#AltText:
"Treasury: DOGE currently will have read-only access to data."
-> The emphasis being on "currently".
Let's just, for instance, imagine the billions of dollars of the #US #Treasury payments being diverted for an hour or so to some #CryptoCurrency exchanges...for starters.
ETA:
At least one of Musks minions has admin privileges and has already been altering the coding...see today's BreakingNews thread of mine.
#BreakingNews
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover:
Via #WiredNews in #TheBackChannel #TPM
"#DOGE...not only has πfull access to these systems, he has already made extensive changes to the code base for these critical payment system[s].β’π
"A 25-year-old DOGE operative named #MarkoElez in fact has πadmin privileges on these critical systemsπ, which directly control and pay out roughly 95% of payments made by the U.S. government, incl. Social Security checks,..."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(1/n)
"...At least four of the names haven't been previously reported. Among them are #KendalLindemann, 24, who worked for a healthcare firm founded by the senior DOGE official #BradSmith, and #AdamRamada, 35, an investor whose firm took a stake in a #SpaceX supplier last year.
Other new...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(2/n)
...names are #KyleSchutt, 37, a tech startup worker who was most recently employed at an AI interviewing software company, and #AustinRaynor, 36, a lawyer who clerked for #SupremeCourt Justice #ClarenceThomas. #Raynor was interviewed on #NTD news in November, outlining how #Trump could challenge...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(3/n)
...birthright citizenship."
"The records seen by #BI don't include the names of some #DOGE affiliates who have appeared in legal filings and news reports as working for other agencies, such as the Treasury employees #TomKrause and #MarkoElez. #Elez resigned from the Treasury Department last week after The #WallStreetJournal...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(4/n)
...reported on racist social media posts from an account linked to him; #Musk said on #X one day later that he would rehire him."
"...Some of the people listed as White House DOGE staff are also employees of other agencies.
The #WhiteHouse didn't reply to a request for comment."
"...#Tech workers make up the largest chunk of the...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(5/n)
...DOGE team on the list reviewed by BI.
Some are veteran software engineers. #Schutt was most recently the chief technology officer at #Kerplunk, an #AI interviewing software startup, and has a Ph.D. from #VirginiaTech."
"Others on the list are relatively junior. #EdwardCoristine is 19, and #Farritor, 23, a former #SpaceX intern,...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(6/n)
...was a senior at the #UniversityOfNebraska when he was named a #Thiel Fellow last year."
"Two close associates of Musk are also on the list. #SteveDavis, who was trained as an aerospace engineer, now leads The #BoringCompany #Musk's tunneling [aka "Beam me up, Scotty!"] company;
#JehnBalajadia has been described as #Musk's assistant..
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(7/n)
...The #NewYorkTimes reported that she was also listed as a #DepartmentOfEducation employee."
"...Some White House DOGE staff have corporate finance and management backgrounds.
#Lindemann graduated from the #UniversityOfTennessee's business college in 2022. She worked for #McKinsey for about two years, according to her #LinkedIn...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(8/n)
...profile, and in 2024 left for #RussellStreetVentures, the health industry investment firm run by #Smith, the senior DOGE official. Smith worked at the #CenterForMedicareAndMedicaidServices in the first #Trump administration. #Lindemann worked at #RussellStreetVentures as a venture associate, an entry-level job in the venture capital...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(9/n)
... industry [aka a rookie]."
"...the White House DOGE staffer #Ramada is a #Miami venture capitalist who donated more than $1,000 to Republican fundraising committees last year. One of his companies, #SpringTideCapital, invested in #ImpulseSpace, which was founded by a #SpaceX employee and has contracted with SpaceX."
"There are five...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(10/n)
...lawyers listed as part of the DOGE White House staff, and the majority have clerked for conservative #SupremeCourt justices."
"#Raynor, a graduate of the University of Virginia's law school, clerked for Justice #ClarenceThomas for the #SupremeCourt term that started in October 2016 and spent time as an...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(11/n)
...associate at #Sullivan&Cromwell. During #Trump's first term, he served as an assistant to the solicitor general. He has argued in front of the #SupremeCourt at least eight times. He was most recently a senior attorney and special counsel for the Supreme Court practice at the #PacificLegalFoundation, a #libertarian...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(12/n)
...organization."
"...Other names...include #JacobAltik, #KeenanKmiec, and #StephanieHolmes. #Altik was selected to clerk for Justice #NeilGorsuch for the term starting in October 2025, while #Kmiec clerked for Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, as well as for #SamuelAlito while #Alito was still a federal circuit judge....
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(13/n)
...#JamesBurnham, who #ProPublica described as #DOGE's general counsel, clerked for Justice #NeilGorsuch and was previously a partner at the law firm #JonesDay."
"Of the list of #WhiteHouse #DOGE staffers, only one appears to have previously worked in politics.
#ChrisYoung,...
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(14/n)
... who #Musk hired as an advisor over the summer to help his get-out-the-vote work, was most recently a senior political advisor at #PhRMA, a trade association that advocates on behalf of pharmaceutical companies. He was previously a national field director for the #RepublicanNationalCommittee
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(15/16)
...As a special service to my admitted followers, here's a deep-link to the full-text version of the #BusinessInsider article:
[followers only]
#TrumpCoup #TreasuryTakeover #Musk
UPDATE
*#BusinessInsider has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for #CoPresident #Musk's #DOGE*
(16/16)
Here's the followers-only full-text version of the article:
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