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I was wondering how much the US government was paying El Salvador to hold the Venezuelan migrants it accuses of being dangerous gang members.

$6 million — for the weekend

That’s the president of El Salvador laughing with Trump in the image, by the way. Apparently, he is good friends with Trump, #Musk, and Rubio (the US Secretary of State).

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#USA #trump #immigration #USGov #ElSalvador #venezuelans

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Nayib Bukele with President Trump in 2019 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. (PHOTO: JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS) The U.S. government is paying Bukele's government $6 million to take the deportees over the weekend, the White House said. "That is pennies on the dollar in comparison to the cost it would impose on the American taxpayer to house these terrorists in maximum-security prisons here," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Monday. She said the Trump administration encourages illegal immigrants to "self deport" to "save https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/the-latin-american-leader-helping-trump-deport-venezuelans-0e85f7a3 March 17, 2025
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"It sounds too preposterous to believe, but ... #DonaldTrump loves the idea of creating cities that exist outside of federal authority, putting out a video in 2023 promising to give over federal lands to #oligarchs to begin their mini-dictatorships. #Tech executives, fueled by their ill-gotten #crypto gains, are heavily lobbying congressional #Republicans right now to make this #dystopian dream happen."
salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dysto

Text from article(edited for length): It sounds too preposterous to believe, but Musk's close friend Peter Thiel has been spending lavishly on organizations designed to make it a reality. Pilot programs have begun to create artificial islands where the rich owners rule like kings. One such corporate city, named Próspera, has been built in Honduras, though the govt is currently trying to kick them out... And, of course, Donald Trump loves the idea of creating cities that exist outside of federal authority, putting out a video in 2023 promising to give over federal lands to oligarchs to begin their mini-dictatorships. Tech executives, fueled by their ill-gotten crypto gains, are heavily lobbying congressional Republicans right now to make this dystopian dream happen. ...Musk tends to project his sins onto people he dislikes. So it's telling that he has a particular obsession w/demonizing progressives, journalists, & pro-democracy activists as feudalists. He painted Tesla, a company he famously rules with nearly an iron fist, as an egalitarian workplace with "no lords & peasants," because there's no "special elevator only for senior executives." Tesla factory employees, however, make 30% less than autoworkers represented by unions, which Musk has aggressively opposed. He even joked openly w/ Trump about using illegal tactics to union-bust. Musk accused unions of creating "a lords and peasants sort of thing," as if allowing workers bargaining power turns executives into serfs.
#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup
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"In the #tech bro world #ElonMusk comes from, the definition of "freedom" is that rich people get to treat everyone else however they like, without that pesky #government coming in to protect people's #safety, autonomy or civil #rights. As Duran explained in his newsletter, "These cities will be controlled entirely by tech #billionaires and #corporations, operating outside of #US laws.""
salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dysto

Text from article(edited for length): By design, the details of how "freedom cities" would be established are laden with legalese... In practice, the plan is straightforward. Advocates want the federal government to set aside land to build cities exempt from federal and state laws. Instead, the cities would function as mini-dictatorships, where the CEO of each town runs everything, and the people who live and work there are subject to the boss's whims. It would be like being an employee of a controlling company, except you don't clock out at the end of the day or have a life — or rights — outside of what the boss allows you. "These are going to be cities without democracy," journalist Gil Duran told Wired. He's spent years documenting how the Silicon Valley elite — along with politicians like Vice President JD Vance — have pushed the idea that democracy should be ended and replaced with governments run by all-powerful businessmen. "These are going to be cities where the owners of the city, the corporations, the billionaires have all the power and everyone else has no power." In the tech bro world Elon Musk comes from, the definition of "freedom" is that rich people get to treat everyone else however they like, without that pesky government coming in to protect people's safety, autonomy or civil rights. As Duran explained in his newsletter, "These cities will be controlled entirely by tech billionaires and corporations, operating outside of U.S. laws."
#Musk#Coup#Corruption
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The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction

Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why #Musk wants to end #government by the people
salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dysto

"what the #SiliconValley billionaire class considers "freedom cities" is simply neo-feudalism, a plan to end the concept of #citizenship & make every working person a serf whose entire life is controlled by the whims of their boss. "

Headline from Salon: The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why Musk wants to end government by the people By Amanda Marcotte Senior Writer Published March 17, 2025 6:00AM (EDT)
#ElonMusk#Coup#Corruption
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These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration

The team working at the Social Security Admn appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any #government agency.
wired.com/story/doge-operative

"While it’s been unclear even to well-placed insiders what specifically #DOGE is doing inside the #SocialSecurity Admn, #Musk has repeatedly voiced his desire to “eliminate” large parts of the system"

Headline and photo with credit. Headline: These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government agency. by Makena Kelly and David Gilbert Politics Mar 13, 2025 7:57 PM Photo: The social security administration logo on a gray brick wall. Credit: Photograph: VALERIE MACON/Getty Images
#ElonMusk#Coup#Corruption
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Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From #DOGE

Current & former employees, both #Republican & #Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency’s ability to serve the public.
nytimes.com/2025/03/17/busines

"Many current & former Social Security officials fear the cuts could create gaping holes in the agency’s #infrastructure, destabilizing the program, which keeps millions of people out of #poverty"

Headline from The New York Times: Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could do to the agency’s ability to serve the public.
#Musk#Trump#GOP
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