Destruction of world’s largest humanitarian programme was done without formal authority or official oversight, former USAID employees claim

Elon Musk, leader of the Trump administration’s now-disbanded Department of Government Efficiency, must sit for depositions along with senior State Department officials over their role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Pointing to findings that Musk had made the decision to break up USAID – one of the world’s largest humanitarian programs – despite lacking formal authority or official approval – District Judge Theodore Chuang wrote that there was “no alternative” than for Musk and other officials to provide testimony regarding their decision-making process.

The ruling represents a win for a group of anonymous former USAID employees who are suing Musk, DOGE and State Department officials over the closure.

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      Yeah but that value is based almost exclusively on stock in volatile companies like Tesla. Kill Tesla and that disappears basically overnight.

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        Thankfully Tesla is falling. But in the meantime Spacex is taking up the lead to send humans back to the moon and eventually Mars, Starlink is showing to be a value in Ukraine and for Iranian people trying to resist oppression.

        (These two shall fall eventually.)

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          that is until he recieves order from putin/aipac to sabotage starlinks during critical moments, like elections and plan of attack for ukraine.

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            So how do you explain the Shutdown access Russia had?

            Not disputing as Elon has cut off Ukraine’s access, just saying an event happened which Putin would not of liked.

            (Also WTF does AIPAC have to do with this. Last I checked the Ukrainian State is rather pro-Israel, unfortunately.)

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      Yes but that concentration of wealth is not only an asset but a threat.

      He’s rich. Obscenely rich. The kind of rich where you can buy other rich people. He has no peers.

      And if you take him out, that money, power, influence, it’s all up for grabs. The power vacuum is intoxicating to a certain subset of humanity who, funny thing, he’s been propping up.

      I’m concerned about the leopards. They are going to die of morbid obesity.

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        Pretty sure Elon has his Will state that his AI Wifu Grok is to get everything…which is a nightmare in of itself

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          That would be a dream come true. AI agents are not legal entities with the right to own or inherit property. Therefore, all of his stuff has no legal owner. By the principle of escheat, it now belongs to the State.

          Sadly, I doubt Elon’s lawyers are quite this dumb.