THEE ENTIRE PHUCK!
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A CIVIL SERVICE.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
By Tim Reid
January 31, 20252:21 PM CSTUpdated an hour ago
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.Musk, the billionaire Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management.
The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department’s data systems.The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said.
“We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems,” one of the officials said. “That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications.”Officials affected by the move can still log on and access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.
Musk, OPM, representatives of the new team, and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
OPM has sent out memos that eschew the normal dry wording of government missives as it encourages civil servants to consider buyout offers to quit and take a vacation to a “dream destination.”Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the actions inside OPM raised concerns about congressional oversight at the agency and how Trump and Musk view the federal bureaucracy.
“This makes it much harder for anyone outside Musk’s inner circle at OPM to know what’s going on,” Moynihan said.
WHO gave someone who WASN’T ELECTED, OR APPROVED BY THE SENATE THIS KIND OF POWER INSIDE OF OUR GOVERNMENT?
THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT
Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS
If you think this is ok, something is wrong with you. Explain an unelected, unvetted, unconfirmed, individual who hasn’t been subjected to the same security clearances or higher as these civil servants has the authority to do this?!This feels as if we are being attacked from within, FULL FUCKING STOP!
In a minute, I think they are going to continuously ignore court orders that are granted against them. You see what happens, America, when you put a conman convicted felon into the White House… HE DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE LAW.
It feels like y’all literally told the robber to come on in and rob us blind. 😡
Courage is not where you stand in times of comfort, but where you stand in times of discomfort… I’m ready to see some Republicans find their spines! We have to do what’s right, TOGETHER!
https://x.com/JasmineForUS/status/1885428552079991168
Greg Sargent
January 31, 2025
Drain the swamp
Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One
Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either scenario is bad, but one’s a little worse.
President Donald Trump has granted Elon Musk unprecedented power to carry out his war on the “deep state.” The justification for this is supposed to be that the government is corrupted to its core precisely because it is stocked with unelected bureaucrats who are unaccountable to the people.
Musk, goes this story, will employ his fearsome tech wizardry to root them out, restoring not just efficiency to government but also the democratic accountability that “deep state” denizens have snuffed out—supposedly a major cause of many of our social ills.
The startling news that a top Treasury Department official is departing after a dispute with Musk shows how deeply wrong that story truly is—and why it’s actively dangerous. The Washington Post reports that David Lebryk, who has carried out senior nonpolitical roles at the department for decades, is leaving after officials on Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, sought access to Treasury’s payment system:
Lebryk had a dispute with Musk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the U.S. government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year, the people said. The exact nature of the disagreement was not immediately clear, they said.
The news raises a complicated question: WTF??? Why is Musk’s DOGE trying to access payment systems inside the Treasury Department? It’s not clear what relevance this would have to his ostensible role, which is to search for savings and inefficiencies in government, not to directly influence whether previously authorized government obligations are honored.
Another question: Did Trump directly authorize Musk to do this, or did he not? Either answer is bad. If Trump did, he may be authorizing an unelected billionaire to exert unprecedented control over the internal workings of government payment systems. If he did not, then Musk may be going rogue to an even greater extent than we thought.
The Recount
@therecount
“[DOGE] are raiding the government, attempting to steal taxpayer money.”
— Hakeem Jeffries, as he announces Democrats will introduce the “Stop the Steal Act” to “prevent unlawful access” of the Treasury Department payment system
https://x.com/therecount/status/1886867680637944220
Brian Baez (@MentallyDivine) posted at 5:19 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Donald Trump got PLAYED by Canada and Mexico…but the media is spinning this as a Trump win. IT’S PROPAGANDA! https://t.co/BUSjo2EyUV
(https://x.com/MentallyDivine/status/1886555176774914178?t=gixEP2h1af7ON5uPsF6ZLQ&s=03)
Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) posted at 4:08 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
More smokescreens and mirrors:
Canada first announced its $1.3 billion border plan on December 17, 2024, before any tariff discussions and before Trump was inaugurated.
Stop pretending Trump is some master negotiator. He literally threw world supply chains into panic over nothing.
https://t.co/dVGnbRqNKC
(https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1886537346830545118?t=N_x5dYejNdiDZ0mbIiabxg&s=03)
Josh Marshall
@joshtpm
NEW: Marko Elez, Musk operative at Treasury, not only isn’t limited to read only access (has admin privileges) but has already made extensive code changes to the Treasury Dept payment system. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base/sharetoken/f6ef509c-ac91-4914-ad6d-4b0f6f8abc3b via
@TPM
https://x.com/joshtpm/status/1886789513826934832
Minding My Black Business (@lacadri34) posted at 5:43 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
I guarantee you this government purge of employees are mostly white people who voted for Trump. As a BW who has worked for state/municipal & government entities, the workers were mostly white & Republican. They voted for him thinking the casualties would just be black & brown
(https://x.com/lacadri34/status/1886561265796944209?t=IuvmRMCXoP2KC4Fr_Iin4g&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 4:05 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
So Mexico promised Donald what they were already giving Biden, and Canada promised Donald what they have always promised back in December. (under biden)
No wonder this dumbass bankrupted casinos.
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1886536488462020637?t=ZkwIYQXrwXvIijh1if37NA&s=03)
Hedy Salazar (@queeniema52) posted at 3:38 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
What Musky is doing is not authorized under the EO 14158. He is the head of DOGE, not the FBI, Not the IRS, not the General Office, Not SS system, Not the DHS. His ass needs to be arrested if he arbitruarily shuts down any online program. We need to stop this now!
(https://x.com/queeniema52/status/1886529673556816324?t=RYQ9jIpvsKyd7j6IF1gtZg&s=03)
Donald Trump is a white DEI hire (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 5:41 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
white conservative women really did all swallow the myth that affirmative & DEI policies only dealt with race, as if the generation of white women born from 1935-54 weren’t the first to benefit from being diversity hires beginning in the early ’70s
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1886560735196504298?t=vfT-O8bRIWz_kuz6O44o7w&s=03)
jgmac1106 (@jgmac1106) posted at 8:01 PM on Sun, Feb 02, 2025:
They are suspending Department of Education staff for learning about Individualized Education Program.
An IEP is a document required by law under the The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Teachers are literally getting suspended for learning about Special Education https://t.co/FOe76v1Js5
(https://x.com/jgmac1106/status/1886233456101015863?t=QA3n_7rx57oqxfP-aNVj4g&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 7:05 PM on Sun, Feb 02, 2025:
Dozens of employees who attended a diversity training course that ex-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos encouraged during Trump’s first admin have now been placed on paid leave as part of Trump’s targeting of DEI programs.
The affected workers included employees working to ensure schools accommodate special needs children with individualized education programs.
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1886219353567182860?t=ji0ACZIztEB2Bl0McKngHQ&s=03)
Don Winslow (@donwinslow) posted at 4:43 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Here’s what the press refuse to say.
1. Trump backed down from fights with Canada and Mexico when they fought back.
2. Trump got nothing for it.
3. The stock market crashed.
4. Trump announces gains from Mexico+ Canada that were already there or happened under Biden.
(https://x.com/donwinslow/status/1886546011989897690?t=pT392RXxbroCTe5phVvLSg&s=03)
The Neighborhood Publicist (@nhoodpublicist) posted at 5:22 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Watching everybody wait on Black people, specially Black women and LGBTQIA+, to make a move before they take action has been interesting.
(https://x.com/nhoodpublicist/status/1886555954797314489?s=02)
Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep (@RossKneeDeep) posted at 6:25 AM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Wow. 19 states Attorney Generals (obviously MAGA) have sent letters to Costco to comply with Trump’s executive order on DEI elimination. This is a private company. Not a federal entity. Yet, they are being attacked (bullied) for doing what they feel is right.
(https://x.com/RossKneeDeep/status/1886390556080615642?s=02)
Trump is Still a R*pist P*dophile (@ClintonBidenDem) posted at 7:04 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
The fascism was fine with them when it was black folks and Mexican immigrants. Now the chaos is impacting their 401ks.
(https://x.com/ClintonBidenDem/status/1886581501476663573?s=02)
Orgunized Chaos (@orgunizedchaos) posted at 5:45 AM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Y’all weren’t sleep marched into shit. He literally is doing what he said he would.
Y’all just thought it wouldn’t apply to you
(https://x.com/orgunizedchaos/status/1886380527969513713?s=02)
Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) posted at 7:23 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Why does Trump want to shut down the Dept of Education?
Because they all send their kids to private schools and do not believe in public schools. They want to sell off our elementary schools to private equity so their friends can get rich off our kids.
https://t.co/Tzzcl0uOod
(https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1886586381784297841?s=02)
chyea ok (@chyeaok) posted at 7:14 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Air Traffic Controller staffing is a long standing issue.
Under Buttigieg, they started turning that around.
Under Trump’s first term, they had to stop hiring/training due to 2 gov shutdowns and covid.
Last week Trump sent emails encouraging controllers to resign. https://t.co/wgyLatlvxB
(https://x.com/chyeaok/status/1886584110598250501?s=02)
Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) posted at 5:26 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law
(https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1886556882250145804?t=TDOCUttmEBYXxA_F83TmEg&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 10:19 PM on Mon, Feb 03, 2025:
Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. Listen, if you are competent, you are not concerned. When you look and you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. And that is the life that we have always lived. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
https://t.co/q2ckRkqtkn
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1886630580596695519?t=py27aLp_22X_kFVIjL_FVQ&s=03)
Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) posted at 1:08 PM on Sun, Feb 02, 2025:
They can’t spin this away. The Trump administration contacted air traffic controllers, offering buyouts to leave their jobs. It’s a very easily proven fact.
(https://x.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1886129581318443256?s=02)
ESSENCE (@Essence) posted at 11:24 PM on Sun, Feb 02, 2025:
Delayed but not denied.
For years, Beyonce has set the standard, shaped the culture, and redefined the art—now, the recognition has finally caught up.
This award is more than a trophy. It’s about reclaiming what’s been taken, whitewashed, and shut us out for far too long.
So tonight, we don’t just celebrate Bey—we celebrate every Black artist who should have heard “And the winner is…” long before now.
So, we celebrate, we uplift, and we say—about damn time!
Congratulations, Beyonce Album of the Year winner!
https://t.co/MN3sdcOGkh
(https://x.com/Essence/status/1886284657790160963?s=02)
ABC News (@ABC) posted at 8:23 PM on Sun, Feb 02, 2025:
Beyoncé became the first Black woman to win a country Grammy in more than 50 years when she took home the win for best country album for “Cowboy Carter.” The last time a Black woman won a country award at the Grammys was the Pointer Sisters in 1974.
https://t.co/hHQOmKbBPZ https://t.co/mxTFKbMGa8
(https://x.com/ABC/status/1886239023468851567?s=02)
Straight up…
No chaser…
there truly is no forgiveness for those who got us into this situation.
those who voted for him
those who voted 3rd party
those who didn’t vote
you are all the same and worth complete and utter contempt 😡 😡 😤
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊