It’s a Lovely Day For a Coup
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wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 01:30 last edited by Rontuner 2 Jul 2025, 01:31
Don't you think Musk & company left hidden "back doors" in the software - allowing them to access and change anything they want in the future???
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Don't you think Musk & company left hidden "back doors" in the software - allowing them to access and change anything they want in the future???
wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 01:46 last edited by wtg 2 Jul 2025, 01:54@Rontuner I think you're right on the money.
Musk is a bigger risk than Trump because he is a technology guy and now has untethered access to systems and data and can do anything he damn well pleases. He could wreak havoc and no one will be able to stop him. He's crazy enough to do it.
I can't believe that the bean-brained Republicans can't see that. And I'm sure Trump has no clue what he's setting the country up for.
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wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 03:03 last edited by
Things just get crazier and crazier. I read a great substack yesterday (sorry I didn't save the link) that talks about what leverage we have in this situation, and the author explained that there are four prongs of attack: Congress, Courts, Politics, and Public. (I am paraphrasing, not quoting):
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Congress cannot do anything except put out the narrative. And that is important. They can tell the story of what is happening, and how it will impact us, and express outrage in a coherent way that creates a record that will be useful in the midterms. Because the Ds are in the minority, there is nothing substantive they can do. But we do need them speechifying about this.
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Courts: even if Trump and Musk--let's call them Mump, shall we?--ignore court orders (which, face it, they probably will), it's still important to bring the lawsuits and have the judges issue the orders.
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Politics--can't remember how this one manifests
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Public--it's essential that everyone makes as big a stink about this as possible. Calling representatives, spreading info on social media, joining in-person protests. Standing up and being seen and heard--especially if these policies will affect you personally--but also if they won't, because the people who are at risk need the rest of us to raise our voices for them.
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wrote on 7 Feb 2025, 03:03 last edited by
@CHAS said in It’s a Lovely Day For a Coup:
If they can hack USAID, they may have hacked the voting machines.
Absolutely. I sent a note to ProPublica asking them to investigate this right after the election.
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wrote on 8 Feb 2025, 00:49 last edited by
Trump supporters think Musk and Trump are cutting down the government to a smaller government. Musk and Trump are making a new government that suits their needs for more power and $$$$.
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wrote on 8 Feb 2025, 19:33 last edited by
If you haven't seen this:
"And none of Trump’s actions since January 20th have surprised me. He is the most “honest” President we’ve had in our lifetime. He has announced over and over what he was going to do should the American people let him back into the White House. He is transparency on steroids. He hasn’t just given us the facts and the blueprint of his long-promised coup, he has done the most audacious thing any autocrat in history has attempted — he has openly BRAGGED about exactly how he was going to pull it off. The more he performed his schtick, the more people thought either “I can’t wait for him to shut down the FBI, the CIA, the Deep State and AOC” or “Everybody should calm down, it’s just Trump! Haha!”"
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wrote on 8 Feb 2025, 19:45 last edited by
Ugh. Michael Moore is right of course. But still ugh.
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wrote on 10 Feb 2025, 14:26 last edited by
Apparently the kids installed a server...
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Apparently the kids installed a server...
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wrote on 10 Feb 2025, 20:51 last edited by wtg 2 Oct 2025, 20:52
A federal judge in Rhode Island has found that the Trump administration has continued to improperly freeze some federal funds, despite a temporary restraining order issued late last month blocking its efforts to pause payments for grants and other federal programs.
In a five-page order issued Monday, U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell, Jr. wrote that the administration, in several instances, has continued "to improperly freeze federal funds and refused to resume disbursement of appropriated federal funds."
President Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on Friday. A federal judge in Rhode Island has issued an order blocking the administration’s efforts to freeze some federal spending.
The Trump administration has said the freeze is necessary in order to review federal funding to make sure it aligns with the president's agenda. But in his order, McConnell said the freeze was "likely unconstitutional and has caused and continues to cause irreparable harm to a vast portion of this country."
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292342/trump-federal-funding-freeze-restraining-order
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wrote on 10 Feb 2025, 20:53 last edited by wtg 2 Oct 2025, 21:03
Meanwhile, Vance says judges can't restrict executive power. Harumph.
Liz Cheney, a former Republican House representative who campaigned in the presidential election against Trump, snapped back at Vance.
"If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal," Cheney wrote on X.
"You don't get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That's tyranny."
Vance has previously suggested that the president can directly challenge judicial rulings that seek to curb White House power.
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wrote on 12 Feb 2025, 00:47 last edited by
The coup rolls on.
Tuesday's order provides new details on how government agencies will work with DOGE to reduce the size of the federal workforce, and calls on the heads of federal agencies to "promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force." The order did not specify a range of how many workers may be affected and lose jobs.
The order also sets out new guidelines around hiring. It says each agency should hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart. Additionally, the order calls on agency heads to consult with a "DOGE Team Lead" around hiring approvals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293504/trump-musk-doge-oval-office
