The apparent lies and attempted cover ups of Musk operatives raiding US agencies, stealing Americans’ personal data, changing base code at Treasury, and more, indicates they know it’s a political liability. The public (and business community) really don’t like it. With reason. Keep shining a light. - ThreadSky

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social • 25 days ago

The apparent lies and attempted cover ups of Musk operatives raiding US agencies, stealing Americans’ personal data, changing base code at Treasury, and more, indicates they know it’s a political liability.

The public (and business community) really don’t like it. With reason. Keep shining a light.

Reposted from Greg Sargent

The most senior career official at Treasury was purged after protesting the access that DOGE officials had secured. Why would that have happened if this were an innocent expansion of a previous process?

And here are some other unanswered questions:

newrepublic.com/article/1911...

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centristsisyphus.bsky.social•25 days ago

Changing critical systems and accessing sensitive data without authorization, then covering your tracks, would seem to violate laws. Ahhh, laws…remember them?

marybonner.bsky.social•25 days ago

They are at NIH today

kimphilbywasbad.bsky.social•25 days ago

Tells that they know it’s going badly: Twitter and tik tok posts making increasingly insane posts about “spending uncovered by musk” and R pols saying “it’s just an audit”

nycicarusorg.bsky.social•24 days ago

If its 'read only' data, that means they made a copy and can take it outside a secure setting and use it for political or monetary gain.

snowmein.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nothing gives you full faith in the credit of the US Treasury like a Secretary lying to conceal a cyber attack.

scottgoeke.bsky.social•25 days ago

The thing i say that’s even broke through with Trumpers (“but that’s illegal!) is:

“Elon Musk’s 19 year old intern has stolen all of our Social Security numbers and banking information from the US Treasury and we don’t know what they’re doing with it”

scottgoeke.bsky.social•25 days ago

i think it’s part that they understand how ruinous the having their SSN + bank data could be

but i think it’s the “19 year old” part that really kicks it—they do not trust anyone young

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social•25 days ago

I think that one's a winner.
As someone in the camp that says the most Trump voters knew what they were getting with him, and voted for him because it's what they want: I don't think Elon Musk's 19 year old intern stealing their Social Security numbers and banking information is what they voted for.

scottgoeke.bsky.social•25 days ago

it makes the Musk stuff salient to them

scottgoeke.bsky.social•25 days ago

tell them there are reports they’re uploading into AI and they really don’t know what to do

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social•25 days ago

Yes, something that takes it from the abstract ("they're messing with the Constitutional order") to something concrete and personal ("they're stealing your personal information, messing with you personally").

scottgoeke.bsky.social•25 days ago

and enough knowledge about and experience with identity theft that it hits existing “this is dangerous” buttons

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