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it. I'll just go on record saying I hope President Trump issues a preemptive blanket pardon for everyone in the DOGE.
it. I'll just go on record saying I hope President Trump issues a preemptive blanket pardon for everyone in the DOGE.
thanks for acknowledging the air of criminality around this
Nah, just the air of lawfare and harassment.thanks for acknowledging the air of criminality around this
You may have, I don't know, but did you feel this way when Joe Biden pardoned his family and those associated with the J-6 investigations? Except for that Vindman dude. His wife is really steamed.
Oh, I've been drinking so, I'm liable to give fewer s than normal.thanks for acknowledging the air of criminality around this
In Treasury's basement, fluorescent lights hummed above four young coders. Their screens cast blue light across government-issue desks, illuminating energy drink cans and agency badges. As their algorithms crawled through decades of payment data, one number kept growing: $17 billion in redundant programs. And counting.
"We're in," Akash Bobba messaged the team. "All of it."
Edward Coristine's code had already mapped three subsystems. Luke Farritor's algorithms were tracing payment flows across agencies. Ethan Shaotran's analysis revealed patterns that career officials didn't even know existed. By dawn, they would understand more about Treasury's operations than people who had worked there for decades.
This wasn't a hack. This wasn't a breach. This was authorized disruption.
While career bureaucrats prepared orientation packets and welcome memos, DOGE's team was already deep inside the payment systems. No committees. No approvals. No red tape. Just four coders with unprecedented access and algorithms ready to run.
"The beautiful thing about payment systems," noted a transition official watching their screens, "is that they don't lie. You can spin policy all day long, but money leaves a trail."
That trail led to staggering discoveries. Programs marked as independent revealed coordinated funding streams. Grants labeled as humanitarian aid showed curious detours through complex networks. Black budgets once shrouded in secrecy began to unravel under algorithmic scrutiny.
By 6 AM, Treasury's career officials began arriving for work. They found systems they thought impenetrable already mapped. Networks they believed hidden already exposed. Power structures built over decades revealed in hours.
Their traditional defenses—slow-walking decisions, leaking damaging stories, stonewalling requests—proved useless against an opponent moving faster than their systems could react. By the time they drafted their first memo objecting to this breach, three more systems had already been mapped.
"Pull this thread," a senior official warned, watching patterns emerge across DOGE's screens, "and the whole sweater unravels."
He wasn't wrong. But he misunderstood something crucial: That was exactly the point.
This wasn't just another transition. This wasn't just another reform effort. This was the start of something unprecedented: a revolution powered by preparation, presidential will, and technological precision.
The storm had arrived. And Treasury was just the beginning.
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https://eko.substack.com/p/override?...dRedirect=true
I got lazy and asked ChatGPT:
I'm not going elaborate on the Hatch Act because well, right now you've only suggested there are improprieties.The E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), specifically Section 208(b) – Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), outlines the requirements for conducting PIAs. While the Act itself does not explicitly use the term "waiver," it does include provisions that allow for exceptions or limited disclosures.
Key Provisions Allowing for Exceptions or Waivers:
Section 208(b)(1)(B)(ii)
This section states that PIAs must be made publicly available “to the extent practicable”, except when publication would raise concerns regarding:
National security
Law enforcement sensitivity
Confidentiality protections
This means that while agencies must conduct PIAs, they do not have to disclose them publicly if doing so would compromise security, law enforcement efforts, or other sensitive information.
Section 208(b)(3)(C)
This section allows the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance on PIAs, including any exceptions or modifications to the standard requirements.
Agencies may seek OMB approval for adjustments in how they conduct or disclose PIAs.
OMB Guidance (OMB Memorandum M-03-22, 2003)
While not in the Act itself, OMB M-03-22 provides additional clarity on PIA exemptions, stating that PIAs are not required when:
IT systems do not collect new PII or alter existing collections.
The system is for internal government operations only (not public-facing).
National security, intelligence, or law enforcement concerns apply.
Conclusion:
The E-Government Act requires PIAs but allows for exceptions in cases of national security, law enforcement, or confidentiality concerns under Section 208(b)(1)(B)(ii). Additionally, the OMB has authority under Section 208(b)(3)(C) to grant modifications or exemptions.
I think you're going to have to be more specific about what exactly what are the raised concerns. Neither I nor ChatGPT could figure that one out.
You can ChatGPT it yourself but, the following should just about kill the argument:
So, the FVRA doesn't seem applicable to the raised concerns.The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (FVRA) (5 U.S.C. §§ 3345–3349d) governs temporary appointments to executive branch positions that require Senate confirmation (PAS positions).
Good article, Snake. I think the passage, if true, that is relevant to the overarching discussion in this thread is:
If true, all the caterwauling about Elon Musk and his 22 year-old programmers may be moot."By Inauguration Day, over 1,000 pre-vetted personnel stood ready—each armed with clear objectives, mapped legal authorities, and direct lines to support networks."
heard that, thanks for your candor
My preferred passage...
"They never prepared for algorithms that could map everything. For personnel pre-positioned everywhere. For a president who counts every week like it's his last."
I'm reminded...
Big Balls vs. USAID
this is what yoni does when he's drunk and alone
Still pounding that people that disagree with me are racist and/or drunk excusebook?
El0n threatening federal judges now
https://www.newsweek.com/doge-emails...istake-2027514One of the people who received an email from allies of Elon Musk was a federal judge overseeing a lawsuit aimed at blocking these messages.
"I, like probably every other judge in the country, also received the [Office of Personnel Management] email," U.S. District Judge Randolph Daniel Moss said during a hearing related to the lawsuit on Thursday. "I did not respond to it. I suspect it was sent to the judges by mistake."
Senators denied entry to EPA by private security goon
Is there a word for locking the people's representatives out of government buildings?
Bessent lied to Congress, he should be impeached
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did | WIRED
anecdotal
El0n ing up federal transfers could be politically explosive
finally got a tax refund from years ago in the mail yesterday, deposited it, and woke to a message from the bank saying it’s on hold because of “confidential information that it may not be paid”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/13...t-data/3474565A coalition of 13 states plans to sue the Trump administration over its decision to grant US billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive federal payment systems containing Americans’ personal data, state attorneys general announced Thursday.
The attorneys general said that granting DOGE access to federal payment systems is "unlawful, unprecedented, and unacceptable," arguing that the department has "no authority" to obtain such information.
“As the richest man in the world, Elon Musk is not used to being told ‘no,’ but in our country, no one is above the law,” the 13 attorneys general said in a statement.
“The President does not have the power to give away our private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress.”
California, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island and Vermont are expected to join the suit.
deferred retirement offers hit the NSA, US Air Force, Space Force, National Reconnaissance Office and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
https://spacenews.com/fork-in-the-ro...te-exemptions/Spokespersons for space, defense and intelligence agencies, including NASA, the Department of the Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), confirmed their civilian employees received the buyout offer and are complying with OPM guidance.
The NGA, a hybrid defense-intelligence agency with approximately 14,500 employees, provides geospatial intelligence to the U.S. military and allied nations. The NRO, which has a workforce of roughly 3,000 personnel, builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites. The Department of the Air Force employs about 170,000 civilians, including approximately 4,600 supporting the U.S. Space Force. NASA, the premier civilian space agency, employs around 18,000 civil servants, while the FCC, which plays a key regulatory role in commercial space communications, has approximately 1,800 employees.
ing DHS is blocking members of Congress from entering the Dept of Education
what's the good government rationale for calling NATSEC cops to keep US Reps out of government offices?
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