| Friend,
Members of Free Press Action took part in protests across the nation’s capital this week as Elon Musk and his squad of sycophantic tech bros abruptly shuttered federal agencies.
The richest man on the planet — and what we can only describe as the Elon Youth — invaded the Treasury Department’s Social Security and Medicare database and will exploit that access for the next step in their horrific autocratic scheme.
Via his unconstrained “Department of Government Efficiency,” Musk is blitzing major agencies1 like the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),2 the Treasury and the Departments of Education and Labor. He’s forcing out civil servants with actual expertise to make room for his handpicked legion, literally reshaping our government to fit his deranged and dangerous plans.
Free Press Action has sounded the alarm on Elon Musk for years: From reinstating thousands of neo-Nazis and other extremists on Twitter to gutting the platform’s content moderation rules to helping repressive regimes silence dissidents, Musk has a pattern of spreading hate and harassing critics. But now that he’s spent nearly $300 million to elect Trump — successfully buying his way into the highest echelon of the federal government — he is more dangerous than ever.
This is a clear authoritarian power grab from a man who twice gave an apparent Nazi salute to cheers from an adoring inaugural crowd. No one elected this man. And yet he won’t take no for an answer.
Elon is conducting a coup before our eyes and members of the Senate have an obligation to do everything in their power to stop him. Please call your senators at 202-688-0628 before it’s too late.
Here’s a sample script to get you started: | Hello! My name is [First Name]. I'm a constituent and am calling to ask Sen. [Senator] to stop Elon Musk’s unelected takeover of the federal government.
I urge you to vote “no” on all nominees and halt the Senate’s business while this power grab is underway, until the separation of powers is restored and you have answers.
Stop Elon Musk’s coup immediately. |
Elon and his loyalists are running roughshod over the Constitution and our public servants — and everyday people like you will be the ones who pay the price. He’s stealing your most sensitive data while threatening basic social services. It’s far past time for our elected officials to protect us from this monstrous coup.
In solidarity,
All of us at Free Press Action
1. “Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government,” The New York Times, Feb. 3, 2025 2. “What Is USAID, the Foreign Assistance Agency the Trump Administration Wants to Shut Down?” NBC News, Feb. 3, 2025 3. “Elon Musk Is Absolutely an Enemy of Free Speech,” Free Press, July 31, 2023  |
