✅Calling Senators yet again.I have called my MAGA US Rep and dropped into his local office asking what he is going to do about Elon’s takeover of the Treasury and access to my personal data.Told he hadn’t “released a statement” so requested statement via email.Yesterday I received an email listing his accomplishments that of course inclu…
✅Calling Senators yet again.I have called my MAGA US Rep and dropped into his local office asking what he is going to do about Elon’s takeover of the Treasury and access to my personal data.Told he hadn’t “released a statement” so requested statement via email.Yesterday I received an email listing his accomplishments that of course included no plan for Elon but voting Yes on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.Today I will call and tell them I’m terrified of paying my taxes and giving them any access to my bank account.I will reference Murdoch’s WSJ.
Join me !!!📲
Can anyone share a non-paywalled link for WSJ article that Robert shared ??
I called my MAGA rep yesterday about Musk's access at Treasury and her staffer pointed out that it wasn't Musk who was active in what he called an audit but an actual Treasury employee named Thomas Krause. He's technically not lying, Krause does work for the Treasury Department, for almost a month now, but is an active DOGE associate so the disavowal is disingenuous at best. The staffer very carefully said nothing about USAID or the OPM incursion. We'll see what happens when I call today.
When I called this morning, I got a different person who also pointed out that the Treasury had announced limits on DOGE access to supposedly secure data and the Krause dodge relative to Musk's involvement which we discussed briefly. Purely a gut feeling, and almost certainly driven to some extent by my hopes in the matter, but at least some of the staff seem to be getting the message. Whether this penetrates cult mental armor remains to be seen. Billionaires are not our friends, fight on. We shall overcome.
In Robert's essay, this stood out to me: "The agreement allows two individuals associated with Musk but employed by the Treasury Department – called special government employees – to have “read only” access to the sensitive data." What! Does that mean they can read my social security account? I didn't give permission for that. What else are they reading? And why wasn't this a total block like a TRO? Do these two individuals have any security clearance? This is beyond frightening.
Apparently they can, and it isn't clear, despite assurances from Trump's SecTreas, that their access is in fact 'read only'. The whole thing is highly illegal and is the basis for everything from calls you and I make to our legislators to lawsuits being filed as we speak. We need to keep up the public pressure.
Thanks for that useful info,Dave.Just left 2 messages and able to speak with Rep’s staffer who went silent when I expressed,with emotion,how terrified people are…especially vulnerable seniors.
I talked with staff at both of my senators’ offices and the MN AG’s office. They all said call volume is high. The AG staffer said AGs are working together to address this crisis.
Robert posted the non-paywalled version of the article. :-) I was able to access from a windows laptop and from the app on an Android tablet. (I never make promises about Apple devices).
But I definitely understand your confusion, because on the laptop unless you scroll down from the title, all you see is the title, an ad, and a request to subscribe.
Do you see the following message centered on your screen below the ad? "Shared with you by a Times subscriber". If so scroll down from there.
✅Calling Senators yet again.I have called my MAGA US Rep and dropped into his local office asking what he is going to do about Elon’s takeover of the Treasury and access to my personal data.Told he hadn’t “released a statement” so requested statement via email.Yesterday I received an email listing his accomplishments that of course included no plan for Elon but voting Yes on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.Today I will call and tell them I’m terrified of paying my taxes and giving them any access to my bank account.I will reference Murdoch’s WSJ.
Join me !!!📲
Can anyone share a non-paywalled link for WSJ article that Robert shared ??
I called my MAGA rep yesterday about Musk's access at Treasury and her staffer pointed out that it wasn't Musk who was active in what he called an audit but an actual Treasury employee named Thomas Krause. He's technically not lying, Krause does work for the Treasury Department, for almost a month now, but is an active DOGE associate so the disavowal is disingenuous at best. The staffer very carefully said nothing about USAID or the OPM incursion. We'll see what happens when I call today.
When I called this morning, I got a different person who also pointed out that the Treasury had announced limits on DOGE access to supposedly secure data and the Krause dodge relative to Musk's involvement which we discussed briefly. Purely a gut feeling, and almost certainly driven to some extent by my hopes in the matter, but at least some of the staff seem to be getting the message. Whether this penetrates cult mental armor remains to be seen. Billionaires are not our friends, fight on. We shall overcome.
In Robert's essay, this stood out to me: "The agreement allows two individuals associated with Musk but employed by the Treasury Department – called special government employees – to have “read only” access to the sensitive data." What! Does that mean they can read my social security account? I didn't give permission for that. What else are they reading? And why wasn't this a total block like a TRO? Do these two individuals have any security clearance? This is beyond frightening.
Apparently they can, and it isn't clear, despite assurances from Trump's SecTreas, that their access is in fact 'read only'. The whole thing is highly illegal and is the basis for everything from calls you and I make to our legislators to lawsuits being filed as we speak. We need to keep up the public pressure.
Thanks for that useful info,Dave.Just left 2 messages and able to speak with Rep’s staffer who went silent when I expressed,with emotion,how terrified people are…especially vulnerable seniors.
The staffers I've spoken to, with one exception, seem taken aback with the concerns I express. That gives me some hope too.
I talked with staff at both of my senators’ offices and the MN AG’s office. They all said call volume is high. The AG staffer said AGs are working together to address this crisis.
Kathy,
Robert posted the non-paywalled version of the article. :-) I was able to access from a windows laptop and from the app on an Android tablet. (I never make promises about Apple devices).
But I definitely understand your confusion, because on the laptop unless you scroll down from the title, all you see is the title, an ad, and a request to subscribe.
Do you see the following message centered on your screen below the ad? "Shared with you by a Times subscriber". If so scroll down from there.
Thanks, Cheryl.It’s those darn 🍏🍏.