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Bayard

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45. Identity theft on steroids

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Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:13 PM

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Josh Marshall: my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented by press [View all] Dennis Donovan Feb 2 OP

This should be "Hair on Fire" warnings edhopper Feb 2 #1

Betting almost ALL federal employees are worried Attilatheblond Feb 2 #57

Jonathan Ladd: Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Dennis Donovan Feb 2 #2

And nobody, NOBODY, can stop this? dhol82 Feb 2 #3

The people who can stop it are allowing it. Mr.WeRP Feb 2 #18

Courage is in short supply in many of our fellows. cachukis Feb 2 #23

over 300 million of our fellows stillcool Feb 2 #36

Where are the Patrick Henrys? cachukis Feb 2 #46

C-Span? stillcool Feb 2 #51

I keep asking those questions. yellow dahlia Feb 2 #69

Of course they can. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2 #76

$4 billion per day VMA131Marine Feb 2 #4

Agree: 2023 expenditures were $6.1 trillion or $16 billion a day. surfered Feb 2 #13

He believes algorithms are easier to control than humans. cachukis Feb 2 #5

His game is information. It's easier to control humans WITH algorithms underpants Feb 2 #7

Control what they think and you'll control what they do. Kid Berwyn Feb 2 #37

I hope Yoshimi's been taking their vitamins underpants Feb 2 #44

Little needs countermeasures The Madcap Feb 2 #15

That's what we have. We are on the outside of cachukis Feb 2 #27

Have your chum tell the Mastodons that Dave says Feb 2 #24

Are you familiar with chum salmon? cachukis Feb 2 #25

You're right that there is a generation (maybe two) that see this as normal. LisaM Feb 2 #52

I have a full set of silver with all the special pieces cachukis Feb 2 #55

The thing about the beautiful dishes floors me. LisaM Feb 2 #61

The kids probably remember having to clean the silverware! dickthegrouch Feb 2 #82

Great post. KPN Feb 2 #74

...claiming they've already found like $4B in "savings" a day.... Girard442 Feb 2 #6

He's not going to tell us what they are either Diraven Feb 2 #14

Sounds like a plan to stop sending Bettie Feb 2 #21

This terrifies me. NH Ethylene Feb 2 #83

I always log into Blue Sky first thing. Autumn Feb 2 #8

Kick dalton99a Feb 2 #9

Musk misused his student visa when he came to the US Wicked Blue Feb 2 #10

He actually is a citizen Diraven Feb 2 #12

According to news reports, Musk came on a student visa, but dropped out of college . surfered Feb 2 #17

Trump has $250,000,000 reasons not to look into it. MLWR Feb 2 #35

Nationalize his assets, denaturalize him, & send him to gitmo for crimes against humanity SheltieLover Feb 2 #32

Deport Musk and his spawn Seinan Sensei Feb 2 #85

Imagine payments being cut off, and even clawed back. A tithe of sorts. Chargebacks. bucolic_frolic Feb 2 #11

This is beyond frightening in its implications. Borogove Feb 2 #16

Turning on and off payments is first class authoritarian shit Arazi Feb 2 #19

Kick AKwannabe Feb 2 #20

My concern is that a huge amount of US government data is now on unsecured computers. patphil Feb 2 #22

Exactly, should be a huge cybersecurity concern... HipChick Feb 2 #29

Identity theft on steroids Bayard Feb 2 #45

Agreed. yellow dahlia Feb 2 #70

Absolutely no doubt it's much worse. SheltieLover Feb 2 #26

Meh, another doom and gloom thread, gab13by13 Feb 2 #28

Must have been what Trump meant when he said: "He (Musk) knows those computers better than anybody. sop Feb 2 #31

Have you seen the numbersarewrong2024 report? yellow dahlia Feb 2 #71

We've all been doxxed. The only people in America who haven't been doxxed are... unblock Feb 2 #30

We are very concerned. pandr32 Feb 2 #33

Where are our democratic representatives? Beaverhausen Feb 2 #34

They should be out doing town halls across the country gab13by13 Feb 2 #38

I guess that depends on who you have stillcool Feb 2 #39

Here. Call yours and find out. ancianita Feb 2 #41

My questions also. yellow dahlia Feb 2 #72

No duh, Josh. It's why TPM exists in the first place. ancianita Feb 2 #40

Musk has no official government job title. He's committing crimes. dchill Feb 2 #42

What I learned in the Army. Grins Feb 2 #43

How are they being allowed into buildings? quakerboy Feb 2 #47

The new Treasury Secretary has approved this so he's letting them in Arazi Feb 2 #75

Interesting. And same over at opm? quakerboy Feb 2 #77

Yes, the acting head of OPM is similarly allowing Musk and Co to pillage Arazi Feb 2 #79

With so much shit to be wary, alarmed and outraged about -- this is right up there in the top echelon, liberalla Feb 2 #48

Downloaded onto a private server? Surely the GOP is making plans right now tanyev Feb 2 #49

My opinion on DENVERPOPS Feb 2 #50

Very astute observation. liberalla Feb 2 #56

Yea, DENVERPOPS Feb 2 #65

No shit. By the time Dems or anyone else finds out what they're doing, IT WILL BE TOO LATE. n/t CousinIT Feb 2 #53

How long before one of Thiel or Musk's goons leak this data or sell it CousinIT Feb 2 #54

Your last point was one of my thoughts too Meowmee Feb 2 #59

So they could "go after" anyone who is a part of the "resistance"...of course. yellow dahlia Feb 2 #73

Who will do something and arrest him/ them? Meowmee Feb 2 #58

"DOGE team... deciding which parts aren't necessary." Beartracks Feb 2 #60

Un-elected. Not a government employee. Barely a U.S, Citizen. and like Drumpf said to RFK Jr. "Go wild." Kinda like 1/6 Evolve Dammit Feb 2 #62

I recently retired from Civilian DoD slightlv Feb 2 #63

God damnit, EVERYTHING about Trumpism is worse than presented by the press Hitorque Feb 2 #64

Muskrat brought the presidency from the 🍊💩🤡 he is charge and the 🍊💩🤡 sold our country for billions of money kimbutgar Feb 2 #66

They all need to be drmeow Feb 2 #67

. yellow dahlia Feb 2 #68

Trump plans to challenge Impoundments mchill Feb 2 #78

The Congressional Republicans are making the exact same mistake that was made in Germany in the 1930's cstanleytech Feb 2 #80

It's the drumpf takeover, not the Musk takeover JoseBalow Feb 2 #81

And Putin. BadgerMom Feb 2 #84