Summary

Multiple polls show that a significant portion of Americans oppose Elon Musk’s influence in government, particularly through DOGE.

A CBS/YouGov poll found that nearly half of respondents want Musk to have little or no influence, with opinions split along party lines.

Other polls from The Economist, Quinnipiac, and advocacy groups also reveal broad concerns over Musk’s power and lack of oversight.

Meanwhile, the White House continues to defend Musk and selectively highlight poll results that support Trump’s administration while ignoring criticism.

  • frunch@lemmy.world
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    Let’s make government smaller!

    /Proceeds to expand government, including unelected officials

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    Another pointless article.

    • Polls are crap. Who answers those calls? The same damn people over and over.
    • The results are " strong feelings" or " nearly 50%" !?!?

    I usually ignore motherj articles anyway… Guess I can keep doing that

    It is what it is at this point, and as usual, Democrats will completely mis-read the room and rant about shit that won’t win them the midterms. The best we can hope for is TheIdiot falling flat on his face.

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    I’ll file this in the not helpful “hopium” or copium folder of discourse that is actually harmful to enacting change. It leads you to believe the tides are shifting in your favor and all will be ok when that’s actually not the case.

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      “Yeah but when we write stuff you desperately want to be true you click on it soooo…” - the media, probably

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    Yeah great, but the fucking damage is done and who knows what that neo-Nazi lunatic will do with the information. I hope the NSA, CIA and FBI nab his worthless ass.

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    I also want him of Earth for what it’s worth. Let him pack up a Space X rocket and head to Mars. Start that colony he said we’d absolutely would have by now, because it’s so easy (according to him). He’s be the first person in Mars!

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    That’s nice. These monsters don’t care about and are not asking for approval from anyone now.

    They are going to use the unitary executive theory to restore “liberty” - as someone like Bannon sees that word to mean.

    Be sure to thank everyone that didn’t vote against donvict and fElon having all this power.