Several of us watched in horror and anger as President Musk/Trump turned loose script kiddies with nicknames like "BigBalls" onto the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and USAID.
We sat appalled when reading how these same script kiddies locked out government employees, accessed top-secret information, and then were given the keys to the Treasury's payment system—the government's checkbook.
Musk bragged about his efforts, talking about shredding USAID and cutting off payments—a man who doesn't work for the government, doesn't know how governments actually work, doesn't care if they work, and is stupid enough to think the deficit would be magically erased if we just used a blockchain.
And Congressional Republicans? Though it's difficult for them to stand in front of a camera without a spine, several did manage to prop themselves up against a wall long enough to swear loyalty to The Mump.
Good, respected long-time civil servants have been forced to resign solely because they tried to protect our systems from the naughty children and their demented leader. Other employees have been confused and threatened by Musk messages sent from OPM demanding they basically resign—no matter who they are or how important their work. After all, a working government isn't important to Musk: only tax breaks and unlimited funds from NASA.
The other Presidential half took a break from destroying our economy with ill-considered and thoughtless tariffs against this country's closest friends...and two days of golf...to celebrate the damage his better half has done. Without Ivanka, Trump doesn't know what to do and he needs someone to ghost act the Presidency for him.
What's needed now is for Democrats to stand up, and by this I don't mean writing pained letters expressing their concern to someone like waterboy Rubio, who was off threatening other countries.
Get out of the Congressional building, and go to the USAID building, the OPM buildings, the Treasury, press cameras in tow and tell the American people that our country is under attack, and it's not happening at the border.
(I understand this might be difficult for Congressional Democrats, after recently pledging themselves to be The Grownups in The Room, but I know there are members who are just as mad as the rest of us.)
Another hope is the flood of lawsuits I hope will be hitting the courts starting today, because of the script kiddie violations of several privacy and security laws—not to mention lawsuits by organizations tasked with work by the USAID and now being cut adrift.
Oh, and taking down the USAID government website, and delisting it from name servers? Even a 14 year old would sneer at the childishness of this action.
You can't erase the government just because you're rich and think you can do anything you want.
Sources
Turmoil inside USAID: DOGE reps take over offices, senior officials placed on leave
Elon Musk says President Donald Trump has ‘agreed’ USAID should be shut down
There are several reasons Musk wants to control Treasury payments. None of them are good.
Elon Musk’s task force has gained access to sensitive Treasury payment systems, sources say
Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems
Musk associates given unfettered access to private data of government employees
Breaking Down OPM’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Email to Federal Workers
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Trump says USAID run by "lunatics" as Dems demand answers on DOGE visit
Header image by DonkeyHokey CC BY-SA 2.0
Published at Burningbird
The Musk/Trump "co-Presidency" is a total farce.