Who is paying these new doge employees? Settling up a new department takes time, getting everything reviewed, approved then signed off. Until they are an offical government dept they wouldn't have authority to do anything.
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it was an already existing department, it was just renamed.
Ok so this is really a hostile takeover right out of a black mirror episode. It's starting to dawn on me
Don't worry, musk is aligned with Trump, so the anti tyranny gun people are too busy bending over to give a fuck
Like [insert dystopian story here], but stupider. That seems to be the theme.
I really hope this mobilizes the public sector into fighting him as hard as possible by all the appropriate means.
Locate that server, and make it drink some water...
Mercury. Make it drink a pound of mercury. Right on top of the hard drive.
Shaped charges are extremly good for wiping larger clusters.
But her emails though, am I right guys?
My first thought when seeing the headline was “quick, somebody tell the conservatives that he’s using Hillary’s server to do it, then maybe something will happen!”
It's been wild reading news stories coming out the US over the last couple of weeks.
Not the stories themselves of course, but the air of shock and alarm in both the stories and in the comment sections - and its not just Lemmy, its everywhere there's a comment section - when you knew what he was going to do, he told you what he was going to do - why are you now in any way surprised or disturbed?
The main question I have is that I've been hearing from Americans for decades now how gun ownership means you have a 2nd amendment based militia ready to go to protect the constitution and yet in the face of what is completely obviously the initial stages of a coup, I see no signs of that militia. Where are you?
It sounds like you are in a different country. Start getting involved in your politics to decouple from the USA and shield from its influence. It’s more urgent than it seems.
The outrage you see here from the US lemmings is the minority opinion. There is no internal force or opposition to what you see.
I see no signs of that militia. Where are you?
nice try, officer
A third of the population think this is a good guy with ~~a gun~~ authoritarian power so this is great. A third of the population are complaining about how the Democrats aren't good enough to vote for in the midterms, and a third of the population are busy arguing with the other 2 thirds.
People are setting up some processes to respond to all of this. Not everything is worth reacting to as it’s a distraction.
Even the people who make shooting a tyrannical government their whole identity didn't bring their guns on Jan 6. It's always been hot air.
There were guns, they were just left in the stashes. The Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and 3%ers all had weapon caches ready to go, they just didn't open them.
Also a few pipe bombs. Those were deployed but not detonated.
I see no signs of that militia. Where are you? I don't even see signs of mass protest. Just idle chat online. Theres alarm, but its all complacent, Land of the free, to sit around and watch their country burn. Yet they still make fun of the french for WWII.
At least the french know how to fucking riot.
You put the equivalent of mobsters in the White House and suddenly these checks don't matter. As a country we fucked around and found out.
Seriously I tried warning people but they were certain that our existing laws would hold up. It's heartbreaking.
when you knew what he was going to do, he told you what he was going to do - why are you now in any way surprised or disturbed?
My guess is that people's reaction is more like: "I thought politicians lie? Why would they do this?"
I know Musk is not technically a politician, but the same confused reaction and bewilderment that you mentioned is applied to Trump's current actions as well.
There are a lot of reasons for this. Many of us did see it coming. However, we have all still been culturally brainwashed to think that our government has too many checks for things to get this far out of hand.
So it's like your average American doesn't believe this is even a possibility regardless as to what they have said.
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Musk’s crew at DOGE—Trump’s weird fake agency—built a secret server to swipe every federal worker’s private deets. Skipped the law? Obviously. No privacy checks, no rules—just a free pass to dig through Social Security numbers, health records, and your cousin’s lame USAJOBS résumé.
The “talent” running this circus? Some college kid and a teen who probably still texts “XD” unironically. Peak competence. They’re blasting spam emails like it’s 2003, while China’s hackers lick their chops.
Congress is suddenly shocked? Please. They let this dumpster fire burn until the lawsuits rolled in. Musk calls it “streamlining.” I call it digital kleptocracy with a side of Space Karen vibes.
If this is “innovation,” humanity’s screwed. Imagine a Bond villain—but instead of lasers, he’s got Excel sheets and your mom’s dental records.
Stay frosty. The future’s here, and it’s run by rich twits playing Sims: Government Edition.
So....a fucking CRIME, right?
Yes. He has literally committed a capital offense. He could literally hang for this.
Spoiler: He won't.
Not anymore! With constitution 2.0 only bad moms who forget to pick up their kids from the baseball game on time will ever be prosecuted for capital offences and sentenced to capital punishment... Not rich guys!
After this, is there any question that he didn't do something to hack vote counting machines? I'm feeling like this election wasn't legitimate.
He didn't have to. Read this.
Fantastic long read. ty.
But if you’re expecting a sexy story about Elon Musk messing with vote-counting software from outer space, sorry, you won’t get that here.
As in Bush v. Gore in 2000, and in too many other miscarriages of Democracy, this election was determined by good old “vote suppression,” the polite term we use for shafting people of color out of their ballot. We used to call it Jim Crow.
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Elon Musk needs to be charged, convicted, and hanged for treason against the republic.
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There really was no plan at all about preventing fascists from just marching in and doing whatever they want, huh? We were just supposed to count on people to do the right thing? Surprised this didn't happen sooner, honestly.
Kind of scary, really. This whole time all our adversaries had to do was social engineer their way in through the front door with a handwritten note from dear leader.
Checks and balances.
Checks and balances.
Checks and balances.
Fascism and collapse.
Oops.
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Soooooo… that’s a direct threat to national security. And as I understand, trump is quoted as saying that his dog Elon doesn’t do anything without consent, so….
Impeachment and prison?
This is starting to exceed even my pessimistic doomsday expectations. And we aren't even a month in yet.
Tesla dealers now know how much you make, your health, etc...
Starlink knows your sexual history, financials, health, and physical location
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Elon Musk didn't install anything. He just gave the order.
I know for a fact he doesn't understand anything about server technology.
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