One major problem with your analysis: the "Department" of Government Efficiency is not actually a department. The United States Digital Service was not a department and, as far as I am aware, Congress never established it. Obama established the USDS as a unit within the executive branch. However, how such a function gets funded is a very good question to ask. Was what Obama did constitutional to begin with?
Reading this, I guess my response is that laws have to be enforced, somehow, to mean anything. It looks like the courts are giving federal employees cover for not following doggy orders, but ultimately the executive branch is the one that does the enforcement
I agree with a lot of what you say, but where I think you're wrong is that it is NOT just to break the Fed Government. USDS was created by Obama in 2014 to streamline IT across the government agencies and to manage government websites....a lot of it to aid with the ACA website and manage the exchanges. Sure, I think trump wants to cut, but Musk is there to cut AND to streamline everything so that AI can be installed across the board so that we will then be tied to the block chain and crypto! Obama knew this (about AI) all along and was quite invested in technology during his Presidency. Why do you think the rich, tech Broligarchs are salivating like hyenas?.....they are going to have their wet dream come true with no restraints from the Federal Government.......because they will control the Fed Gov't! The "left" can't help because they have been complicit (and don't want you to know) AND they lost big in the last election because of their looney activist arm alienating everyone with good common sense.
> Beneath the surface, we also know that whatever Musk is up to, it has nothing to do with DOGE and everything to do with running the United States Government, likely into the ground.
For what purpose...only time will tell.
He’s shutting down & delegitimising departments which are investigating his companies (space x, Tesla, boring company). There’s an interesting graph you can find online which choreograph these connections.
Love this and am upset about the willful disregard about all of these laws and regulations - but it turns out that if the executive doesn’t care then it doesn’t matter. They found the bug in the system.
Turns out we never needed OMB privacy assessments for any UI - it was just an arbitrary hurdle. Turns out we never needed security sign-off on new systems. Just an arbitrary hurdle that could be ignored whenever the president or cabinet sec decides.
Biden and Obama just did whatever they wanted without regard for law or constitution. But now that the shoe is on the other foot, conservatives are supposed to care? Of course not. Anyway, As far as I can see, Trump is fully within his article 2 powers because audits are clearly part of making sure laws are faithfully executed - and of course if that audit uncovers fraud, waste, and abuse then under article 2 he can stop those payments. Thats quite different than when Obama assainated a US citizen.
this is criminally underread- hopefully more people read this! Knowing that DOGE is illegal won't stop its formation, but it will be good to document how our democracy is dismantled anyway, if not for future historians than at least for us to know how exactly we are being screwed.
Thank you Darlene McDonald.
I wrote that fast and had to fix it.
Hopefully fixed some inconsistencies 😜
One major problem with your analysis: the "Department" of Government Efficiency is not actually a department. The United States Digital Service was not a department and, as far as I am aware, Congress never established it. Obama established the USDS as a unit within the executive branch. However, how such a function gets funded is a very good question to ask. Was what Obama did constitutional to begin with?
Reading this, I guess my response is that laws have to be enforced, somehow, to mean anything. It looks like the courts are giving federal employees cover for not following doggy orders, but ultimately the executive branch is the one that does the enforcement
I agree with a lot of what you say, but where I think you're wrong is that it is NOT just to break the Fed Government. USDS was created by Obama in 2014 to streamline IT across the government agencies and to manage government websites....a lot of it to aid with the ACA website and manage the exchanges. Sure, I think trump wants to cut, but Musk is there to cut AND to streamline everything so that AI can be installed across the board so that we will then be tied to the block chain and crypto! Obama knew this (about AI) all along and was quite invested in technology during his Presidency. Why do you think the rich, tech Broligarchs are salivating like hyenas?.....they are going to have their wet dream come true with no restraints from the Federal Government.......because they will control the Fed Gov't! The "left" can't help because they have been complicit (and don't want you to know) AND they lost big in the last election because of their looney activist arm alienating everyone with good common sense.
> Beneath the surface, we also know that whatever Musk is up to, it has nothing to do with DOGE and everything to do with running the United States Government, likely into the ground.
For what purpose...only time will tell.
He’s shutting down & delegitimising departments which are investigating his companies (space x, Tesla, boring company). There’s an interesting graph you can find online which choreograph these connections.
Love this and am upset about the willful disregard about all of these laws and regulations - but it turns out that if the executive doesn’t care then it doesn’t matter. They found the bug in the system.
Turns out we never needed OMB privacy assessments for any UI - it was just an arbitrary hurdle. Turns out we never needed security sign-off on new systems. Just an arbitrary hurdle that could be ignored whenever the president or cabinet sec decides.
Biden and Obama just did whatever they wanted without regard for law or constitution. But now that the shoe is on the other foot, conservatives are supposed to care? Of course not. Anyway, As far as I can see, Trump is fully within his article 2 powers because audits are clearly part of making sure laws are faithfully executed - and of course if that audit uncovers fraud, waste, and abuse then under article 2 he can stop those payments. Thats quite different than when Obama assainated a US citizen.
this is criminally underread- hopefully more people read this! Knowing that DOGE is illegal won't stop its formation, but it will be good to document how our democracy is dismantled anyway, if not for future historians than at least for us to know how exactly we are being screwed.