Anonymous wrote:Why this will affect most Americans:

From the NYT

“Mr. Bessent granted access to the payments system to a handful of staff members affiliated with DOGE, including Tom Krause, the chief executive of a Silicon Valley company, Cloud Software Group, according to one of the people familiar with the change. Access to the system has historically been closely held because it includes sensitive personal information about the millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds and other payments from the federal government.”

In other words, Musk and his cohorts will have sensitive information about most of us.

Further, if you even tangentially receive money from the government, in, say the form of a tax return, Musk could just decide not to give that to you.

And who will stop him? The DOJ? Congress?

Why this will affect most Americans:

From the NYT

“Mr. Bessent granted access to the payments system to a handful of staff members affiliated with DOGE, including Tom Krause, the chief executive of a Silicon Valley company, Cloud Software Group, according to one of the people familiar with the change. Access to the system has historically been closely held because it includes sensitive personal information about the millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds and other payments from the federal government.”

In other words, Musk and his cohorts will have sensitive information about most of us.

And stealing our personal information for their own use.

Anonymous wrote:Secretary Bessent has given Trump's minions access to the Treasury.

He can now stop Social Security, Medicare and veterans benefits.

More likely, he's stopping federal funds from going into programs they want to end. He's defunding the government, manually.

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Anonymous wrote:This completely screws GOP senators? What are they thinking? Do they really not care about their livelihoods? The livelihoods of their children? Truly mind boggling.

They must be being bribed with something big I guess.

The tax bill. Until the tax bill gets passed no GOP Congressman will do anything. Both the tarrifs and Musk's shenanigans are about the budget CBO score.

Anonymous wrote:This completely screws GOP senators? What are they thinking? Do they really not care about their livelihoods? The livelihoods of their children? Truly mind boggling.

They must be being bribed with something big I guess.

This completely screws GOP senators? What are they thinking? Do they really not care about their livelihoods? The livelihoods of their children? Truly mind boggling.

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Anonymous wrote:How is this happening? No one elected Musk, he wasn’t properly hired to be in the government and he hasn’t had a background check. Has someone filed suit? Will any republicans emerge from their stupor of blindly following Trump and fearing Musk-funded primary challengers to actually do their job and protect their constituents (and our country)?

If you create a new govt agency, doesn’t it habit to become a cabinet position? Yes, how is this possible. All of the other agencies have heads approved by Congress. Why did DOGE bypass this?

Trump claims DOGE is just a "rebranding" of the USDS, therefore it doesn't need any congressional approval. It is a slight of hand. That way he can appoint anyone he wants into an entity that "already exists".

We.Are.Fooked.

Anonymous wrote:How is this happening? No one elected Musk, he wasn’t properly hired to be in the government and he hasn’t had a background check. Has someone filed suit? Will any republicans emerge from their stupor of blindly following Trump and fearing Musk-funded primary challengers to actually do their job and protect their constituents (and our country)?

If you create a new govt agency, doesn’t it habit to become a cabinet position? Yes, how is this possible. All of the other agencies have heads approved by Congress. Why did DOGE bypass this?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this happening? No one elected Musk, he wasn’t properly hired to be in the government and he hasn’t had a background check. Has someone filed suit? Will any republicans emerge from their stupor of blindly following Trump and fearing Musk-funded primary challengers to actually do their job and protect their constituents (and our country)?

So what if someone files a lawsuit and wins? Who is going to do anything about it? Who will enforce the ruling? A court can say DOGE isn't allowed in the Treasury to stop payments. Trump will just say it is his order then demand the military accompany doge into the facility.

Do Americans have any clue what is going on? Can you see the big picture yet?

Of course but have you just given up? We need people with power to dfight back. We have very few routes since trump has corrupted so much of America but we can’t give up yet.

What power? Congress is under subjugation by Trump. They can't impeach him. The supreme Court is stacked. Even if the SC ruled against Trump, who'd enforce it? The literal playbook of 2025 is to ignore theaw, because the supreme court are a bunch of judges who have no ability to actually enforce the law. What's the FBI gonna do now that there are mass layoffs and his puppet Patel in charge. Trump has control over the military.

Americans have no idea how boned they are. Democracy is gone. We are now a dictatorship. Shock and awe worked. They dismantled the constitution in a matter of weeks. Even if Trump is stopped or slowed, he can't be prosecuted anyway because the SC just ruled he has immunity.

Do you get it yet? Trump = Xi = Putin = Kim Jong Un.

There is nothing you can do now..

If you are taking time to post on here, write your representatives and governors.

Message Fox News. Trump is too stupid to see that this man is going to pull a coup on him. Maybe if Fox starts to recognize it, he will wake up.

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Anonymous wrote:How is this happening? No one elected Musk, he wasn’t properly hired to be in the government and he hasn’t had a background check. Has someone filed suit? Will any republicans emerge from their stupor of blindly following Trump and fearing Musk-funded primary challengers to actually do their job and protect their constituents (and our country)?

So what if someone files a lawsuit and wins? Who is going to do anything about it? Who will enforce the ruling? A court can say DOGE isn't allowed in the Treasury to stop payments. Trump will just say it is his order then demand the military accompany doge into the facility.

Do Americans have any clue what is going on? Can you see the big picture yet?

Of course but have you just given up? We need people with power to dfight back. We have very few routes since trump has corrupted so much of America but we can’t give up yet.

What about federal pensions ? Will tax refunds be in Bitcoin ?

Anonymous wrote:How is this happening? No one elected Musk, he wasn’t properly hired to be in the government and he hasn’t had a background check. Has someone filed suit? Will any republicans emerge from their stupor of blindly following Trump and fearing Musk-funded primary challengers to actually do their job and protect their constituents (and our country)?

So what if someone files a lawsuit and wins? Who is going to do anything about it? Who will enforce the ruling? A court can say DOGE isn't allowed in the Treasury to stop payments. Trump will just say it is his order then demand the military accompany doge into the facility.

Do Americans have any clue what is going on? Can you see the big picture yet?

How is this happening? No one elected Musk, he wasn’t properly hired to be in the government and he hasn’t had a background check. Has someone filed suit? Will any republicans emerge from their stupor of blindly following Trump and fearing Musk-funded primary challengers to actually do their job and protect their constituents (and our country)?