Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractor, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the Treasury Department.
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Should he still have contracts with the federal government, that would be conflict of interest. He'd have the upper hand over any other contractor out there because he knows how much the government contracts cost.
It’s worse. He has been given complete access. He didn’t have to hack our systems. We opened the door wide. His AI can know every thing about any of us. How much money we have, where it’s stored, if we might have guns, if we have gold or silver? Basically anything.
The first Democrat who vows to try Musk for Treason AND brings charges for violating The Espionage Act AND vows to revoke his citizenship will get my vote from now until infinity!
This is the same guy backing the conservative party in Canada. I don't have strong feelings about the next wave of leadership on offer in Canada, but I will use my vote to vote against PP and his CPC. Literally anyone else is a better choice for the working class.
Musk has zero reason to access the information he demands. So many lawsuits on the horizon, the only people making out from the actions of the “doge” will be lawyers.
All approvals and disapprovals of payments are done at the agency level before the payment request is put into the Treasury Payment System (TPS). This system is the last link in the payment processing network within the federal government...no disapprovals in the TPS if everything worked properly.
Therefore, it appears Musk and DOGE do not know what they are doing as they do not even understand how the payment processing systems works inside the federal government. Payments are validated at the specific agency before the payment request is entered into the TPS for payment processing.
The smartest strategy by Democrats is to support everything Trump wants. If he succeeds, DEMS can say they played a big part in America's success. If Trump fails, DEMS can say we tried the Trump GOP plan, but it failed, and American voters would swing back to DEMS in 2028 ... WIN / WIN strategy.
A private citizen without proper security clearance now has access to the federal government's payments systems. Perhaps that's the real headline here??
Why would Trump put him in jail? He's the one that's allowing him to do this shit. He even fired the people that tried to stop Musk's men from entering. A pity that the bullet wasn't a couple of inches further to the right!
I think that once everyone in the White House gets fed up Elon's days are numbered. I just can't believe that in 10 years they haven't learned how to manipulate him. "But sir, what he's doing will damage your legacy.".
donnie dumdum sees the checkbook as the end-all be-all. He thinks elmo, baldie, and the other S.Afr. guy are the coolest kids to ever walk the planet and wished he could be them. Yes, he will betray him but not until he's gotten his piece and is worth more than them.
Vlad made the oligarchs kick 50% of everything to him once everything was pieced out. If they wanted to stay oligarchs and alive. That's the playbook being played out right now, imo.
Probably. I think he's getting too cocky on the world stage though. Someone will cut him down to size, if he's threatening Russia and aligning with Israel to "clean out Gaza".
Aww. You think tRump cares about the control or decisions? He’s just there for the revenge and adoration. He will just let his cronies run amuck with the departments.
He does care about what people think of him. Looking at things now, Musk is getting more attention than him. That's going to get on his nerves eventually.
Project Treadstone needs activated irl against these Bond villains. Turns out our entire republic was smoke and mirrors, held together by mass-delusion. There are no adults currently willing to suffer discomfort (or worse) for the preservation of the republic. I am despondent at the state of us.
(1/2) If all these decisions seem detached from national well being it’s because THEY ARE. The goal isn’t to preserve the US as it is but to usher in something else… and it’s not just ushering in ‘efficiency’ 💀
(2/2) We’re wasting our outrage demanding answers from legislators. They’re irrelevant now.
Direct that energy to demanding that the council of tech libertarians aka trump’s board of directors state their end game & most importantly what precisely they’re willing to sacrifice to obtain it
Those are payments on federal contracts. They will get paid now or the court will order the federal govt to pay later when all these companies file suit. And since they have fired everyone at DOJ, US will lose those cases. It’s pointless and illegal
Quite clearly, the USA has the most impotent, stupid & useless Congress in a century, if not ever. How many real leaders in the mix? 4? Trump wipes his *ss with their faces & they do nothing. The Constitution is shredded & they suck their thumbs. You'll find more spine in a school of jellyfish.
He is not in charge of anything. He is just an advisor. Not elected, not approved by senate. Why is no one putting an injunction against this ahole and stop him from doing anything with the system?
‘Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who is now central to Donald Trump’s election campaign, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the past two years
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X, which has provided a vehicle for Russian disinformation campaigns‘
I haven't seen a lot of people speaking about a subject, maybe I missed it. But at the moment, Musk has more than 10 billion dollars of debt just waiting in the hands of a banking system that wants nothing to do with it.
There is an official price on Musk's loyalty out there.
SO SOMEONE ARREST HIM?!??! WTFuck is going on that suddenly private citizens committing super huge crimes out in the open is totally ok with every judge in America? Why are we all just sitting here?!???!!!!
OMG, this is not good, giving this rich billionaire access to sensitive systems in the Treasury Dept! 😳 Why has Musk been given access without the proper security clearance or being vetted by Congress or the Senate. I hope our country survives 4 more years of Trump! 😮 😠
Let's go, destroy everything. Burn this s*** to the ground. Democrats don't have a fucking spine to fight back, and the people are too submissive. Americans only take action if it affects them directly. Individualism, consumerism & elitism.
It was always bound to get us to this moment in time.
what is the most important currency today ? Data. Musk now has access to the largest trove of US data & will monetize it - sue Musk & Trump / Vance personally and the US government for breach of privacy, theft of data, violation of law and contracts & attach their personal assets - sue for trillions
Is Musk only shutting down payments or diverting them to himself? Did Musk install malware that can disrupt our financial systems, shutting down the US for China anytime he wants?
https://Ssa.gov/privacy
Possible violation of The Privacy Act of 1974.
Call the members of the Senate Advisory Committee on Monday!!!
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And print out all your documents from SSA website!
Well well.the clown show whom enriched himself off our tax dollars and secrets. A big friend of Chiiiinnnnaaaa.... and has no business or legal standing in American proprietary information. No clown show can grant access. So The Supreme Court did you elect this? Your next on his list.
What's wrong with this picture.
An unofficial organization run by an autistic man is illegally shutting down US organizations.
And your representatives are not stopping him
Exactly why I unregistered to vote and I took down my flag. United States is pitiful
Musk has no legal authority as a private citizen. He wasn't elected nor appointed and approved by Congress to have this type of clearance. A federal judge needs to step in with an injunction asap.
Clearly this is criminal. Congress has the responsibility of the purse. Maybe if they get notices they are fired it might remind them of their actual duties.
How, how, please tell this American citizen how this is possible? And how are the Representatives We The People elected, elected, doing nothing to stop this fucking unlawful insanity?
We have an immigrant who is not elected, not vetted, with no security clearance access to all $6 trillion of the treasury and all the personal information that goes with it. The billionaires that control the media, social media, and now our money we just gave it to them. What could go wrong?
They’ll soon find out that the world doesn’t work that way. No doubt when their own payments don’t come through, when their work week doubles for no extra pay, when their highways crater…
One of my bad habits.. whenever I refer to cultural clashes (THIS group cooks cabbage and it stinks, THAT group dresses funny) I frame it as Norwegians vs. Swedes.
This is illegal, he has no authority. The entities he’s cutting off that have contracts should sue for breach of same. Since he’s not a govt. employee, sue him personally. Sue Trump admin for giving him access.
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For instance, this paragraph can easily be read in as presenting Musk's lies as fact.
@gregorykorte.com
Direct that energy to demanding that the council of tech libertarians aka trump’s board of directors state their end game & most importantly what precisely they’re willing to sacrifice to obtain it
‘Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who is now central to Donald Trump’s election campaign, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the past two years
…
X, which has provided a vehicle for Russian disinformation campaigns‘
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/25/elon-musk-has-been-in-regular-contact-with-putin-for-two-years-say-reports
There is an official price on Musk's loyalty out there.
https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/videos/590837890530283
It was always bound to get us to this moment in time.
And convicted and jailed.
Anything else is futile.
Disobeying federal court order = an attack on the USA.
GET OUT OF AMERICA!!!!!
NOW!
Possible violation of The Privacy Act of 1974.
Call the members of the Senate Advisory Committee on Monday!!!
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
And print out all your documents from SSA website!
An unofficial organization run by an autistic man is illegally shutting down US organizations.
And your representatives are not stopping him
Exactly why I unregistered to vote and I took down my flag. United States is pitiful
#%*€<^*++ him.
Whole country is like that right now.
As long as they get to and from work and their fandoms, everything else can burn.
(Swede? Is there an issue with Sweden? You mean Denmark?)
One of my bad habits.. whenever I refer to cultural clashes (THIS group cooks cabbage and it stinks, THAT group dresses funny) I frame it as Norwegians vs. Swedes.
Probably because I'm Minnesotan.
But serfdom's in the deep structure of their thinking, no matter how they were raised.
'Work hard, keep your head down, obey and survive'.. tough to crack.