Although keeping up with the overt nazi police state shit the Trump regime is engaging in takes up so much of my time that I don't get to write about Elon Musk, and DOGE as much as I should, the truth is that the Klepto Kaiser's second administration has benefited Musk, his companies, and his vast network of influence more than any other person in America. It's easy to write this kind of corruption off as being "only money", but as a recent report by watchdog group Public Citizen points out, there's a clear pattern to Musk's elimination of the administrative state that protects and entrenches his businesses deeper into the American power structure as well.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-conflict-of-interest-doge
Scale of Musk's DOGE Conflicts of Interest 'Should Alarm Every American'
"Elon Musk, the world's richest person and de facto head of the Trump administration's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, "has had a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies and departments targeted by DOGE since its inception," according to an analysis published Thursday by a leading U.S. consumer advocacy group."
I don't have a lot to add here that isn't covered by the very short article; Musk is absolutely targeting any agency that oversees or has contracts with his companies, and his position as Trump's quasi-official exchequer (a position that does not exist in American government) makes it extremely unlikely any regulatory agency in government is going to try to regulate him or his companies in any way - after all, he could just order them defunded in response. The scope of Musk's efforts to subvert oversight while simultaneously embedding his companies into critical US systems is some wild supervillain shit, and while I don't think it's a secret that this was going on, I do think most Americans would be surprised to learn the staggering degree to which DOGE is all about enriching and empowering Elon Musk.
Stolen credentials linked to compromised DOGE employee found circulating online - Neowin