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Apparently Musk actually put two people in charge of the Treasury systems, and one is a 19 year old who hangs out at Russian forums and has tried to rent DDOS botnets. https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/ Supposedly they're going to get Read Only access...

Two things: 1) Respect for the "law" - he's not the type to just push through anyways with something if the courts say no, as he still believed in the system 2) If he just directs it not to be enforced, that doesn't stop the next president from reversing that, and then also going after all the...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cia-offers-buyouts-entire-workforce-align-with-trump-priorities-wsj-reports-2025-02-05/

https://www.404media.co/email/dc4f2fa1-e993-4f30-aea1-b985998bd90a/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365

https://www.404media.co/nasa-dei-drop-everything-executive-order/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters

I don't play either since Legion, but from what I know: Yes, you still have to buy the latest expansion, but all previous content is included in the main game. Yes, you do still use the Blizzard launcher But also good to know: Your sub also gives you access to WoW Classic Pandaria Classic is...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/02/03/doj-threatens-legal-action-musks-doge/78183472007/ This article also point out something I had not seen before now.. DOGE is a rebrand of an existing agency. Musk still hasn't been approved by the Senate at all, but the agency...

https://infosec.exchange/@sambowne/113946032263537249 https://archive.ph/w2DIa

The Teslas aren't his real product anyways there though, it's the carbon credits that he was reselling. The vehicles are just a means to an end.

Some of them are starting to step up, even in small ways: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-sen-brian-schatz-puts-hold-trumps-state-department-nominees-rcna190470

And there goes another one: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/bessent-pauses-cfpb-litigation-new-rules-as-he-takes-the-reins Might as well get your popcorn ready for when he gets to Social Security and Medicare.

And speaking of using the ability to write checks to usurp Congress: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/musk-says-doge-halting-treasury-payments-to-us-contractors/ar-AA1yibZc Since embed didn't work, tl;dr is Musk is stopping payments to some existing US contractors. (Of course I bet SpaceX...

Just saw this, looks like USAID was created by Congressional legislation, so the President technically can't shutter it. https://www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-president-dissolve-usaid-by-executive-order/ On the other hand, what's the difference if all employees are fired/on permanent leave...

Titan Star Convoy preorder is back up on Pulse for anyone who missed it the first time, but it's marked "Low Stock" so I don't know for how much longer.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/02/stock-market-today-live-updates.html The Stock markets started to drop from the tariffs, then went back up again after Mexico announced they were paused for a month. Apparently Canada doesn't matter to the Dow, or they at least don't think he's serious...

Like I keep reminding my dad(who basically said "That'll get challenged in the courts" about the Canada tariffs), going through the courts takes time, and is far slower than the rate they can do these things, and doesn't stop the immediate effects. Everything they're doing is basically going to...

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faustfiles/114043

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113940292740491577 Next question: was it extablished by executive order or congressional legislature recently? If the latter, this is definitely illegal. If the former, then it's only illegal until trump pens yet another EO revoking the original EO. Not...