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#DOGE has sought access to a powerful database of nearly all US workers’ earnings kept by the #health dept’s #ChildSupport office, setting off another disagreement w/career staff over demands for legally #protected records, acc/to 4 people familiar w/the matter.

Over the last several weeks, #billionaire #ElonMusk’s team has clashed w/ #CivilServants over attempts to #access privileged #information or systems kept by the #Treasury Dept, #IRS & #SocialSecurity, among other agencies.

I've never been the sort of #leftist to unironically want to burn it all down. Sure, it sounds badass, but the disruptions we should be seeking as leftists should have as little impact on ordinary, working people as possible. The last 3 years in Ukraine and last 18 months with Gaza have left me with little desire for more carnage.

Ex:

I see a lot of people celebrating the shuttering of #USAID due to its use by the #CIA without any consideration for the legitimate aid that it funded. Similarly, it's callous towards the thousands of #scientists, #civilservants, and more who dedicated themselves to jobs that would still exist and in fact, be expanded under #socialism, who don't deserve this.

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#Trump’s attempt to fire Dellinger is part of his broader push to remove government #watchdogs who investigate wrongdoing & protect #FederalWorkers. Trump also has tried to fire the head of the Merit Systems Protection Board [#MSPB], an #independent agency that hears appeals of terminations & other adverse actions against #CivilServants. A federal judge reinstated her temporarily. Dellinger’s office refers certain cases to the merit board, which issues its own decisions.

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The group at Mar-a-Lago brainstormed ways to terminate #FederalWorkers. One idea was to motivate them to quit, by forcing them to return to the office 5 days a week or, as #Ramaswamy suggested, moving #CivilServants to work on admin priorities like border security. Ramaswamy predicted to the team that many federal workers would not want to be part of an #immigration crackdown & would leave govt — a win-win situation.

#Musk#Trump#coup
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#ElonMusk deepened the confusion & alarm of workers across the #FederalGovernment Saturday by ordering them to summarize their accomplishments for the week, warning that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

Shortly after #Musk’s demand, which he posted on X, #CivilServants across the government received an email from the Office of Personnel Management with the subject line, “What did you do last week?”

#law#DOGE#Trump
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It is a name that #Trump is allowing a favored donor & ally to use in a reckless campaign against various targets in the federal govt. The whole enterprise is an attack against #CivilServants & the very notion of #apolitical #expertise.

Trump allies make noises about expert failures—& yes, experts sometimes do fail. In particular, #MAGA world continues to demonize what its constituents believe was the medical establishment’s attempt to curtail civil rights during the pandemic…

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#Trump’s plan to shrink the size of the federal work force dealt blows to thousands of #CivilServants in the past few days. But the cuts to the #HHS — coming on the heels of the #coronavirus #pandemic, the worst #PublicHealth crisis in a century — have been especially jarring. Experts say the firings threaten to leave the country exposed to further shortages of #health workers, putting Americans at risk if another crisis erupts.

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The #CIA does not disclose its budget or the number of people it employs.
…The report of #buyout offers is in line w/a massive makeover of the US govt embarked on by the #Trump admin, which has fired & sidelined hundreds of #CivilServants in first steps toward downsizing *bureaucracy* & installing #loyalists.

The WH last wk offered 2M civilian full-time #FederalWorkers an opportunity to stop working this wk & [supposedly] receive pay & benefits through Sept 30 as Trump seeks to slash the govt.

Rep. Raskin’s On-Demand Webinar for Federal Workers Facing the Trump-Musk Assault on our Government
youtube.com/watch?v=eZnn302Cp2

On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, Congressman Jamie Raskin convened an emergency, on-demand webinar sharing up-to-date information and resources for federal workers to help them navigate the current crisis."

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[continued] …#DOGE teams have begun demanding access to data and systems at other #FederalAagencies. However, none of these agencies control the flow of money in the way the #TreasuryDepartment does. Access to the #FederalPaymentSystem has always been tightly restricted due to its inclusion of sensitive #PersonalInformation about millions of Americans who rely on #SocialSecurity checks, #TaxRefunds, and other government payments.

In fiscal year 2023, the Treasury Department disbursed over $5 trillion through this system in a process typically overseen by #CivilServants. The stakes are incredibly high, and it is vital for Americans to understand the gravity of these actions. Please continue to spread the word and raise awareness.

This has to be actionable.

#Musk aides lock #GovernmentWorkers out of computer systems at #US #FederalAgency

Aides to #ElonMusk charged have locked career #CivilServants at #OPM out of computer systems that contain the #personal #data of millions of federal #employees

Since taking office, #Trump has embarked on a massive govt makeover, firing & sidelining hundreds of civil servants & installing more loyalists.

#law #cybersecurity #oversight #NationalSecurity #InfoSec
reuters.com/world/us/musk-aide

"Ultimately, it is the sort of book which should be mandatory reading for all #CivilServants and Politicians of every colour. We have to reconfigure the interface between the citizen and the state in order for them to have a more copacetic relationship. We have to redesign #thestate so that it is able to meet the challenges of today. We have to ensure that it is able to rapidly adapt to the challenges of tomorrow."
@Edent
shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/book-

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