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Source? I'm sure it's mostly true but this is something even my MAGA family might get upset over. Why the fuck does a guy who's basically made his fortune off federal funding get to say what "waste" is?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/elon-musk-business-government-contracts-funding/
Its behind an account signup but that one off the bat
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-150042117.html
That's a reference to the original. Some of it is loans but yeah. Seems a little wild doesn't it? I find it even more alarming the power he's been given over the agencies that are supposed to regulate his businesses.
https://archive.ph/pIVab
There's a more shareable version of the wapo article.
The homie, thank you.