Elon Musk and the White House criticized a federal judge for temporarily blocking Musk’s cost-cutting team from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, given widespread security concerns. Follow live updates.
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I closed my Twitter account so I wouldn't have to read Elon's craziness because I'm watching it in real time! A convicted Felon was placed in the White House with the help of the South African born Musk. Mr. Apartheid is running the country and Mr. Felon is not locked up in a prison because he "Won"
Maybe if they hadn't pulled a coup on Biden, things would look different now. I'm sure it would look different now.
Why DID they pull that coup on Mr. Biden?
Sad really, just sad.
Government systems cannot go down, millions of Americans rely on these systems to be stable and secure. Once Americans feel that these systems are no longer secure or untrustworthy, it will instill distrust in government systems.
Tell all Congress members and Senators to go home. They are all worthless as tRump makes all the laws and decisions (along with co prez elon). Go home people! You ain’t doin shit to stop this government takeover. This has been a PSA
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― Frédéric Bastiat
IT'S A HEIST FFS! That's all our money & info. He illegally access, copied etc. Also, one of musk's hacker guys admitted they had hacked the election & that musk is setting up computers in gov't to be hacked later at his choosing. Posted that on 2/7/25, then deleted it @repmoskowitz.bsky.social
My biggest issue is that all this is happen in a black box. If they’re serious about reform there should be an open and transparent update on progress and next step to the American people.
"Elon Musk and the White House criticized a federal judge" Not news.
"Judge Blocked Elon Musk access, White House expressed unhappiness with result"
Better.
Keep it to the facts, don't conflate rhetoric as equal to court decisions.
Of course the judge has to be removed, he’s the one safeguard to the illegal expansion of executive power. It’s only a matter of time before Musk has a one on one with a judge in a courtroom. He might want to look into flights back to South Africa🤷🏻♂️
The Emperor is just warming up. Remember, he won the Supreme Court case for his expanded powers on the premise that there were no constraints, even for assassinations. Maybe he’ll just start executing the judges who stand in his way.
Call former President Joe Biden if you want information about a coup.
If some Hollywood actors hadn't thought they were smart, Joe Biden could still be the president.
Shame on you. Shame on you for framing it like this. But them… it’s things like this that are why we are in this hellscape of a situation to begin with.
But let him have access to all the private data and federal funds with a bunch of 20 year olds - also explains why they fired the independent inspector generals
The boards of both Tesla and Space X expressed concern about Elon Musk’s drug use and that illegal drug use would be a violation of federal policies and jeopardize Space X billions of dollars in govt contracts - WSJ 1.6.24
It would be curious to find out how many people in this photo voted for Trump. And it's too late. We have a thumb drive or eternal backups; we've already backed up everything and we've been doing it behind our backs without our permission for years. Get off financial app's. Paper statements.
I think if people want to donate their money to programs in Congo, Georgia (not the US state) Afganistan, etc. Please do. But the USA government stealing my money to do so should be illegal.
The US government steals your money to bomb babies in Palestine but yeah....sure....no aid to starving war torn countries. Who's going to save the US from your crash? The UK already sounded the world alarms....US exceptionalism is deadly and stupid.
Yep, we should get out of Isreal`s mess that they bring onto themselves, and we should kick AIPAC Out of congress right along with all congress members that have dual citizenship.
I think you have no idea what you're talking about. Contracts are signed. Deals are done. Money is exchanged. It's called intsrnational diplomacy and trump will bring on WW3 with his shenanigans. Real great Maga. Real great. The world knows how to identify and handle nazis. You were always doomed.
Maybe. They'll frame it as a Biden mistake. We're about to find out just how stupid the US is when they fall for the lies repeatedly. I have no faith in most of them. As long as they can get a big Mac, these people don't think.
It's appalling that the Democrats' pursuit of higher oil prices comes at the cost of our safety. Their military adventures in the Middle East are a disgrace.
It is entirely possible that DOGE is mainly a charade to claim billions in fraud (without evidence as usual) in order to bolster GOP efforts to pass billionaire/corporate tax cuts in ongoing budget negotiations.
You can hear them: “LOOK AT THE FRAUD! CUT TAXES, CUT TAXES, CUT TAXES!!!
What an odd headline. Who cares that the unelected wrongdoer and he who shall not be named disagree with the Judge's order? If they agreed with it, they wouldn't have dived deep beyond their legal access to the Treasury to begin with, right? I don't think the criticism is the story here.
It’s not a cost cutting team - learn civics for god’s sake- they have no legal authority to cut spending already appropriated. So it’s an illegal tampering with tax payers money.
Elon had hackers lined up in rows,
To funnel some funds—where? No one knows.
A judge said, “No,” so Musk throws a fit,
Demanding impeachment like some Reddit twit.
Musk is the guy that ran to a judge to force advertisers to spend money on his toxic site. He's currently trying to get a judge to exact revenge on OpenAI because they told Musk to go f••• himself when he tried to take control of OpenAI and it succeeded without him.
Why are you not calling out that it’s illegal in the first place? Do you expect Trump supporters to read your articles? At the very least don’t normalize this. Good lord, newspapers are going to report the very plane crash we’re all on as it’s happening
Where is the data? Data acquisition to power AI is the new frontier for consolidating political control and policy driven initiatives. The first to acquire and control the anonymized data necessary to evolve AI systems will ensure their political influence and power swiftly surpass the opposition.
I can’t imagine why he needs this information. I need someone who thinks Elon Musk should have these data to tell me why. I mean that in all sincerity. I can’t imagine what their argument is
Musk and his band of Xitler Youth hackers were ILLEGALLY accessing these systems.
And ILLEGALLY stopping payment to money approved by Congress.
NYT is making the ghost of Baghdad Bob blush with its pro orange dictator propaganda
Is this a joke? You will now learn that Trump&Musk cares a fuck about what a judge said. Well, as to expect. And now? You still didn't thought about the next step?
The only force that will them stop is force. So try to organice those force.
You suck more than others. Why can’t you just put the word ILLEGALLY access in your headline. This is unreal and dangerous. Misinformation at its best.
Won’t be long before we start seeing attempts to impeach and remove federal judges for failing to disregard the law. And any successful removals will set precedent for next time Dems hold both chambers of Congress.
Poor tink tink is upset that he doesn’t just get to break the laws of the land without checks on his actions. This is America and we’re going to fight you all for our freedom and privacy. Where the hell does he think he is?
Why can't they be just vetted and let the whole procedure including making DOGE official go through Congress? Then we could talk about legitimate policy instead of this craziness. Unless the aim is not good for democracy.
And how about a thorough review of every department and every employee’s contributions before deciding what stays and what goes? Meat-cleavering the Federal government in two weeks, without fully analyzing what and who is essential is simply poor management.
You mean to say Elon and Trump unlawful cost cutting team is mad at a judge for upholding the law. You cowards at the New York Times. Can't call it how it is. 🖕🖕🖕
so what who give a fuck u guys in media think what musk is doing normal no he’s racist piece of shit wanting to squash his competitors n get info on americans. pushing his tax cuts. u guys in heidi’s broken bending over for them
Coincidentally the same framing as used by the Baltimore Sun, which was bought last year by David Smith, the right-wing owner of the (also right-wing) Sinclair Group, who once told Trump “We are here to deliver your message.”
Fixing it for you: “…for temporarily blocking the pretence that DOGE is a cost-saving measure. Instead, it is a concerted plan to destroy democracy. The courts are the only barrier standing. We, the media, have spent years sane-washing, both-siding, writing catchy headlines.”
Trump is planning to continue to violate the law and acting court orders in his attempt to usurp power from the co-equal legislative and judiciary branches of government while the GOP lies down and takes it, prioritizing power instead of the people
Stop calling it “Cost Cutting Team”. These are system engineers whose frontal lobes aren’t completely developed, not financial experts. Also reviewing ways to cut cost entails reviewing budgets, don’t even need an internet connection. This is the wholesale takeover of our Gov’t. Call it what it is.
Who cares what they criticize? What Musk did is illegal! Furthermore Musk & his tech goons need to be banned from every federal government agency and access to all their server farms. Period.
One day shortly, as our Democratic Republic turns to complete Social Nationalism, journalists working for Newspapers and News Media, like the @nytimes.com, @cnn.com and others will look back, and think that they once had the opportunity to stop a tyrant, but instead looked the other way.
Trump’s stunning power grab is dismantling the government in real time—with Elon at the center. Meanwhile, Democrats are still playing by rules that no longer exist. This article I wrote lays out exactly how to fight back before it’s too late.
Fight back against a government taking YOUR money and spending it with no accounting of actual expenditures on weird, silly programs in countries that we have no business spending YOUR money in, often undermining the legitimate governments of those countries?
😂😂😂😂
It’s a coup against our US constitution !!! NYT is sane washing it with language in reporting that is not calling it a coup. They aren’t following the judgments to stop by the courts.
Imagine your government being taken over, and you write about it in the least serious way to make sure no one understand what's happening. Fuck off, fascist mouthpiece.
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Fixed it.
Headlines matter.
they can criticize all they want as long as the judiciary's edicts are honored.
Why?
What about climate change?
Don't you care?
Why DID they pull that coup on Mr. Biden?
Sad really, just sad.
Jesus Christ, grow a pair.
Use your imagination.
This is dangerous territory and once again, the NYT fails to convey the level of danger to our country.
"Judge Blocked Elon Musk access, White House expressed unhappiness with result"
Better.
Keep it to the facts, don't conflate rhetoric as equal to court decisions.
Judge: I don’t have one.
Musky: Umm… I’ll make one!
Judge: That’s illegal.
Trumpy: Nope, executive ordered that.
If some Hollywood actors hadn't thought they were smart, Joe Biden could still be the president.
I’m now convinced a turnip truck drives up 8th Avenue each night…
#FUCKGOP
Need an uprising of real people stopping this..
Similar to J6. 💪🏼 better / Smarter - more powerful!
They won’t listen to the courts. We need to stop Fascism FAST!
Awesome👍
https://thehill.com/homenews/5134752-live-updates-elon-musk-donald-trump-budget-dodge-treasury/
You can sit around and watch it happen. I won't!
You can hear them: “LOOK AT THE FRAUD! CUT TAXES, CUT TAXES, CUT TAXES!!!
Where are all the "good guys with guns"? How can you let them strip away everything ggood in this country?
This is America
Elon had hackers lined up in rows,
To funnel some funds—where? No one knows.
A judge said, “No,” so Musk throws a fit,
Demanding impeachment like some Reddit twit.
And ILLEGALLY stopping payment to money approved by Congress.
NYT is making the ghost of Baghdad Bob blush with its pro orange dictator propaganda
But in North America, buying power rules even more, and maybe the latter is the key to getting Trump to behave less like a total idiot.
After all, more than 50 % of all foreign US tourists are Mexican or Canadian.
Try ILLEGAL stoppage of funding.
You suck. Go pound sand, you worthless rag.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only force that will them stop is force. So try to organice those force.
Prepare for civil war, that's the logical next step.
It’s what they want.
Straight Up Evil.
Anything to keep their access to Benedict Trump.
Don’t click on their shit “reporting”.
I haven’t regretted canceling my subscription once.
"jerkoffs with flash drives stealing SSNs?"
Lots of accurate ways to phrase that.
This is what bias in journalism looks like.
I’ll follow Wired. They are eating your lunch.
Trump is planning to continue to violate the law and acting court orders in his attempt to usurp power from the co-equal legislative and judiciary branches of government while the GOP lies down and takes it, prioritizing power instead of the people
That’s the fucking headline!
https://bsky.app/profile/leoconles.bsky.social/post/3lhqouxm3sk2v
https://open.substack.com/pub/jasonegenberg/p/the-rules-are-dead-the-game-has-changed?r=3nm35j&utm_medium=ios
😂😂😂😂
#foolishtrump