An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Musk must cease and desist Now

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I am extremely concerned that Elon Musk, with minimal supervision from Trump, is breaking the law every single day. I think he is imperiling our government's ability to function for the American people Here's an exmple of what happens when responsible member sof the Senate attempt to see what Musk and his unelected team of hackers are doing. SEN. ED MARKEY: We just went in and asked for a meeting with the DOGE representatives. And we were denied. We were turned away. And we just had a couple of simple questions for them. Are they still freezing EPA funding for all of the clean air and clean water programs in our country? Are they blocking the important work, which the EPA does on a daily basis, to protect the people in our country, the families of our country? And they did not give us the answers, in the same way that they are not giving the answers to every other program in our country — Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, all of those health and environmental programs that are so central to the well-being of every family in our country. Trump and Elon Musk and their unqualified, unelected, unwanted henchmen want to be able to carry out their attacks on your environment, your rights, your friends, your neighbors, under the cover of darkness. So we’re outside asking them to step out into the light of day. I think the broad story is that Elon Musk and his acolytes are on an authoritarian rampage through the government. It’s only sort of ideological. It may be serving his business interests, we don’t know. But it’s designed to access information, surveil the country, destroy the institutions of government and advance corporate interests without restraint. I think, for Elon Musk, it’s fair to say he views this all as a kind of fun video game he’s going to play for a little while, then walk away. It’s been reported that the White House doesn’t actually know what Musk is doing in detail, but is fine. They have a kind of plausible deniability. When things go really wrong, then they pull it back in and tell him, “Don’t do that again.” I am appalled that you and your GOP colleagues do not seem to care about the apparent lawlessness Trump is promoting. As a constituent of yours, I expect you to act in accordance with the Oath of Office you took. It requires you to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. From my point of view you're failing miserably at meeting the obligations you undertook. For the sake of all Americans, and especially for everyone in Tennessee, I STRONGLY URGE YOU to insist that Musk cease and desist until such time as an assessment can be made of the damage he and his team have inflicted on Americans. This is your job. Please, act like you care about the citizens of TN and the United States. Currently, it looks like you don't care.

▶ Created on February 12 by John

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