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Submission + - Wired Is Covering the Musk Takeover of the US Government

Submitted by kilgoreTrout1968
kilgoreTrout1968 writes: Wired magazine's Vittoria Elliot is doing invaluable journalism covering Musk's invasion of the US Government's IT infrastructure. Wired is not giving glowing coverage. This is Wired magazine, folks, the people who know Musk best and most likely to be his fans

https://www.wired.com/author/v...
https://www.wired.com/story/th...

Submission + - Musk says DOGE will upgrade Air Traffic Control soon (thehill.com) 1

Submitted by SonicSpike
SonicSpike writes: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will make “rapid safety upgrades” to the air traffic control systems with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

“With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system,” Musk wrote Wednesday on the social platform X, which he owns.

“Just a few days ago, the FAA’s primary aircraft safety notification system failed for several hours!” he added, likely referring to an outage of the FAA’s Notice to Air Mission system over the weekend.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNN over the weekend that the system allows pilots to download flight details ahead of a trip and is required for planes to fly.

Shortly before Musk’s post on Wednesday, Duffy posted on X that he spoke with the DOGE team, who will “plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.”

The Department of Transportation (DOT) did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for more details on what these upgrades could look like.

When asked about the upgrades, a White House spokesperson doubled down on DOGE’s mission.

Submission + - Techdirt: A Coup Is In Progress In America (techdirt.com) 4

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized control of Treasury payment systems and gained unauthorized access to classified USAID materials, while security officials who followed protocols were removed. Career civil servants across agencies are being systematically purged for having followed legal requirements during previous administrations. The president openly declares he won’t enforce laws he dislikes, while Congress watches in complicit silence. This isn’t happening through tanks in the streets or soldiers at government buildings—it’s occurring through the systematic dismantling of constitutional governance and its replacement with a system of personal loyalty to private interests. Those who resist are being removed, while those who enable this transformation are being rewarded with unprecedented control over government functions. The time for euphemisms and careful hedging has passed. We are watching, in real time, the conversion of constitutional democracy into something darker and more dangerous. To pretend otherwise isn’t prudence—it’s complicity.

Submission + - Musk says he 'deleted' IRS easy filing team (rawstory.com)

Submitted by echo123
echo123 writes: Musk says he 'deleted' IRS easy filing team that let Americans file taxes for free online

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In a post on X, unelected government official Elon Musk revealed that he has cut the staff of the Internal Revenue Service that oversaw the system that allows Americans to file their taxes for free easily on its website.

A right-wing MAGA influencer called the "direct file" tax program a "far left government wide computer office" that was "built by Elizabeth Warren."

He claimed, "Direct file puts the government in charge of preparing people's tax returns for them," he claimed.

Musk responded by saying, "That group has been deleted."

Thus far, the website remains active.

The Treasury Department said on its website, "Direct File is a historic new IRS service that allows eligible taxpayers to prepare and file their tax return online, for free, including access to help from dedicated IRS Direct File customer support representatives."

It was available in both Spanish and English and wasn't a mandatory program for anyone. Those who didn't trust the system could still fill out their taxes by hand and mail them.

Submission + - Hostile Takeover of Federal Government Underway (dailykos.com) 9

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes:

I'm a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I’m posting this because people need to know what’s going on at OPM.

I’ve been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I’ve never witnessed anything even remotely close to what’s happening right now. In short, there's a hostile takeover of the federal civil service.

Let me say this in no uncertain terms — OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen.

Submission + - SPAM: Hostile takeover of the Federal Government in progress

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes:

Let me say this in no uncertain terms — OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen.


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Submission + - The End of the Rule of Law in the United States

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: When the seditionists who attacked and invaded Congress and threatened the lives of elected congresspeople on January 6th are pardoned by the convicted felon, rapist, pedophile, and traitor who now occupies the Office of the President of the United States, there can be no argument that the Rule of Law has ended in this country.
Trump supporters, you did this to our country. You are as much to blame for all that will follow as these fascists you've elected and supported.
Don't blame the rest of us, we voted for Harris.

Submission + - FCC chair makes one last stand against Trump's call to punish news stations (arstechnica.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes:

"Today, I have directed the FCC to take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment," she said. "We draw a bright line at a moment when clarity about government interference with the free press is needed more than ever. The action we take makes clear two things. First, the FCC should not be the president's speech police. Second, the FCC should not be journalism's censor-in-chief."

Submission + - Slashdot Dies A Slow Death with Crippling Advertisements (slashdot.org) 2

Submitted by zamboni1138
zamboni1138 writes: Anybody familiar with the technology news web forum known as Slashdot have known about the recent decline in quality of stories and comments. Recently Slashdot decided to "upgrade" their advertisement experience resulting in an almost broken user experience for users that implement any kind of ad-blocking technology. Over the last week visitors to the site using ad blockers have noticed a unique experience with javascript alerts explaining "This page could not be loaded properly due to incorrect / bad filtering rule(s) of adblockers in use. Please disable all adblockers to continue using the website. (click OK if you'd like to learn more)". These notices are almost non-stop while trying to load/read a page making the site unusable.

Submission + - Slashdot goes mental with advertising 9

Submitted by sizzlinkitty
sizzlinkitty writes: Has anyone else noticed Slashdot failing to load because of your ad blocker? I know I sure have and it's breaking my user experience like no other.

Please post the blocking patterns you're using to make Slashdot usable again.

Submission + - Slashdot is dead and has been replaced by an ad-saturated shithole (slashdot.org) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: ..and nothing of value was lost.
Between all the Trump-supporting shitheads that permeate this place, and now ads everywhere you look that can't be blocked without blocking the entire site, I declare Slashdot to be dead.
RIP Slashdot.

Submission + - If you are an immigrant, you're 'an animal' according to Donald Trump (x.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Trump supporters of Slashdot: you sure this is the sort of country you want to live in, where people you've lived and worked beside for years and years, people who are your friends and co-workers, are being called 'animals' by the President of the United States, whose words will incite violence against them? Who will want them all rounded up and deported, regardless of whether they're legal citizens or not?

If you support this man, you're anti-American, plain and simple, and perhaps YOU are the ones who should be rounded up and deported.

Submission + - Let's face it: Israel wants to exterminate the Palestinians 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Israel talks out of both sides of it's mouth: "we want to eliminate Hamas" on one side, and the quiet part: "we want to exterminate the Palestinian people because they're inconvenient to us and we want to take their land".

There's only one way to end this:
o Palestinians kick out all of Hamas
o Palestinians get their own sovereign country
o Israel is PROHIBITED from entering Gaza ever again
o Israel pays reparations to rebuild all they've destroyed
o Israelis who committed war crimes and crimes against the Palestinian people are brought to justice

Don't like this? Fuck you, then.

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