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Like its 20th-century predecessors, today’s far right longs for the purported glories of the ancient world, all while fetishizing modern technology.

Right now, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, is attempting to dismantle major agencies of the federal government which are designed to protect the needs of working families and the disadvantaged. These agencies were created by the U.S. Congress and it is Congress’ responsibility to maintain them, reform them or end them. It is not Mr. Musk’s responsibility. What Mr. Musk is doing is patently illegal and unconstitutional – and must be stopped.

‘He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset’ that Twitter employees feared he would hurt himself, the author of a new book says about the billionaire.

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Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government has inspired adoration from far-right communities online that used to be reserved for Donald Trump.

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Chinese companies are good at doing more with less—and at using any means necessary.

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected adviser to President Donald Trump, is asserting control over much of the federal bureaucracy and sensitive government computer systems despite lacking clear authority. The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department was pushed out after refusing to hand Musk's team the keys to the government's entire payment system and the $6 trillion in payments the system processes annually, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and Medicare benefits. Musk and his team have also seized control at the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, key institutions that function as the central nervous system of the U.S. government. "In any other situation, this would be called state capture, and people around the world would be condemning it," says Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid, who writes in a new blog post that "Elon Musk is staging a coup." We also speak with Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, who warns that Musk could be laying the groundwork for major tax cuts Republicans have promised that will disproportionately benefit corporations and wealthy people like him. "Elon Musk is going to pay for his tax cut with your Social Security," says Owens. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

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Satya Nadella is the latest corporate chief to visit the president-elect before he takes office.

Satya Nadella and Microsoft president Brad Smith joined Elon Musk, JD Vance, and the US President-elect on Wednesday to discuss cybersecurity, tech policy, and Microsoft’s pledge to invest $80 billion into global AI infrastructure. Microsoft is among the list of tech companies and leaders that have each donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, with many making similar appearances at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Two of the most powerful tech leaders in the world, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are not exactly fans of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative announced by Trump this week.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met incoming US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago where Elon Musk and Vice President-elect JD Vance were also present. Read more to know what all they discussed ahead of the inauguration of the new US President on January 20

Microsoft is a major provider of cloud services and artificial intelligence for the Israeli military, according to internal documents.

While Elon Musk and other billionaires watched the Trump inauguration, his pet DOGE project faced three new lawsuits.

Donald Trump has no idea what the billionaire tech titans suddenly flocking to his side are really after