Friend,

Eliminating cancer research. Laying off thousands of government workers.
Dismantling vital government entities, like tracking weather.(1)

President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk carte blanche to do all of this
in the name of eliminating waste. But Musk is absolutely not doing
that.(2) He’s simply breaking the government. And his motives are clear:
He wants to only enrich himself.

Between Starlink, Telsa, and SpaceX, Musk has a web of federal government
contracts that will only grow in size the more he dismantles the entire
civil service. That’s why he must be stopped.

[ [link removed] ]Will you sign our petition to demand an independent audit of Elon
Musk’s contracts with the U.S. government?

[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW

Musk’s joke of a project, the Department of Government Efficiency, or
DOGE, has no basis for the draconian cuts it’s exacting. And its purported
success is unclear: the ‘department’ has had to backtrack on billions of
dollars of supposed savings after reporters uncovered obvious accounting
errors.(3)

What’s more, it’s increasingly evident that Musk is trying to break
everything to help himself. One news report showed the Trump State
Department planned to award him a $400 million contract for “Armored
Teslas,” then backdated the records to make it look like the contract had
come from the Biden administration.(4)

Other outlets found Musk trying to get the Federal Aviation Administration
to cancel its existing communications contract and use his own Starlink
instead.(5)

These reports are almost certainly the tip of the iceberg when it comes to
the $38 billion in contracts Musk’s companies have with the feds.

There’s no chance Musk will police himself and disclose any conflicts
between his businesses and DOGE. That's why we’re demanding an independent
investigation into all of Musk’s contracts.

[ [link removed] ]Will you sign our petition to stop Elon Musk from stealing taxpayer
dollars to enrich himself?

Thank you for being in the fight!

–Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Cecilia, Jen, and Lindsay (the
Courage team)

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