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anneapplebaum.bsky.social • 21 days ago

The tools used to destroy Twitter may now be applied to the US government

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/01/elon-musk-treasury-payments-system/

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pcsherry.bsky.social•20 days ago

MAY? Ha!
Count on it.
Musk is DOING it.

AND Musk has captured the entire American database from the treasury.
No court can undo that.
Wait till he starts his identity theft business.

istoryk.qirim.land•21 days ago

Musk is the biggest tool.

umaija.bsky.social•21 days ago

Does anybody still think Felon 47 actually WON the election? Musk was preparing for election interference for 2 years with Putin. That's part of the plan. Believe your own eyes, not what they or MSM tell you.

colleenunfiltered.bsky.social•21 days ago

There is no way he won that election. And yet here we are. And I’m horrified.

lonnietoft.bsky.social•21 days ago

If Musk can stop all government payments then he can also redirect them to wherever he wants. Before breakfast he could wipeout the US Treasury and cause a global catastrophe of biblical proportions. And the media is distracted by 2 plane crashes and also congress took a long weekend.

skygallery.bsky.social•21 days ago

Yes, meanwhile, the tariff wars are screaming “Look over here!”

lonnietoft.bsky.social•21 days ago

So the courts enjoined Trump’s government to continue making payments after he tried to stop them, but said nothing about Elon Musk stopping the payments. What happens now?

ellievision.bsky.social•21 days ago

Is anyone gonna stop this guy? He’s a traitor who uses his own child as a human shield. An actual monster.
Anyone?

carlaland.bsky.social•21 days ago

Nothing about this is being reported in mainstream media. Pretty scary

pricecheck.bsky.social•21 days ago

Anne. Your book Autocracy was so enlightening and warned us of what appears to now be happening in the U.S.A. Thank you very much for writing and publishing this book.

darksideoftheroad.bsky.social•21 days ago

How is this just happening? Why isn’t the CIA or military doing anything?

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

Because we woke up every day except voting days… and took democracy for granted.

mraryeh.bsky.social•21 days ago

He is putting himself in crosshairs of the disgruntled, the exasperated or the furies. I hate immigrants who came to the USA only to game the system & hurt many others in the process. Lack of gratitude on his part toward USA is unforgivably audacious.

boboinparadise.bsky.social•21 days ago

Those aren't tools, they are fine strapping young internet dweebs.
Ok, yes, and tools.

stretchdogg.bsky.social•21 days ago

happening right before our eyes. right now.

rootedwanderer.bsky.social•21 days ago

I truly can’t believe how much white male Americans elevate incompetent business men. Truly unbelievable

catherine292862.bsky.social•21 days ago

How much you want to bet Musk took those computers to the swing states. That how Trump won.

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

Do NOT spread conspiracy - it threatens democracy. Do NOT be them.

writersamhayes.bsky.social•21 days ago

Emphasis on tools.

fabfiona.bsky.social•21 days ago

How much govt money is #GrifterInChief getting/going to get?
#Efficiency 🙃

apachetrout.bsky.social•20 days ago

Sure is a hard-hitting photo of Musk with his kid on his shoulders.

kmryan.bsky.social•20 days ago

😡😡😡😡😡

gweninthe416.bsky.social•21 days ago

Destroyed or reprogrammed into his Nazi image. Just like he’s going do to America. Reality is gov isn’t a business it’s a service you paid for with taxes. It’s employees many ppl which puts the money back in the economy.

kab-fair.bsky.social•21 days ago

think one thing they’ll do since House repubs hinted at it is cross-check fed & military retirees against social security records revoking one of them, musk’s looking for money to fund his tax breaks so it sounds possible along w/internally slashing salaries, federal emps & retirees have no safety

hpvpaul2.bsky.social•21 days ago

Just like in 30’s Germany, they’ll make the US population so miserable that going to war against Greenland, Panama, Canada, NATO, will seem like the only option. It’s the exact same playbook, find a bad guy(immigrants), deplete the treasury, destroy the economy, make the rest of the world hate you.

zen1924.bsky.social•21 days ago

Any ideas Anne on what can be done to stop this insanity?

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

3.)
Abandon Meta, X, Threads, Facebook.
Meta is already shadow banning people who mention Palestine or abortion

Masssssss exodus on other channels will send a big message.

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

1.) Every single history of kleptocracy / autocracy is saved ONLY with labor union help.

Get to a labor union meeting - not to join, to community build, organize, share info. Support. Donate, and disseminate info when all social/media is censored/blocked

zen1924.bsky.social•21 days ago

Thank you

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

2.)
BUY NOTHING & ABANDON EVERY co. supporting GOP - Amazon, Chick-Fil-A, Walmart…
Change your bank & CC to one not invested in fossil fuels (Google)...
*DM/email EVERY company tell them WHY - “You support the GOP, I’m no longer shopping with you” So they know it’s not the economy, but deliberate.

zen1924.bsky.social•21 days ago

I actually have done all that several months ago

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

When others join, we take them down💪💪🏾💪🏿

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/23/trump-autocrat-elections-00191281

arriadna.bsky.social•21 days ago

Except some laws don’t apply to private companies but do apply to the government entities! He’s going to FA and FO afterwards.

dogsincali.bsky.social•21 days ago

I hope you are right. I’m worried we might just be done 💔

hfyou.bsky.social•21 days ago

Who will arrest him? He must be committing all kinds of crimes to block federal workers from their computers and steal their data.

kerijford.bsky.social•21 days ago

I hope you're right, but the news of the FBI purge of those who investigated Trump is likely not only vindictive towards those particular investigators but also a general warning to not investigate Trump admin.

gdinunzi.bsky.social•21 days ago

Of course. They only have one model. It is infuriating that we are constantly surprised by the only move they know. We are dumber than they are. We only see what we want to see, and are blind to what is. And the check has arrived. And we complain about the cost- again.

tupy.bsky.social•21 days ago

this is so incredible.

therock54.bsky.social•21 days ago

The maga christian crime syndicate has taken control of our government and our private personal information and given access to an illegal working migrate from South Africa.

popularrevoltmedia.bsky.social•21 days ago

Hes fusing the American economy, visa and everything with twitter & its toxic culture.
I wouldnt be surprised if Amazon merged with twitter....

phei.bsky.social•21 days ago

So Treasury payments becoming a political weapon, too? All trust destroyed, welcome full state anarchy? Conclusions are evident.

davetoday.bsky.social•21 days ago

Why is WaPa using that picture?

tallkim62.bsky.social•21 days ago

Fuck Anne! What do WE do???

@timothysnyder.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

jamesviglione.bsky.social•21 days ago

The takeover of the treasury depth. payment system should be front page news . Seems strange it isn't being denounced with a bull horn.

cottagedweller.bsky.social•21 days ago

#25thAmendment

cottagedweller.bsky.social•21 days ago

#DesignatedSurvivor

cottagedweller.bsky.social•21 days ago

ARREST AND REMOVE HIM! He will steal our treasury. That is medicare & soc sec among other payments.

settermama.bsky.social•20 days ago

This is the coup. Always follow the money.

autistic-poet25.bsky.social•21 days ago

I wish we could deport Trump somewhere.

autistic-poet25.bsky.social•21 days ago

We are NOT supposed to have a co-president! Musk should be deported.

autistic-poet25.bsky.social•21 days ago

We already know Trump has been a Russian asset for decades. Is Musk also a Russian asset?

sweetooth1.bsky.social•21 days ago

Again, what is being done about it!

gloomen.bsky.social•20 days ago

Is he actually being steered around by a child? Like Ratatouille? Hold on, that might explain a lot.

kathyweed.bsky.social•21 days ago

Has anyone checked to see if that child is okay?

jochemfloor.bsky.social•21 days ago

He could. But why would they? That would only serve to end the party quickly.

More likely this will happen. Like Trump was paid 25 M over a frivolous suit, so others will pay and yield.

And yield and pay again.
And repeat. 👇
https://bsky.app/profile/jochemfloor.bsky.social/post/3lh6jxhil6c2w

beornblack.bsky.social•21 days ago

the two are very different. now with the gov it was always about blowing it up after the bank robbery from within. the blowing up part is tied to how long they can keep America crippled from the global trade/economy.

we need help. send out the sos. to get the total help we may need to let go.

hansgutbrod.bsky.social•21 days ago

With the problem that there is no BlueSky to replace it...

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

Don’t count on Bluesky lasting, you clearly have NOT read her book/listened to her podcast… get to a labor union meeting to organize and community build - unions are the ONE consistency in flipping kleptocracy. DO something. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/23/trump-autocrat-elections-00191281

mightycol.bsky.social•21 days ago

How? How is this legal? What. The. Hell. Is. Happening?

dd-dd-nov.bsky.social•21 days ago

Nothing like taking your kid to a hostile takeover. Has he decimated Social Services yet?

footnotesman.bsky.social•21 days ago

Yes - that is exactly what Musk is doing!

sperplexitas.bsky.social•20 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mattsteinglass.bsky.social/post/3lh76daoiyc2v

chillman75.bsky.social•21 days ago

This destruction will spread, it’s not going to be contained to just government.

citizenoversight.bsky.social•21 days ago

Massive federal data breach of Protected Health information into a private Nazis hands. Where is the Supreme Court?!

bentripp.bsky.social•21 days ago

hanging out with Göring

skygallery.bsky.social•21 days ago

So when the security blanket around his neck gets too big will he just manufacture another one?

snagley.bsky.social•21 days ago

Just contacted my senator and attorney general with article attached

dbrbell.bsky.social•21 days ago

We’re handing over the reigns to a sick Nazi-sympathizing destructive force. We’ve truly fallen through the looking glass and we need to fight our way out and stop this madness. Funny how the term ‘immigrant’ takes on a different hue when one is a self-serving billionaire psychopath.

penny13la.bsky.social•21 days ago

Correction- the tools used to destroy Twitter ARE BEING USED to destroy the US government.

dpp0.bsky.social•21 days ago

The presence of his human shield says it all. What a fuckwit.

pattiagood.bsky.social•21 days ago

Fuck No

meganbrady.bsky.social•21 days ago

@warren.senate.gov get down to the Treasury bldg, woman and find out what Musk and his cohort are doing! Live stream it

carolynsuehall.bsky.social•21 days ago

Unless people rise up and fight this Trump and his tech bros are just going to dismantle democracy for their own financial gain. Posting a story/meme isn’t going to stop them. We’ve got to get involved and fight this ourselves. Write and call your elected officials. Protest in the streets! #RESIST

nannus.bsky.social•21 days ago

The US civil service is being gutted and destroyed. Highly sensitive data is being stolen from public service servers. The word for this is “ high treason”.

darkdementus.bsky.social•21 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/darkdementus.bsky.social/post/3lh6l5naboc2u

westernwriter.bsky.social•20 days ago

Or coup. I believe the word is coup.

lilikate.bsky.social•21 days ago

HOW DO WE STOP THIS?!

francoisprague.bsky.social•21 days ago

MAGA second coup is more subtle.

q19999.bsky.social•21 days ago

if what elon is doing (hacking government systems?) is illegal and perhaps even criminal, he should be arrested

ash9001.bsky.social•21 days ago

"Musk aides" meaning russians.

crann1.bsky.social•21 days ago

Arrest Them!!! They DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS!!! DEM senators go there with capital police and stop this!!!

daveyboy65.bsky.social•21 days ago

Corruption on the biggest scale ever

dandavisdemocrat.bsky.social•21 days ago

“national emergency”

stephjmom.bsky.social•21 days ago

Why isn't she posting that HERE! ???

futuredave.bsky.social•21 days ago

https://ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

dandavisdemocrat.bsky.social•21 days ago

now feels like the tariffs were a distraction from this:

fafo-10.bsky.social•21 days ago

Exactly, why is no one reporting or doing something about this?!

skootzafritz.bsky.social•21 days ago

This is fucking terrifying. This is a five alarm fire terrifying this is more terrifying than anything we could’ve imagined. It’s happening. The hostile takeover is happening. They’re going to cut off any financial to any organization who defies them

dandavisdemocrat.bsky.social•21 days ago

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

Join a union meeting
I’ve listed a LOT of how-to (read thru my posts to others on non gardening), and yeah, I had your feeling months ago… it’s real bad But Anne predicted ALL of this, none were listening clearly.

jimbo75.bsky.social•21 days ago

Micky walking behind Musty .
Respect Anne - GOPerverts do not use logic / they just do it .

njalondon.bsky.social•21 days ago

Not "may" Anne they already are. Here's an account to follow https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social they're posting reports from Federal employees inside the buildings.

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

She’s nonplussed because she write a freaking book on it… articles, a podcast, gave us all How-To and basically has been screaming from rooftops for several YEARS and suddenly we are awake and noticing what’s happening.
Find a UNION labor meeting near you STAT. Not to join. You should know why.

mysticlee123.bsky.social•21 days ago

Does he tote the kid around as a shield to prevent being shot?

stephjmom.bsky.social•21 days ago

No clue, maybe.
It ain't love.

linuswarn.bsky.social•20 days ago

ingerw.bsky.social•21 days ago

Where are the Democrats? Has anyone filed a court injunction? It's a coup

mimic03.bsky.social•21 days ago

We can say goodbye to Social Security and Medicare payments soon.

falcoy1.bsky.social•21 days ago

He is a psychopath, he acquired Twitter and now he has acquired the US.
He will destroy both.
We need to fight back.

cpc.bsky.social•21 days ago

To understand look at his financials. Dependent on Biden handouts for companies liquidity. He's so dependent on govt handouts

inariclimbs.bsky.social•21 days ago

Terrorists

chickenlady.bsky.social•21 days ago

Have been applied for a while.
No one can deny that Edolf didn't sell rocket and satellite tech to PRC and and Russia.

onemoney.bsky.social•21 days ago

Yes. The firewall is failing. Those whose jobs are to prevent this crime from happening are letting it happen. Sounds far-fetched but does Musk have kompromat? Has he trawled X DMs of important pols and bureaucrats looking for scandalous info? Are other tech lords doing the same? The rapidity...

crkolarz.bsky.social•20 days ago

NOOOOOOOOO

afnorstroms.bsky.social•21 days ago

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/

takoslo.bsky.social•21 days ago

If Musk now suddenly can decide what the Treasury pays or not, how can anyone want to own US debt?

bigfishstone.bsky.social•20 days ago

You mean "will now".

bonjohnson.bsky.social•21 days ago

I think Musk has tremendously underestimated the pushback he's about to feel.

robertgibson.bsky.social•21 days ago

Tesla lost 71% in Q4.

bonjohnson.bsky.social•21 days ago

So good.

markstatman.bsky.social•21 days ago

Co-president Leon (sic) has that ability that whatever he touches turns to shit.

jj26.bsky.social•21 days ago

May ?!?

They are applied

richarddonquixote.bsky.social•21 days ago

I saw this coming years ago and have been worried ever since as my only income now is Soc Sec. Musk's invasion is an act of war IMHO.

elikpwilliam.com•20 days ago

Soon American citizenship will be a subscription service, for which you must pay to have a voice, which is drowned out anyway by mobs of trolls; meanwhile the oligarchs who set this up lose money anyway

Yes, America is X

#twitmerica #elonmusk #doge #trump #plutocracy

asmodmni.bsky.social•21 days ago

All it is needed now is a Reichstag burning accident and America will be firmly on the path to repeat history

odicd.bsky.social•21 days ago

Shouldn't the military be protecting the American people from these traitors? Aren't they supposed to protect the United States of America and not a traitorous, rouge government?

d3m0ncr4t.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wasn't that exactly what the 2nd amendment was written for?

honeygirlgrows.bsky.social•21 days ago

Yes I have said,m from the beginning this will require resistance from within

skootzafritz.bsky.social•21 days ago

It’s gonna become clear very soon that we lost everything on November 5. I think we’ve been in denial about it and we’ve been in a haze for the last couple of months but it’s starting to become very clear now this is a hostile takeover of our country by billionaire oligarchs.

opusmarta.no•21 days ago

I get why they all built bunkers before the election now

kwebsterbowerygals.bsky.social•21 days ago

@schumer.senate.gov

endbillionaires.bsky.social•21 days ago

Paywall

kjmiller.bsky.social•21 days ago

Gee, maybe Musk isn't a monster, because look at his adorable little boy....No, wait.... That's stupid and wrong.

ms-mindy.bsky.social•21 days ago

This is incredible and has to be stopped. How can we stop this person from grabbing all the power in the world right in front of our eyes? This is out of control and leading nowhere good

reader-writer.bsky.social•20 days ago

WTF is it with this malevolent misanthrope always carrying a little boy on his shoulders? WTF?

carbonhal.bsky.social•21 days ago

Might be another motive too. Musk wants X to be the everything app, including banking. Maybe he is planning to release the X/bank and future government payments will have to be made to an X account?

stephjmom.bsky.social•21 days ago

That's what I think...

hitch321.bsky.social•21 days ago

Indeed! Practice makes perfect..

sconeone.bsky.social•21 days ago

bogaag.bsky.social•21 days ago

Just wonder for how long the American people will accept this.

quiltingliberally.bsky.social•21 days ago

Could say “this tool destroyed Twitter”

docslacker.bsky.social•21 days ago

Congress allocated the funds. The Courts ordered the disbursement of the funds after the clearly unconstitutional EO.
So Trump and Musk do *this*.

Musk and his toadies have no presidential immunity, but with the DOJ and FBI purges who will stop them in time?

hagenn.bsky.social•20 days ago

I suppose that Musk will leverage the stolen GSA data to feed and train his own AI tools which are under development! Don‘t trust people like Musk, he will cheet upon everybody when it fits his own purposes - a true Mr. Evil, temporary serving the red-blonde ‚Prince Of Smut‘ in the White House!

oleichristensen.bsky.social•21 days ago

And meanwhile, Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are all having the party 🎉 of their lifetime.
This ought to be the biggest alarm 🚨 bell sounding for the American people!