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Blackvegetable » Yesterday, 6:05 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 6:05 pm

You against eliminating gubmint waste......derp?

So **** g'ddammned stupid 

Now, members of America250 have expressed concerns that up to $100 million in taxpayer dollars intended by Congress to fund civics education, volunteer initiatives, and the restoration of historical monuments has been redirected to Freedom 250 by the administration.

They should drag those **** DOGE stooges out of their hidey holes and flense them.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an entity led by Elon Musk, has been heavily criticized following court admissions and whistleblower disclosures detailing a massive breach of security and improper handling of the personal records of hundreds of millions of Americans.The Core Nature of the Security BreachLegal filings and whistleblower reports revealed that DOGE personnel operating within federal agencies violated basic privacy safeguards:Unsanitized Data Migration: DOGE operatives copied the Social Security Administration's (SSA) core "NUMIDENT" database, which contains highly sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) including Social Security numbers (SSNs), bank details, health records, and wage histories. This information was transferred into an unverified virtual database cloud environment without standard agency security protocols.Bypassing IT and Legal Controls: Operatives bypassed normal IT security measures to grant themselves improper, excessive read/write access to agency data. Internal agency security assessments categorized the project as "high risk," warning of "catastrophic impact".Court Order Violations: Official filings by the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that DOGE personnel circumvented a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge on March 20, 2025, which had legally locked them out of the data.Weaponization and External SharingBeyond the technical lapses, the breach involved transferring protected public data to outside, politically motivated entities:Political Collusion: Internal investigations revealed that DOGE employees communicated with an external political advocacy group to match sensitive federal Social Security files with state voter rolls.Private Servers: Private records were moved out of secure government systems onto unauthorized private servers and shared directly with DOGE affiliates outside the agency.Hatch Act Referrals: Multiple DOGE employees were referred to federal watchdogs for violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits utilizing government resources for political campaigns and partisan activity.Institutional Fallout and ResponseThe exposure led to severe pushback from civil rights advocates, public worker unions, and lawmakers:The SSA Contradiction: The SSA initially claimed to a federal judge that DOGE never had access to individuals' personal information. However, in January 2026, the agency retracted that claim in a "notice of corrections" during an ongoing lawsuit, admitting that the data had been improperly accessed and transferred.Legal Challenges: Organizations like Democracy Forward and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued to halt DOGE's data access, asserting blatant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974.ACLU Warnings: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemned the administration's broader goal of centralizing multiple agency data systems into a single surveillance architecture, noting that stripping data-access guardrails massively elevates the danger of systemic identity theft, data exfiltration, and targeted weaponization against citizens.