This Is Just Embarrassing

From Huffpost: Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website.

Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it. …

…The website states in tiny print at the bottom that its database excludes information from U.S. intelligence agencies.

But an easy search shows that DOGE’s database provides details on the National Reconnaissance Office, the federal agency that designs, builds and maintains U.S. intelligence satellites. Not only are NRO’s budgets and head counts classified, but the prospect of Musk’s tech team meddling in sensitive personnel information is setting off alarms for some in the intelligence community.

“DOGE just posted secret NOFORN info on their website about [intelligence community] headcount, so currently people are scrambling to check if their info has been accessed,” said one Defense Intelligence Agency employee, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation from senior leaders.

If you haven’t been following the Mayor Eric Adams scandal, this bit from last night’s Chris Hayes show will help. Basically, the SDNY prosecutors have a massive case against Adams going back to 2014 or so. He’s been accused of accepting undisclosed gifts and bribes from foreign interests for a long time. There is a ton of evidence. But Adams cozied up to Trump, and a quid pro quo was worked out with the new people at DoJ that the charges would be dropped (but with prejudice; he might still be prosecuted in the future) as long as he was on Trump’s team regarding handling of migrants. Basically, Mayor Adams now works for Trump instead of NYC. So now a number of high-level prosecutors have resigned because the quid pro quo was so obvious that they couldn’t put their names to it. As of this writing I’m not sure the charges have been dropped yet. I understand the DoJ has now filed to have the case dismissed.

And here is the background on how Musk and Trump helped themselves to $80 million in New York City’s bank account and, of course, lied about what the money was for to justify the theft. Watch Chris Hayes break up over the overdraft fee.

Since last night another U.S. attorney resigned over this scandal. Here’s the letter he wrote. It’s worth reading. Here’s just a bit.

In short, the first justification for the motion—that Damian Williams’s role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse. No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.

Today Mayor Adams appeared on Fox News with “Border Czar” Tom Homan. It seems like an open admission that the Trump Administration owns Adams.

Meanwhile, J.D. Vance and Pete Hegseth are in Europe, scaring people to death. Vance made a speech to the Munich Security Conference, which was supposed to be about security, but instead was a stew of culture war crap. The other attendees were, um, alarmed. And Hegseth isn’t getting rave reviews, either.

Here’s another one, from CNN: Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say. Of course they did.

I’m just exhausted.

4 thoughts on “This Is Just Embarrassing

  1. The department of Energy firings is really something. If we had an actual congress this would absolutely be grounds for impeachment and conviction. But in GQP stumpland it's just another day of cutting "waste, fraud and abuse". I think Stump is going with the theory that if he just fucks everything up everyday nobody will notice?

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  2. I understand your exhaustion.

    How can you not be?

    I read every post you put up.

    I come here because you and  the commenters give me food for thought.

    I really appreciate almost everybody here.

    Thank you

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  3. "I am overwhelmed by – and grateful for – everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support. Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from across the country, and around the globe. While it is impossible for me to reply to most letters, please know that I read every one that I receive. Thank you again to everyone who took the time to write. I look forward to hearing more in the future." -Luigi Mangione

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