DOGE Privacy Act Requests

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

Jamie Raskin for Congress

"The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers is a temporary setback for Musk and the Republican president’s tech-driven purge of the federal workforce. It comes amid a flurry of court challenges that have sought to stall, stop or unwind their efforts to fire or coerce thousands of government workers out of jobs."

#usPolitics #dogecoup
@GossiTheDog https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/114065825787662225

Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])

21 members of staff reassigned to DOGE have resigned together. “We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations. However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.” https://apnews.com/article/doge-elon-musk-federal-government-resignations-usds-6b7e9b7022e6d89d69305e9510f2a43c

Cyberplace
In addition to the Democrats, eight #GOP representatives also objected to the budget cut. https://buff.ly/41wnlzv #DOGECoup #DOGEReversal
NYC sues Trump Regime for missing $80M migrant housing grant
City comptroller Brad Lander said in a statement his office had to pressure Adams to allow the suit.
"After my office discovered that Elon Musk and his DOGE goon squad stole $80 million out of the City's coffers, we successfully pressured Mayor Adams to allow the City's lawyers to sue the federal government to get our money back
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-sues-trump-admin-claws-130423526.html #TrumpFascistRegimeCorruption #dogecoup #PresidentElonMuskCrimes #asylumpolicy
NYC sues after Trump admin claws back $80M migrant housing grant

The Eric Adams administration filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday seeking to claw back more than $80 million previously sent to the...

Yahoo News
Though the authors of scientific papers have been given the opportunity to #revise their work in line with #TrumpAdministration requirements, all of them have #declined. #Resist #ThisIsHow #DOGECoup https://buff.ly/419HSsf
Researchers Refuse to Alter Patient Safety Papers to Comply With Trump Orders

'As a matter of principle, it's not a good idea to give into this,' one said

In other news, water is wet. But it's worth it to keep sounding this alarm. #CMS #DOGECoup https://buff.ly/3QwqJ6Q
Not incidentally, both the #FTC and #SEC have ongoing #investigations or enforcement actions against companies owned by #ElonMusk. #PowerGrab #DOGECoup #Dictatorship https://buff.ly/4i3Afu9
Trump signs order making independent regulators answerable to White House

Executive power grab would affect Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission

The Guardian

“For people on the ground in mountain communities, small towns and rural areas, the cuts were nothing short of devastating. They came with no explanation, warning or discernment, and the impact on public land and wildlife, observers say, will be felt for years.”

#Politics #USPolitics #DOGECoup #MuskCoup #TrumpRegime #NaturalResources #NationalParkService #USForestService #SmallTowns #RuralCommunities #FederalJobs

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/presidents-day-firings-federal-workers-interior-fish-wildlife-service-rural-national-parks/

"I'm suffering:" Holiday massacre of federal workforce Is a rude awakening for rural westerners

Park rangers, biologists, maintenance crews, wildfire prevention people—all fired arbitrarily.

Mother Jones

“Just because Musk has, so far, gotten away with what appears to be brazen disregard for the ethical requirements of his job, doesn’t mean those requirements don’t exist. It simply underscores that what is happening to the government of the United States is not a legitimate rearrangement—but an illegal hijacking.”

#Politics #USPolitics #MuskCoup #DOGECoup #TrumpRegime #ElectionsMatter #DemocracyMatters #ChecksAndBalances

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-doge-special-government-employee/

There's no way Elon Musk’s job is legal

"Checks and balances, at the moment, seem to be neutralized.”

Mother Jones

This from @rbreich on his bsky feed was not cross posted here. Cuts to #USAID is going to hurt more than just those who depend upon its services. Food from the agricultural industry is going to waste!🤷‍♂️

#tRumpDisaster
#Tarriffs
#DogeCoup

https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3lhwtmbay5c26

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social)

DOGE's chaos isn't preventing waste — it's causing it. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/usaid-trump-elon-musk-cuts

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