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These people are deranged.
February 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
These people are deranged.
One silver lining to Elon doing the president's dirty work. He is a private citizen and has ZERO immunity from prosecution.
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
One silver lining to Elon doing the president's dirty work. He is a private citizen and has ZERO immunity from prosecution.
When things get bleak, remember that the White House identified the wrong agent as acting director on its website and never corrected the mistake. These guys are not geniuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
‘Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender
Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and satirical clips.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When things get bleak, remember that the White House identified the wrong agent as acting director on its website and never corrected the mistake. These guys are not geniuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
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WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK. I JUST SAW THIS. WHATTTTT?????
Trump on DOGE obtaining Americans' personal information, including social security numbers and bank numbers: "They get it very easily. We don't have very good security in our country."
February 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK. I JUST SAW THIS. WHATTTTT?????
“DOGE members should be placed under insider threat monitoring and alerting after their access to payment systems is revoked. Continued access to any payment systems by DOGE poses the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“DOGE members should be placed under insider threat monitoring and alerting after their access to payment systems is revoked. Continued access to any payment systems by DOGE poses the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
“Limited real work experience is a risk,” says Ottenheimer, as an example. “Plus his handle is literally Big Balls.”
www.wired.com/story/edward...
www.wired.com/story/edward...
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“Limited real work experience is a risk,” says Ottenheimer, as an example. “Plus his handle is literally Big Balls.”
www.wired.com/story/edward...
www.wired.com/story/edward...
25-year-old Marko Elez is making changes on a system that handles trillions in federal payments. He has already made extensive changes to the code base for the payment system.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a...
A 25-Year-Old Is Writing Backdoors Into The Treasury’s $6 Trillion Payment System. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Just months after we learned Chinese hackers had compromised US telecom systems through government-mandated backdoors, an inexperienced developer from Musk’s DOGE unit is pushing untested cod…
www.techdirt.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
25-year-old Marko Elez is making changes on a system that handles trillions in federal payments. He has already made extensive changes to the code base for the payment system.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a...
From the NYT
February 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
From the NYT
Fox has now published more details on these little incel Hitler Youth than any other media outlet.
www.foxnews.com/politics/mee...
www.foxnews.com/politics/mee...
Meet the young team of software engineers slashing government waste at DOGE: report
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reportedly put together a team of young software engineers to help with his efforts at DOGE to promote spending cuts.
www.foxnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Fox has now published more details on these little incel Hitler Youth than any other media outlet.
www.foxnews.com/politics/mee...
www.foxnews.com/politics/mee...
"At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do,” one current USAID worker estimates.
www.wired.com/story/usaid-...
www.wired.com/story/usaid-...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
"At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV now do,” one current USAID worker estimates.
www.wired.com/story/usaid-...
www.wired.com/story/usaid-...
A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government. His privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code. He has ZERO government experience.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government. His privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code. He has ZERO government experience.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...