Despite his embrace of Donald Trump and far-right parties in Europe, and despite draconian DOGE cuts to foreign aid that Bill Gates described as “the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children,” Musk continues to enjoy the services of lobbyists for progressive causes, both in Congress and in states such as California, New York, Colorado, Maryland, and Oregon. These lobbyists have been pulling off the neat, sick trick of working for Musk while simultaneously working for organizations harmed by DOGE, Musk, and Trump.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boulder, Colorado, and Eugene, Oregon, all saw huge “No Kings” protests on Trump’s birthday. Yet these four cities have been spending public funds to retain four different lobbying firms that also work for Musk, even as DOGE drastically cut jobs and funding for social services in each of these cities and Trump’s recently passed mega-bill threatened further cuts.
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