Part of what we are seeing here is a) Trump/DOGE officials claiming authority they do not have, trying to break the law b) career officials pushing back c) career officials punished: put on leave and likely fired when Schedule F returns. - ThreadSky

donmoyn.bsky.social • 71 days ago

Part of what we are seeing here is
a) Trump/DOGE officials claiming authority they do not have, trying to break the law
b) career officials pushing back
c) career officials punished: put on leave and likely fired when Schedule F returns.

Reposted from Brendan Nyhan

This is illegal. These are crimes!

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hybridcap.bsky.social•71 days ago

Is there anyone in the country left who can charge these obvious crimes?

theradiostar.bsky.social•71 days ago

oh, they can be charged. now, whether they can be successfully arrested or prosecuted -- that's another matter entirely

nursegenius1019.bsky.social•71 days ago

Elon Musk does not qualify for access. Impeach

debarg316.bsky.social•71 days ago

And the other "co equal" branches of power doing nothing about it.

rochesterirish.bsky.social•71 days ago

I assume only federal prosecutors have jurisdiction here and therefore will do nothing?

kathmandu513.gobirds.online•71 days ago

This ends with one of these DOGE clowns bragging to a Russian honeypot how they have access to everything in the US Treasury doesn't it?

thoughtcriminal.bsky.social•71 days ago

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that we are, simply, f*cked.

coachn.bsky.social•71 days ago

If this does not call for an emergency injunction to stop DOGE from interacting with government agencies until its legality can be determined by the courts, I don’t know what does.

lisbonlemidi.bsky.social•71 days ago

I think we need to stop calling them DOGE officials. It's just a made up thing they decided to call themselves. They're no different than trump's golf buddies that tried to run the VA from Mar a lago. Just call them trump's cronies.

wallacewriter.bsky.social•71 days ago

Are we seeing any pushback from Republicans in the Senate?

gdsobb.bsky.social•71 days ago

Yo @schumer.senate.gov WTF???????

missokane.bsky.social•71 days ago

Not just trying to break the law, actively and brazenly breaking

artblather.bsky.social•71 days ago

Congress need to put an end to DOGE right away. They absolutely should not have access to government databases.

texwms15.bsky.social•71 days ago

Who is going to stop them??

xravenx.bsky.social•71 days ago

It’s fucking over for America. The Nukes can’t come fast enough.

armiakrajowa.bsky.social•70 days ago

sonofherby.bsky.social•71 days ago

Whoever relieved them committed a crime. Anyone from any other federal agency, like US Marshal service, committed a crime. Someone needs to put them on TV, naming names.

skirtgrl.bsky.social•71 days ago

Career officials and Fed employees showing more spine than Congress.

brewsfan1.bsky.social•71 days ago

The bigger fucking picture is presidents may change but Elon will still have all of our personal data. He is pulling off the ultimate hack and somehow legally wtf

dcpauling.bsky.social•71 days ago

it's thoroughly illegal but what difference does that make when the executive won't enforce the law against it because he's doing it at the direction of the executive

kcarlin25.bsky.social•71 days ago

Where does this fit in? He has usurped power of the presidency & Trump hasn’t even noticed

kathmandu513.gobirds.online•71 days ago

Well Trump is golfing so...

theradiostar.bsky.social•71 days ago

technically he's usurping the power of congress

oldfarkenlady.bsky.social•71 days ago

Interesting to read which contacts are totally gutted. Also the “administrative costs” entries in the “savings” column…like WTH nobody will be administering a dang thang at those departments.

kcarlin25.bsky.social•71 days ago

I take it you mean interesting as in telling? such as which agencies he’s making targets of for private takeover? Or do you mean something else?

balmak.lol•71 days ago

Is it really illegal if they let you get away with it?

robertweiter.bsky.social•71 days ago

It's illegal, but who's going to 𝙚𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 that? Certainly not a Trump DOJ? The Republican controlled Congress? The Courts?
https://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3lha4fhr7cc2e

janjohnson.bsky.social•71 days ago

Is someone going to file suit?

mwf38.bsky.social•71 days ago

Arrest Elon musk

guernser.bsky.social•71 days ago

Why are these stories all in passive voice? Who is doing the authorizing, firing? What security personnel are enforcing these raids, and why are they obeying illegal orders?

frankgindc.bsky.social•71 days ago

Another part of what we’re seeing is Dem leaders doing next to nothing to stop it or to protect workers.

rbretired.bsky.social•70 days ago

Let’s remember that Joe Biden was always doing things legally wasn’t it? Oh that’s right he’s not he had to pardon his whole family up until 2014 because he never did anything wrong.

slowtalking.bsky.social•71 days ago

d) career officials heroically obeying their oaths of office

thedanadecker.bsky.social•71 days ago

In a dictatorship (which is what this aspires to be) there is no rule of law or adherence to mandated procedures. It's simply "We do what we want" anywhere within the government agencies.

doggodogman.bsky.social•71 days ago

Dark fucking times... I'm not surprised, but damn am I scared.

donmoyn.bsky.social•71 days ago

This is why civil service protections matter. This is a story about a group of Musk people in government trying to break the law, being stopped by civil servants, and then those civil servants were put on leave and the lawbreaking proceeded.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html

donmoyn.bsky.social•71 days ago

Labeling this "the resistance" or the "deep state" or whatever misses the point. There is a massive assault on the rule of law happening right now, and the people trying to defend it in government are increasingly isolated and unprotected. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/fbi-new-york-email-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t04.mQ6a._x1m5OiTJO9t&smid=url-share

exiledsocscientist.bsky.social•71 days ago

One of the primary things that elected Democrats could do is support these civil servants in every possible rhetorical and substantive way.
https://bsky.app/profile/exiledsocscientist.bsky.social/post/3lh3biyddlc2x

arch45.bsky.social•71 days ago

There is a massive difference between the rule of law & rule by law. The rule of law binds us all equally, while rule by law binds us to the will of elites who use the law to their own purposes.

ethanfletcher.bsky.social•71 days ago

Do we know under what or whose authority they are being fired? I assume it's the president's but it isn't explicitly stated.

ubermenchies.bsky.social•71 days ago

I'm curious how many of these FBI officials and agents who could be affected voted for Trump.

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