NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
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According to sources, DOGE operatives said they specifically sought levels of permissions that would give them the ability to create, pause, and delete email accounts.
Granting the request would require them each to be given an essentially God-mode level of access to the entire system architecture.
Unbelievable...hackers having access to everything that keeps this country running. If we ever get through this, some MAJOR laws need to be put in place to prevent another coup
I don't know how we will stop this, but we have to.
What they have done, are doing-is not about fraud, or waste and it is certainly not about efficiency. These boys are dangerously ignorant, and we need to take our country back.
“These people,” says one source at DOI who worries that DOGE affiliates could inadvertently destroy parts of the nearly 30-year-old FPPS, stop paychecks, or allow for a breach of the entire system, “have no idea what they’re doing.”
Oh man. I used to do payroll systems for a while, and it's the only complicated enterprise software I will not work on. It stresses me out too much. Suffice to say it isn't fucking Twitter. You can't just say 'Oops' if something goes wrong. Things *can't* go wrong with payroll systems
Revoke their ldap access, enable password generation daily for them just for fun, and mandate 100 character passphrases. If using a mainframe, just disable super user USS access and / or remove the OMVS segment. Enable tls 1.2 minimum and force certificate checks. It's all in the name of security.
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Well here's the thing they're not a legitimate nor they congressionally recognize so that leave as it should always be in all the cases that involves Doge should be ignored
Any lawyers want to start a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk, Doge and the federal government et al? I'm sick of the blatant violations of federal law. They are invading privacy & violating HIPAA regulations.
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I thought only Congress has the power of the purse. will these maga cowards in congress hand this power over? To everyone? To themselves? They cannot be human to offer themselves as slaves to a demon who has no humanity. What will Jesus Christ, their God, say when they come to that time?
Outrage after outrage—how many Republican seats do we have to get back to at least get Congress strong enough to be able to address this shit? We are going to have so much damage to repair. Again.
Enforcement begins when the GOP Congressional majority decides to assert its constitutional role to restrain the executive branch. We can’t even get that. They’re either getting shares of the grift or terrified of the mob boss in the Oval Office.
What would happen if Trump & Musk & MAGA held EVERYONE hostage financially... Or just siphoned off ALL our dollars and put them in crypto... Raided our Fort Knoxes of gold, dollars and data. What is there to stop them?
I guess if you’re Clarence Thomas you don’t need a paycheck-billionaire Harlan Crow’s generosity can fund a lavish lifestyle complete with luxury vacations and houses for family members.
👆🏾👇🏾”NUEVO: DOGE exigió acceso total a un sistema del Departamento del Interior de EE. UU. que maneja incluso los cheques de pago de la Corte Suprema. Cuando el personal de alto nivel hizo preguntas, fueron suspendidos.”
Ok SCOTUS, they’re after you now, and you still have some authority. What’s your play? When is it time to show court orders from all levels have teeth, and shut Musk and DOGE down with extreme prejudice? They’re mocking all courts by ignoring orders and breaking laws faster than cases can open
This is when going I'm going to say this: these DOGE employees need to be greeted with a barrel of a gun. No more fucking around with these shitweasels.
Sometimes, I'm grateful my very liberal brother, who worked at Interior and had a volatile temper, passed away years ago. He died of non-small cell cancer & had a very specific window of time alloted him. He'd probably have come up with a less-than-legal way of dealing with these imposters 🫤
There is no honest reason to do it this way, right? Why the rush w/no operating inspectors generals to watch for criminality? Why not have observers that all Americans can trust? Why the secrecy? Why the conflicts-of-interest that are ignored? Smells bad. Read bad. Grifters run amok.
They have NO BOTTOM! Their appetite for power is bottomless! What happened with EAT THE RICH? Because right now they are literally FEASTING ON ALL OF US. It is so ridiculous, and NOT FUNNY . . . But this post made me laugh 😂 until I cried with anxiety, frustration and HOPELESSNESS. 😢😭
What the fuck are we doing? Get the capital police over there and don’t let them into these departments. Use force if necessary arrest Trump
these capital police would want to arrest Trump ha. I bet they would arrest him in a minute.
Some here are asking why the DOI staff didn’t prevent the DOGErs from entering or call the police, etc. when US Institute for Peace tried that, it didn’t work in their favor: https://wapo.st/3FKUXkw (should be a gift link)
That is what I have been saying. If the felon has the absolute power, the Supreme Court justices will become irrelevant and lose power, prestige and even under the table money. Why would they do that? For whom? They are not very smart bunch of people.
One wonders how the despot's bromantic partners, Thomas & Alito . . . and by default, Roberts, feel about this. More importantly, the DOI manages natural resources, cultural heritage, & fulfilling responsibilities to Native American & Alaskan tribes. Think: DEI.
There’s no turning back. There will be nothing worth saving after they have had their slimy, poisonous tentacles in/over/under ever nook and cranny of everything we held dear as a nation . Let’s get out of here‼️
I am just floored that criminal hackers are being allowed to steal our information in broad daylight. TheTrump Corrupt Republican Party can go straight to hell!! They are to blame for this mess!
Rut roh.. they don't care if we get our Social Security checks,but they better not mess with SCOTUS checks. I know a lot of them have lucrative grifts onthe side, but still.
If this dude pulled up to my place of employment and told me to kick rocks, 'Big Balls' would have a hell of a time prying my hands off his boss's his throat. What the fuck is going on?!
This is *wrong* and DOGE is *wrong*. This is what authoritarian govts do. Is Musk/DOGE authoritarian? Sure looks like it! One must always question authority when asked to do something *Illegal* or *immoral* or *unethical*. Musk is broken, but moral boundaries do matter.
For fucks sale, get these destructive assholes out of our house. What possible reason, other than theft, would these dogenuts have for accessing our payroll?
who is putting them on leave? i dont understand, DOGE is not a government entity. i dont understand why we are letting them roll over all of the systems that have been in places for decades and are breaching security left and right.
This farcical regime pushing out our democracy to replace with tyranny must not stay - we must rid our country of this cancer. The people must stand up and kick them all out and prosecute all on charges of conspiracy and treason. Stand up! Fight!
Canadian here, really confused, bc no one voted for Elon or any of those on payroll at DOGE, or the woman who apparently IS in charge of DOGE (but no one told her she was?). Who directs the actions of DOGE employees, who ensures the act within the law, and who put other gov. Employees on leave?
Trump said Musk is not head of DOGE. Musk Said DOGE isn't a GOV dept. So acting as if it has authority, threatening staff with fake "marshalls" to get the to give access to computers is fraud. Locking computers is data theft. All are crimes that should be charged
That’s exactly the thing, anyone worth their salt needs to be organizing outside the realm of government. I’m not optimistic any will happen, that’s just a thing on the table
If the commit Fraud in a state State AGs ( lying w intent ex: Signal didn't include security info, Trump wasn't on the link, Musk/DOGE/ "Marsalls ls" gad real authority) can. Courts can appoint special marshalls
emoluments are prohibited in the constitution. so they cannot be an official act. he just had press of Finland visit Mar-a-lago Finland paid for it so its an emolument. DOJ won't press charges but individuals can file suit asking for relief. That may be money or Trump divesting from business
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Granting the request would require them each to be given an essentially God-mode level of access to the entire system architecture.
What they have done, are doing-is not about fraud, or waste and it is certainly not about efficiency. These boys are dangerously ignorant, and we need to take our country back.
Inside Elon Musk's 'digital coup':
DOGE may as well lay them all off too. They obviously aren’t doing anything.
They hold the power now.
50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
How can they legally get access to these documents?
Does Donnie give them clearance?
Now direct deposit information will be compromised.
With a hit song!
They have NO authority!
It's way past time for this.
Every Capitol, every county seat, every City Hall
April 5
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these capital police would want to arrest Trump ha. I bet they would arrest him in a minute.
The payoffs from the oligarchs are
We have to stop the flow of taxes to the fed if they’re illegally accessing it and dismantling what it’s used for
They are obeying NO ONE!!!
This administration is disappearing people
and torturing people!!!!
We need to protect them NOW!!!
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Where are their fucking top security clearances?
Elon NOT a God; his kiddie terrorists definitely are NOT either.
Lock up that bastard. He's out of control
Probably cut off their government cards/expense accounts too
#NEVERGIVEANINCH
What cookie jar haven’t they put their hand into yet? 😑 😩
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Such 'conservatism.'
#LimitedGovernment
#NoFederalOverreach
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Where have we seen this before ?Ah yes the worlds fascist dictatorships.
Here's a link, the list is too long to type and Trump is about to be added to it formally. History won't be kind to the orange wannabe messiah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_dictatorship
Congratulations, John Roberts! The leopards are coming for your face.
scotus says he can do anything if he deems it an official act
and if you've noticed this admin doesn't give a fuck about laws
the doj & fbi are in his pocket so who's going to arrest them?
look at all the shit they've been doing so far
scotus, fbi, doj, sod, etc. all in trumps pocket
fyi a coup is also prohibited, but that didn't stop anybody on Jan 6th AND they got away with it