Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.
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I’m wondering if you can do something about Alt Yello over there grifting people for money with some fake 501c3, pics of some poor moose with papillomas, and a gofundme. People are actually donating to the gofundme and it’s all totally fake. It does a real disservice to the #altgov movement.
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1. Oppose All Nominees.
2. Reject Unanimous Consent Requests.
3. Vote NO on All Cloture and Procedural Votes.
4. Request Quorum Calls at Every Opportunity
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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." - Attributed - Benito Mussolini
Too bad he fired all the generals who opposed him already. Almost like the slow power shift to the president he started last time he was in office was what people should've been taking action to stop.
I've been thinking. I signed up for a lifelong senior citizen pass to all the National Parks. It was a contract of sorts. If they take away or maim the National Parks can the seniors have a class-action law suit, because I'm thinking we better get ready for one.
I kind of need nature to survive things. But I just signed up for SS. Don't know if I will ever get the check, but I think people will rebel against that in mass.
The amount of stuff that should already have been rebelled at en masse is huge. But what are we to do? I 'rebel' by sharing what is happening. I could go to a protest march - that would be beyond meaningless. The control is such that unless governors and congress act, there is little recourse.
It's an intentional overwhelm and it's a long haul thing because there are still a lot of people going along with him (that amount will diminish). I do think we should start having coalitions of people going to every senator and congressperson's offices everyday. Sit ins.
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It doesn’t matter who is in charge. There are career military officials, who specialize in dealing with fascism around the globe, but for some reason are fine with it happening to their own country
…and so we bid farewell to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and salaries of federal employees and members of our military, not with a bang but a whimper. Where are the Democrats? When will they finally stand on their hind legs and fight for our country?
I can neither confirm, nor deny, having direct knowledge of what is taking place at the Treasury Department, just know, this is not a drill. Take any planning offline, use cyphers, trust no one.
You are absolutely right. If you don't tell them how you feel how are they gonna know? We all need to be flooding or legislators' emails and voicemails with our opinions. I live in a deep red state extremists control it. I still constantly email and phone them. Just one of my jobs as a citizen. 💙
OMGaia, I just can't... I'm starting to have violent fantasies, which is just as terrifying.
Are ALL the elected officials just rolling over? I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this.
That official should have stayed and fought. That Heil Hitler Nazi Elon has taken control of the Treasury payments system suggests even if Congress asserts its budgetary authority, insurrectionists can override them with their own budget and initiate their own spending, ignoring Congress altogether.
Access to the Treasury system has historically been closely held because it includes sensitive personal information about the millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds and other payments from the federal government.
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Lots of ppl saying this and while I agree it's a nightmare, he does have authority to some level. He's not elected but his ppl are technically political appointees in the WH now, that's why agencies are complying with their presence to an extent (until stuff like this where they push too far).
They say the LEFT is wasteful, but the RIGHT side is downright stealing! From the poorest of Americans no less. *Looks like cleaning out excessive people and leaning out the government would be a great cost savings indeed. Exactly why they want fewer IRS agents.
It’s really sad that people are looking for solutions in the institutions that contributed to this situation. Dems won’t save us. The law won’t save us. Only we can save us.
Wtf Musk didn’t win an election nor would he be able to be president. Why is he getting to have anything to do with the US Treasury. This is an over stepping into areas that will be dangerous to the American people!
I'm not sure these people have as many options as you'd think.
It's probably harder than you would imagine to pretend to be complicit in dismantling every good thing the government does, without actually doing more harm than good along the way.
This! We have got to have people who can stay until they get fired for not doing illegal things. If they resign, it just makes it easier for them to do crap
The is the Achilles. He may not seem vulnerable but he is. Check out Rolling Stones article about DOGE interference and Lebryk stepping down. Musk is illegal. No one is saying no. This is a good place to start. Forget about the rest. Eventually, republicans will tire of him.
Especially as he gets even more self involved and starts to shoot them down or damage their projects and states. DOGE can’t go on forever. Someone will start to tear Musk down sooner or later. But, it can be pushed towards sooner.
How is this legal, especially when Musk wasn't elected? If someone else broke into US government computer systems and started messing with the software, they would be arrested.
So when he said that it was going to be painful for some in the future, this is what he was talking about. He already had plans to screw people out of the support they need to live.
What a nice gift from Trump, in thanks to Musk for hacking the election for him. He has given him a fun toy to play with - The U.S. Treasury. Watch. God help this country.
This is literally the most important story today. He who controls the purse strings has control. Musk, an unelected federal contractor now has control over the actual purse. He will use the mechanisms of government to override the Congress who are supposed to control the purse.
Can anyone explain to me why these seasoned fed employees all quit as soon as trumps cronies start putting pressure on them? It happened every week last time trump was in office. All this does is allow them to fill the position with a loyalist. Why do they just fold immediately?
No Freedom loving Democrat, Republican or Independent Senator should vote for anymore of prez 47 cabinet nominees. Liars
Today Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
And don’t be surprised if there’s an ATC strike any time soon after the Toddler’s latest shitshow from the podium about the Washington air crash… a disaster that’s been waiting to happen, as it very nearly did a week earlier, and is likely to happen again.
If an oligarch was doing this with a liberal president he would have been impeached and thrown in jail already no ifs or buts. Republicans are in bed with devil. And they are so dumb to see that the devil will turn on them.
Typically only a small number of career officials control Treasury’s payment systems. the sensitive systems control the flow of Social Security Benefits, Pensions, Federal salaries 1000's of other govt. payments.
He was supposed to be the leader for the new 'DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY'. There is an Executive Order for it, but I don't know how far they have come. The fucking up the federal workforce could be just a let's wing it operation.
Oh yeah? His lack of official anything is not currently stopping him or what's going on. I'd say the techbros, or at least Elon, are engaged in a coup.
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Grandma says something anti 45 on facebook Grandma loses her social security. This is terrify people on social security to not speak out. Project 2025. Goebbels playbook. These. Are. Nazis.
now our Senate is putting the flourishing touches on the shit fascist nazi sandwich they are shoving down our throats. It’s illegal. This infiltration is illegal - we should be doing everything within our power to stop them. Even militarily, imo,
but we know what that means. 🥺
It was unfair to generalize with the word foreigners. My ancestors could be considered foreigners and they were decent, hardworking people who became citizens. My bad.
Why is anyone letting them in the building? They aren't govt employees and don't have security badges, I assume. Call the cops. Someone is trying to break in.
I had a message deleted today that I was sharing to help people understand that the resignation offer is probably a bad idea. They said it was emotional and they didn't want bad information being spread. They deleted it. It was a legal breakdown of the OPM emails.
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Urge your Senator to Fight Trump's destruction of the US government:
1. Oppose All Nominees.
2. Reject Unanimous Consent Requests.
3. Vote NO on All Cloture and Procedural Votes.
4. Request Quorum Calls at Every Opportunity
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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." - Attributed - Benito Mussolini
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-gives-elon-musk-access-174554356.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
Better than doing nothing.
Now what are we going to do??
Thank you again for being willing to stand up and share information!
This happened today too:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
This is too big of a deal to let slide
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
These feels like a huge security breach.
Please God, let there be controlled access to USAF, and CIA.
Start a protest, create a meme, and start a trend! GET ELON OUT!
This is an easy win for us. Get this billionaire out of our government! Scare Trump into making an easy decision to save himself!
Are ALL the elected officials just rolling over? I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this.
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#SaboteurMusk
Is this true?!
He was not on the ballot.
*sarcasm
How fucked up is that?!?!?! Resist, fight, give them nothing!
Grrrr
It's probably harder than you would imagine to pretend to be complicit in dismantling every good thing the government does, without actually doing more harm than good along the way.
Do you "get" something (option to come back, benefits, ?) if you resign vs getting fired?
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#PresidentMusk #Felon #VPVance #Postcards
the henhouse!!!
In halls of data shadows creep,
Elon demands what others keep.
Treasury’s heart, OPM’s core,
Controlled by Musk. He wants more!
Today Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
The guy is a foreign agent!
Stop him!
Anyone!
Bullshit
Voters left them with zero power. Stop expecting others to do for you what you have to
What they can do, is lead.
...and thereby clearing the way for Musk to do whatever he wants.
SOON WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFO
BIDEN GAVE US 200+ FEDERAL JUDGES
https://www.threads.net/@sarah.boardman.design/post/DFiFiWyORST?xmt=AQGzSyWJyg4hUmtgu9H5Wpng0ZLZkm903kuMV7rQvzT6nQ
Putin made bank with public money
and so will they
but we know what that means. 🥺
They should wait harder?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/