Originally published at: Judge Orders DOGE Out Of Personal Social Security Data - TPM – Talking Points Memo
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. No More Fishing For Needles In Haystacks With Sledgehammers U.S. District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander of Maryland issued a detailed enumerated temporary restraining order barring DOGE from accessing the personally identifiable information of Americans kept…
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More on the response to Social Security order
Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.
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I applaud all of these judges… BUT… WHO is going to enforce their rulings? Trump has already shown disdain for any rulings he doesn’t like.
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At least corrupt Richard Nixon stood down when the SC ruled against him. This is wholly different, the corrupt one is a sociopath.
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That will go over with the populace like a fart in a spacesuit. FElon would be wise to head for Mars.
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So they are shutting down Social Security. Which means that the old folks who depend on their SS checks will stop getting them. This is the same population that overwhelmingly votes Republican and voted for the criminal clown. Maybe if this happens and this voting block gets screwed like they didn’t think they would, maybe then this fever dream ends? Maybe? Not likely.
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All that Judgin’ going on is meaningless. They are doing exactly as they please. They will continue to do so.
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Do it, you coward. I dare you.
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“Instead, the government simply repeats its incantation of a need to modernize the system and uncover fraud. Its method of doing so is tantamount to hitting a fly with a sledgehammer”
Judge forgot to add that is the fly is moving faster than the sledgehammer so it never gets hit, but everything else is totally destroyed.
I know an old Tesla that swallowed a fly.
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Heard a radio interview this morning with a 50 year old man at genetic risk of early onset Alzheimer’s. His father died at 50, his brother at 49. He’s symptom free and has been on an experimental drug for ten years. The DOGE purge has halted funding for the drug.
Elon: Sucks to be you.
Further Elon: Ketamine is a wonder drug.
RFK Jr.: Take Vitamin A and wait for herd immunity.
DJT: Wut’s Alzheimer’s?
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President Trump on Friday denied a report by The New York Times that Elon Musk would be briefed on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, a move that would give him access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets. Mr. Musk arrived at the Pentagon early Friday, but it was not clear if the briefing would go ahead as originally planned.
This story was confirmed by the NYTs, so they were caught in their lie. Although we all pay lip service to the unspeakable silence on the part of the GOP Senators, it somehow still shocks me that they are standing by, watching the country descend into chaos and autocracy without a word.
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In regards to the Kennedy assassination papers released, the majority were previously released under Biden with redactions. TFG insisted they be rereleased fully unredacted.
But it’s ok. After releasing names, DOB, SS#, and full personal info on dozens of people, they are being given a new SS# and a year of credit monitoring, free!
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(Goes off to invest in pitchforks)
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A serf who can’t work is of no value to the nobles.
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