Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Experimentation is gone

Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by rayiner on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:38AM (#43173279)

But the power Musk holds isn’t the result of him being rich, it’s because he has a populist cult of personality. The candidate who spent twice the money lost the election. Musk has power because he got on stage with Trump in Pennsylvania promising to fire all the federal workers.

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by turtlesdown11 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:43AM (#43174180)

Absolutely incorrect. Musk holds power because he spent $290m on the election boosting the winning candidate.

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by rayiner on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @05:34PM (#43178446)

But the money didn’t win the election.

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by turtlesdown11 on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:34AM (#43205384)

source?

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by unclebucknasty on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @06:08PM (#43178715)

>Musk has power because he got on stage with Trump in Pennsylvania promising to fire all the federal workers.

From Gallup [0]—top issues among all registered voters:

The economy

Democracy in the U.S.

Terrorism and national security

Types of Supreme Court justices candidates would pick

Immigration

Education

Healthcare

Gun policy

Abortion

^^Taxes

Crime

Distribution of income and wealth in the U.S.

^^The federal budget deficit

Foreign affairs

Situation in Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians

Energy policy

Relations with Russia

Race relations

Relations with China

Trade with other nations

Climate change

Transgender rights

^^Items under which "firing all federal workers" could conceivably fit, and that's a massive stretch. Still, even with that generosity granted, they're 10th and 13th on the list.

[0] https://news.gallup.com/poll/651719/economy-important-issue-...

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by rayiner on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:52AM (#43181057)

If you look at polling, Trump voters prioritized democracy slightly more highly than Harris voters. The permanent government is a democracy issue.

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by unclebucknasty on Thursday February 27, 2025 @11:44AM (#43196022)

Not even Trump or Musk is making this claim as the driving purpose of DOGE.

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