An un-elected South African immigrant is illegally taking control over US #government agencies:
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What Will DOGE’s Moves on Government Agencies Mean for OSHA?
Unions took to the streets—and the courts—to try to keep Elon Musk’s initiative out of the Labor Department.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-will-doges-moves-on-government-agencies-mean-for-osha"Occupational Safety & #Health Administration, a branch of the #Labor Department... has repeatedly fined Musk’s companies for serious #safety violations...
#SpaceX... had an injury rate 6 times higher than the industry average...
How Elon Musk’s crusade against government could benefit Tesla
https://apnews.com/article/musk-trump-tesla-investigations-doge-crashes-f0c49a8fdf900d72eac541e4f699c5ac"On the potential chopping block: crash investigations into Tesla’s partially automated vehicles...
safety advocates... credit the federal investigations & recalls with saving lives...
“Musk wants to run the Department of #Transportation... I’ve lost count of the number of investigations that are underway with #Tesla. They will all be gone.”
#Musk #Corruption #Coup #government #Politics #News #US #USA
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How Elon Musk’s crusade against government could benefit Tesla
https://apnews.com/article/musk-trump-tesla-investigations-doge-crashes-f0c49a8fdf900d72eac541e4f699c5ac"On the potential chopping block: crash investigations into Tesla’s partially automated vehicles...
safety advocates... credit the federal investigations & recalls with saving lives...
“Musk wants to run the Department of #Transportation... I’ve lost count of the number of investigations that are underway with #Tesla. They will all be gone.”
#Musk #Corruption #Coup #government #Politics #News #US #USA
Elon Musk’s #DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
The DOGE.gov website is such a #coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191540/elon-musk-doge-website-hack"unsurprising to anyone who has visited the DOGE.gov website since its inception—it looks like a high schooler could’ve made it...
“Tons of errors and details leaked in the page source code.”...
#Musk has yet to comment on the hacks as he continues promising “transparency.”"
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Elon Musk’s #DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
The DOGE.gov website is such a #coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191540/elon-musk-doge-website-hack"unsurprising to anyone who has visited the DOGE.gov website since its inception—it looks like a high schooler could’ve made it...
“Tons of errors and details leaked in the page source code.”...
#Musk has yet to comment on the hacks as he continues promising “transparency.”"
US Judge Extends Order to Block #DOGE From Treasury Department Data
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the #data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the #US Treasury Department.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-treasury-department-data-access-denied/"When Vargas asked... the #DOJ attorney representing #Trump... whether any DOGE-accessed information had been shared outside of the #Treasury Department, he said: “The short answer on that is we don’t presently know.”"
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US Judge Extends Order to Block #DOGE From Treasury Department Data
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the #data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the #US Treasury Department.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-treasury-department-data-access-denied/"When Vargas asked... the #DOJ attorney representing #Trump... whether any DOGE-accessed information had been shared outside of the #Treasury Department, he said: “The short answer on that is we don’t presently know.”"
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-doge-posts-classified-data-on-its-new-website/ar-AA1z4LWL"Elon Musk’s team... has posted classified information about the size & staff of a #US intelligence agency on its new website...
#Musk can’t claim he wasn’t aware that the National Reconnaissance Office is one of the nation’s #intelligence agencies. His company, #SpaceX, has a $1.8 billion contract with #NRO to build hundreds of spy satellites."
#ElonMusk #Data #Coup #Tech #Government #Politics #News #US #USA
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-doge-posts-classified-data-on-its-new-website/ar-AA1z4LWL"Elon Musk’s team... has posted classified information about the size & staff of a #US intelligence agency on its new website...
#Musk can’t claim he wasn’t aware that the National Reconnaissance Office is one of the nation’s #intelligence agencies. His company, #SpaceX, has a $1.8 billion contract with #NRO to build hundreds of spy satellites."
#ElonMusk #Data #Coup #Tech #Government #Politics #News #US #USA
DOGE Chaotic Cuts Have Locked Federal Workers Out of News Outlets
Foreign service workers are flying blind now.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191561/doge-locks-out-federal-workers-news-sources"The #Trump administration has cut news access to some #American foreign service employees, even as they clamor that the up-to-date #information is essential for their work."
#Musk #Doge #Coup #News #Media #Press #Government #Politics #US #USA
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DOGE Chaotic Cuts Have Locked Federal Workers Out of News Outlets
Foreign service workers are flying blind now.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191561/doge-locks-out-federal-workers-news-sources"The #Trump administration has cut news access to some #American foreign service employees, even as they clamor that the up-to-date #information is essential for their work."
#Musk #Doge #Coup #News #Media #Press #Government #Politics #US #USA
Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
...DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group...
https://www.wired.com/story/musk-krause-treasury-bfs-conflict-of-interest/"That role was previously occupied by David Lebryk, who resigned after refusing to allow Musk’s... #DOGE access to sensitive systems w/in the #Treasury Department...
Krause retaining his job in addition to serving in the #government... a massive conflict of interest."
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Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
...DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group...
https://www.wired.com/story/musk-krause-treasury-bfs-conflict-of-interest/"That role was previously occupied by David Lebryk, who resigned after refusing to allow Musk’s... #DOGE access to sensitive systems w/in the #Treasury Department...
Krause retaining his job in addition to serving in the #government... a massive conflict of interest."
Judge Who Made Life Hell for Trump Will Oversee Case on Elon Musk
A major lawsuit against Elon Musk just got assigned to his new nightmare: Judge Tanya Chutkan.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191559/judge-tanya-chutkan-case-lawsuit-elon-musk"Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over Trump’s federal election interference case, was assigned the federal #lawsuit filed by 14 states against [Trump] and #Musk, attacking the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s authority."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Doge #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
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Judge Who Made Life Hell for Trump Will Oversee Case on Elon Musk
A major lawsuit against Elon Musk just got assigned to his new nightmare: Judge Tanya Chutkan.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191559/judge-tanya-chutkan-case-lawsuit-elon-musk"Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over Trump’s federal election interference case, was assigned the federal #lawsuit filed by 14 states against [Trump] and #Musk, attacking the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s authority."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Doge #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
Elon Musk's #DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-agencies-musk-doge-targeted-list-2025-2Dept of #Education
US Agency for International Development ( #USAID)
Federal Aviation Administration ( #FAA)
#Treasury Dept
Federal Emergency Management Agency ( #FEMA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( #NOAA)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB)
the federal workforce
and #DEI initiatives.
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Elon Musk's #DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-agencies-musk-doge-targeted-list-2025-2Dept of #Education
US Agency for International Development ( #USAID)
Federal Aviation Administration ( #FAA)
#Treasury Dept
Federal Emergency Management Agency ( #FEMA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( #NOAA)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB)
the federal workforce
and #DEI initiatives.
Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla
Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, & fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/"“While #Musk might get away with a [Nazi-like] salute in some parts of the world, European markets reject such behavior,” Kraaijvanger tells WIRED... He may be right. #Tesla sales are in free fall in Europe"
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Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla
Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, & fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/"“While #Musk might get away with a [Nazi-like] salute in some parts of the world, European markets reject such behavior,” Kraaijvanger tells WIRED... He may be right. #Tesla sales are in free fall in Europe"
"Stop the coup" rally protesting President Trump and Elon Musk draws hundreds in Boston
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/rally-protest-donald-trump-elon-musk-boston/"Hundreds of rally-goers gathered on the icy #Boston Common Friday to voice their frustrations with #DonaldTrump and... [South African immigrant] turned White House official #ElonMusk...
Their hope is that the power of their voice will create change.
"At the end of the day, our founding fathers put the people in charge," said Bright."
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"Stop the coup" rally protesting President Trump and Elon Musk draws hundreds in Boston
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/rally-protest-donald-trump-elon-musk-boston/"Hundreds of rally-goers gathered on the icy #Boston Common Friday to voice their frustrations with #DonaldTrump and... [South African immigrant] turned White House official #ElonMusk...
Their hope is that the power of their voice will create change.
"At the end of the day, our founding fathers put the people in charge," said Bright."
DOGE software approval alarms Labor Dept employees
Elon Musk’s #DOGE subordinates received approval to use #software at the Labor Dept that could be used to transfer large amounts of #data...
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/doge-software-approval-alarms-labor-department-employees-data-security-rcna191583"The approval for Musk’s team to use the remote-access and file-transfer software, known as PuTTY, has alarmed... #Labor Dept’s career employees...
“This is completely opposite of what we’d do to protect #privacy.”"
#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Tech #Security #News #USA #US
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DOGE software approval alarms Labor Dept employees
Elon Musk’s #DOGE subordinates received approval to use #software at the Labor Dept that could be used to transfer large amounts of #data...
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/doge-software-approval-alarms-labor-department-employees-data-security-rcna191583"The approval for Musk’s team to use the remote-access and file-transfer software, known as PuTTY, has alarmed... #Labor Dept’s career employees...
“This is completely opposite of what we’d do to protect #privacy.”"
#Musk #Doge #Coup #Corruption #Tech #Security #News #USA #US
DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/doges-gov-site-lampooned-as-coders-quickly-realize-it-can-be-edited-by-anyone/"DOGE appears to have skipped #security steps that are expected of #government websites. That pattern is troubling some federal workers...
makes it possible for bad actors to alter official databases of government information."
#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Programming #Tech #Data #Fail #News #US #USA
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DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/doges-gov-site-lampooned-as-coders-quickly-realize-it-can-be-edited-by-anyone/"DOGE appears to have skipped #security steps that are expected of #government websites. That pattern is troubling some federal workers...
makes it possible for bad actors to alter official databases of government information."
#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Programming #Tech #Data #Fail #News #US #USA
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles & employees in offices that protect equal rights...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/15/doge-fire-federal-employees-trump-dei/"DOGE aims to target staffers... who work in offices established by law to ensure equal rights...
#DOGE team members have identified swaths of #jobs & programs to eliminate that do not match Trump’s ideological views." [the #Nazi word for this is #Gleichschaltung]
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Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles & employees in offices that protect equal rights...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/15/doge-fire-federal-employees-trump-dei/"DOGE aims to target staffers... who work in offices established by law to ensure equal rights...
#DOGE team members have identified swaths of #jobs & programs to eliminate that do not match Trump’s ideological views." [the #Nazi word for this is #Gleichschaltung]
There’s a Term for What #Trump & #Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in #America
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/DOGE’s true purpose...
The only thing these policies will certainly do, & are clearly designed to do, is alter the behavior & values of the #CivilService.
Suddenly, & not accidentally, people who work for the #American federal #government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation."
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There’s a Term for What #Trump & #Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in #America
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/DOGE’s true purpose...
The only thing these policies will certainly do, & are clearly designed to do, is alter the behavior & values of the #CivilService.
Suddenly, & not accidentally, people who work for the #American federal #government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation."
"What the Lord established": Elon Musk is camouflaging a #ChristianNationalist takeover
Project 2025 was clear: First, #purge federal workers. Then replace them with theocrats & fanatics
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/14/what-the-lord-established-elon-musk-is-camouflaging-a-christian-nationalist-takeover/"Musk is following the #Project2025 playbook...
The explicit plan is to replace federal workers who #Musk forces out with people who pass "ideological purity tests," largely based on their eagerness to make #America something very much like a #theocracy."
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"What the Lord established": Elon Musk is camouflaging a #ChristianNationalist takeover
Project 2025 was clear: First, #purge federal workers. Then replace them with theocrats & fanatics
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/14/what-the-lord-established-elon-musk-is-camouflaging-a-christian-nationalist-takeover/"Musk is following the #Project2025 playbook...
The explicit plan is to replace federal workers who #Musk forces out with people who pass "ideological purity tests," largely based on their eagerness to make #America something very much like a #theocracy."
Trump Admits He Has No Idea Why Elon Musk Met With India’s Modi
https://newrepublic.com/post/191558/trump-no-idea-elon-musk-meeting-india-modi"Modi was flanked by his entire foreign affairs team... facing some of Musk’s children, while #Musk & #Modi sat in the head chairs that the #president and a foreign dignitary usually sit in...
fuels the perception of #Trump as a simple figurehead while the...[South African immigrant] actually runs the show... One can only wonder how far this will go."
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Trump Admits He Has No Idea Why Elon Musk Met With India’s Modi
https://newrepublic.com/post/191558/trump-no-idea-elon-musk-meeting-india-modi"Modi was flanked by his entire foreign affairs team... facing some of Musk’s children, while #Musk & #Modi sat in the head chairs that the #president and a foreign dignitary usually sit in...
fuels the perception of #Trump as a simple figurehead while the...[South African immigrant] actually runs the show... One can only wonder how far this will go."
Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-irs-extensive-system-access#DOGE staffer #GavinKliger
"Their interest... included the operation of enforcements, it included #taxpayer service in terms of function & the personnel footprint, & they wanted extensive system access...
Levels of data protection at #IRS are higher than other agencies. … Not only is improper disclosure #illegal, but improper inspection of #data internally is illegal"
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Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-irs-extensive-system-access#DOGE staffer #GavinKliger
"Their interest... included the operation of enforcements, it included #taxpayer service in terms of function & the personnel footprint, & they wanted extensive system access...
Levels of data protection at #IRS are higher than other agencies. … Not only is improper disclosure #illegal, but improper inspection of #data internally is illegal"
Elon Musk’s DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World
Elon Musk’s minions posted classified data on their website for anyone to see.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191580/elon-musk-doge-classified-us-intel-data-website"this incident doesn’t speak well of the pseudo-agency’s #security procedures. The website has already been hacked by Thursday evening thanks to #coding vulnerabilities. And since #DOGE has gotten into all kinds of sensitive #data, every #American could be at risk."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #GOP #Politics #News #USPol #Press #USA
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World
Elon Musk’s minions posted classified data on their website for anyone to see.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191580/elon-musk-doge-classified-us-intel-data-website"this incident doesn’t speak well of the pseudo-agency’s #security procedures. The website has already been hacked by Thursday evening thanks to #coding vulnerabilities. And since #DOGE has gotten into all kinds of sensitive #data, every #American could be at risk."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #GOP #Politics #News #USPol #Press #USA
DOGE Goes Nuclear and Fires DOE Staff in Charge of Our Own Nuclear Weapons
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/doge-goes-nuclear-and-fires-doe-staff"another #DOGE mistake. They fired #nuclear staff without really knowing what they did, and then tried to rehire them. Outrageous!"
[ #video ]
#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #Republicans #GOP #Politics #News #USPol #USNews #US #USA #Press
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DOGE Goes Nuclear and Fires DOE Staff in Charge of Our Own Nuclear Weapons
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/doge-goes-nuclear-and-fires-doe-staff"another #DOGE mistake. They fired #nuclear staff without really knowing what they did, and then tried to rehire them. Outrageous!"
[ #video ]
#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #Republicans #GOP #Politics #News #USPol #USNews #US #USA #Press
The federal #tech workers facing down DOGE
What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down" #ElonMusk & #DOGE have infiltrated #government agency after govt agency... a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state...
carried out with no congressional #oversight and often in stark defiance of judicial orders. It’s been called a #coup, or an #autogolpe, a coup from inside, or American #authoritarianism"
