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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Department of Government Efficiency Is a Lie -- And It Might Destroy Us All
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-department-of-government-efficiency-fbd. . .
This isnt cheap or even ordinary corruption: this is the sort of thing that happens in Third World countries, like when Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines used cronies and spies to infiltrate government agencies and neutralize political opponents, or when Vladimir Putin installed former KGB allies into key Russian institutions to crush whistleblowers and rig judicial outcomes, or when Guatemalas President Jimmy Morales dismantled anti-corruption agencies and handed sensitive state information to business elites.
Its the sort of corruption that destroys democracies from the inside out.
Berulis risked his career, his safety, even his life to reveal whats happening inside Elon Musks so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE a name that sounds innocuous enough, until you understand what theyre actually doing.
DOGE, according to Berulis bombshell disclosure, managed to breach the National Labor Relations Boards computer systems and extract what he described as the equivalent to a section of the New York Public Library in sensitive data. This isnt just bureaucratic overreach its a digital smash-and-grab, right out of the authoritarian playbook. . . .
This isnt cheap or even ordinary corruption: this is the sort of thing that happens in Third World countries, like when Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines used cronies and spies to infiltrate government agencies and neutralize political opponents, or when Vladimir Putin installed former KGB allies into key Russian institutions to crush whistleblowers and rig judicial outcomes, or when Guatemalas President Jimmy Morales dismantled anti-corruption agencies and handed sensitive state information to business elites.
Its the sort of corruption that destroys democracies from the inside out.
Berulis risked his career, his safety, even his life to reveal whats happening inside Elon Musks so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE a name that sounds innocuous enough, until you understand what theyre actually doing.
DOGE, according to Berulis bombshell disclosure, managed to breach the National Labor Relations Boards computer systems and extract what he described as the equivalent to a section of the New York Public Library in sensitive data. This isnt just bureaucratic overreach its a digital smash-and-grab, right out of the authoritarian playbook. . . .
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The Department of Government Efficiency Is a Lie -- And It Might Destroy Us All (Original Post)
CousinIT
Apr 17
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republianmushroom
(19,581 posts)1. Agree
dchill
(42,100 posts)2. "Efficiency" is a relative term.
Department Of Gutting Efficiency.
Mr. Mustard 2023
(316 posts)3. Putin's got access to our systems now
and he's a master manipulator.
flashman13
(1,160 posts)4. DOG EE is nothing more than a direct line to Beijing and Moscow.