Even though Trump has exempted DOGE from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by placing it under the Presidential Records Act, its records are shielded from public disclosure until at least 2034.
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Money talks louder here in the US than it should. Boycott any and all American goods including Tesla, twitter, Facebook, instagram, and amazon. All of these billionaire tech bros support Trump in fleecing the American people under the smoke screen of efficiency.
Keep in mind that Trump is dying for a thin excuse to declare martial law. Don't be too afraid to protest, but keep the risk in mind. Despite the change at the top, we can hope that the rank and file military will refuse to be used against their own citizens. But it's a hope, not a guarantee.
Don't just make it that single day... spend as little as you're able for the next month. One day isn't enough to make retailers really wake up and take notice.
In response to the misinformation being posted on the DOGE website, we are submitting hundreds of FOIA requests. While they will likely go unanswered, we will at least make the effort.
Additionally, we are exploring the possibility of launching an alternative DOGE site to expose the discrepancies in their work. They are making thousands of claims on their “receipts wall,” many of which are completely inaccurate.
The website is poorly developed and virtually unusable. Their apparent goal seems to be to make it difficult for Americans to understand the information presented.
I'm wondering (assuming laws matter again at some point), will twitter data fall under the disclosure requirement because so much of the https://doge.gov site points to X
And so not that I'm encouraging anyone to send attachments to their 5 bullets. From NBC "The reason the email requested no links or attachments was because of the plan to send the information to the AI system, the sources said."
Given Elon purchased X with the goal of muddying it and making it difficult for users to understand the information that was being presented, I’d say you’re right about that
Or to convince those who are not of an analytic persuasion that they are doing great things that are to complex for mere minds. Baffle ‘em with bs approach to a grift.
They're lousy programmers who probably never learned to do front end work. Which is what a website is. I would say they learned back end programming but it's more accurate to say they ARE back ends
How is this effort progressing?
I was about to register a domain and start something like this thinking even my mediocre skills would be better than nothing. But if anyone better wants a crack have at it.
I'm now delighted by the thought of the Musketeers doing one of their clumsy find-and-replace hack jobs on a government site that uses the word "transparency" and leaving it littered with references to just "parency". Sometimes it's the little things that get you through the day.
from what i understood, you can easily verify everything on https://usaspending.gov but i understand how most of them can’t be bothered and probably would ban the words “fact check” too before we know it.
I think it's easier to simply explain that DOGE wants to privatize everything and avoid corp oversight than fight each falsehood. Big picture. Don't get hung up on details?
It would be nice to have people who actually know how to count and assemble a spreadsheet look these numbers over. The glaring errors and discrepancies on that site are unbelievable.
Do it. Use bullet points to refute claims and make sure they are short and sweet. MAGA brains have short attention spans. It needs to be summed up concisely. Provide links to longer explanations if needed.
Without real media to directly tackle their claims, the disinformation has a severe impact on the percentage of citizens willing to fight back.
Before anyone suggests MSM has stepped up lately, they're only doing exactly what they planned - Get Trump elected, ride the resulting ratings to the bank.
Oh please! Please do! I’d especially love to hear more about how the billionaire-whistle ‘drill, baby, drill!’ chant really refers to minerals (cobalt, nickel) extraction in Ukraine, Greenland, the world’s ocean floor, and the moon! Propping up corporate profits, too. Others in this vein. FFS.
The Republicans have a brand to get behind. It's MAGA. It worked too. The Dems need this. I propose using "STAND":
S. stop
T. Trump
A. and
N. national
D. dictatorship
We all need to stand up to this new form of dictatorship which is coming from the far right extremists. Repost and let's go!
Well, Trump put *Musk* in the President's office to shield DOGE from FOIA, but the other members are not part of the office and aren't shielded. That said, the National Archives won't cooperate and DOGE fired many of the people who respond to FOIA requests. I wish you luck!
National Archives only holds records that are no longer actively used or added to. FOIA at the archives doesn’t have access to any DOGE records because they are not yet (and probably never will be) transferred to the archives
True. But NARA does play a role in the agency FOIA process, through OGIS, the federal executive branch FOIA ombudsman. Should the partisan Byron make partisan changes there, it would blow up FOIA everywhere.
Fed employees all need to walk out. Everyone. A massive general strike. Let’s give them what they want. No government. No airports, no social security checks, none of it. Refuse to go back unless Congress impeaches both Trump and Vance, arrests Musk. Beat them to it! Power to the people.
Too bad; it shouldn't be after he leaves or so long after. By the time anyone gets their hands on anything it's too late to do anything abt it. Another BULLSHIT act that this MOTHERFUCKER abuses to his advantage
If what Orange Man, Leon Kums, and DOGE were doing was legal (it isn't), there'd be no need to do this and there'd be full transparency since they're "supposed to be saving taxpayers money".
The decision to kill USAID doesn’t just eliminate US jobs—it wipes out countless jobs that rely on it. The ripple effect extends far beyond initial cuts, disrupting entire supply chains & industries that depend on these contracts for stability.
The oligarchs consequences spread across the globe, affecting workers far removed from the original ignorant decisions. In an interconnected world, a single contract termination can send shockwaves through multiple industries, impacting lives in ways DOGE cannot quantify. This is a COUP.
I say this because my brother-in-law who is far removed from America Politics and has lived in Germany for nine years and works for a company over there has no ties to America, Just lost his job because of Donald Trump and Elon Musk‘s cuts… it’s affecting citizens of the world. Not just “dems”.
Should we go to reddit and set a reminder? Something like, "Remind me to send requests daily until 2034" Extra points if you know how to automate that and can send you know...hundreds. An hour. And get others to do so too.
If we ever have a free and fair election in the future, I hope the next president will reverse that decision. We the people elect our president, so all presidential records should have full transparency from day one!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your posts and all of your work that goes on behind the scenes in making this information available. I simply cannot keep up with the flood of misinformation, let alone connect the dots in a rational way to figure out what's really happening.
Can you guys please stop doing the work of the GOP for them? YOU are setting a narrative that Democrats are "doing nothing" -- which is patently false and easily disprovable if you took more than 5 minutes to look for what they are doing.
And therein lies the problem, Alissa
No one should have to research, 'look up', what top Democratic leadership is doing. What they're doing should be shouted from the rooftops, day in, day out
Me telling MAGA how dems are fighting back isn't good enough. They should hear it loud and clear
And even tho the Repubs will most likely continue to do nothing they are responsible for allowing Musk to run free through the govt. So they should still be called out asked what they intend to do every day.
And here is the problem: you’ve let the old rich guys divide you so much that you’re fighting over who else to blame instead of fighting against the obvious perpetrators.
Oh, you mean like the Democrat turned red hat Fetterman? The only ones I consistently hear being vocal are AOC, Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, and Jasmine Crockett. Civil lawsuits are great but there needs to be an active campaign against all the misinformation. Or have they learned nothing since 2016.
All that rhetoric about democracy being all the docket sure feels hollow right now. We're doing the work for the Republicans? Fuck outta here. All of us resisting and protesting are doing more to bring to light what's going on than most of the Democratic party. They still haven't learned anything.
Seems they are attempting to get a daily briefing out on the facts of the day for all Democrats. MAGA has been doing this for or 9 years now. We libs appear to be slow learners...
No, you never want to fight your battle on the ground chosen by your enemy.
Politically, don't let the other side define the issues.
If we just respond to Trump's claims, say about the border, you just keep the focus on an issue where they are strong.
You can't let misinformation go unchecked. One of the biggest reasons we're here is because this wasn't done until the damage had already been done. We have to break the cycle.
If DOGE is exempted from the FOIA, then they are exempt from routine use in the Privacy Act, therefor they MUST not receive any access to any government systems with PII (which they have). They are violating the Privacy Act.
That makes me feel a little better? But wouldn't everybody feel a even better if we had a person in there to keep an eye on them? When asps do things behind closed doors it starts suspicions in people's minds and in our case, I believe it starts suspicions in about 2/3 of the American people.
What even are the records? He spouts/post b.s. everyday and they have no idea what they're doing. I'd be surprised if there was any coherent documentation, which, of course, is one of the many problems.
His incoherent social media posts are probably the best we're gonna get.
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I never call it X, and it wasn’t even accurate there. Booooo
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Sorry to piggyback on your post, but I think this link might be useful for many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjJxL5eGJO8
I was about to register a domain and start something like this thinking even my mediocre skills would be better than nothing. But if anyone better wants a crack have at it.
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These people are not the sharpest tools in the shed.
our AHA movement to create AHA moments
are easy to break in?
Stay safe
Help me, ANPS, you're my only hope...
https://www.wethebuilders.org/
Create a real website with real info.
Also, fitting since we're... you know, alt US Digital Service aka US DOGE Service, thanks to the executive order establishing DOGE.
Trump deflate deez nuts
Almost as if it was done on purpose as a shock and awe.
Before anyone suggests MSM has stepped up lately, they're only doing exactly what they planned - Get Trump elected, ride the resulting ratings to the bank.
S. stop
T. Trump
A. and
N. national
D. dictatorship
We all need to stand up to this new form of dictatorship which is coming from the far right extremists. Repost and let's go!
https://youtu.be/Al0WUPn_CnM
GETUP – Guarding Ethics, Truth, and Upholding the Constitution.
It’s a principled counter to the perception of DOGE.
I hope someone leaks it. 🤷🏻♀️
Money above all
I am so tired of the blame they give to Harris and the Dems.
No one should have to research, 'look up', what top Democratic leadership is doing. What they're doing should be shouted from the rooftops, day in, day out
Me telling MAGA how dems are fighting back isn't good enough. They should hear it loud and clear
is there only AOC doing anything?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSilE1oyQYM
Politically, don't let the other side define the issues.
If we just respond to Trump's claims, say about the border, you just keep the focus on an issue where they are strong.
Daily briefings but on issues we chose.
We now have two choices. Live free or kneel to your MAGA king like a slave.
Color? Gender? Race? Immigrant? Rural? Urban? Worker? Boss? Poor? Rich? Red? Blue? Your flag is one of these.
I know which one is mine.
His incoherent social media posts are probably the best we're gonna get.