
Already, Musk’s lackeys—including more senior staff from xAI, Tesla, and the Boring Company—have taken control of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and General Services Administration (GSA), and have gained access to the Treasury Department’s payment system, potentially allowing him access to a vast range of sensitive information about tens of millions of citizens, businesses, and more…The Associated Press reported that DOGE personnel had indeed accessed classified material.
Wired, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”
Elon Musk tightens grip on gov’t, sparking ‘coup’ accusations
Tech billionaire has upended the federal bureaucracy in the two weeks since US President Donald Trump took office.
By John Power and Erin Hale for Al Jazeera
4 Feb 2025
'We would call it a coup': Watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
Tech billionaire has upended the federal bureaucracy in the two weeks since US President Donald Trump took office.
By Josh Meyer for USA Today
3 Feb 2025
Elon Musk Has Broken the Constitutional Order
The tech oligarch has unleashed his slow-rolling coup d’état across the federal government, and it’s not clear anything can prevent a total takeover.
By Matt Ford for The New Republic
5 Feb 2025
Is this really a Coup?
Yes, it is.
Like a lot of people, we have been screaming about what would happen if there was another Trump presidency. He should have been held accountable for his attempted coup, the “insurrection” of January 6, 2021. But the Biden administration was aimless and shiftless and didn’t do anything until it was too late. Harris kept saying that Trump was a threat to democracy, but she sure didn’t act like a candidate who was the last line between America and fascism.
So here we are.
We were not expecting “a white South African Nazi and his young fanboys take over the government payment systems” to happen. But it has.
We have realized that our friends, family, and neighbors are not as informed (or as freaked out) as we are. They aren’t watching the coup happen in real time because CNN, the NY Times, and even MSNBC have dropped the ball. So we are here to answer the question:
Is this really a Coup?
Yes, it is.
That said, we are not just going to behave like Congressional Democrats and lie down. Instead, we will share news sources we trust and actions you can take. Do you have family who don’t understand what is happening? We will help you break it down for them and you. Do you know people who don’t understand what cutting off federal payments means for them? We are going to provide some answers.
This is a community project to document and educate on the Coup.
We are focused on creating resources, linking to other projects, supporting mutual aid efforts, and building community. This is part of our attempt to do that. We are not getting paid for this. We can not keep up with the firehose of shit. We are instead focused on creating and sharing actions that are easy to take, resources people have put together, and building a library of FAQs, zines, memes, and other comms that anyone can use to help the people in their lives come to grips with a simple fact:
This is a coup.
These are the people doing the coup.
Trump 2.0
Donald Trump is a racist, genocidal authoritarian who should never have been able to run for president a second time after trying to overthrow the government in 2021. As the kids say, that's it. That's the skeet. However, he did run, he won, and here we are. We do not...
These are the things you can do about the Coup.
Fuck you, NCAA
The NCAA is a body designed to make money from football and basketball. We are fans. We cheer for our college teams. Since taking office, Trump has attacked trans people. This is an attempt to force trans people out of public life. This is an attempt to pull away...
Thank You, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
On January 21st, the Right Reverand Mariann Edgar Budde took to the pulpit at the National Cathedral for an interfaith worship service for the Trump inauguration. She ended her sermon with the following words:Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have...
This should help you fight the coup.
Don’t Just Do Nothing
Two things are very important to us. One is to call this what it is: a coup. The other: now, what do we do? There has been a lot of talk about what will work and won't in the time of Trump. We like this Zine as a starting point. "Just Don't Do Nothing" is by Jewish...
5 to 4, the podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks
And the answer to that is we're all scared. It's scary. This was really an overwhelming amount of anxiety and fear that we could feel in these questions. Obviously, really bubbling over into people's lives. It's very real, and it's very uncertain the time that we live...
Are we still in a coup?
March 5th – whatever the fuck that was last night, this is still a coup.
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.By Andy Kroll for...
March 3rd – this is still a coup
Donald Trump is excited about one of the Treasury Department’s most sinister moves yet.By Hafiz Rashid for The New Republic, 3-3-2025Interesting choice of name that’s hard not to read as a play on New Venture Fund, a major center-left nonprofit that (among other...