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There is nothing to beat. Nothing illegal has been done. But sure as hell a lot of people seem to not understand how the government works are beating the drums of what is happening being illegal.


DOGE has put large numbers of civil servants on administrative leave in violation of congressionally mandated civil service protections.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-...

> “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School, said of Musk’s machinations

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk...


Musk has tried multiple times to alter the spending. Trump couldn't even do that. There is definitely illegal activity.

But no need to argue this. IANAL, and Musks', like, 8 lawsuits (I've lost count on how many people sued him this month alone) will get to the bottom of that.


You don't have to be a lawyer to listen to one

> “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School, said of Musk’s machinations

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk...


So it's a DoS attack?




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