Fucking Hell. Like the Nazis burning their Records.
JFC…
“Hold on guys, we need to hold up on doing our Totally Legit and Properly Legal thing until we can get on a comms system that is properly hidden from all investigation…”
MAGA: YEAH! THE GOOD GUYS WON!
Their conception of morality is exactly backwards.
They first consider if the person aligns with their in-group. If so, then whatever they do (so long as it doesn’t directly have a negative impact on themselves) is by nature good.
Obversely, if a person is a member of a group that is not aligned with their tribe then any action taken is inherently wicked and detrimental to society.
They don’t judge morality by the action, they judge it by the actor.
That’s literally how Nazis operate
MAGA: YEAH! THE GOOD GUYS WON!
Everyone else: THIS IS TERRIBLE! MAYBE IF WE COMPLAIN ONLINE ENOUGH THEY WILL STOP!
Swamp status: Drained™
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They drained it, then dredged the sludge off the bottom and used it to fill government positions. Again.
we shouldn’t have records systems not subject to FOIA
Those enabling a nazi, are by association also nazis. People need to stop referring to this administration as separate. They are also pushing the agenda, so they are also nazis.
We shouldn’t have a majority of voters in the U.S choosing a Nazi, but here we are.
Plurality* the majority of registered voters did not vote, voted for harris, or voted 3rd party.
Not voting and voting 3rd party is support for Donald, but whatever makes you sleep better at night
Practically speaking, they let Trump win. But that doesn’t mean they actually like Trump or approve of what he’s doing. Imagining that everyone who didn’t vote for Harris is a die-hard Trumper just leads to despair, which benefits Trump.
What a wierd world, where someone makeing choice C or D means they really support A, Im glad you can read about 1/3rd of Americans minds, must be quite noisy
Yes, choosing not to vote for example is indirectly making a choice. Weird I know, again, whatever helps americans sleep at night.
I am not saying it is not making a choice, it is making a choice, and with all choices it has consiquinces, what I am saying is that it is, by deffinition not the same choice as SUPPORTING trump. you can say the choice caused trump, you can say it enabled him, but deffinitionaly it is not the same as supporting him, as support is an afermitive thing, and the choices of not voting, voting 3rd party, and voting democrat all are not chosing to suport him
Not voting is tacit support of the winner in an election. And by that I mean they helped him win. Enabling, helping, supporting, these are all synonyms to me.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
If they get the clueigi. One dude stopped the 1% in their tracks for a few days.
How exactly is there such a thing as a records system not subject to FOIA?
The article says that the administration seems to be claiming the executive order where they changed the name of United States Digital Service to United States DOGE Service allows them to make the sweeping changes they are making. This is of course ludicrously beyond the pale when it comes to data security violations involved in taking control of data managed by other agencies and getting involved in their staffing. It’s a smokescreen for autocracy.
The claim in this particular instance is that they are saying the executive order redefined the reporting structure of the department. Where previously they reported to the Office of Management and Budget, where everything is subject to FOIA requests in the short term, they claim their USDS reports to the White House Chief of Staff and therefore is shielded from FOIA during the current administration. We can theoretically get the data later (I’m sure they’ll be very responsible with chain of custody on such important data 🙄) but it will be 4 years later, when no one cares because we’re in the trenches dealing with the long term consequences of what’s happening right now. So, it is subject to FOIA, yes. But they’re making up stories and betting the courts won’t dare to challenge them.
The fact that they are moving so quickly tells you they don’t think what they are doing is legal.
Pen, paper, a trash can, and a lighter
Even paper records are supposed to be saved.
Am I nuts or during his first term wasn’t there a story about Trump literally eating a piece of paper after he read it??
You are correct. This happened and was photographed.
He did that shit regularly. Also tore them into bits, and aides would pick them up and try to tape them back together.
BuT hEr EmAiLS
No need to burn records when so many have simply accepted their content being removed from visibility without reason or accountability in this day in age.
If Elon Musk is a government official it means you can sue him personally if you got banned from Twitter for violating your first ammendment rights to free speech.
Same with Trump and Truth social.
That’s cute. You think the constitution still matters.
First amendment has failed time to work down the list and find any constitutional checks and balances that could help.
Well I’m standing firm on not quartering any damn soldiers…
What amendment? We have a constitution?
All goverment records are subject to FOIA by default. It’s an opt-out system.
They shouldn’t be able to opt out.
I was thinking this earlier: can’t we just bombard DOGE/executive branch with FOIA requests?
Sounds like an excellent idea
And when they ignore them?
That would be illegal
… And?
Slack is extremely insecure. I can’t believe they were using it to begin with
Genuine question: how is it insecure? If SSO is configured, is that still the case?
Is GovSlack any better? https://slack.com/blog/news/govslack-secure-compliant-government-work
Its not encrypted end to end.
