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I just posted this on Facebook because while super online people see what's going on, normies don't. I just re-read it and it sounds unhinged. But it's what's happening. And even I can't believe it, even if we're seeing it.
Early this morning Wired reported that, contrary to published reports, Elon Musk and his operatives at the Treasury Department are not limited to “read only” access to department payment systems. Rather, a 25-year-old member of Musk's illegal task force named Marko Elez has assumed control of admin privileges over these critical systems. These systems directly control and pay out roughly 95% of payments made by the U.S. government, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and virtually all contract payments. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo further reports that not only does Musk have full access to these systems, he has already made extensive changes to the code base, over which only he likely has access and control. These changes were not tested or vetted in a development environment. They were plugged in live, on the fly, and now exist in such a way that the changes may be difficult to detect, let alone undo. Which means that the coup I've been talking about over the past several days is no longer merely in process, is no longer theoretical, and is no longer hypothetical. Elon Musk now has the power, and no doubt the intention, to unilaterally stop the United States government from paying contractually obligated debts. He now has the power to begin using federal funds as a means of enriching himself and those he and Donald Trump favor while punishing political enemies, perceived or otherwise. Regardless of his intentions, chaos has been sowed. As I'm writing this on Tuesday afternoon a large group of protesters led by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost has arrived at the Treasury Department but have been barred from accessing the building. The crowd is growing in size and it is unclear how, or if, the situation will be resolved. Reports now have Musk and his team moving next to the Department of Labor and Department of Energy. A foreign-born billionaire Nazi has single-handedly taken control of the United States government. The President has endorsed a…
February 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM