DOGE is a bunch of 19-24 year old computer engineers

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Do they have access to the Census data?

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Anonymous wrote:These kids' parents need to sit them down and have a little talk about scapegoating, jail time, and how they likely won't get pardons.

Unfortunately, they probably will get away with it, since president can pardon them before leaving office.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a soft coup. Instead of armed mobs breaking into government buildings and physically taking things over, the computer guys are coming in and virtually taking it over. Everything is on the computer system now, so same outcome.

This. Either it will be complete and that’s the end of our country as we know it, or in about 2 years they will all be in jail. Hard to say right now.

They will be lucky to end up in jail. They are playing with fire on a level that could be reminiscent of Piazzale Loreto, with a lot less security protection than Musk. There is no way their young brains comprehend the global rage that they are unleashing.

That is true, they are basically doxed by the article, and will be seen as responsible for ending the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of families for what is clearly their own personal gain and curry favor with Musk.

They aren't being doxxed. They are acting in a public capacity and are making life and death decisions involving millions (billions?) in federal funds. The public has every right to know who they are.

Trillions

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Anonymous wrote:Are they setting up external access to these systems? Are they taking the data on these systems with them?

Of course not. Luke, the popcorn heir, and their four fratty friends are definitely committed to the highest standards of data security. They're definitely not exhausted and operating at the direction of an egomaniacal and charismatic leader.

Edward is the popcorn heir.

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I said this to my DH yesterday:

These people are stealing our money. My money. Your money.

I pay taxes, that money is appropriated by duly elected members of Congress to be spent on projects that ostensibly are in the public interest, and an elected president is supposed to appoint an administration with the advice and consent of the Senate to execute those appropriations. If people think the federal government is too big or we need to cut back, then by all means elect people to these offices who will do this.

Some random billionaire does not get to hire a team of 22 year old tech bros to stick their fingers in that system and swirl them around. They do not get to simply decide, independently, where MY money goes and where it gets spent, with zero accountability.

These people are criminals. I want to sue the crap out of them as a tax payer.

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Revenge of the Nerds: Rise of the Incels

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Anonymous wrote:Are they setting up external access to these systems? Are they taking the data on these systems with them?

Of course not. Luke, the popcorn heir, and their four fratty friends are definitely committed to the highest standards of data security. They're definitely not exhausted and operating at the direction of an egomaniacal and charismatic leader.

Edward is the popcorn heir.

That’s a list, not an appositive.

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Anonymous wrote:I said this to my DH yesterday:

These people are stealing our money. My money. Your money.

I pay taxes, that money is appropriated by duly elected members of Congress to be spent on projects that ostensibly are in the public interest, and an elected president is supposed to appoint an administration with the advice and consent of the Senate to execute those appropriations. If people think the federal government is too big or we need to cut back, then by all means elect people to these offices who will do this.

Some random billionaire does not get to hire a team of 22 year old tech bros to stick their fingers in that system and swirl them around. They do not get to simply decide, independently, where MY money goes and where it gets spent, with zero accountability.

These people are criminals. I want to sue the crap out of them as a tax payer.

This is spot-on.

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Anonymous wrote:I said this to my DH yesterday:

These people are stealing our money. My money. Your money.

I pay taxes, that money is appropriated by duly elected members of Congress to be spent on projects that ostensibly are in the public interest, and an elected president is supposed to appoint an administration with the advice and consent of the Senate to execute those appropriations. If people think the federal government is too big or we need to cut back, then by all means elect people to these offices who will do this.

Some random billionaire does not get to hire a team of 22 year old tech bros to stick their fingers in that system and swirl them around. They do not get to simply decide, independently, where MY money goes and where it gets spent, with zero accountability.

These people are criminals. I want to sue the crap out of them as a tax payer.

Exactly. There’s a legal way to do all this and this is not it. Just like January 6 only this is a digital takeover not a violent one.

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Anonymous wrote:Isolating the names here. Looks like they've largely wiped their social media clean.

Akash Bobba
Edward Coristine
Luke Farritor
Gautier Cole Killian
Gavin Kliger
Ethan Shaotran

This must be Gavin https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-kliger-5a339b157/

and it looks like Killian just graduated from HS https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=599781

Luke is an AI guy https://news.unl.edu/article-2

The baseball player is not one of them. Doesn’t even remotely look like an earlier picture for Gautier Killian.

You grabbed someone where the names are reversed.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of information do they have access to and did they go through a background check?

Hilarious

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Anonymous wrote:Where the eff is Congress in all of this? We have checks and balances and we also have 3 branches of government. He is completely usurping Congress’s power to create laws and also to hold the purse strings.

Write and call them. Now. I did today.

You aren't telling them anything they don't already know.

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Anonymous wrote:These are still kids folks. And they are acting like kids. Exposing them and making them a space goat isn't the way to go. They are taking marching orders from other people.

They are adults and have agency. They made a choice. Would you say the same if a 19 year old killed your child because Elon told him to? Get real - people will DIE because of what they are doing.

What?

You don't understand the gravity of what they are doing? We are at DEFCON 1.

At my agency we have already had 18 suicides. Trump is literally murdering people.

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Anonymous wrote:These are still kids folks. And they are acting like kids. Exposing them and making them a space goat isn't the way to go. They are taking marching orders from other people.

They are adults and have agency. They made a choice. Would you say the same if a 19 year old killed your child because Elon told him to? Get real - people will DIE because of what they are doing.

What?

You don't understand the gravity of what they are doing? We are at DEFCON 1.

"DEFCON 1" and "people with DIE." Ok. No desperate need for attention resulting in catastrophizing here...

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Anonymous wrote:These are still kids folks. And they are acting like kids. Exposing them and making them a space goat isn't the way to go. They are taking marching orders from other people.

They are adults and have agency. They made a choice. Would you say the same if a 19 year old killed your child because Elon told him to? Get real - people will DIE because of what they are doing.

What?

You don't understand the gravity of what they are doing? We are at DEFCON 1.

"DEFCON 1" and "people with DIE." Ok. No desperate need for attention resulting in catastrophizing here...

USAID administers grants for things like vaccination and clean water initiatives in the developing world. Cancelling those grants without any warning, which Musk claims he’s doing as we speak, means people will die.