Hi,
The cruel, indiscriminate cuts being imposed by Elon Musk and his DOGE
minions are threatening our national security, health, food safety, Social
Security, environment, public schools, airline safety… It's absolute
chaos.^1
It's also flagrantly illegal — and we're supporting a lawsuit to stop Elon
Musk in his tracks.
With our backing, a group of federal workers has filed a lawsuit accusing
Musk's team of illegally connecting an outside server to a key government
network at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to harvest data,
including the names and email accounts of federal employees.^2
But going up against the richest man in the world could be a long and
expensive fight, and we're counting on all our supporters to chip in
whatever you can.
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back against Elon Musk's attempt to slash Social Security?
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Let's be clear: No one voted for Elon Musk. He hasn't been confirmed to
any senior position in the government by the U.S. Senate. It's not even
clear who's in charge at DOGE.^3
But yesterday, at the first cabinet meeting of the Trump administration,
Musk held forth spewing one lie after another while the actual cabinet
members sat there silent and apparently powerless.^4
Musk is unilaterally shuttering entire government agencies, including the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, USAID, and the Department of
Education.^5 He's fired thousands of rank-and-file civil servants,
including nurses, scientists, FBI agents, nuclear safety inspectors, water
quality monitors, park rangers, infectious disease experts, veterans'
suicide hotline staffers, and more.^6
With your help, we're fighting back.
The lawsuit we're backing alleges that Musk's team illegally connected an
outside server to a key network at the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM), which is essentially the HR department for the federal government,
handling key personnel functions like hiring and training new employees,
managing benefits and salaries, and running background checks.^7
Demand Progress is proud to be able to support these brave public servants
and help provide the funding necessary for this legal battle. And your
donations are absolutely essential to support all of our work.
[ [link removed] ]Our message to Elon Musk: Hands off Social Security! Will you donate
$10 to help defend Social Security and push for other key
reforms?
With gratitude,
The team at Demand Progress Action
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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal
Workers So Far," [ [link removed] ]February 26, 2025.
2. Wired, "Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server," [ [link removed] ]February 4,
2025.
3. New York, "White House Finally Reveals Who Is (Kind of) Running DOGE,"
[ [link removed] ]February 26, 2025.
4. CNN, "Cabinet officials caught off guard and frustrated by Musk's
directives to federal employees," [ [link removed] ]February 26, 2025.
5. The Guardian, "Department of Education workers brace for Trump to shut
agency down: 'Everybody is distraught,'" [ [link removed] ]February 19, 2025.
6. New York, "How Many Federal Workers Have Lost Their Jobs?,"
[ [link removed] ]February 26, 2025.
7. Wired, "Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel
Management," [ [link removed] ]January 28, 2025.
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