384 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,239 Speaker 1: that for a long time. This is what we end 385 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: up with. We talked about the impowerment clause last week 386 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: just a little bit again. It is they're now saying 387 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: that it doesn't necessarily have to be empowerment. They are 388 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: just reviewing, and that review could be a long time, 389 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: which means that they're halting payments. All of that is problematic, 390 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: and it is by design in Project twenty twenty five. 391 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: So Office of Personnel Management, which is also referenced several 392 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: times over again in Project twenty twenty five. What you 393 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: should know is that Musk associates, musk acolytes, including past 394 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: and present employees of his, have taken over OPM, which 395 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: is the Office of Personal Management. Literally, they have put 396 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: in sofa beds near the old director's office. They are 397 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: demonstrating to them that you can't even get up here 398 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: to the fifth floor if you don't have a security clearance. 399 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: And we don't approve you. And while they're doing all 400 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: of that, they are locking out senior officials at OPM. 401 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 1: According to routers from Key Systems, Elon's team has gotten 402 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: into a system called the Enterprise Human Resources Integration. That 403 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: system contains highly personal information for government personnel across agency, 404 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: across department. It includes information like your birth dates, social 405 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades, length of service 406 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,239 Speaker 1: of government workers, and any disciplinary action. All of that 407 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: is in OPM files. That includes staffing information for members 408 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: of Congress. So again, when you think about the retribute 409 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: of nature of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, this is 410 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: a way to punish their enemies, going into treasury to 411 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: halt payments, going into the OPM files to disclose data 412 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: and information that doesn't belong to them. And moreover, there 413 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 1: are certain things that the federal government has done to 414 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: keep our information safe from safe from foreign entities. They 415 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: are circumventing all of that, which also makes our information 416 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: vulnerable and susceptible to hacks by foreign government entities. I 417 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: want to go briefly into GSA. GSA is responsible for 418 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: every lease of federal office buildings and according to the AP. 419 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 2: Just last week. 420 00:25:55,200 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: Last week, an email from Washington headquarters of GS was 421 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: sent and it instructed every regional manager to terminate leases 422 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: on roughly seventy five hundred federal offices nationally. That initiative 423 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: is being led by another Elon Musk employee. Her name 424 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: is Nicole Hollander, and I believe she worked for X. 425 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: I didn't put that down, but that was another thing 426 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: to just be mindful of. They are doing this across 427 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: the board from Treasury OPM GSA. 428 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 2: We just talked about. 429 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: Office of Management and Budget, as you know, is responsible 430 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: for the federal funding freeze last week. They're doing this 431 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: at USAID USA jobs and so even if you ever 432 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: applied for a federal government job, your information is in there, 433 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: all susceptible to being shared. 434 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 2: Now. 435 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: Department of Education, we know that they're going in planning 436 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: to essentially gut the Department of Education. You all know 437 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: Project twenty twenty five and in most Republican talking points 438 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: for the throughout the years, they wanted to gut the 439 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: Department of Education SBA. They're going to do the same 440 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: thing at SBAS that they did with Treasury. Any if 441 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: you have an SBA loan, if you have an SBA grant. 442 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 1: If you have an SBA special classification, all of that 443 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: information is subject to being shared now, so a lot 444 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: of folks are asking what will people do to fight back. 445 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: It is imperative that you reach out to your member 446 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: of Congress and say you might be overwhelmed. I'm overwhelmed. 447 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 1: I don't know where we go from here, but what 448 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 1: I do know is I elected you to fight, and 449 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: here are the expectations I have of you and sharing them, 450 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,239 Speaker 1: sharing with them with their staff what you think they 451 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: should be doing. We are seeing that there are all 452 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: types of lawsuits being filed by unions who work with 453 00:27:53,840 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: federal government employees, by folks who are challenging thee the 454 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: Trump administration's birthright citizenship position. There are all types of 455 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: lawsuits that are being filed around this Elon Musk having 456 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: unfettered access to governmental government employee data, government contracts, et cetera, 457 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: especially those of UH those employees and former employees of 458 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: his who have not been fired file hire they should 459 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: be fired hired by the Feds to have any access 460 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: to this information, and how it makes us susceptible to attacks. 461 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: All of that is being challenged in the courts, but 462 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: there are things that members of Congress can and should do. 463 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: You can reach your member of Congress by calling to 464 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: zero two two two four three one two one. That 465 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: is the Capitol Hill Operator. They can transfer you to 466 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: your uh, your member of Congress, to your senator, to 467 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,959 Speaker 1: to be connected with them and to share what you 468 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: think should happen. All good ideas are all ideas right 469 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: now are good ideas. There are no bad ideas. We've 470 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: got to talk about how to fight, how to protect 471 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: what we know is ours. Now. This democracy is fragile, 472 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: it is trash, it is frustrating. But I think that 473 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: we've seen very quickly within the last couple of weeks 474 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: that so much can change in a matter of moments, 475 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: that while it hangs in the balance, that there's something 476 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: about that democracy that's worth protecting. So as we weighe 477 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: through Elon Musk's conflicts of interest, as we get frustrated 478 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: by the laws that are seemingly broken, some more apparent 479 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: than others, and the physical proximity to the president that 480 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: Elon Musk has, we know that he is still shooting 481 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: himself in the proverbial foot. So, while the tariffs are 482 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: right at Tesla's door, with Forbes reporting a dippinent stock. 483 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: It costs Elon Musk nearly twelve billion dollars to be 484 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: closely associated with this president and to be supporting policies 485 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: that may actually cause him economic harm. So this is 486 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: a reminder to him that nobody's safe in a Trump universe. 487 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: And even if you find yourself doing his bidding, ask 488 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: Michael Cohen about how that goes. Ask Steve Bannon about 489 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: how that goes. So President Elon Musk for now, but 490 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: it'll be President Stephen Miller tomorrow and we'll talk about 491 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: that next week. Before I go, I'm gonna see if 492 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: there are any other questions. It doesn't appear that there 493 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: are any. I'm thirty minutes in. It's supposed to be 494 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: a fifteen minute podcast, and so I just will say 495 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: until next time. 496 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 2: Oh no, there are more questions. Should Doge exist? Hell no? 497 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 2: Does the doge? Only? 498 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: Does the Doge make suggestions only for which federal office 499 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: they want to cut funding for? But who makes the 500 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: final decision? Yes, Donald Trump is ultimately the final arbiter. 501 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: But it sounds like he is refering to Elon Musk. 502 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: Can Elon and his team be banned from this info 503 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: and this new department by law. Yeah, the law needs 504 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: to be passed, and sadly it would need to be 505 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: signed into law by Donald Trump unless there was a 506 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: veto proof majority, and I think that would be really 507 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: challenging right now. And then there's a last question. The 508 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: gentleman that blocked Elon from accessing the system then resigned. 509 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: Has anyone talked to him? I believe you're talking about 510 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: the gentleman from the Department of Treasury. I don't know 511 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: if anybody's talked to him, and he may have resigned 512 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: just for moral reasons. Was he paid off? I don't know, 513 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,479 Speaker 1: but I will tell you who is paid off. A 514 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: good number of federal government employees to the tune of 515 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: twenty thousand, which makes up about one percent of the 516 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: overall federal government staffing, took out. Took the payouts, which 517 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: means that taking a payout, getting paid even through November 518 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: of this year, you are no longer eligible for a 519 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: federal pension. There. I'm sure we'll be a court battle 520 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,959 Speaker 1: around that as well. Don't take the payout, hold your ground, 521 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: stay in your ground, make sure that you fight until 522 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: the end. Keep sharing this information. Congressoman Maxine waters put 523 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: up on the Financial Services Committee page on the ranking 524 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: member sides. Of course she's a ranking member. A whistleblower 525 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: sheet that you can fill out form you can fill out. 526 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: Please make sure you are sharing information with members of 527 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: Congress who care, who will fight for you. That is imperative. Again, 528 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: call your members two zero two two two four three 529 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: one two one, and until next time, Welcome home, y'all. 530 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 2: This is long. 531 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: I didn't even get through all my notes, but there's 532 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: a lot going on. Look up SBA, look up USA job, 533 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: look at Department of Education, Treasury. It's all happening at 534 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,479 Speaker 1: the same damn time. 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