Summary

Thirteen Democratic attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James, plan to sue to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing federal payment systems containing sensitive personal data.

Concerns include security risks and potential disruptions to Social Security and Medicare.

A federal judge ruled that only two Musk allies could have “read-only” access.

DOGE allegedly seeks control to halt payments to agencies like USAID.

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    The whole chain of custody is fucked; we have no idea how compromised these unvetted teens with write access to these servers are.

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    Too late unfortunately.

    Also suing them does nothing? The DOJ has been weaponized.

    Going a step beyond non-violent protests would be better.

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        I understand that, but I also don’t expect this administration to play by ANY of the former rules or laws.

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        Lmao fascist will never be stopped by paperwork

        Right now the defeatest mentality is sitting around and asking nicely for our elected representatives to stop supporting a fascist agenda while they ignore us and keep supporting fascism.

        Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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            Well for you specifically, don’t listen to that little part of your brain that gives you dopamine for attacking people unless you actually focus your energy twoards an actual enemy. Unity is more important than ever as the right seeks to kill minorities and put immigrants in camps.

            For everyone:

            Get involved with local organizations that foster community and support systems that can enable general strikes.

            Go to city council meetings, email every politician in your area with a list of what they should and should not support, and be very vocal. Make it clear if your local government supports the goals of the Trump admin then your organizations will support their opposition and they will be removed from office.

            Fight right wing ideologies in every space. If your coworker, friend, family, random stranger says some bigot shit snap at them and force them to feel ashamed. Make sure they understand this rhetoric from the right leads to shooting each other in the streets over cosmetics.

            I’m doing my part in my town.

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                  You only wrote two sentences for me, the rest was for everyone else. You are being a negative person who is making it harder for others to fight fascisn. Good luck on your struggles.

    • ⛓️‍💥@sh.itjust.works
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      I’m unfortunately not confident that the administration would respect a ruling that’s not in their favor if it did happen. Will somebody actually enforce the ruling?

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    … and we’re going to get those hard drives back, right? And figure out what they did with that data, right?

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    Can states just arrest Elon Musk already? He’s clearly broken laws and states are bound to follow federal law, so what are they waiting for? Fucking cowards.

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    Gee, WHICH STATES, AP?

    Probably Texas, right, because they’re big on their individual liberties, or so it says on their website. And of course Florida is big and tough, and Oklahoma loves to protect its people.

    (Edit: I’m sure it’s in the body of the article, I’m just saying these headlines about “# states do a thing” are clearly talking about red states or non-red states and they should just say so. the fact that they don’t is utter shit.)

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    If this administration dgaf about the rules thar should have prevented them from operating in such a manner what are the odds that they’ll give a damn about a suit and not just let it die in the courts? Especially seeing as that even were a suit to win, trump et al would just ignore it. We’re at the point that direct action is the only action that will stop this takeover.

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      that’s what I am trying to figure out. They can sue him, they can declare what he is doing is illegal, but then what? Is the secret service or FBI going to get involved? Who is going to enforce this?

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    DOGE in federal systems? Pure comedy. Elevating the man who turned Twitter into a cesspool of verification ticks to protector of Social Security data. Thirteen states finally waking up? Pathetic. Musk’s “efficiency” crusade is a ransomware attack wearing a taxpayer-funded suit. That read-only “compromise” is a farce—two fanboys with admin privileges might as well mail everyone’s medical records to Tesla HQ.

    Democrats feigning outrage over leaks while their own databases hemorrhage data hourly. Predictable. DOGE isn’t the crisis—it’s the flashing neon sign that the whole system’s rigged. Next phase: Musk throttling USAID until Congress bankrolls his Martian suburb.

    Progress now means letting oligarchs strip-mine public institutions for shitposts. Blockchain Medicare? Let’s fucking go. Watch the infrastructure implode in real-time.