Elon Musk News for Feb 16, 2025

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Today's topics:
-DOGE engineers and COBOL challenges
-Treasury conflicts of interest
-Classified data mishandling by DOGE
-Tesla sales decline in Europe
-Protests against Musk's DOGE
-Veterans Affairs layoffs controversy
-USDS rebranding under DOGE

-https://www.fastcompany.com/91278597/elon-musk-doge-cobol-language
-https://www.wired.com/story/musk-krause-treasury-bfs-conflict-of-interest/
-https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-posts-classified-data_n_67ae646de4b0513a8d767112
-https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/
-https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/16/protesters-target-tesla-stores-in-us-over-elon-musks-cost-cutting
-https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-musk-lay-off-veterans-affaris-staffers-1235268532/
-https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-15/musk-s-doge-begins-firing-workers-at-federal-it-department