{"id":9677,"date":"2025-02-13T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T02:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=9677"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T02:25:20","slug":"sanders-sounds-alarm-over-musk-acting-in-a-sense-illegally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=9677","title":{"rendered":"Sanders sounds alarm over Musk acting \u2018in a sense, illegally\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-3.jpg 687w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-3-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Wednesday he thinks all Americans should be concerned that tech billionaire Elon Musk is acting \u201cin a sense, illegally, unconstitutionally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a brief interview with NewsNation, Sanders identified \u201cthe growth of oligarchy\u201d and \u201cthe move toward authoritarianism\u201d as his primary concerns, amid ongoing efforts by President Trump and Musk to reshape the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think there are two issues. Number one is the growth of oligarchy,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cEvery American should be concerned the richest guy in the world is running all over this country acting, in a sense, illegally, unconstitutionally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongress passes laws here,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou don\u2019t like those laws? You can change the laws. But you can\u2019t just arbitrarily do what Musk is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first few weeks of Trump\u2019s presidency, Musk has led a bold effort to dismantle federal agencies, buy out hundreds of thousands of federal workers from their jobs and take over payment systems within the Treasury Department and other agencies. He has done so in the name of cutting government spending and rooting out waste and abuse in federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effort, however, has sparked numerous lawsuits and pushback from Democratic lawmakers, who have accused Trump and Musk of operating outside the bounds of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DC Bureau: Prisoner Release Russia Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, Musk and their allies have argued that voters elected the president in November and want him to implement his agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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