Letter to the editor: We deserve better from our leaders
- Elon Musk is not achieving the $1 trillion in government savings he promised when he founded DOGE, as reported by The New York Times.
- Heather Digby Parton criticized President Donald Trump for allowing Musk access to government resources, claiming it has caused chaos in the executive branch.
- Recent polling data from Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin indicates that 53.5% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Musk, a rise from 38% in early 2024.
- Musk's support for conservative candidates is believed to have backfired, impacting election results in Wisconsin, where Democrat-backed Susan Crawford won by 10 points.
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Letter to the editor: We deserve better from our leaders
Trump and Musk are blaming federal workers for our bloated federal government budgets. Facts tell a different story. According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, there were 3 million federal employees in 1970. That number crept up slightly in the…


Letters: American citizens deserve better than Elon Musk
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Americans deserve better than Musk As a former career Navy officer who has worked with many professional and dedicated civil servants over the years, I find Elon Musk’s attitude toward government employees offensive and ignorant. For instance, saying he would send USAID into a woodchipper reflects disregard for what these employees do in taking care of needy people …
'Rousing success' at 'causing misery': Columnist pens brutal obit of Elon Musk's DOGE
President Donald Trump has surprised many with his continued tolerance of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his White House despite the fact that his Department of Government Efficiency appears to falling well short of achieving its purported goals, opined Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton. Parton begins by...
People are turning on Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s popularity with the American public is waning, according to the latest polling average from Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin. The billionaire CEO of multiple companies wears many hats, but the most visible one of late has been as the face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an organization that has been tearing through the US government administrative state. Silver Bulletin’s average shows that 53.5 percent of Americans h…
Sales Of Phony Starks' Tesla Cybertruck Plummet In 1st Quarter Of 2025
Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty Ever since throwing his billion-dollar weight behind Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and “helping” the Trump administration fire tens of thousands of government and federal workers via his DOGE initiative, Elon Musk has turned himself into one of the most despised “political” figures in the world. And thanks to Phony Stark, Tesla has been bearing the brunt of the public backlash. According to Crooks And Liars…
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