Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Minority Leader, has launched a new online portal for individuals to report corruption, abuses of power, and threats to public safety, with the legal protections afforded to whistleblowers.
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The legal protections for whistleblowers exist on paper, not in practice. I hate to have to say this, but relying on an assumption of institutional (courts, rule of law) functionality that is obsolete is dangerous. No one blowing the whistle should expect or rely on any protections whatsoever.
If they cant even prevent a totalitarian takeover with fascist regime like qualities as they dismantle our Constitution and take a wrecking ball to our laws I do not have faith that they will be able to combat the donors and lobbyists who paid for the reality we are experiencing aka the companies
Unfortunately there is no option for encrypted secure communication. Proceed with caution. At least they need to add a Signal contact and/or encrypted email via Protonmail or Tuta.
I’m not sure I trust that a whistleblower would be protected. I think the courts will be obsolete soon. The GOP is already laying out their case. I hope I’m wrong…
However, we urge federal employees outside our coalition to proceed with caution, as the Trump administration has disregarded established laws and the constitution. It is advisable to seek legal counsel before taking any action.
@markzaidesq.bsky.social is a lawyer who works with whistleblowers. I've been following him and @bradmossesq.bsky.social since Trump's first installation.
The reality is that they do not seem to understand technology or what is really happening with the tech bro crews. They are setting up permanent access and surveillance across federal infrastructure. This is literally self-reporting that you are resisting. The AI reports are a distraction.
Not my expertise. I can say that on gov devices they could track that you went to the site and clicked. You also would likely have cookies and browser history and they could capture your IP address. The data store is likely on a shared platform and accessible by a pool of admins and developers.
when this happened i signed up for aura. you can connect so many things to protect there, and they automatically send requests to remove your personal info from data sites where people can look you up. they notify you for everything
They’re in the middle of a coup and they tell the victims to send reporting emails. Normalization of the issue is the number one problem. They really think there will be a democracy in 2026.
Cool story, bro @schumer.senate.gov I mean, corruption, abuse of power, and threats to public safety, ARE LITERALLY BEING REPORTED IN PUBLIC EVERY DAY!!! WITH ALL THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW DETAIL!!!
I'll call and just start reading the news.
We ARE Truly in that constitutional crisis NOW!! Rise up 🆙, March soon 🔜, Make many phone 📞 calls to your elected representatives - I HAVE! Attend town halls all across this wide land. The forces of neofascism are louder, but in the end NOT stronger 💪!!
Honestly...what good will it do? Schumer gave up ALL power when they refused to audit the swing states and prove that Elon tampered with the voting machines....it's CLEAR now his band little pukes were more than capable of it!
Cringe as he is sometimes I am kind of getting behind Darth Schumer. Dare I say aroused even. Maybe the democrats are finally learning it’s not about the immediate reaction and it’s ok to be weird if it gets people talking about what you want.
theoretically wouldn't a .gov site be a government property and therefore something Musk and his band of merry children be able to "just walk in and break into" ?
It's every day all day. If you pay attention you'll see/hear/read about it.
Why not do something a little more productive.
Everyone knows what the corruption, abuses of power threats are....
It's your job to do something about it!!!!
And just reported: Musk/Trump signs an Executive Order demanding the immediate cancellation of all legal protections afforded to whistleblowers.
(I just made this up, but it’s only a matter of time before that evil POS does this.)
It'd be nice if he would launch an effort to shutdown the Senate and grind the coup to a crawl but it seems he's too busy talking about sh*t the regime will ignore, bills he can't get passed or on topics like guacamole and beer. Useless.
I'll tell you what, when the captain of the football team, a teacher's kid, used to beat the shit out of me, just for the sheer enjoyment of it and because he knew he'd face zero consequences, you know what ALWAYS made things better? Snitching
Interview with Greg Palast Veteran Investigator for Elections Worldwide about the 3.5 million voter purge that helped Trump win the 2024 election! https://youtu.be/c-WATaCy51k?si=BmLsXLDohJZ1Ddor
The same @chuckschumer.com who said Dems need to work with thr GOP to keep the govt open? I'm curious how he thinks the GOP is willing to work with and not against any Dem at this point? What is the plan? Business as usual isn't cutting it.
This is good news. Whistleblowers are heroes for the people, the people who want to use the label 'rats' are criminals abusing the system. I repeat people who bring to our attention that we, the people, are being abused - whistleblowers - are heroes. Hollywood taught us to root for evil; awaken!
That's his answer to what he's doing about wh abuses?
He's leader of the elected dem party, he can clearly see what's going on.
He needs to DO SOMETHING, not just start a website.
ONI are scary folks. Fortunately, the NSA either through malicious compliance or malicious stupidity damaged a lot of theirbred-team run books removing "equity", "accessibility", "inclusion" and "diversity". Lol
I have been calling the Capitol for nearly two weeks. And doing lots of advocacy and signal boosting.
People in public that I have encountered don’t even know what is going on at the US Treasury. I’m appalled and disgusted at the lack of engagement and attention from the American public.
Congress has had 15 years to pass laws undoing the worst harms of Citizens United & related SCOTUS decisions, but has shown little or no appetite to do so. Why is that?
Ask your Rep and Senators. Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121.
Short answer: the filibuster. Nancy Pelosi introduced the John Lewis act as HR1 in every Congress in which she was speaker. Literally the top priority.
Can we add a constitutional amendment requiring public financing of all campaigns with no private money allowed? Candidates would have to establish their viability by a petition signature threshold, then be given an allotment of money (same amount for every viable candidate) and a 1/2
certain amount of free airtime to do with what they can. Campaigns would also be limited to 3 months. I believe this would probably solve 95% of our problems. 2/2
FFS, as if that’s going to save the republic. Schumer needs to get out of the way!! And how well have they protected previous whistle blowers? They couldn’t even protect the Vindmans from
losing their careers & they were stating facts in front of a congressional committee. We need new leaders!
Why? Honestly, didn’t we just have 50 separate state protests that achieved essentially nothing except get a lot of us photographed? What is going to be achieved by not patronizing local businesses or keeping my kid home from school?
Chuck, really? Abuses of power are happening & reported in “real time” by NYT, Politico, Parnas & posters w/ tens of thousands of followers on this bluesky app. It’s all out in the open & we are waiting for somebody to enforce these transgressions. We passed the online portal stage 2 1/2 years ago.
So we're supposed to help you do your job? Chuck...come on. Put @aoc.bsky.social and @repjasmine.bsky.social in charge, call General Milley, and let's actually get some shit done here before this very very tiny window of opportunity closes forever.
Unnecessary. Their plans are a violation of Title 18 Chapter 115 Section 2384 at LEAST once, and the actions themselves are in violation of 2381 Treason. Removal is immediate. We just need someone(s) owing an oath of allegiance to the US to remove him.
Liberals need show we are a large powerful group. For Republicans to listen we need to speak the only language they understand-money. We should boycott - stop all individual discretionary spending starting March 1 until this coup is stopped.
certain amount of free airtime to do with what they can. Campaigns would also be limited to 3 months. I believe this would probably solve 95% of our problems. 2/2
What is happening is on an institutional basis, not an case by case individual basis. He has no enforcement power on individual cases. He has institutional power.
This is the equivalent of 'we need to form a committee to study the feasibility of forming a task force.'
Our elected officials and media have failed us. Its time do it ourselves. Our lives can not afford to wait. A General Strike happening on Valentines Day. We're calling on all peoples to effect quarterly earnings for the end of the first fiscal quarter. hurt em in the share holders <3 BE THE PROBLEM
have they learned fucking nothing? every times someone puts something up on the internet, it gets flooded with trolls. This is the best our leaders can offer us? the box outside the office saying "employee suggestions"
This is great. We need to think & act bigger. If possible, all of us rally at lunchtime from where-ever we are. Trumusk will not stop this mess. This will continue for the rest of their presidency (5%/yr?) so if your contract is up…Goodbye.
How will they protect people? This administration doesn't follow law/order. Will Democrats stand strong and firm in opposition? Will they be incredibly outspoken to the extent we all hear about it regardless of the owned/controlled media?
Chuck “ don’t get my 1000$ shoes dirty, you pleb.” Schumer needs to be recalled and replaced immediately. He’s gotten rich enough off his insider trading and he’s literally doing the least posssible.
This portal is a fucking bad idea. This absolutely the wrong way to go about whistle blowing. No real security of your private info, no protections offered, and remember the Senate is absolutely lost on basic digital processes and cybersecurity. I wouldn't touch this portal with a ten foot pole.
Sorry but Chuck Schumer had FOUR YEARS to fix this so it wouldn't happen. He takes a 'wait and see' approach on everything, and he does absolutely nothing.
Must agree with you. Too little too late. Chuck needs to leave and make room for people more capable and who are willing to the job we sent him there to do.
Well intentioned, but this is NOT A GOOD IDEA. He needs to use secure systems outside the federal IT infrastructure to protect whistleblowers. Maybe state of New York?
I... don't trust that either. I'd frankly see if yall can sue for governance in the icj? Maybe thr Hague needs to treat this like the dumbest custody dispute ever. No Elon is to have no contact with [insert government here] and trump can have limited supervised [insert executive power here] every
Other weekend and 3 to 7 on Wednesdays. All other law decisions are joint legal decisions of [insert legislative and judiciary levels here]. Please only use official [insert communication channels here] and are hereby banned from communicating via [x] or any other unauthorized application or mode.
Another concrete example for when people ask “where are the dems?!”
Can dems be louder about trying to save democracy? Of course. But they are actively engaging in this fight
I sent three letters to Chuck in the last 1 days. All on separate but related issues. Including government shutdown call. Contact your reps people. It works. Flood their fields
Chuck, we’re falling into fascism here and must fight to stop it. But then what? Unless Dems want to campaign against conquering Canada in 2026, you need a clear plan your voter base actually cares about. Those voters (plus others) are scared. We’ve got their attention. Here’s what we must do:
The Dems need a BACKBONE. They need FIGHT. We’ve seen it in Sanders, AOC, Buttigieg…. If you are not blocking EVERYTHING this fascist dictatorship is suggesting, you are just a Clinton, and NOT WORTHY.
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Trump = Hitler
Authoritarian regime.
I wish you all miracles to get your democracy back.
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we’re patriots, we take an oath to serve the people and follow the constitution and i’m damn well going to do it
You think if this picks up any kind of steam that Justice won't start issuing warrants?
As if we have a government left.
I'll call and just start reading the news.
Even it it is only to document what it going on, that will be useful. Although Trump & Musk will probably use it to go after whistleblowers.
Moore should call out the national guard and block Musk.
If they want a constitutional crisis, let's give them one.
And DC reps should go to the bldg they are living in today and evict their $hit.
Don't just block Musk & friends.
Keep 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 out, including employees.
Shut 'em down!
Schumers been pathetic. Hot air and tepid words. Shallow symbolic posturing. Just protecting their jobs. Scared to tax/fight. A status quo senator
Democrats lost because of this. They're voting in twumps picks while they cry constitutional crisis.
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-peters-announce-new-portal-for-whistleblowers-senate-democrats-remain-committed-to-exposing-and-pursuing-any-potential-lawlessness-under-the-trump-administration
Trump will change the law.
Why not do something a little more productive.
Everyone knows what the corruption, abuses of power threats are....
It's your job to do something about it!!!!
What happened? Your oligarch owners stopped bribing you to shit on us to enrich them & yourself?
#AuditNAZIElmo #DefundNAZIElmo #DeportNAZIElmo #JailtheOrangePustule #SubprimeCourtReformsNOW
(I just made this up, but it’s only a matter of time before that evil POS does this.)
but I know how "eternal" works
#PraiseJesus
But I still wholeheartedly believe Schumer and Jeffries do not have what it takes to meet this moment. Dems need change of leadership.
Speaking of, where tf is Obama, Harris, Pelosi? Why they silent?
Help🤦♀️🤷♀️
https://youtu.be/c-WATaCy51k?si=BmLsXLDohJZ1Ddor
He's leader of the elected dem party, he can clearly see what's going on.
He needs to DO SOMETHING, not just start a website.
They will destroy anything that prevents them from controlling you.
https://bsky.app/profile/elfodder.bsky.social/post/3lhtendhmw22i
People in public that I have encountered don’t even know what is going on at the US Treasury. I’m appalled and disgusted at the lack of engagement and attention from the American public.
Ask your Rep and Senators. Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121.
losing their careers & they were stating facts in front of a congressional committee. We need new leaders!
[Do we *really* have to tell people this?]
If it's public, linky?
https://bsky.app/profile/generalstrikeus.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org
https://bsky.app/profile/moveon.org
Tune in today at 4p eastern/1p pacific for "The Jim Acosta Show" special report on "America Under Siege."
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimacosta/p/programming-alert-america-under-siege?r=1kn1a6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
https://signal.group/#CjQKIORXE3lP7u3eC7s299bEJkV3fUBrI3hOJPJvywVZKf3sEhDVgvuLlX76f3-ki17YrNlp
I break it down below. Video further down.
And pray tell, Chuck Schumer, what exactly you will do with the information? Use it to write a strong worded letter to the president? Whichever one?
This is the equivalent of 'we need to form a committee to study the feasibility of forming a task force.'
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Go straight to the media and have your lawyer with you.
https://bsky.app/profile/climatebrad.hillheat.com/post/3lhrx35xpuk2a
We already know where the corruption & abuses of power are. We already know who's threatening our constitutional Republic.
What we need is elected officials like Chucky to do their fucking jobs!
It’s there
It’s every fucking where
It’s grift
It’s grift
(With apologies to Ted Lasso and Roy Kent)
Where’s Seal Team 666??
Can dems be louder about trying to save democracy? Of course. But they are actively engaging in this fight
The Dems are complicit.