The Elon Musk/DOGE Agenda to Achieve Complete Corporate Control over Public Authority
The actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed up by billionaire Elon Musk, has been among the most controversial of any following its creations by executive order. Exposing and resisting several major actions of DOGE is important. These include the multiple conflicts of interest between Musk and DOGE’s agency targets; efforts to gut agencies (e.g, USAID, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Education Department and EPA), and cutting federal spending of DEI programs, National Institute of Health biomedical research and federal workers. On the horizon are eliminating scores of so-called “inefficient” federal regulations that hinder corporations.

People protest against President Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP
At the root of DOGE’s mission, however, is to not simply reduce government size or even loot public spending (i.e. Musk has received billions in federal subsidies for Tesla, as well as tens of billions more in government contracts and programs). The ultimate goal of Musk/DOGE and reactionary right technocrats accomplices is the replacement of “democratic” government with a corporate state.
Read moreNewsletter - February 2025
You do not want to miss this exciting opportunity on Thursday, February 13, to meet with and hear from Lawrence Abbott and other fellow advocates and movement leaders committed to ending corporate destruction of our environment for profit. Your Ecology Network Newsletter is here to keep you in the loop and empower you to make a difference!
In this issue:
Announcements |
**Environmental Warrior Speaker Spotlight** |
Community Corner |
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You flexed your democratic muscles on the Citizens United anniversary
Over 2000 Move to Amend supporters like you called or emailed Congressional offices around the 15th Anniversary of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision urging them to become an original co-sponsor of the We the People Amendment.
The initiative, calling for ending “corporate personhood” and “money spent in elections equals free speech," will be introduced in the next month Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Another 19 Congressional offices were personally visited by MTA supporters – in many cases during extreme weather conditions.
The calls, emails and visits could not be more timely as we are witnessing in real time the beginnings of the returns billionaires and corporations are receiving for their political investments to the Trump campaign – everything from cabinet and ambassador appointments to efforts to gut government regulatory protections that protect our health, safety and environment.
Your involvement in pushing for systemic change is all the more important at the same time that we help resist the daily threats to peoples and communities. Only systemic change like the We the People Amendment solves systemic political and economic problems that we face.
If you didn’t before, click on the image to watch Rep. Jayapal’s message of support for the We the People Amendment.
Read moreUrge Congress to Cosponsor the We the People Amendment!
A new Congress has begun, and with it comes a renewed opportunity to challenge the dominance of corporate money in our political system. Rep. Pramila Jayapal has just reintroduced the We the People Amendment and issued a new Dear Colleague letter calling on members of Congress to join as cosponsors.
It’s time to break the cycle.
We’ve all seen the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray keeps reliving the same day over and over until he gets it right. Well, here’s the thing – we don’t want to keep repeating the same mistakes, and we certainly don’t want our political system stuck in a loop of corporate influence and inaction.
It’s time to break the cycle.
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Cultural Change for the We the People Amendment
The history of social movements in the United States (and many other nations) involves changing structures/systems and the culture. The two are inextricably linked. No significant just and/or democratic change happens without a mass movement. That can only be created when people support and take action organizing for fundamental change in laws, institutions, and/or constitutions.
Preceding and operating in tandem with systemic change is cultural change – the creation of a collective desire and belief that fundamental change is needed, possible, realistic, and, finally, inevitable. Cultural change also includes shared vision, values and actions that represent an alternative to those currently in charge.
Read moreReversing Citizens United isn’t enough
PRESS RELEASE
For release on January 21, 2025
Contacts: Greg Coleridge, [email protected], 216-255-21840 | Cole Bennett, [email protected], 404-783-1362
Reversing Citizens United isn’t enough
National group calls for “Legalizing Democracy” by abolishing “corporate personhood” and money defined as free speech on 15th anniversary of Supreme Court decision
Move to Amend is calling for an intensive congressional and grassroots effort to pass a constitutional amendment to end corporate constitutional rights and the doctrine that money spent in elections equals free speech.
The group, a national coalition of hundreds of endorsing organizations and over one half-million supporters, was launched on January 21, 2010; the same day that the Supreme Court ruled on the Citizens United v FEC decision that expanded the constitutional rights of corporations and wealthy individuals to spend money to influence elections. The ruling, widely regarded as one of the most detrimental rulings in American history, has resulted in an unprecedented flood of special interest money from corporate entities and the ultra-wealthy into political campaigns, fundamentally altering the landscape of U.S. elections and politics.
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