DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA

Do...do we tell them about the competence of individuals in fascist regimes?

Their conception of morality is exactly backwards.

They first consider if the person aligns with their in-group. If so, then whatever they do (so long as it doesn't directly have a negative impact on themselves) is by nature good.

Obversely, if a person is a member of a group that is not aligned with their tribe then any action taken is inherently wicked and detrimental to society.

They don't judge morality by the action, they judge it by the actor.

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MAGA is another way of saying "brainless zombie".

Those people could not find their own ass with two hands and a flashlight.

MAGA: YEAH! THE GOOD GUYS WON!

Everyone else: THIS IS TERRIBLE! MAYBE IF WE COMPLAIN ONLINE ENOUGH THEY WILL STOP!

What amendment? We have a constitution?

First amendment has failed time to work down the list and find any constitutional checks and balances that could help.

That's cute. You think the constitution still matters.

We shouldn't have a majority of voters in the U.S choosing a Nazi, but here we are.

Those enabling a nazi, are by association also nazis. People need to stop referring to this administration as separate. They are also pushing the agenda, so they are also nazis.

They technically are, but not until the current administration is out of office, which is somewhere in the realm of never.

We should, but only for private citizens. Anything government related should be done in public.

The article says that the administration seems to be claiming the executive order where they changed the name of United States Digital Service to United States DOGE Service allows them to make the sweeping changes they are making. This is of course ludicrously beyond the pale when it comes to data security violations involved in taking control of data managed by other agencies and getting involved in their staffing. It's a smokescreen for autocracy.

The claim in this particular instance is that they are saying the executive order redefined the reporting structure of the department. Where previously they reported to the Office of Management and Budget, where everything is subject to FOIA requests in the short term, they claim their USDS reports to the White House Chief of Staff and therefore is shielded from FOIA during the current administration. We can theoretically get the data later (I'm sure they'll be very responsible with chain of custody on such important data 🙄) but it will be 4 years later, when no one cares because we're in the trenches dealing with the long term consequences of what's happening right now. So, it is subject to FOIA, yes. But they're making up stories and betting the courts won't dare to challenge them.

Pen, paper, a trash can, and a lighter

Do they record phone calls and face to face communication?

Sounds like an excitement idea

And when they ignore them?

💩

Reminds me of the dorkwad who leaked military(?) secrets to his friends on discord a couple years ago. I think he was about their age at the time too, which tracks.

Because he wants everyone else's data on it so that he can exploit it. He doesn't care about the data of his own people - he doesn't even want it recorded.

They shouldn't be able to opt out.