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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumpf Gives Elon Musk Access to All Unclassified Data in the US Government
Money buys you this.AI-generated image for DOGE.gov website, already taken down. (Source: Social media)
This move allows the Trumpf administration and his goons to data mine the American people, and in essence, conduct warrantless internal surveillance.
Sources:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-data-us-government
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk/
elleng
(137,640 posts)Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)SMH.
Mossfern
(3,393 posts)but then noticed that it had a blue collar.
RobinA
(10,228 posts)a cat, which I then thought might be some wise guy's idea of a joke, since anybody with a cat knows,they don't follow orders from anybody, especially not for money.
CaptainTruth
(7,353 posts)Dogecoin (or DOGE) is a cryptocurrency that Musk is heavily invested in, hence the DOGE Dept of Govt Efficiency name. If he can pump up the value of DOGE, he makes money.
Here's the Dogecoin dog, it's used in DOGE cryptocurrency memes. Yet another example of grifting!
Irish_Dem
(62,144 posts)Initech
(103,113 posts)Fuck Musk and DOGE!
Sneederbunk
(15,556 posts)Wounded Bear
(61,099 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(2,580 posts)orangecrush
(22,662 posts)prodigitalson
(3,033 posts)Don't we all have access to it?
C0RI0LANUS
(2,580 posts)DOGE can cut thru Cabinet Dept privacy regulations, becoming "one-stop shopping" for information on John Q. Public.
DOGE personnel will be able to construct a dossier on anyone in the US without a warrant or need-to-know thru:
School loans/grants.
VIN numbers.
Medicare insurance company.
FAA license for planes or drones.
Mortgage assistance loans.
SEC filings.
Federal firearms licenses.
SSS registration.
VA hospitals.
Social security info.
BOP info.
Think of any federal department that you have dealt with. The IRS auditor doesn't know which VA hospital you go to or whether you're on a TSA watchlist. A DOGE analyst would.
prodigitalson
(3,033 posts)Thanks
C0RI0LANUS
(2,580 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(2,580 posts)Here's an example. The Social Security Master Death Index is supposed to be free and available to the public. But is it really? Here's the website: https://dmf.ntis.gov/index.php
DOGE will have easy access to it, no paperwork or registration.
DOGE will cross over Cabinet position authorities because they won't need permissions: Justice Dept, HHS, Dept of Transportation, SEC, FEC, FAA, etc.
"Ah Mr. Smith, you applied for a pilot's license, but you are behind on your school loans. You're father is on AARP Medicare Plus and your wife's Toyota SUV was recalled in 2014. Your daughter travelled to Mexico four times in two years. You owned a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver in 2003. To whom did you sell it to?"
hurple
(1,331 posts)All you need is a foia form...
Now, classified data... that's a whole different animal.
Polybius
(18,930 posts)Javaman
(63,275 posts)remember the silk road guy was pardoned.
they may seem like bumbling fools, don't get me wrong, they are, but there is a method to their madness.
soldierant
(8,135 posts)this picture of an actual Doge is probably inaccurate, but it was the earliest I could find.
This is Simon Boccanegra, the first Doge of Genoa. He was elected to the position, but he was elected to be an absolute ruler. That was the only form of government most people knew about at the time Genoa was, of course, not the only city-state in what we now know as Italy. which was ruled by a Doge at one time or another. Most people who know what a Doge is usually think of Venice first. But I'm an opera nerd, and the only Doge I know the name of is this one.
intrepidity
(8,011 posts)Everything else is a smokescreen.
mntleo2
(2,580 posts)... is not a citizen and needs to be eliminated from this country. He needs to be sent to the bottom of the ocean. And not too soon for me!
Cat in Seattle
orangecrush
(22,662 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(2,580 posts)The White House informed the three Democrats on the board on Thursday it was seeking their resignation, but the members were officially terminated Monday.
To go after political enemies like Liz Cheney or the Vindman brothers, DOGE will give Trumpf a superpower that Richard Nixon didn't have when he ordered the IRS to conduct time-consuming audits on his enemies.
Thanks to DOGE, Trumpf or his cronies can learn plenty about their enemies without a warrant.
More guardrails protecting our privacy and civil liberties have been eliminated. Democratic-appointed federal judges who oversee FISA warrants in the 94 US judicial districts remain.
Source:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5109672-trump-fires-all-three-democrats-on-privacy-oversight-board/