The Trump administration has installed a DOGE operative as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in an apparent effort to evade a federal court order blocking DOGE affiliates from accessing databases containing the sensitive personal information of millions of Americans.
Is this THE example of how Capitalism can turn the majority of a population into unwilling serfs?Why would Musk think that SSA should be shut down even though recipients have provided the money that will pay them back when they need extra income when they reach retirement age? We know that nothing Project 2025 promotes makes any sense but this administration is HELL bent on finding ways to find a source of money to promote the privatizing of whatever they can to bring wealth to themselves at the expense of anyone and everyone else.
That is why I call this the New Feudalism. Jefferson Cowie pointed out in a talk that Populism is a winning platform, and populists can be on both sides of the aisle. I heard populism in AOCs speech in Arizona with Bernie. She said she wanted a country with health care for everyone, with jobs that pay living wages for everyone, and those are populist ideas. Still Cowie left us wondering why the libs had not done more to protect voting rights.
Here is a copy of an article I wrote on Cowie's talk.
The rule of law is becoming meaningless under the current administration, unless of course, you happen to threaten Tesla's bottom line. America as you know it is rapidly circling the drain.
Even then King Donald I seems to think he can summarily bring new laws and penalties into being by royal decree. The French and Russian revolutions give us good examples of what can happen to such national leaders, but considering his lack of care in his public appearances, I'm convinced that Trump, as an aging man losing his faculties, would dearly love to go out a martyred hero at the height of his stolen power rather than fade away and die as his father did.
The military should have taken action by now! Trump is a seditionist, felon, rapist and violate the Constitution daily…the very thing the military pledges to protect! What the hell is going on with this total failure of the military protection?
The word "attempting" in moving Coulter from a DOGE team member to a standard SSA employee gives me hope that the court might see this rather naked attempt to subvert the TRO for what it is. Fingers crossed.
Every actual SSA employee must undergo extensive cyber security training and training in protecting PII and in how the IT system works. The court needs to insist that that training occurs before he's allowed anywhere near a computer.
Midterms may be our last shot but with 200 million people with eyes on Musk and X in their adoringly stoopid glazed-eyes stare, we might still be in trouble. If the midterms don't save us, we are unsaveable.
Two special elections, one for the Pennsylvania House and one for the Pennsylvania Senate were won yesterday by Democratic candidates! Both were deep red districts. One had not elected a Democrat since the mid-Nineteenth Century. The Republican incumbent ran unopposed for one of them last election. The lesson is that we need to fight for EVERY seat, and that includes the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, as well as the two congressional elections in Florida.
And here is a list of regularly scheduled 2025 elections:
I agree, but we have to have people to vote FOR. Other than Bernie and AOC, are there any Democrats or Independents making an aggressive case of opposition? Every incumbent should be holding town halls and similar events in Red districts every week to make the case.
My point was that Democratic incumbents should be holding listening and talking sessions outside of their districts. Give those red voters a chance to hear another message and for us to hear their views. That also allows liberal and independent voters an opportunity to step forward in their communities and be heard.
How stupid does DOGE think people are? Like we wouldn't notice the new guy at the water cooler at SSA was the SAME new guy at the water cooler at NASA last week. I imagine that a judge at any level would bristle at being treated like a knuckle dragger. Stay frosty, Judd.
Do you think Trump gets that the optics of having nothing but billionaires run his government is not going to go down well in the long run. Bernie and AOC are making that point, and many are pointing out what a harm Musk is to the USA and democracy.
No. Trump does not get the optics of having nothing but billionaires run his government except that he likes billionaires so the optics for him are golden sunshine and raining green.
Great investigative report, Judd. All of these dodgy acts are the acts of individuals, not an ideology. We must rise up and defeat this insanity with resistance en masse.
There will always be sycophants like Dudek to do the bidding of their authoritarian leaders. And so he acts to carry out their determination to impose pain and suffering on the unworthy little people. The plutocrats have achieved their long sought height of power and they no longer have to pretend to care. They can openly display their contempt, disgust, disregard, hatred for the good-for-nothing lower class. Those people deserve to live on the edge without the security of housing, food, medical care - living hand to mouth for as long as they can. Money spent on the undeserving is wasted. That money belongs to the rich and powerful - by right.
Becky, how did you get through that thought without evoking God's plan? When man created God in his own image, this particular god was white and male. This is God's will, and you, young lady, can get back to the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.
That interpretation was added later by white males. It wasn’t in the original. And tap on your sarcometer, the needle may be stuck. Becky’s last two sentences surely were sarcasm.
The only real people are those with capital. Anyone else, capital is wasted upon. If THEY wanted to count, they should have been born rich, like me!
Folks like that make me want to just grab them and beat them senseless (which wouldn't take long) but what a waste that would be. Beating the sense out of folks who don't have any in the first place.
This entire administration, and Musk, are so short sighted; ignorant of economics, monetary policy, legal matters and world affairs (and that's only some of it). They obviously don't realize that the less money in the hands of seniors and retiring baby boomers, the less they will have to spend on big purchases such as cars, appliances, vacations, housing etc. That is not a recipe for a profitable economy that not only benefits business owners, but everyone. They all need to go back to school and get a better education.... and stop medaling in our government affairs~ because they're not good at it.
Those preening, pimpled, princelings, pimping, poking and plundering our nation for personal gain will kill goose with the golden eggs through sheer ineptitude.
But I have a feeling that their arrogance and over-reach will leave them hoist with their own petard. Damage to our nation? Oh yeah. Not just internally but externally too. The rest of the world may never trust our nation again.
But we will survive. In the famous words of Mr. David Bowie; "We can beat them, we can be heroes, for ever and ever... what you say?"
Stay tuned. If we all do our part to resist in whatever manner we can... who knows? Good may follow.
DOGE needs to be the focus of ALL Americans fed up with these people having NO legal status having access to all kinds of information (and messing with people's lives) with no controls over them of any kind. More up close and personal light needs to be shined on them. For too long they have been hiding under the title of "DOGE" with no personal accountability.
Another act of defiance of a court order. Would that there will be consequences. (Am I wrong, starting to think that courts should have their own armies?)
These types of things are going to keep happening. The only remedy is for the courts to act in unprecedented ways, far more quickly than they previously have done, and jail those circumventing their orders for contempt of court as soon as any suspicion of circumvention is noted. Their "due process" was contained in the courts' original processes preceding the ruling now being violated. Then let those jailed sue for their freedom. In this case Dudek and Coulter would be jailed. Their actions clearly render them to be guilty of contempt. This is the exact same approach Tru/sk are using for immigrants and refugees even when they are legally authorized to work and live in the US. "What's sauce for the goose...."
It is already clear that the most immediate danger to the US is the damage and destruction being worked from within by Tru/sk and their dodgy, unconstitutional, committee. Since the danger is immediate and severe, this unprecedented level of action by the courts is not only justified but required.
Is this THE example of how Capitalism can turn the majority of a population into unwilling serfs?Why would Musk think that SSA should be shut down even though recipients have provided the money that will pay them back when they need extra income when they reach retirement age? We know that nothing Project 2025 promotes makes any sense but this administration is HELL bent on finding ways to find a source of money to promote the privatizing of whatever they can to bring wealth to themselves at the expense of anyone and everyone else.
That is why I call this the New Feudalism. Jefferson Cowie pointed out in a talk that Populism is a winning platform, and populists can be on both sides of the aisle. I heard populism in AOCs speech in Arizona with Bernie. She said she wanted a country with health care for everyone, with jobs that pay living wages for everyone, and those are populist ideas. Still Cowie left us wondering why the libs had not done more to protect voting rights.
Here is a copy of an article I wrote on Cowie's talk.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/is-populism-the-way-to-go?r=f0qfn
Just wait until the populist MAGA folks miss their monthly check.
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Exactly
In a word, yes Valerie.
Valerie 🎯
The rule of law is becoming meaningless under the current administration, unless of course, you happen to threaten Tesla's bottom line. America as you know it is rapidly circling the drain.
Even then King Donald I seems to think he can summarily bring new laws and penalties into being by royal decree. The French and Russian revolutions give us good examples of what can happen to such national leaders, but considering his lack of care in his public appearances, I'm convinced that Trump, as an aging man losing his faculties, would dearly love to go out a martyred hero at the height of his stolen power rather than fade away and die as his father did.
One can only hope.
Or unless you hurt someone's So Sensitive ego!
The military should have taken action by now! Trump is a seditionist, felon, rapist and violate the Constitution daily…the very thing the military pledges to protect! What the hell is going on with this total failure of the military protection?
Two posts that are extremely important.
https://johnking950973.substack.com/p/massive-nationwide-protests-april?r=14nyx2.
https://johnking950973.substack.com/p/musks-fascist-upbringing?r=14nyx2
The word "attempting" in moving Coulter from a DOGE team member to a standard SSA employee gives me hope that the court might see this rather naked attempt to subvert the TRO for what it is. Fingers crossed.
Every actual SSA employee must undergo extensive cyber security training and training in protecting PII and in how the IT system works. The court needs to insist that that training occurs before he's allowed anywhere near a computer.
I feel like my sanity is under attack. How in the hockeysticks are we going to survive 4 years of this????
Midterms may be our last shot but with 200 million people with eyes on Musk and X in their adoringly stoopid glazed-eyes stare, we might still be in trouble. If the midterms don't save us, we are unsaveable.
Two special elections, one for the Pennsylvania House and one for the Pennsylvania Senate were won yesterday by Democratic candidates! Both were deep red districts. One had not elected a Democrat since the mid-Nineteenth Century. The Republican incumbent ran unopposed for one of them last election. The lesson is that we need to fight for EVERY seat, and that includes the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, as well as the two congressional elections in Florida.
And here is a list of regularly scheduled 2025 elections:
https://apnews.com/article/2025-elections-calendar-c7d8af00a52e6a772ea53d1f65a67f8c
I agree, but we have to have people to vote FOR. Other than Bernie and AOC, are there any Democrats or Independents making an aggressive case of opposition? Every incumbent should be holding town halls and similar events in Red districts every week to make the case.
Incumbents in red districts are GOP. They aren't holding town halls.
My point was that Democratic incumbents should be holding listening and talking sessions outside of their districts. Give those red voters a chance to hear another message and for us to hear their views. That also allows liberal and independent voters an opportunity to step forward in their communities and be heard.
It’s reporting that Judd and so many others are doing that will hold the line.
The courts are the second to last hope.
We are the final hope!
How stupid does DOGE think people are? Like we wouldn't notice the new guy at the water cooler at SSA was the SAME new guy at the water cooler at NASA last week. I imagine that a judge at any level would bristle at being treated like a knuckle dragger. Stay frosty, Judd.
Do you think Trump gets that the optics of having nothing but billionaires run his government is not going to go down well in the long run. Bernie and AOC are making that point, and many are pointing out what a harm Musk is to the USA and democracy.
No. Trump does not get the optics of having nothing but billionaires run his government except that he likes billionaires so the optics for him are golden sunshine and raining green.
Great investigative report, Judd. All of these dodgy acts are the acts of individuals, not an ideology. We must rise up and defeat this insanity with resistance en masse.
There will always be sycophants like Dudek to do the bidding of their authoritarian leaders. And so he acts to carry out their determination to impose pain and suffering on the unworthy little people. The plutocrats have achieved their long sought height of power and they no longer have to pretend to care. They can openly display their contempt, disgust, disregard, hatred for the good-for-nothing lower class. Those people deserve to live on the edge without the security of housing, food, medical care - living hand to mouth for as long as they can. Money spent on the undeserving is wasted. That money belongs to the rich and powerful - by right.
Becky, how did you get through that thought without evoking God's plan? When man created God in his own image, this particular god was white and male. This is God's will, and you, young lady, can get back to the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.
My bad. We women are the inherently unworthy, regardless of social status.
"young lady, can get back to the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans."
That's maga-"man" music for real!
That interpretation was added later by white males. It wasn’t in the original. And tap on your sarcometer, the needle may be stuck. Becky’s last two sentences surely were sarcasm.
The only real people are those with capital. Anyone else, capital is wasted upon. If THEY wanted to count, they should have been born rich, like me!
Folks like that make me want to just grab them and beat them senseless (which wouldn't take long) but what a waste that would be. Beating the sense out of folks who don't have any in the first place.
This entire administration, and Musk, are so short sighted; ignorant of economics, monetary policy, legal matters and world affairs (and that's only some of it). They obviously don't realize that the less money in the hands of seniors and retiring baby boomers, the less they will have to spend on big purchases such as cars, appliances, vacations, housing etc. That is not a recipe for a profitable economy that not only benefits business owners, but everyone. They all need to go back to school and get a better education.... and stop medaling in our government affairs~ because they're not good at it.
Those preening, pimpled, princelings, pimping, poking and plundering our nation for personal gain will kill goose with the golden eggs through sheer ineptitude.
But I have a feeling that their arrogance and over-reach will leave them hoist with their own petard. Damage to our nation? Oh yeah. Not just internally but externally too. The rest of the world may never trust our nation again.
But we will survive. In the famous words of Mr. David Bowie; "We can beat them, we can be heroes, for ever and ever... what you say?"
Stay tuned. If we all do our part to resist in whatever manner we can... who knows? Good may follow.
DOGE needs to be the focus of ALL Americans fed up with these people having NO legal status having access to all kinds of information (and messing with people's lives) with no controls over them of any kind. More up close and personal light needs to be shined on them. For too long they have been hiding under the title of "DOGE" with no personal accountability.
Another act of defiance of a court order. Would that there will be consequences. (Am I wrong, starting to think that courts should have their own armies?)
The phrase "They got their ruling, now let's see them enforce it!" comes to mind.
These types of things are going to keep happening. The only remedy is for the courts to act in unprecedented ways, far more quickly than they previously have done, and jail those circumventing their orders for contempt of court as soon as any suspicion of circumvention is noted. Their "due process" was contained in the courts' original processes preceding the ruling now being violated. Then let those jailed sue for their freedom. In this case Dudek and Coulter would be jailed. Their actions clearly render them to be guilty of contempt. This is the exact same approach Tru/sk are using for immigrants and refugees even when they are legally authorized to work and live in the US. "What's sauce for the goose...."
It is already clear that the most immediate danger to the US is the damage and destruction being worked from within by Tru/sk and their dodgy, unconstitutional, committee. Since the danger is immediate and severe, this unprecedented level of action by the courts is not only justified but required.
I'm predicting that the judge ain't gonna like this. What's less predictable is what she's going to do about it.
Notice Coulter previously with an investment management firm. No way that is relevant to an agency that doesn't invest in the stock market.