DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> Budget Cuts Don’t Touch <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a></p><p>By Nick Turse, April 3, 2025</p><p>Excerpt:<br>"A day after his announcement, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> hosted a 'private meeting in the secretary’s office' with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, who donated almost $300 million to Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s 2024 presidential campaign — after which the new president tapped Musk to spearhead the administration’s budget-cutting efforts. While Musk has seen his electric car company Tesla face immense consumer backlash and financial headwinds, SpaceX — now the top Pentagon contractor by market valuation — is poised to reap increased rewards from Hegseth’s department."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/doge-pentagon-budget-spacex-government-contracts-musk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/04/03/do</span><span class="invisible">ge-pentagon-budget-spacex-government-contracts-musk/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/jploZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/jploZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodNotBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodNotBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SendElonToMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SendElonToMars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarPigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarPigs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakeDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakeDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechFascists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>