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Patton Oswalt

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Oct 18

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

October 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Musk’s DOGE involved in what appears to be a foreign espionage operation and data theft. They also have death threatened US federal whistleblowers and disabled security systems, deliberately allowing Russian IPs to access sensitive US federal government systems.

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

The IT team met to discuss insider threats - namely, the DOGE engineers, whose activities it had little insight into or control over. "We had no idea what they did," he explained. Those conversations are reflected in his official disclosure.
They eventually launched a formal breach investigation, according to the disclosure, and prepared a request for assistance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, those efforts were disrupted without an explanation, Berulis said. That was deeply troubling to Berulis, who felt he needed help to try to get to the bottom of what happened and determine what new vulnerabilities might be exploited as a result.
In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISAs help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. It's unclear who sent it, but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach. Law enforcement is investigating the letter.

While investigating the data taken from the agency, Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination. But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too, according to the disclosure.
DOGE staffers had permission to access the system, but removing data is another matter.
Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected. He came to that conclusion, outlined in his disclosure, after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the data being exfiltrated, a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests.
When someone uses this kind of technique, they set up a domain name that pings the target system with questions or queries. But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data, allowing the attacker to steal information that has been broken down into smaller chunks.
"We've seen Russian threat actors do things like this on
U.S. government systems," said one threat intelligence researcher who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly by their employer.
That analyst, who has extensive experience hunting nation-state-sponsored hackers, reviewed the whistleblower's technical claims.

Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts - and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained.
On their own, a few failed login attempts from a Russian IP address aren't a smoking gun, those cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said. But given the overall picture of activity, it's a concerning sign that foreign adversaries may already be searching for ways into government systems that DOGE engineers may have left exposed.
"When you move fast and break stuff, the opportunity to ride the coattails of authorized access is ridiculously easy to achieve," said Handorf. What he means is that if DOGE engineers left access points to the network open, it would be very easy for spies or criminals to break in and steal data behind DOGE.
He said he could also see foreign adversaries trying to recruit or pay DOGE team members for access to sensitive data. "It would not surprise me if DOGE is accidentally compromised."

April 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM

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Raymond

@raymond-j.bsky.social

Make no mistake, the leaked Yemen messages were classified operational information. Having worked that problem set in the past, I have no doubts. This administration is simply skirting accountability and maintaining their hypocritical “leadership.” They need to be punished.

godsammitdam @godsammitdam.bsky.social · Mar 26

It's wild that the flight times of the flights deporting the Venezuelans is classified information.

However, White House officials claim that the flight times and strike sequencing of an imminent attack on Yemen is not classified information.

Which is it?

March 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM

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Kristin Wilson 📎

@kristin-wilson.bsky.social

So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.

And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.

This is why journalism matters.

March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

On Friday, in a top-secret briefing from Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk will gain access to closely guarded US military secrets regarding the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. This is despite Musk's extensive business interests in China and his ketamine addiction.

March 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

This will have devastating consequences. Nearly a million K-12 students in Minnesota rely on funding from the Department of Education.

Students in rural communities, low-income families, and those who need special education services will be hit the hardest.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department

The complete elimination of the department would require the approval of Congress.

www.nbcnews.com

March 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.

I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person

I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.

March 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Trump has a surprise for us all tomorrow night… just in case the world wasn’t stressed enough.

March 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.

March 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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Mark Hamill

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮

#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM

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Jonathan Edward Durham

@thisone0verhere.bsky.social

I’ll be like “I wonder what time it is” then take my phone out and watch rug cleaning videos for seven hours

February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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Patton Oswalt

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social

February 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM

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Brian Tyler Cohen

@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Wow. 20+ DOGE staffers just resigned en masse, saying they refuse to use their expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

“We swore to serve the American people... However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”

21 federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE slash size of government

Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...

apnews.com

February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM

Holly

@hllyfrg.bsky.social

Took over a year …but finally might finish CC3 🫣🤷🏻‍♀️ #booksky

February 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

TV screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development reportedly hacked to display a possibly AI generate video of Kremlin asset Trump, code name Krasnov, licking oligarch Elon Musk’s feet. #3E #EndOligarchy

February 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM

Holly

@hllyfrg.bsky.social

Well holy shit …that opening chapter alone.

February 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

@kendrawrites.com

You GUYYYYSSSSSSS

The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB