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“DOGE's actions were taken ‘under the authority of SSA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Aram Moghaddassi’ who said, ‘I have determined the business need is higher than the security risk associated with this implementation and I accept all risks associated with this implementation and operation.’”
( …*business* need?!?)
~ #DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system~
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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A PROPRIETARY chatbot—
proprietary— private, someone owns it—
Musk rolled it out quietly — WITHIN THE US GOVERNMENT— as he cuts federal workers.
And “The DOGE team hopes to eventually use it to analyze contract and procurement data.”
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#USGov #USGovernment #USA #musk #trump #DOGE
https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/
Isn't it just weird how in all these government cuts, all the fraud and waste, the thieving and scammers, all the lazy bureaucrats, that not one large company contracting with the US has been found to be a part of the cuts?
Weird.
A real DOGE: Fire every McKinsey consultant in the federal government
by #MattStoller
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/cutting-government-is-easy-if-you
Ridiculous who elected #ElonMusk anyway?
The highest-ranking career official at the #TreasuryDepartment is departing after a clash with surrogates of #billionaire Elon #Musk’s #DOGE who sought access to sensitive payment systems.
#law #Treasury #economy #USpol #FederalAgencies #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-systems/
#DOGE has turned its attention to small, #independent entities
NPR has identified close to 40 entities — inside, adjacent to & OUTSIDE of the #government — where DOGE & the #Trump admin have turned their attention in recent weeks.
It's the latest example of how DOGE is attempting to expand its reach beyond high-profile Cabinet agencies, & in some cases far beyond the #ExecutiveBranch & the #FederalGovernment entirely.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5401392/doge-federal-agency-nonprofits-cpb-usip-vera-institute
Who’s guiding Elon Musk as he navigates life in DC—and uses DOGE to dismantle key parts of the government? Stephen and Katie Miller
While Musk grabs headlines, Stephen Miller wields power behind-the-scenes
Miller is described by sources as the Prime Minister "carrying out the daily work of governance while Trump serves as head of state"
The Millers "are seen inside Trumpworld as glorified babysitters for Musk"
#ElonMusk #Musk #StephenMiller #KatieMiller #DOGE
https://www.wired.com/story/katie-stephen-miller-elon-musk-takeover/
#GiftArticle link thanks to @20002ist & @kateiacy
As #ElonMusk became one of #Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies & donating about $275M to help him win the presidency, he was also using #drugs far more intensely than previously known [tho pretty obvious to the casual observer], acc/to people familiar w/his activities.
#law #USpol #kakistocracy #FederalGovernment #DOGE
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.ddlK.-OF3BB7k5PGN&smid=url-share
Compromised? In this interview, https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-the-road-is-federal-employee I speak to a systems security specialist who found privacy problems surrounding the HR@opm.gov email servers #IT #security #natsec #nationalsecurity #cybercrime #cybersecurity #hacking #surveillance #malware #email #DOGE #Musk #treasury #OPM #FAA #FEMA #education #privacy #PII
Here is the beginning of the 3rd #thread on Elon Musk's takeover of the US government:
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
"Musk’s team, known as the Dept of Govt Efficiency, has already thrown entire swaths of the federal #government & its programs into disarray — programs that serve millions of #Americans.
#Musk himself has made no secret of his intentions, saying that #DOGE is a “wood chipper for bureaucracy” and that he is “deleting” agencies."
Republican #House Speaker #MikeJohnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers on Tues to avoid #public #TownHall meetings with #voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over #Trump's moves to fire #FederalWorkers & defund government programs.
#cowards #PublicDisservice #Republicans #GOP #RepresentationMatters #USpol #Musk #DOGE #FederalAgencies #SocialSecurity #Medicaid #Veterans #children #seniors #disability #PublicHealth #weather #DisasterPreparedness
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-urges-lawmakers-avoid-town-hall-meetings-2025-03-04/
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
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The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOGE #Trump #IRS #Federal #Government #Economy #USPolitics
I REALLLYY like the Send the President a Postcard movement, because:
a) I love postcards
b) I like imagining all the giggles every postal worker, etc will get seeing it
c) Everyone can do it
Please tell me you'll join in and send a postcard, or 2?
I created this graphic tonight to share - it's the idea from @BrianJopek
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
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The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents.
#News #SpaceX #FAA #ElonMusk #DOGE #Aviation #Spaceflight #Trump #Regulation
🇺🇸 How Does Tyranny Begin?
🔄 Boost for visibility!
#Authoritarianism #AntiTrump #AntiMusk #Antifa #AntiFascist #AntiFascism #AntiFascisme #AntiFascismo #Dictatorship #DictatorshipUSA #Tyranny #DonaldTrump #Trump #DOGE #SwastiCars #SwastiCar #BoycottUSA #Boycott #Freedom #FreeSpeechUnderAttack #FreeSpeech
ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.
#Musk Seeks to Put $100M Directly Into #Trump *Political Operation*
#ElonMusk has signaled he wants to make donations not just to his own #superPAC, …but to an outside entity.
It is unheard-of for a WH staffer, even one w/*part-time* status, to make such large contributions to support the agenda of the boss. But there has never been someone in the direct employ of an admin like Musk, the world’s richest person, who is leading Trump’s #DOGE.
#law #democracy #oligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-donation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DFBA3C3D-559A-4CDE-A0FB-ECD75001BA03
There’s a Term for What #Trump & #Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in #America
Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. #DOGE & its boss, #ElonMusk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal #CivilService, along with its culture & values, & its replacement with something different. In other words: #RegimeChange.
#purge #TrumpCoup #law
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/
#Appeasement, Thy Names are Chuck #Schumer and Neville #Chamberlain.
"A shutdown would allow #DOGE to shift into overdrive. Let me repeat, a shutdown will allow DOGE to shift into overdrive. It would give Donald #Trump and DOGE the keys to the city, state and country," he said. "Donald Trump and Elon #Musk would be free to destroy vital government services at a much faster rate than they can right now and over a much broader field of destruction that they would render."
BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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Judge Blocks #Trump Administration From Terminating $14 Billion in 'Green Bank' Grants
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three #climate groups by the #Biden administration
#law #ClimateCrisis #DOGE #TrumpPurge #EPA #Citibank #ClimateUnitedFund #ClimateSolutions
https://apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277
Y’all, I don’t want to cause alarm, and I may be the only one affected,which seems unlikely, but I just checked my social security statement, and my entire history is blank. #Doge is fucking shit up, y’all.
I’ve been working and paying taxes since I was 14, and I’m less than a decade away from being old enough to collect SS, and my statement shows no work history. None. I’ve been told I need to fill out a form for every year missing to send to the irs, and then send those forms from the irs to SS, so I can prove to SS I worked. None of this can be done online, and each year is a separate process.
Check your statements. We are being robbed in broad daylight.
#socialsecurity #doge #taxes #WellFuckWeAreDoomed
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/personal-finance/2025/04/03/67ee79c6ca47416f308b4597.html