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Reposted by Winslow Taub
The Senate voted to advance Project 2025 architect Russell Vought as OMB director.

Vought has been quite clear that his intent is to dismantle the federal government.

Every Democrat voted NO, except for Fetterman who was absent.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
February 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Reposted by Winslow Taub
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM