This is what #kleptocracy looks like. Fancy golf courses and amenities for me (paid for by you). And air pollution, poverty, loss of freedoms and civil rights for you (all for the benefit of me). https://journa.host/@theintercept/114156327418135077
The states argued #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding #power only ofcls confirmed by the US #Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought the materials through…discovery.
#Chutkan said her order focused mainly on who at #DOGE was making cost-cutting decisions & how far they could go.
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim,” she wrote.
A US judge has ordered #ElonMusk & his Department of Government *Efficiency* to turn over a variety of records & answer questions describing their efforts to slash federal spending.
Wednesday night's decision by US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan in Washington, DC, came in a lawsuit by 14 Democratic state attorneys general against #Musk, DOGE & #Trump.
#law #USpol #kleptocracy #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-orders-doge-musk-produce-cost-cutting-records-2025-03-13/
Which, of course, is exactly the point.
From: https://infosec.exchange/@patrickcmiller/114155174015173339
"A single bee is ignored, but when millions come together, even the bravest run in fear ...
The one thing that government fears is the day we all stand together."
"We don't want to be part of the #US for obvious reasons; #healthcare & #Trump," said Tuuta Lynge-Larsen, a bank employee & Nuuk resident, adding that this election was especially important. "We don't like the attention, to put it short."
The island holds substantial natural resources, including critical #minerals such as rare earths used in high-tech industries, ranging from EVs to missile systems.
“…I think the fear of the #US #imperialist approach has lately become bigger than the anger towards Denmark," said Julie Rademacher, a consultant & fmr adviser to #Greenland's govt.
Reuters spoke to…Greenlanders in Nuuk, all of whom said they favored #independence, although many expressed concern that a swift transition could damage the economy & eliminate Nordic #welfare services like #UniversalHealthcare & free #schooling.
The vast island, with a population of just 57k, has been caught up in a geopolitical race for dominance in the #Arctic, where melting #IceCaps are making its #resources more accessible & opening new #shipping routes. Both #Russia & #China have intensified #military activity in the region.
"People want change...We want more business to finance our welfare," said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, #Demokraatit's leader & a former minister of industry & #minerals.
#Demokraatit, which favours a slow approach to #independence from #Denmark, secured 29.9% of the votes w/all ballots counted, up from 9.1% in 2021, ahead of the opposition Naleraq party, which favors rapid independence, at 24.5%.
Since taking office, #Trump has vowed to make #Greenland - a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark - part of the #UnitedStates, saying it is vital to #US #security interests, an idea rejected by most Greenlanders.
#Greenland's pro-business opposition #Demokraatit party won Tuesday's closely watched parliamentary #election, beating the incumbent left-wing coalition in a vote dominated by #US President #Trump's threat to take control over the island.
#geopolitics #democracy #authoritarianism #kleptocracy #MafiaState #tyranny #USexpansionism
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-election-tests-independence-ambitions-us-interest-looms-2025-03-11/
I really have to stop harping on this but look at this shit. As long as Democrats do what their Wall Street donors want (and they always do) nothing will change.
They have no plans to be an opposition party because their funders are all A-OK with all the deregulation, money laundering, crypto scams, and massive tax cuts for the rich at the expense of everyone else.
#kleptocracy #oligarchy #TaxTheRich https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114146587955932074
Trump's Tesla PR campaign just made an ominous turn:
'Trump floats labeling Tesla dealership protesters 'domestic terrorists'
"If you storm the Capitol and kill police officers you’re a patriot.
But if you protest Tesla dealerships you’re a domestic terrorist."
-Capt Obvious
If Trump declares that protesters are domestic terrorists...
#Musk #Tesla #DOGE #1A #Constitutiion #Fascism #Autocracy #Kleptocracy #Protest #Resist #DueProcess #Trump #USPol
"A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is wielding so much power that its records will likely have to be opened to the public under federal law.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the vast and “unprecedented” authority of DOGE, formally known as the U.S. Digital Service, combined with its “unusual secrecy” warrant the urgent release of its internal documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
“The authority exercised by USDS across the federal government and the dramatic cuts it has apparently made with no congressional input appear to be unprecedented,” Cooper wrote in a 37-page opinion.
It’s the first significant ruling in a growing legal push to pierce DOGE’s secretive veil, a decision that undercuts Musk’s repeated insistence about the operation’s transparency — and the White House’s refrain that Musk is simply a run-of-the-mill presidential adviser with limited decision-making authority. Cooper said this representation is undercut by the weight of evidence that has trickled out in court and in the news.
The judge noted that DOGE’s speed and the fluidity of its leadership appear to be by design. He is ordering “rolling” productions of DOGE records to begin within weeks."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/judge-orders-doge-record-release-00223151
Put it this way.
#democracy #notdemocracy #ushistory #usatoday #apartheid #enslavement #Indigenous #colonialism #freedom #notfreedom #oligarchy #BernieSanders #plutocracy #kleptocracy #hegemony #dictatorship #authoritariancapitalism #JasonHickel
https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-united-states-is-not-a-beacon
Dudek has repeatedly rebutted that claim. While a database of people who have had #SocialSecurity numbers is missing dates of death for millions of records, that doesn’t mean those people appear in a separate database of beneficiaries, he said.
Under #Trump, the agency is already undergoing a *reorganization*, w/snr staffers exiting, & job cuts & office reductions in the works—alarming Dems who see them as a threat to a #benefits program….
#TiffanyFlick said she didn’t know what #DOGE was working on, but that it seemed to have something to do with allegations of widespread *fraud* that she considered to be “invalid.”
A spox for the #SocialSecurity Administration did not respond to questions about DOGE’s work at the agency. Russo, Gracias, Coulter, Bobba & Davis also did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Bobba’s onboarding was unusual, acc/to #TiffanyFlick, who said his background check was held up for a few days. She said she received pressure from Russo & Steve Davis, who runs #Musk’s Boring Co & is also working for #DOGE, to get Bobba credentials by midnight on Feb 10. Bobba was sworn in over the phone, “contrary to standard practice,” she said.
Russo arrived Feb 3, & “introduced himself as a #DOGE representative to multiple employees on multiple occasions,” #TiffanyFlick said. He now serves as the agency’s chief information officer. Russo also brought on Akash Bobba, a fmr intern for #PeterThiel’s #Palantir Technologies Inc, to *analyze* #SocialSecurity data.
#Trump elevated a mid-level anti-fraud specialist, Leland Dudek, to be #SocialSecurity’s acting commissioner last month — skipping over more than 150 higher-ranking supervisors at the agency.
Dudek had cooperated with #DOGE, helping to bring Russo & Coulter into the agency, according to a sworn statement filed Friday by #TiffanyFlick, the former agency chief of staff who retired when Dudek was promoted.
