Anonymous wrote:WTF

https://www.washingtonpos...t-systems/

The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks.

David A. Lebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades, is expected to leave the agency soon, the people said. President Donald Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year, the people said. The exact nature of the disagreement was not immediately clear, they said.

Officials affiliated with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have been asking since after the election for access to the system, the people said — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after Trump’s inauguration.

Typically only a small number of career officials control Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide. Tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which are responsible for distributing Social Security and Medicare benefits, salaries for federal personnel, payments to government contractors and grant recipients and tax refunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us who have never called before, who do you ask for or talk to?

Treat me like I'm 10 pls

Google your senator/representative's phone number. It will be their DC office, so a 202 area code.

You'll either get a voicemail or a staffer will answer. Just say "I'd like to leave a message for Congressman/Senator _____. My name is ______ I live in (city) and my zip code is _____." Then say what you have to say.

Anonymous wrote:For those of us who have never called before, who do you ask for or talk to?

Treat me like I'm 10 pls

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the scariest news of the day by far. Please, call your Senators and Reps. I live in DC so I can't, but it's the only thing we can do right now to try to help them fight the fires that keep popping up.

Why can’t people inDC call?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF

https://www.washingtonpos...t-systems/

The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks.

David A. Lebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades, is expected to leave the agency soon, the people said. President Donald Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year, the people said. The exact nature of the disagreement was not immediately clear, they said.

Officials affiliated with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have been asking since after the election for access to the system, the people said — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after Trump’s inauguration.

Typically only a small number of career officials control Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide. Tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which are responsible for distributing Social Security and Medicare benefits, salaries for federal personnel, payments to government contractors and grant recipients and tax refunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF

https://www.washingtonpos...t-systems/

The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of billionaire Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks.

David A. Lebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at Treasury for several decades, is expected to leave the agency soon, the people said. President Donald Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year, the people said. The exact nature of the disagreement was not immediately clear, they said.

Officials affiliated with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have been asking since after the election for access to the system, the people said — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after Trump’s inauguration.

Typically only a small number of career officials control Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide. Tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which are responsible for distributing Social Security and Medicare benefits, salaries for federal personnel, payments to government contractors and grant recipients and tax refunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t WSJ reporting on this? This is a threat to our entire financial system.

It was an exclusive investigative piece by WaPo. Hopefully more news sources follow up on this potentially disastrous development.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the scariest news of the day by far. Please, call your Senators and Reps. I live in DC so I can't, but it's the only thing we can do right now to try to help them fight the fires that keep popping up.

Why can’t people inDC call?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the scariest news of the day by far. Please, call your Senators and Reps. I live in DC so I can't, but it's the only thing we can do right now to try to help them fight the fires that keep popping up.

Why can’t people inDC call?

Anonymous wrote:This is the scariest news of the day by far. Please, call your Senators and Reps. I live in DC so I can't, but it's the only thing we can do right now to try to help them fight the fires that keep popping up.

Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t WSJ reporting on this? This is a threat to our entire financial system.