Longtime official retires after clash "over access to sensitive payment systems."
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Musk’s DOGE clashes with Treasury over access to payment system, report says
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I hate that logo so much. It's trying to convince people that this is the "fun" administration and there isn't anything that is going to go wrong because look! We have a cute mascot for all of this.
And what makes me mad is the average US citizen is just that stupid to fall for this.
And what makes me mad is the average US citizen is just that stupid to fall for this.
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Ars Tribunus Militum
so now they're going to start not paying people...
so long healthy economy, it was fun while it lasted
so long healthy economy, it was fun while it lasted
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Maybe ask the White House, too. Apparently Musk is just running loose, without checking with the White House, and chasing after whatever he wants. The WH, I heard, says it knew nothing about the OPM Fork email, or the Boeing visit, and it wouldn't surprise me if they're unaware of this effort, too.
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I was impacted by the 2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach, which resulted in what is effectively free credit monitoring for life (which has alerted me to potential ID theft twice now). I shudder to think what sorts of information will be stolen and how many millions of people will be impacted now that Musk and his cronies have access.
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I think in the next 4 years SOME US citizens are going to understand what they missed when they weren't paying attention in their civics classes in high school. That for every IRS there are 15 other critical departments that no one has ever heard before.
For everyone else I'm certain when critical services fail they will blame the Dems. I have zero doubt of that.
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I was looking at all the streaming services etc I pay for every month, and wondering if I should maybe streamline it all to make it a little more affordable and easier on my wallet.
But then I realized if I just eliminated DEI in my house the savings would more than offset all the bills, so I'm chillin', gonna finish Season 2 of Silo and then start Season 2 of Severance.
So glad Elon Musk the financial genius showed me how easy it is to save!
But then I realized if I just eliminated DEI in my house the savings would more than offset all the bills, so I'm chillin', gonna finish Season 2 of Silo and then start Season 2 of Severance.
So glad Elon Musk the financial genius showed me how easy it is to save!
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The Post writes that "Musk has sought to exert sweeping control over the inner workings of the US government, installing longtime surrogates at several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, which essentially handles federal human resources, and the General Services Administration."
What could possibly go wrong...
What could possibly go wrong...
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Just don't pay for car maintenance anymore, that's not actually needed. Or insurance.
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There is no reason anyone at this made-up department should have access to sensitive Treasury Department systems. I would tell these intern-level chucklefucks to come back with Congressional authorization before I let them near any Treasury Department systems.
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I dunno, Musk strikes me as more of a "write myself a cheque for 1 trillion dollars and become the first trillionaire" guy...
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Who needs to worry about defaulting thanks to the annual game of chicken with the debt ceiling, when we can just stop paying all together!
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Well, yeah. Didn't you hear? The Dems caused that plane crash in DC by hiring unqualified black women at air traffic control.
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And the public is fine with it. It's well studied that the folks who got the most benefit of public systems seem to be the ones OK with defunding/reducing/eliminating them.
I used to think it was because the systems were good and solid, and it's easy to take those things for granted.
I now see its because "fuck you, I got mine" and Mmerica seems to hate its children
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Ah yes, just what we want. Unelected outsiders having the keys to trillions of dollars of cash. I'm sure none of it will go missing, right?
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May be worth going full ham on my taxes this year. Instead of the usual $500 refund, I should just claim anything and everything. It would allow me to pay more to local charities that are getting crapped on by the Muskovites.
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I cannot seriously believe that we have a government department named after a 15 year old internet meme. What's next, replacing all official government communication with rage comics?
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Well-Fed Leopard
Smack-Fu Master, in training
You KNOW it's because he wants to put this allegedly-coming twitter payment system in the middle of it.
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Im really happy that this new administration is targeting all those unelected bureaucrats that are dictating policy. /s
And in case you didn’t realize, that’s a sarcastic jab at Leon
And in case you didn’t realize, that’s a sarcastic jab at Leon
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If the EU wants to get rid of both Putin and Trump, it should sell Greenland to Vladimir.
Let them work it out on each other. (/S)
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Clearly a prelude to "We save money by not paying our bills!" That certainly fits the historical M.O. of both Musk and Trump.
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In other totally unrelated news, Dogecoin has tripled in value since last November.
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Hi America, it's your upstairs neighbours, I hate to say this but...
You're fucked and you can thank trump and Muskrat.
Sincerely yours;
Canada.
You're fucked and you can thank trump and Muskrat.
Sincerely yours;
Canada.
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This is great, when the people who support the military and everyone but the chosen few stop getting payments, the french revolution will seem like the good old days for the DOGE.
I don't think they understand that USA is armed to the teeth, and if the federal aid stops coming, there's some shit that's going to happen, coming from their side, not the left wing.
This is nuts.
I don't think they understand that USA is armed to the teeth, and if the federal aid stops coming, there's some shit that's going to happen, coming from their side, not the left wing.
This is nuts.
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Might as well. The IRS has a really big target sharpie-scrawled over it in this administration. It's likely they're going to be cut back big time fairly soon.
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Expect a poop emoji. Not only because of traditions, but because it is a shit show.
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I just laugh at it since it's so stupid and also obviously AI generated.
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They've plunged about 75% since inception.
Trump needs to stop calling it his "Me!Me!" coin.
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Now you have plausible deniability on things done in your name. Embrace it.
(/s if that wasn't obvious. My shit was breached twice, once by credit bureaus, and once by a government breach that got way more than anyone should have. I'm waiting for the day I get FBI-raided for something someone did with my stolen identity, that's how bad it was. Doesn't mean I don't still work on decent OpSec, I just won't be surprised when SHTF.)
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The last two weeks make a lot of sense when you realize Trump's plan for running the government is the same as Musk's plan for running Twitter. We're firing everyone competent, replacing every 100 people with one loyal stooge, and pulling servers off the rack until things break.
In this case the servers are federal agencies and the things that will break are human lives.
In this case the servers are federal agencies and the things that will break are human lives.
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I want to believe, but I have almost zero doubts that if the fed stopped sending their aid to red states, they'd just have someone on Fox News tell the masses that the liberals are responsible and they'll believe it wholeheartedly.
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This being Musk, there are a few possibilities here: (1) these were leases that GSA was already ending and Musk is just taking credit for someone else's decision; (2) these are leases that expire sometime in the future and Musk is being misleading about there being some kind of present benefit; or (3) GSA has no present ability to terminate these leases and the landlord(s) are going to sue the government for a bunch of money. In any event, I seriously doubt GSA has a bunch of month-to-month leases out there that they can just end on a moment's notice. I suppose maybe temporary emergency response space? It would be just about right for them to try to get rid of that, I guess.
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He probably just wants to switch the payment transactions over to whatever the hell he's hoping to do with payments on Twitter.
And I'm only like 1/4 joking about that...
And I'm only like 1/4 joking about that...
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