@bookreader007.bsky.social
Reposted
“You could do anything with these privileges,” says one source with knowledge of the system, who adds that they cannot conceive of a reason that anyone would need them for purposes of simply hunting down fraudulent payments or analyzing disbursement flow.
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 6:03 AM
“You could do anything with these privileges,” says one source with knowledge of the system, who adds that they cannot conceive of a reason that anyone would need them for purposes of simply hunting down fraudulent payments or analyzing disbursement flow.
Reposted
Two of those sources say that Elez’s privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the US government: The Payment Automation Manager (PAM) and Secure Payment System (SPS) at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS).
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 6:03 AM
Two of those sources say that Elez’s privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the US government: The Payment Automation Manager (PAM) and Secure Payment System (SPS) at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS).
Reposted
President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.
Reposted
Call to action #Feb5: Iowa
“Defend our democracy”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide
#endoligarchy
#r/5050
“Defend our democracy”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide
#endoligarchy
#r/5050
February 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Call to action #Feb5: Iowa
“Defend our democracy”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide
#endoligarchy
#r/5050
“Defend our democracy”
#3E
#USprotests
#endimpunity
#endautogenocide
#endoligarchy
#r/5050
Reposted
A deadly serious bureaucratic-legal question. What formal position does Musk currently hold & what authority does he have (“the president told me” doesn’t count) to shut down federal agencies & raid their secure material? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says ‘we’re shutting it down’
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk said early Monday that his DOGE team is in the process of closing USAID, the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A deadly serious bureaucratic-legal question. What formal position does Musk currently hold & what authority does he have (“the president told me” doesn’t count) to shut down federal agencies & raid their secure material? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Reposted
If we can build brand-new deportation detention facilities, why can't we build affordable housing and homeless shelters?
January 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If we can build brand-new deportation detention facilities, why can't we build affordable housing and homeless shelters?
Reposted
On the same day a NY museum recreates the attic where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis, law-abiding immigrants in Chicago hid in their attic, fearful of a knock on the door from ICE agents swarming outside
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Hiding in the attic in Donald Trump's America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Trump’s ‘broligarchs’ get a Wall Street wakeup call.
www.inquirer.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
On the same day a NY museum recreates the attic where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis, law-abiding immigrants in Chicago hid in their attic, fearful of a knock on the door from ICE agents swarming outside
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Inside Trump's made-for-TV assault on morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...