The meeting was a potential turning point after the frenetic first weeks of #Trump’s 2nd term. It yielded the first significant indication that Trump is willing to put some limits on #Musk, whose efforts have become the subject of several lawsuits & prompted concerns from #Republican lawmakers, some of whom have complained directly to Trump.

…In one early meeting, #Musk said Smith was being too careful & offering “classic consultant stuff.” In discussions, Musk expressed impatience w/Smith’s caution that the team would need a phalanx of lawyers to help w/ #ExecutiveOrders & #regulations. Musk wanted to tear down the government to the studs, & saw Smith’s approach as incremental.

@RickiTarr

This comment really resonates with me: "so many of them [the people recently fired] took these lower paying jobs, because they wanted to do work they felt actually helped people. You don't often think of government work and passion as things that go together, but there really are people out there that care."

People as an essential part of infrastructure - which in this case happens to be infrastructure provided by government; infrastructure - which includes the people delivering it - as a service.

#InfrastructureAsAService
#Infrastructure
#PublicService
#PeopleWhoCare
#Government
#USPol

“It is cruel & disrespectful,” Kelley said, “to hundreds of thousands of #veterans who are wearing their second uniform in the #CivilService to be forced to justify their job duties to this out-of-touch, privileged, unelected billionaire who has never performed one single hour of honest #PublicService in his life.”

#Musk’s demand raised significant #legal issues, experts said.

People across the world celebrated #Hurricane years after he stopped the intruder.

In Oct 2019, the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, a British #veterinary #charity, gave Hurricane its Order of Merit. The honor is the animal equivalent of the Order of the British Empire, which the royal family has awarded for #charitable & #PublicService works for over a century. In Mar 2022, Hurricane was given a Distinguished Service Medal from the award body Animals in War & Peace.

“Rather than accept #accountability, those who perpetrated the January 6th attack have taken every opportunity to undermine & intimidate those who participated in the Select Committee in an attempt to rewrite history, erase the stain of January 6th for partisan gain, & seek #revenge, including by threatening #criminal prosecutions,” #Biden said.

“I believe in the rule of #law, & I am optimistic that the strength of our #legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics. But these are exceptional circumstances, & I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” #Biden added.

The president, hours away from the end of his decades-long political career, did not name #Trump in his statement, but he repeatedly alluded to Trump’s actions & comments about the pardon recipients.

#Biden’s decision comes after #Trump has repeatedly threatened to go after those who have crossed him politically or attempted to hold him accountable for his role in the attack on the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021, & his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

“These public servants have served our nation with honor & distinction & do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified & politically motivated prosecutions,” Biden said.