Masnick explains how Musk is doing a Twitter Files on the whole U.S. government: "The danger isn’t just bad policy — it’s the replacement of accountable governance with conspiracy-driven chaos that threatens everything from disaster response to diplomatic relations." www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/t... - ThreadSky

katestarbird.bsky.social • 23 days ago

Masnick explains how Musk is doing a Twitter Files on the whole U.S. government: "The danger isn’t just bad policy — it’s the replacement of accountable governance with conspiracy-driven chaos that threatens everything from disaster response to diplomatic relations." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbook-comes-for-the-us-government/

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teunemans.bsky.social•22 days ago

I'm very worried about the intelligence services that exhange info with services from other countries, since individual agents and whole countries and their campaigns might be compromised. I hope that the EU immediatly shut down all communications with the US and that we learned from the 1sst term.

pmcintx.bsky.social•23 days ago

Those of us addicted to Twitter for a decade who suffered through the destruction of its functionality feared exactly this when he started to get involved in politics last year.

kdawg.com•23 days ago

How many times do you think they will use the term “deep state”?

katestarbird.bsky.social•23 days ago

Explaining the "guilt by association" conspiracy trick: "Claiming USAID funds Kristol through RPA is like saying two organizations are connected because they both use the same bank. It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of how charitable giving works – or more likely, a deliberate misrepresentation."

audrey60.bsky.social•23 days ago

Like connecting me with a drug dealer because we use the same road occasionally

katestarbird.bsky.social•23 days ago

"We’re going to see a bunch of false and misleading nonsense pushed by Elon and his crew, claiming all sorts of waste, fraud, and abuse. Most of it won’t actually be any of those things. ... But they’re going to destroy hugely consequential elements of US infrastructure to ."

audrey60.bsky.social•23 days ago

They’ll throw lots of shit out there and make the media trace all of it and wear themselves out to hide the real damage

linseyis.bsky.social•23 days ago

What’s the counter to this, Kate?

itsjuliet.bsky.social•23 days ago

If these things were true, they could do an immediate audit on concerning transactions through majority vote in Congress. They hold majority rule. They had to circumvent all of that because it's all bullshit. But the disinformation is the point. It's their most effective weapon against democracy.

wavycloud.bsky.social•23 days ago

How can the media report what comes out of this without playing into their hands? As unlikely as that is.

katestarbird.bsky.social•23 days ago

Explain how their narratives are bullshit. Don’t just repeat their claims and throw your (media’s) hands up on the air, asking “but how are we to know the truth?”

citychicken.bsky.social•23 days ago

I wonder what measures the DOGE crew is taking to protect sources and methods

chrisvetanovetz.bsky.social•23 days ago

If the US government replaces transparently researched and reviewed data with propaganda, then no data from the US government can be trusted. Therefore it is not useful. And furthermore, as it applies to the currency of a government that breaks contracts, it is valueless...

mikedaily.bsky.social•23 days ago

The Gov is more complex, and more professional than many realize, and Trump/Musk Admin are blowing many parts of it up.
Even if the courts reverse some things, and the Admin changes course on some things - it’s going to have serious repercussions.
Midterms will be revealing.
#LameDuckPOTUS

chicagobeersnob.bsky.social•23 days ago

The DEMS need to embracing being the opposition party all the time, instead of when it suits them. We haven't had that in decades.

mikedaily.bsky.social•23 days ago

Can you clarify what you mean here?

deemv.bsky.social•23 days ago

well that is bad bad baaaaaad! One Flew Over The Coup Coup’s Nest type stuff. whoa…..

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