Nonilex<p>US judge orders <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to reinstate thousands of fired workers</p><p>A California federal judge on Thurs ordered 6 US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> to reinstate thousands of recently-hired employees who were fired as part of Trump's purge of the federal workforce.</p><p>The ruling made by US Dist Judge William Alsup in San Francisco during a hearing applies to the Departments of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> Affairs,<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interior</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-extend-block-trump-administration-ordering-mass-firings-2025-03-13/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-</span><span class="invisible">extend-block-trump-administration-ordering-mass-firings-2025-03-13/</span></a></p>
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Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Scott Bessent is a weird goof. He can afford to lose 25%.</p><p>Tone-deaf treasury secretary doesn’t care that we’re not all billionaires<br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/7/2308633/-Tone-deaf-treasury-secretary-doesn-t-care-that-we-re-not-all-billionaires" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/3/7/23</span><span class="invisible">08633/-Tone-deaf-treasury-secretary-doesn-t-care-that-we-re-not-all-billionaires</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StockMarketCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarketCrash</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE targets child support database full of income data</p><p>Associates of Elon Musk’s group provoked yet another clash with career civil servants over sensitive <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> records<br><a href="https://archive.is/HBz70#selection-517.0-521.119" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/HBz70#selection-517</span><span class="invisible">.0-521.119</span></a></p><p>"Elon Musk’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> team has clashed with civil servants over... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> or systems kept by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Admn, among other agencies.</p><p>Earlier this week, however, DOGE... targeted... perhaps the most sensitive of all"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has sought access to a powerful database of nearly all US workers’ earnings kept by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> dept’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> office, setting off another disagreement w/career staff over demands for legally <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protected</span></a> records, acc/to 4 people familiar w/the matter.<br>
Over the last several weeks, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s team has clashed w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilServants</span></a> over attempts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> privileged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> or systems kept by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>, among other agencies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…2 NY federal judges -- US District Judges Paul Engelmayer & Jeannette Vargas -- are receiving extra security after their rulings blocked staff from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>-driven <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> from accessing sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept data…</p><p>Another person familiar w/the judicial security environment said several federal judges in the DC area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which is being interpreted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> enforcement as a form of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a> meant to convey that a target’s address is known.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> seeks plan to ease <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as Trump *seeks to restore ties w/Moscow & stop the war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>* [or pay <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> back for something?]</p><p>The WH has asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> to draft a list of sanctions that could be eased for US ofcls to discuss w/Russian reps in the coming days as part of the admin's broad talks w/Moscow on *improving diplomatic & economic relations*.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-seeks-plan-possible-russia-sanctions-relief-sources-say-2025-03-03/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/white-house-</span><span class="invisible">seeks-plan-possible-russia-sanctions-relief-sources-say-2025-03-03/</span></a></p>
David August<p>Congress holds the power of the purse according to the Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. </p><p>Congress should be disbursing funds from the US Treasury itself, directly. </p><p>Other Treasury functions can be shifted to other executive agencies, but the spending of the Treasury’s money is theirs. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PowerOfThePurse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerOfThePurse</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> says the rare <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> *deal* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a>] with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> is in limbo for now. “I think we have to see if President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> wants to proceed,” he said on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “What’s the use in having an economic agreement that’s going to be rendered moot if he wants the fighting to continue?”</p><p>Just take everything Trump people say & flip it.</p><p>Read: “…if Trump wants to proceed…” & “…if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> wants the fighting to continue…”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus</p><p>On risks to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> nobody even thought about<br><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/musk-in-your-computers-an-interview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/mus</span><span class="invisible">k-in-your-computers-an-interview</span></a></p><p>"One person who did realize it, however, was <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NathanTankus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NathanTankus</span></a> — an independent expert on the financial “plumbing” at the Federal Reserve & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept... His blog Notes on the Crises [ <a href="https://www.crisesnotes.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">crisesnotes.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ] has become crucial reading — & he may have helped steer us, temporarily at least, away from the edge of the abyss"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AppointmentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppointmentsClause</span></a> of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> requires that principal officers be nominated by the president & confirmed by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>...</p><p>When <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> officials provide high-level policy direction to a high-ranking employee at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>, are they exercising significant authority & discretion? If so, does that make them “officers” under the Appointments Clause? Were they nominated by the president & confirmed by the Senate?"<br><a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/who-is-running-the-u.s.-doge-service" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawfaremedia.org/article/who-i</span><span class="invisible">s-running-the-u.s.-doge-service</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>'s critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s vital <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> satellite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> system, 3 sources familiar said.</p><p>Ukraine's continued access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>-owned Starlink was brought up in discussions between US & Ukrainian officials after Pres <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> turned down an initial proposal from US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a>, sources said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/us-could-</span><span class="invisible">cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US District Judge Christopher R. Cooper, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, ruled against the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Employees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> & 4 other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> organizations that requested a temporary halt to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> while a lawsuit challenging them is pending. More than half a million federal workers could lose their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> through the Trump admin’s firings & a separate program of deferred resignations, or buyouts, the unions said in legal filings.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Krause also said he performs the duties of the fiscal assistant secretary, managing the government’s accounting, central payment systems & public debts [so, everything?]. He is the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>’s only <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> affiliate, after his colleague resigned when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> social media posts resurfaced, acc/to his declaration.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The judge zeroed in on 3 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> staffers in leadership positions — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TomKrause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomKrause</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AdamRamada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdamRamada</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GregHogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GregHogan</span></a> — who described their work in court filings.</p><p>Krause, a tech executive & team lead of DOGE’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> outpost, wrote in a declaration that his unpaid role is to use technology to make the agency “more effective, more efficient, & more responsive” to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s policy goals. [not vague at all /s]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>6 Americans & a handful of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> orgs sued the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>, Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> over personally identifiable info in the systems to which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has gained access.</p><p>The challengers claim DOGE’s actions violate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Act of 1974, which was passed in response to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Watergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watergate</span></a> scandal & provides safeguards against privacy violations. In court filings, they accused the agencies of “abandoning their duties as guardians & gatekeepers” of millions of Americans’ sensitive info.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“What I know is that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wanted access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> — & the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, & she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Works….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> has increasingly turned his attention to Social Security in recent days, arguing that the program is rife with fraud & erroneous payments without offering evidence for his claim.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s associates already sought access to records that are typically closely held across the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>, prompting disputes w/senior officials across numerous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>. The highest-ranking civil servant at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept recently resigned after refusing to grant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages >$5R in annual payments.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>We confronted Speaker Johnson over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>. His response is cause for concern.</p><p>This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy.<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-elon-musk-treasury-speaker-johnson-payment-rcna191945" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/doge-elon-musk-treasury-speaker-johnson-payment-rcna191945</span></a></p><p>By Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-4)</p><p>"As members of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Ways & Means Committee, which is responsible for oversight of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, we are calling on our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> colleagues to work with us to investigate [Doge actions]...</p><p>So far, none have."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Arie van Deursen 🇳🇱🇪🇺🟥<p>“I love teaching payment systems because modern payment systems, including Treasuries, are an infrastructure marvel—they are our aqueducts of commerce. They work beautifully 99.99% of the time, handling trillions of transactions a year.”</p><p>“It’s not like an app like X that can have some glitches from a software update and patch it a day later and say “no biggie.”</p><p><a href="https://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2025/02/musk-and-treasurys-payment-systems.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">creditslips.org/creditslips/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/musk-and-treasurys-payment-systems.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"DOGE has gained access to data systems at the Centers for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> Services, the US Agency for International Development, the Department of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> Affairs, the Department of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>, & the US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>. And most recently, DOGE got software approval to potentially transfer "vast amounts of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>" out of the Department of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> ’s systems...</p><p>Democratic lawmakers have sent letters demanding answers from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>"<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/doges-gov-site-lampooned-as-coders-quickly-realize-it-can-be-edited-by-anyone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/doges-gov-site-lampooned-as-coders-quickly-realize-it-can-be-edited-by-anyone/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
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