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esqueer.net • 23 days ago

This is so catastrophically bad.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/01/us/trump-tariffs-news/treasury-department-payments-system?smid=nytcore-android-share

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keimreim.bsky.social•23 days ago

W.T.F.

scottfarrand.bsky.social•23 days ago

Musk and his minions have accessed the Treasury Dept's payments system, along with all its private data. They can now block Social Security payments, for example. I STILL don't see any coverage on the ABC, NBC, and CBS News websites.

MSM is hiding the catastrophically bad things that Trump does.

jpkilljoy.bsky.social•23 days ago

It is becoming more and more obvious that social media sites and the internet are now becoming a source of news outside of the mainstream media. Except for anything owned by Zuck and Musk, of course.

a-blueberry-cake.bsky.social•23 days ago

X and meta platforms are the majority of social media usage

jpkilljoy.bsky.social•22 days ago

For now.

leenacakes420.bsky.social•23 days ago

this explains many reports of missing Social Security Income payments

pandorascorner.bsky.social•23 days ago

Muskrat IS stealing from all of us. He's cosplaying being a government gangster. Funny (sarcasm) how the GOP too is so silent on this. How long before maga realizes the house if cards they believe is built on lies?

creambit.bsky.social•23 days ago

desertmage65.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is a heist wrapped in a coup.

lop3z.bsky.social•23 days ago

Is it even a coup when they can just walk right in and have it handed over

desertmage65.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s a coup when the lawful execution of constitutional functions is overturned in this way.

desertmage65.bsky.social•23 days ago

Elon’s flying monkeys have control of the pursestrings now. Expect them to siphon everything into their own coffers.

resistfortyseven.bsky.social•23 days ago

More likely they will use the power of impoundment to extort the country and wield unlimited power

desertmage65.bsky.social•23 days ago

This would not be wise. If they identify the subjects of their extortion, those people have legal remedies. If they just runoff with the money, no one‘s going to catch them.

resistfortyseven.bsky.social•23 days ago

The subjects would be the different Departments of the government and by extorting I mean requiring them to fall in line if they expect to get any funds.

desertmage65.bsky.social•23 days ago

But all those departments are controlled by Trump. He is more likely to use his power against government contractors, NGOs, etc.

nottooloud.bsky.social•23 days ago

Update on the classic heist picture. Fuck that Office Space "We'll take the rounding error from each transaction" shit. Now it's "How much untraceable Bitcoin can we buy right now with a trillion dollars?"

dav1rus.bsky.social•23 days ago

Zero. Bitcoin is fully traceable. That is like one of it's major features.
Suddenly a trillion dollars shows up, everyone knows.

nottooloud.bsky.social•23 days ago

Do they know whose wallet it's in?

dav1rus.bsky.social•23 days ago

Not until it interacts with anything tangible. But it would be clear someone is moving shit tons of money. In itself it would be suspicious.

gothicdreams.bsky.social•22 days ago

Where the fuck is congress?! Why are they letting it absolute disaster of a human rummage around in the Gov purse?!?!

renezuo.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yep https://bsky.app/profile/renezuo.bsky.social/post/3lh3zdoqsf22i

epilepsy.bsky.social•23 days ago

@maddow.msnbc.com I think you have to be present 7 days a week . This is not the first 100 days anymore —shit evolves by the minute.

epilepsy.bsky.social•23 days ago

Here in case you get the paywall

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4401711-elon-musks-doge-gains-access-to-treasury-departments-payments-system-nyt

epilepsy.bsky.social•23 days ago

For fuck sakes ! Where are the hackers when we need them ! 🤬

kbrande.bsky.social•20 days ago

Not only do we need to ouster him and his team, we now need to replace the information system that it’s currently in use because they know how to get in.

ceresadastra.bsky.social•23 days ago

We are so fuckin cooked

verymerryberry.bsky.social•23 days ago

THIS IS NOT NORMAL

flamesturntoash.bsky.social•23 days ago

And yet the Democrats continue to do nothing. #DemocracyInCrisis

pandorascorner.bsky.social•23 days ago

And GOP. They are at risk as much as we are. They just too dense to figure that out

gazv.bsky.social•23 days ago

Where is Johny English to whack this guy?

angelica-reed.bsky.social•23 days ago

how can it be even worse than I expected 😭

biyootz.bsky.social•23 days ago

@corybooker.com what is the plan here?

buddholesurfers.bsky.social•23 days ago

The senior senator, a dem, gave clearance for the junior senator, a dem, to vote to confirm Bessent. What possible benefit could gillibrand accrue?

tcrowley.bsky.social•23 days ago

Elon Musk needs a bat to the skull

vindictive64.bsky.social•23 days ago

From what I read, this is not only for them to control the money directly, but they will be able to erase anything they don't want a judge to see

fokus.bsky.social•23 days ago

The courts are seeming less and less relevant. How will courts save us from someone who commands the military and has immunity? Only congress can save the nation by impeaching AND convicting. I won't hold my breath on that happening.

mshaino1984.bsky.social•23 days ago

no wonder Luigi is so well liked

jaytingle.bsky.social•23 days ago

Beloved.

miriamgrace.bsky.social•22 days ago

I believe when Congress impeaches and convicts Donald Trump, Donald Trump will kill every member of Congress.

I believe at that point he will not lose any support.

fokus.bsky.social•22 days ago

The crazy thing is no one would find this far fetched at this point...

houndgirl.bsky.social•23 days ago

Nope sorry we are on our own gov is toast we can only save ourselves.

Find your community and build it then reach out to others.

This is a full on coup!

wopiti.bsky.social•23 days ago

It was the court’s that gave him a second term they are not going to save us it is up to congress to do something about our boughten and corrupt judges as far as I can see they are the traitors of the country and the people

fokus.bsky.social•23 days ago

I agree but this congress is also very corrupt. The U.S. is cooked.

wopiti.bsky.social•23 days ago

I agree we’re cooked

projectenigma.bsky.social•23 days ago

"personal information about the millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks"

Is that virtually all Americans, after the stimulus checks?

dharmagarden.bsky.social•23 days ago

Can we please organize a tax strike. They illegally grab the checkbook and we the people stop paying federal taxes. Heck, we could have our states put the federal portion into escrow to pay for cut programs in the states. No taxation without representation!!

blueunicorn2.bsky.social•22 days ago

Why does Musk needs access to our countries check book?

robbgordon22.bsky.social•22 days ago

I made myself watch #ABC Good Morning America. Not one story about Muskrat's illegal government computer hijackings. Not 1 word. This is the biggest security risk to the whole world.

sleepyheart1.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s about fucking time you people wake up!!

azben.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s going to get worse:

https://bsky.app/profile/azben.bsky.social/post/3lh56k5bx322l

joe11521.bsky.social•23 days ago

They already rigged the last election. Trump thanked Elon first. He told his people "you don't have to vote, we already have enough votes".

sunnydaze27.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://youtu.be/RxRbAQvSmn0

blackbelt010.bsky.social•22 days ago

Have no idea why the CIA has not rolled up Elon and his saboteurs. That is a Acy of War against the United States.
340 million people. That controls the flow of 7 Trillion dollars. If this isn't Time to assemble in the Millions I have Idea when in American History. This is Unacceptable.

gordonvincent.bsky.social•23 days ago

#LockHimUp

pataz1.bsky.social•23 days ago

fokus.bsky.social•23 days ago

That's an understatement.

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•23 days ago

Trump may be immune, but every single one of these fuckers that aren't authorized to see this information needs to be tried. I don't care if Trump can rename a department and completely change what it does, that doesn't allow it to subvert the functions of other offices. I NEED to see prosecutions.

buric.co•23 days ago

Fuck.

That could mean trouble for SSI.

mnbutterfly.bsky.social•23 days ago

And who is his team? Do we trust them? Have they been screened with any sort of evaluative measure? Or are these Putin confidants? Who knows?

jeweledskye.bsky.social•23 days ago

Why Donald Trump removed security clearances....

libertyandtruth.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1374112699/anti-elon-magnet-the-original-selling?ref=listings_manager_grid

tala67.bsky.social•23 days ago

Money in hand of Nazi. Very dangerous way for Americain.

kd7qk.bsky.social•23 days ago

🤬🤬🤬

anndar.bsky.social•23 days ago

Does this mean they also have access to all of our personal information?

wobbe.bsky.social•23 days ago

Americans, you have to take to the streets NOW. You can’t let Mump and their cronies win. Fascism is on the rise seemingly everywhere, and we just cannot let this happen.

chimbly.bsky.social•19 days ago

I'm on my way to a street protest at this moment. I've never been more angry/pissed-off than now!

seadan.bsky.social•22 days ago

Neutralized Congress in one move, this was their primary function

mstrmidnight.bsky.social•23 days ago

I can easily see Elmo effectively installing ransomware on the Department of Treasury to extort compliance. It would be his 'level up' move.

artistic-menace.com•23 days ago

WHY do they have access to that? How? Why? Just why.

dr0923.bsky.social•22 days ago

Any Democrat that voted to confirm Scott Bessent needs to be under investigation.

vegan-a-f.bsky.social•21 days ago

Bessent and Musk need to be arrested ASAP

deveryty.bsky.social•23 days ago

Democrat senators stop voting for Trump's cabinet appointments. You just gave a Hedge Fund manager the power to give the world's richest man authorization to our nation's financial systems. I can't emphasize this enough:
IT'S A FUCKING ROBBERY!

motown.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is the plan.

kingmenelaus.bsky.social•23 days ago

Every day I wake up and am legit just embarrassed sharing a county with the mouth breathers that voted for these dipshits, and the people too lazy to vote against it.

ogjojo.bsky.social•23 days ago

I feel your pain! I'm a blue dot as well. 😞

12overzero.bsky.social•23 days ago

cardboardrevolution.com•23 days ago

Honestly America deserves this. Chickens coming home to roost.

brandnewdaycoming.bsky.social•23 days ago

And what is the congressional branch doing to protect our information? Musk will abuse it. Might even sell it to bad actors (Putin, China).

ogjojo.bsky.social•23 days ago

JFC!

ex-curator.bsky.social•23 days ago

And why are people not in the streets? Is it "pizza night" or something important?

malipher.bsky.social•23 days ago

So this was supposed to happen? He’s only the richest, greediest man alive no problem here 🤦🏽‍♂️

superichie.bsky.social•23 days ago

I already emailed my congresswoman (luckily it’s AOC). But this is a fucking coup and needs to be treated as such.

aellice.bsky.social•23 days ago

How. How are they allowed this?

theanimationvoice.com•23 days ago

Move fast & break things, overwhelm the people/news/systems to the point of mindbreaking, worry about "consequences" later

punkvampy.bsky.social•23 days ago

They're not, it's illegal. But legality doesn't matter if nobody stops you

caliglow.bsky.social•23 days ago

And Elon can be stopped. You just wouldn’t know it the way the Dems are standing by.

dilettantin.bsky.social•23 days ago

Holy fuck. He has the data of millions of people and control over the money. The control can be taken away, but the data is forever compromised.

lmbjustinsmom.bsky.social•22 days ago

As a former Government employee our systems have been hacked so many times I’m like whatever

pbrunson.bsky.social•23 days ago

What in the actual fuck has happened? Less than 2 weeks…

lasagnaless.bsky.social•23 days ago

That's technology for you. It used to take fascists months to take over the government. Now they can absolutely subvert democratic institutions in a matter of weeks.

a-blueberry-cake.bsky.social•23 days ago

It took them decades. It took a million democrat failures to take appropriate action for them to succeed

tharsull.bsky.social•22 days ago

💯 we've basically been on a long a slow march towards authoritarian rule for the past 40-50 years

a-blueberry-cake.bsky.social•22 days ago

Even before that, the moment something threatened the status quo, COINTELPRO and state assasinations would follow, What happened to marxist black nationalists like Fred Hampton? Yep

The trajectory looked different for every group, but the truth is that the US was always essentially authoritarian

tinal13.bsky.social•23 days ago

It also shows how vulnerable our constitution is if those tasked to uphold it via checks and balances have no spines.

pbrunson.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yep, it’s always just been a piece of paper. Swearing the oath to protect it use to mean something. At least for some people.

montork.bsky.social•22 days ago

...... and no one's called the cops on these intruders?

christopher925.bsky.social•23 days ago

Very bad

mvucdaggie.bsky.social•23 days ago

WTF!

bumblingbard42.bsky.social•23 days ago

Nothing matters anymore

zaycrescendo.bsky.social•23 days ago

These albino alien lizards are evil, and disgusting.

sgoodpaster.bsky.social•23 days ago

Now is when the militia steps in. Now is when the military steps in. No more.

robotblue.bsky.social•23 days ago

Don’t worry. All payments will
Be going through X now. They will just take a 20% cut and payments may or may not work intermittently… but hey the rich will get richer.

mefcorv.bsky.social•22 days ago

Alejandra, this isn’t my area of knowledge at all - when there is evidence of continued and deliberate action to avoid injunctions, could the federal district judge in this case issue arrest warrants?

leenacakes420.bsky.social•23 days ago

watch em say only MAGA can buy or sell

herr-berrt.bsky.social•23 days ago

🫣

lamebanana.bsky.social•23 days ago

🏳️‍🌈💙🍌

stephaniehawks.bsky.social•23 days ago

The beginning of the end of our democracy. Millions will die a slow death. They will hold payments as hostage.

a-blueberry-cake.bsky.social•23 days ago

the beginning of tge end of american democracy, if the us ever was one, was 9/11 at latest

This is just the complete overtake and destruction once they have seized power

resistfortyseven.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yep, electronic impoundment of appropriated funds is right around the corner.

mauigreg.bsky.social•23 days ago

Would anyone be surprised if Musk/Trump canceled all Social Security, EBT, and Medicaid payments without any warning?
And if they do, you can bet they will figure out a way to blame Trans people and immigrants.

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