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A 25-year-old DOGE worker named Marko Elez who has admin privileges on Treasury dept systems that control about 95% of payments made by the gov, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and contract payments "has already made extensive changes to the code base for these critical payment system"
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight, Wired reported that, contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A 25-year-old DOGE worker named Marko Elez who has admin privileges on Treasury dept systems that control about 95% of payments made by the gov, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and contract payments "has already made extensive changes to the code base for these critical payment system"
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If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Exclusive: Federal workers have filed an emergency motion requesting a restraining order to disconnect the DOGE server that's being used to conduct Trump's "deferred resignation program." The workers had previously accused DOGE of illegally bypassing a mandated privacy audit.
By me at @wired.com:
By me at @wired.com:
Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server
Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Federal workers have filed an emergency motion requesting a restraining order to disconnect the DOGE server that's being used to conduct Trump's "deferred resignation program." The workers had previously accused DOGE of illegally bypassing a mandated privacy audit.
By me at @wired.com:
By me at @wired.com:
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USAID was became an agency in statute in 1998 and cannot be dissolved by executive order www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p... Congress even specifically prohibited reorganizing it without consultation last year www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
Can the President Dissolve USAID by Executive Order?
Congress established USAID in statute, and the president may not unilaterally override a statute by executive order.
www.justsecurity.org
February 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
USAID was became an agency in statute in 1998 and cannot be dissolved by executive order www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p... Congress even specifically prohibited reorganizing it without consultation last year www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
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Demand prison time for Musk, only Congress has the legal mandate to get rid or cut USAID. Cutting off the aid will cause thousands of deaths, especially among women and children around the world. That’s called mass murder.
February 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Demand prison time for Musk, only Congress has the legal mandate to get rid or cut USAID. Cutting off the aid will cause thousands of deaths, especially among women and children around the world. That’s called mass murder.