Maybe this is how Musk knew about the personal finances of some of the civil servants he has targeted. - ThreadSky

emptywheel.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Maybe this is how Musk knew about the personal finances of some of the civil servants he has targeted.

NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

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laurae2422.bsky.social•9 days ago

Fuck.

speck0dust.bsky.social•9 days ago

This news reminds me of the Covid days when we’d watch with terror as the disease spread rapidly across the map. DOGE is our democratic pandemic.

pgharley56.bsky.social•9 days ago

Maybe is being gracious.

sniffit.bsky.social•9 days ago

Indeed. Aside from altering data to manufacture "evidence" for their baseless fraud claims, they're looking for and/or manufacturing "evidence" to use in either extorting people or punishing them with prosecution.

dbeberman.bsky.social•9 days ago

pretty sure the IRS is confidential info. wonder how many people will be willing to file this year knowing where that info is likely going...

quantum-man.bsky.social•9 days ago

why file taxes to be paid to nazi regime. Fuck them all

amymwb.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not to mention Musk is getting access to private financial data on his rivals & business competitors. Knowledge he can use to enrich himself in his personal business illegally.

safeatthird.bsky.social•9 days ago

Maybe they’ll find DJT’s taxes 😐

chernynkaya.bsky.social•9 days ago

The extortion opportunities are off the charts.

NJWookie.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy•9 days ago

@emptywheel.bsky.social

If Russian hackers bored into these agency systems the way Musk has we'd be talking about a major security breach and act of war.

Trump and the GOP are essentially allowing an invasion and the ongoing theft of the personal data of American Citizens along with the […]

freddielloydcase.bsky.social•9 days ago

‘Refund’
Now that’s funny right there, I don’t care who you are

danisnotamused.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sure sounds like a great way to collect some valuable kompromat for his bud, Vlad.

latergator1.bsky.social•9 days ago

There's an awful lot of hand wringing over attempts to uncover malfeasance and corruption. As a taxpayer, why not celebrate?

dwayne0314.bsky.social•9 days ago

I was wondering why nobody challenged him during the Oval Office presser about the fact he had intimate knowledge of a USAID employees personal finances.

wudang96.bsky.social•9 days ago

Much of that is in the OPM disclosures. Normal clearance requires it. Then he got Treasury. And the SSA. We've been hacked. Everything that we have reported to the US Government for personal or business use has been stolen.

tapati.bsky.social•7 days ago

Apparently they’ve already been through our medical billing records.

bucks-county-lib.bsky.social•9 days ago

"Leverage"

duncanidho.bsky.social•9 days ago

I used to work at the IRS, the data was classified as SBU. Let’s see if Doge violated some things https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33303.html

rjc1084.bsky.social•9 days ago

As rich as it gets for a guy who doesn’t pay taxes himself!

Sandywb.dftba.club.ap.brid.gy•9 days ago

@emptywheel.bsky.social 😡☹️

solsen9.bsky.social•9 days ago

Can we withhold paying fed taxes? Should we?

palmcanoe.bsky.social•9 days ago

my question as well. I started to use the government direct file system and then Musk said he shut it down (tho the web page was still up). If I'm a nobody and barely owe, what are the odds they even notice once they've broken the system?

ukrainewarpod.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes. I’ve been arguing this since the illegal impoundments began. No taxation without representation.

betsy-cazden.bsky.social•9 days ago

You can, but the penalties and potential jail time are considerable. There's a long anti-war tax protest movement with solid resources from the past 75 years. Do your research before deciding.

mannynh.bsky.social•9 days ago

Isn’t this literally a crime?!

randchange.bsky.social•9 days ago

When you’re this rich they let you do it.

sonny9636.bsky.social•9 days ago

I guarantee it is. Just cross reference OPM data set with treasury and you got it.

curmudgeon67.bsky.social•9 days ago

Grab 'em by the paychecks! When you're the world's richest man who bought a government for cheap, they let you do it! Could be time for us to start studying the French Revolution and decide who can inspire the next literary Madame Defarge.

betsy-cazden.bsky.social•9 days ago

IRS records don't include net worth, only taxable income. What I think does: Security clearance and financial disclosure records at OPM. Or else he's bluffing based on some disinformation planted on social media, his usual sourcing.

duncanidho.bsky.social•9 days ago

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33303.html

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