from the time-for-investigations dept

Last year you might recall how Elon Musk’s dodgy DOGE bros illegally stole vast troves of government datasets. Some of these random, unqualified assholes stole data simply using USB drives . But you might recall how many of the DOGE bros had also installed Starlink terminals duct-taped to the White House roof (and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building ) to engage in all sorts of data transfers we don’t have answers for (yet).

At the time, Trump and Musk insisted that these Starlink terminals were donated out of the kindness of Elon Musk’s heart. Though new reporting from the Washington Post indicates that this was somehow also a lie, and that taxpayers have been footing the bill the entire time :

“…contracting records reveal that the Trump administration has been spending taxpayers’ dollars since last year to install and service Starlink equipment at the White House.…