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"I’ve long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the
rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign
country, where we’re used to foreign correspondents writing with more incisive
authority. Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24
and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at just such a dispatch.
Here’s a story that should be written this weekend:
Musk Junta Seizes Key Governmental Offices
February 1, 2025
By William Boot
WASHINGTON, D.C. — What started Thursday as a political purge of the internal
security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as elite technical
units aligned with media oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at the
national treasury, block outside access to federal personnel records, and take
offline governmental communication networks.
With rapidity that has stunned even longtime political observers, forces loyal
to Musk’s junta have established him as the all-but undisputed unelected head
of government in just a matter of days, unwinding the longtime democracy’s
constitutional system and its proud nearly 250-year-old tradition of the rule
of law. Having secured themselves in key ministries and in a building adjacent
to the presidential office complex, Musk’s forces have begun issuing directives
to civil service workers and forcing the resignation of officials deemed
insufficiently loyal, like the head of the country’s aviation authority.
The G-7 country’s newly installed president, a mid-level oligarch named Donald
Trump, appeared amid Musk’s moves to be increasingly merely a figurehead head
of state. Trump is a convicted felon with a long record of family corruption
and returned in power in late January after a four-year interlude promising
retribution and retaliation against foreign opponents and a domestic “Deep
State.” He had been charged with attempting to overthrow the peaceful
transition of power that had previously removed him from office in 2021, but
loyalist elements in the judiciary successfully blocked his prosecution and
incarceration, easing his return to power."
Via Kevin O'Brien.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
