Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump
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Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.
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#News #DC #Jan6 #Law #DOJ #Trump #DOGE #Musk

Who Is Ed Martin, Trump’s Pick for D.C. U.S. Attorney?

As interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Martin has fired career prosecutors, dropped Capitol riot cases and launched sweeping probes into Trump’s political enemies.

^ProPublica

When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.

Trump laid off nearly all of them.
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#News #Fire #Trump #DOGE #Musk #Deaths #Health #HHS

Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths

The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.

^ProPublica

Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
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The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.

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#News #DOGE #Trump #IRS #Tax #Government #USPolitics

Treasury IG Probes If DOGE, Trump Sought Private Taxpayer Info

^ProPublica

So, the other day, Gumroad announced it was going “open source,” which got a lot of attention.

That same day, Wired wrote a story about Gumroad’s founder, and his association with #DOGE, that perhaps didn’t have the same impact.

Let’s fix that.

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new @tedium

Gumroad’s Interestingly Timed “Open-Source” Play

The creator-economy service Gumroad decided to open-source its platform at a suspiciously convenient time. (And even “open source” might be stretching it.)

^{Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.}

SOCIAL SECURITY IS BREAKING DOWN!!!

Washington Post: “The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts because the servers were overloaded.

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#SocialSecurity #DOGE #SSI #USPol

The Department of Education being closed is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

Most #maga supporters want it as #trump and #doge convinced them schools were federally funded, and they were going to overhaul and fix it.

They're too uneducated to know that it's already funded by states, and The Department of Education exists to fill gaps in resources, especially for #disabled and disadvantaged children.

Which red states need THE MOST.

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#scoopz #signalboost #uspol

#TrumpEdOrder States ALREADY Fund their Own Schools. The Department of Education is for Disadvantaged Children & Funding Gaps in Poorer Areas!

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#Trump falsely stated that #DOGE has found “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.” DOGE has claimed to have cut $9 billion thus far.

Trump is talking about firing federal workers & “reclaiming power from bureaucrats.” His efforts to expand presidential power by firing workers and removing independent agency leaders have been largely blocked so far in federal courts.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Musk #USpol

A lot of boos as #Trump praised #ElonMusk & #DOGE.

Trump is lying about something that he & #Musk have said before: that there’s massive “fraud” in #SocialSecurity being paid out to deceased Americans still in the system.

Analysts & watchdog groups have thoroughly DEBUNKED this crap.

The problem is neither new nor a sign of widespread fraud, but a technological issue w/Social Security’s tracking system & does not represent a source of significant spending.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies

Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
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Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
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#News #DOGE #SocialSecurity #ElonMusk #Trump #Musk

What Are DOGE’s Plans for the Social Security Administration?

^ProPublica

Sensitive content Reveal/hide

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”

Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

#Musk #doge #Trump #coup #uspolitics

ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.

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#News #ElonMusk #DOGE #Government #USPolitics #Trump

ProPublica Confirms Additional Staffers Helping Elon Musk and DOGE Dismantle U.S. Agencies

Musk and his lieutenants are reshaping the government and its mission with the blessing of President Trump. ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 staffers affiliated with the billionaire.

^ProPublica

Poll result: Who loves Elon in government?

On the question of who wants "Musk to have less influence over government spending & operations," nearly half of respondants said yes.

However, "nearly three-quarters of Republicans surveyed said Musk & DOGE should have 'a lot' or 'some' influence."

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#DOGE #Musk #Trump #USPol #PollResult #CapturedState .

ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.

Here’s what we know about them: propublica.org/article/elon-mu…

#News #Law #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #USPolitics

These Are Some of the Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE

Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.

^ProPublica

Unbelievable

#ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service are feeding sensitive data into #AI software via #Microsoft’s #cloud

#Musk’s US #DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the #Education Dept into #ArtificialIntelligence software to probe the agency’s programs & spending….
The AI probe includes data w/personally identifiable info for people who manage grants, & sensitive internal financial data…

#law #security #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #Trump #TrumpCoup
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Unless you don’t mind Elon Musk, and his team of unelected, illegitimate techbros sifting through all your social security personal/financial data, CALL YOUR THREE CONGRESS MEMBERS TODAY AND TELL THEM TO STOP DOGE!

Find your House Member: house.gov/representatives

Find your two Senators:
senate.gov/senators/index.htm

#musk #elonmusk #doge #trump #AI #government #techbros #hackers #coup #congress #senate #resist #fightback #america #USA #US #USAID

Holy crap Cory @pluralistic you should run #DOGE instead of nazi-boy 😂

pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/bel…

This is one HELL of a summary ☝️

But why aren't there people in authority doing this kind of savings overview already?!
Corruption?