This Needs Fixin'

No, although those are good guesses. Except ‘colander’; I have no idea what you were thinking with that one.

It’s ‘coup’.

It’s being reported that Musk’s personal staff have taken direct control of multiple federal offices and computer systems, locking out the actual staff.

These are not State employees; they are private citizens employed by a crony of the (yes) elected President.

And there is a word for that.

That’s a coup.

Taking direct control over the functions of the State without legal authority is a coup.

There’s really nothing else to say.

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