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paleofuture.bsky.social • 19 hours ago

It’s a fucking coup.

Musk’s hackers burglarized "a vast trove of information about the entire federal workforce” on OPM computers even as Trump was being sworn in — that is "hours before Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was officially created by an executive order.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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davidmouritsen.bsky.social•19 hours ago

That about sums it up. It's an odd sort of coup, however, because coup leaders tend to try to avoid dynamiting the foundations of the economy of the country they've seized.

rlspang.bsky.social•19 hours ago

#March4th for Democracy. #50501

diotimaellen.bsky.social•19 hours ago

THAT MATTERS. GOOD JOB REPORTING THIS!

negativeev.bsky.social•8 hours ago

notkaspeck.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Does WSJ allow gift links? I wanna share this with my Republican brother.

paleofuture.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I don’t see that as an option with my subscription but you might try https://archive.is

notkaspeck.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Thanks! https://archive.is/3PRwZ

gatorbait73.bsky.social•19 hours ago

What about the Voting Machines they hacked during the Bomb Threats on Election Day that originated from Russia????

toddadam.bsky.social•19 hours ago

tompaine1.bsky.social•17 hours ago

UNITED WE STAND
@peoplepowerunited.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
@indivisible.org

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spiderandme.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Yes it is.

realturkana.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They can’t afford fair elections in the future, because they’d be held accountable for all the laws they’ve bulldozed.

jimsdouglas.bsky.social•19 hours ago

A coup that the majority party in congress is somewhere between tolerant of and supportive of; Musk's illegal vandalism is smashing USG agencies that the Republicans have been unable to touch by legal legislative means.

mavismoggie.bsky.social•12 hours ago

DOGE is a crime syndicate 🤷‍♀️

juandefuca.bsky.social•9 hours ago

i wonder what they were doing in the days/weeks leading to and including election day...

kstroopwafel.bsky.social•19 hours ago

paleofuture.bsky.social•19 hours ago

“…about nine DOGE workers have had administrative access to the agency’s computers, according to documents reviewed by the Journal. One DOGE programmer took control of OPM’s website, taking down diversity, equity and inclusion pages. In video chats with OPM staff, he didn’t turn his camera on.”

paleofuture.bsky.social•19 hours ago

“As the DOGE programmers kept demanding more access, one security official, seeking more information to provide clearance, asked them how they were getting paid. The pair responded they weren’t. They got the additional access they wanted, which let them lock people out of systems…”

paleofuture.bsky.social•19 hours ago

“They had gained access to proprietary information about some of the biggest financial institutions in the country, the person familiar with the matter said. They also had access to details about consumers who’ve gone to [CFPB] for assistance, the person added.”

fairecomments.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Does this explain (at least in part) why financial leaders have said so little as Trump-Musk actions are carrying us toward a major recession?

raisingonebrow.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Christ.

ozarkgraphic.bsky.social•19 hours ago

That’s for extortion & blackmail.

jackdaw687.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I can't find this gif outside of Imgur, but this is my reaction to all this: https://i.imgur.com/Lmxb0LH.mp4

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