I've discussed this a few times in the past. But this is like the reductio ad absurdum of a trajectory we've seen across society and government but which has been most visible in reaction to Citizens United. it basically goes like this. Under citizens united super rich people have an insane ... - ThreadSky

joshtpm.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

I've discussed this a few times in the past. But this is like the reductio ad absurdum of a trajectory we've seen across society and government but which has been most visible in reaction to Citizens United. it basically goes like this. Under citizens united super rich people have an insane ...

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Reporter: Who is the administrator of DOGE?

White House secretary: “I’m not going to reveal the name of that person from this podium…”

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jpjk.bsky.social•20 hours ago

"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Requires Transparency"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-requires-transparency-for-the-american-people-about-wasteful-spending/

kmpasley.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I notice KL's not wearing her usual mammoth cross pendant. Was it beginning to burn her?

bostonjerry.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It's also the exact rationale for "Secret Police"

lvsmith53.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Ahh, transparency!

tasevoli.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Pairs perfectly with buying Twitter so you can censor the people who get mad at you online.

redwoodinfrared.bsky.social•22 hours ago

And sue them if they don't advertise on your shitposting platform.

sandy406.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Oh, the poor babies. Waa waa.

jmalyon.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Musk just straight up trying to pull some kind of Artie Ziff shit with this charade

kevanaponte.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Why the fuck not? They are working for the American people. We have every right to know the names of our employees.

larryarcher.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It's no one but Usurper Muskolini who wants to break laws without constraints

fishymcgee.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Sounds like taxation without representation

bluesky411.bsky.social•16 hours ago

𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰𝔫𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴

joshtpm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

2/ amount of power over elections. And because they're so powerful, people get mad at them and then are mean. So the super rich who are super powerful in elections because of their wealth need more protection from people being mean. So it follows that they not only should be able ...

joshtpm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

3/ to spend unlimited amounts of money in elections but they need to be able to do it in secret. Because otherwise people will be made at them. And maybe they'll say mean things or boycott their companies etc. So now DOGE is so powerful and doing so many illegal things that the head of ...

joshtpm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

4/ DOGE has to be a secret because otherwise people will get madand say he should be fired at townhalls. Or maybe like just say hypothetically he owns a car company people will boycot his cars.

bonobo.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Not naming the administrator of DOGE shields them from civil contempt for noncompliance with court orders. And, civil contempt is outside the president’s pardon power.

joshtpm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

5/ But the argument seems to be look, the head of DOGE gets to hurt tens of thousands of people and take services away from tens or hundreds of millions of people. And he can also break the law whenever he wants. And people are going to be pissed about that. And you're not going to be able ...

joshtpm.bsky.social•23 hours ago

6/ to get the best people to take a job like DOGE king unless you keep their identity secret because clearly their reputation will be ruined forever.

centristsisyphus.bsky.social•22 hours ago

And this is the modern primer on how representative government works.

Or doesn't.

brendanamartin.bsky.social•23 hours ago

This sounds just like Roberts’ immunity arguments last summer.

harrydamour.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Except that Musk is an idiot and everyone knows he's in charge of DOGE.

juliannenomad.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It boggles my mind that the very people who railed against the Deep State for years are now cheering on this level of secrecy in government. THIS is the Deep State at work.

chicagojulie.bsky.social•22 hours ago

If corporations are people, why aren't they taxed that way? If A, then B?

freerangestats.info•21 hours ago

You're overthinking it. I understood her to say that the (acting?)administrator was a career public servant and she didn't know the name would have to check. The situation is scandalous and i suspect there is no acting administrator, but i don't think they're keeping someone secret.

sarahburris.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Might be because it means hauling that person into court because they haven't been approved by the Senate for an agency that also wasn't created or funded by Congress, all while judges keep asking for the name of the person in charge.

floridadab.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And a connection to this imo is often people in the highest positions of power and with the most money are the biggest weirdos and pussy’s who have the self confidence of an awkward teenager. So it’s way worse for them if you say mean things to them, like why are you such a weirdo and a pussy.

jazzy-rascal.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Could have just pinned it all on Vivek if Elon hadn't forced him out.

rainsend.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The head of DOGE would be arrested in short order. The firings are illegal. Court orders are ignored. Musk is the architect of all DOGE cuts but not legally. He has no standing. There is no Head to arrest.

thomaskcoyle.bsky.social•22 hours ago

People have pointed out that the Elon… Doge administrator reports to Wiles, Donny’s CoS. So why doesn’t a judge have her come in and answer the pertinent questions under oath?

yosef-betzalel.bsky.social•7 hours ago

In the post-Luigi age in which we live, the super rich should always be looking over their shoulders. And really, they should be afraid given the completely un-American things they’re doing and the anguish they’re bringing to the entire country in the name of money.

napoleon-the-pig.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I am almost certain that at the time that case was decided one of the justices voting for it said something along the lines of "this won't cause corruption because the disclosure of who are making these contributions will bring disincentive to the process"

differance.bsky.social•23 hours ago

there is a much simpler explanation: there is no one officially in charge because this exploits a giant legal/constitutional loophole. there is no one for congress nor the courts to restrain

ann7837.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Convenient. Looking forward to that working again and again.

chuckbob.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Yup. Over time I’m seeing Vance’s remarks in Europe in this light. The VP was more or less telling Europeans, *Hey, we’ve sold our democracy to the highest bidders. So much so the US is governed by radicals like me and POTUS who are bought and paid for*

garyratner.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Qaqèqazdq

katidoyle.bsky.social•23 hours ago

“We’ve been incredibly transparent about the way DOGE is working”
😂😂😂🤣

ljfarrington.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Why not?

quin664.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Because this is something she can't lie about? Or is she lying about this just because she can?

bobbieleecunha.bsky.social•3 hours ago

She's only capable of lies!

readyhill.bsky.social•22 hours ago

When lawsuits and perhaps criminal charges appear, a patsy will be appointed to have been in charge.

odocoileus.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Isn't she in Mexico atm too?

readyhill.bsky.social•17 hours ago

That appears to be the current story!

jstetor.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It’s a simple question

dadjah.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Little tightly scripted Barbie Bullshit.

buckyrea.bsky.social•9 hours ago

They've finally found a fall lady. She's a Maga political consultant of some kind. I'd still like to see the paperwork on her hiring date.

Too bad there's a backdated Executive Order repealing FOIA

mere--mortal.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Apparently she is simultaneously in charge of DOGE decisions and also on vacation in Mexico.

daiserflab.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Remember. Trump himself admits that he would have been imprisoned if he didn’t win this election. He intends to be President until he dies.

itsmeterip.bsky.social•33 minutes ago

So did Musk

fiftyburger.bsky.social•23 hours ago

oh well guess we’ll just have to start arsoning teslas until they give us more information

malinois4me.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Perhaps, then, you could reveal the name as one of the five things you did to deserve continued employment.

fktvtwipsy.bsky.social•22 hours ago

DOGE admin:

tombtegtmeyer.bsky.social•23 hours ago

You can’t get more transparent than invisible.

spqesq.bsky.social•20 hours ago

ginasblu.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The American people have a right to know.

malachipilgrimc.bsky.social•23 hours ago

"I built your big house here to hide from my people,
Why you crave to hide so, I'd love to know"

https://youtu.be/A_f1nlorvU0?feature=shared

suvro1776.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It’s time to ask how Elno stole the election for DonTheCon

lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social•19 hours ago

We have "secret" admins. It's so secret, they don't even know it's them.

j-lastcoolletter.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Q: "Who is firing tens of thousands of federal employees, ending tens of billions of $ of contracts, ignoring congressional authority, and causing untold turmoil for no gain?"

A: "That's secret"

booleanoperator.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Or better yet, we rescind Citizens United and hold the bloated Orange Warthog and all the cult members responsible for their actions as well.

flower4power.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I’m not going to reveal that…We’ve been incredibly transparent…
🤦‍♀️

dougom.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Guess they’ve identified a fall woman.

joe-not2b.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Kind of like whats-her-name, the CEO of X, who of course has no power because Elon is in charge.

dougom.bsky.social•22 hours ago

File a FOIA request.

sharkman1963.bsky.social•19 hours ago

What kind of country has this as their spokesman?

mitchellrosefilms.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Well she said she's been incredibly transparent about the way this is working. So there.

pyroglyph.bsky.social•22 hours ago

“I’m not going to reveal the name of that person from this podium….but we’ve been incredibly transparent about the way that doge is working.”
Right, what’s transparent that doge is working in secret.

mere--mortal.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Transparent is a legitimate synonym for invisible.

mattbenjamin.bsky.social•23 hours ago

More Orwell-speak: Musk “oversees” Doge but is not the “administrator” of Doge. Got it

lmmpottery.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They use “transparent”
like Ye uses dresses
his women.

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