George Saunders says it well.
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George Saunders says it well.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Good advice.
My latest piece in WIRED with @dell.bsky.social and @peard33.bsky.social
DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government
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Budget Lab models a “reciprocal” tariff policy where the US matches other countries’ tariff and VAT rates. .. the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $2,700-3,400 ..”
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He’s the fast fashion of nominees: a cheap, global disaster.
⚠️ DOGE staffer Edward Coristine was fired for leaking info from a data-security firm. He later bragged he retained access to the firm’s system.
He was also on law enforcement radar for communicating in an online chat room with an alleged hacker under investigation.
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![With the consent ofthe parties, the Court DEFERS RULING on the Plaintiffs' [8] Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and ORDERS as follows:
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records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, except that the Defendants may provide access to any of the following people:
o Mr. Tom Krause, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to payment records will be "read only";
o Mr. Marko Elez, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance ofhis duties, provided that such access to payment records will be "read only";
o Any person who is an employee (but not a Special Government Employee) of the Department of the Treasury and who has a need for the record or system of records in the performance of their duties;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bam3rkdzsg74tx5ddflbgils/bafkreih4hvsidq54ufnzdudz7cnlngxbzmb6bzws6jhy2c2czn65tz2i2a)
With the consent ofthe parties, the Court DEFERS RULING on the Plaintiffs' [8] Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and ORDERS as follows: • records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, except that the Defendants may provide access to any of the following people: o Mr. Tom Krause, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to payment records will be "read only"; o Mr. Marko Elez, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance ofhis duties, provided that such access to payment records will be "read only"; o Any person who is an employee (but not a Special Government Employee) of the Department of the Treasury and who has a need for the record or system of records in the performance of their duties;
BREAKING: Federal judge in D.C. blocks Musk from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and records. More to come.
Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
