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Sen #RogerWicker, #Republican of MS & the chair of the #Senate panel which has #oversight of the #Pentagon, says that he & his Democratic counterpart will request an expedited investigation by the Dept of #Defense Office of Inspector General into the #Signal group chat. Wicker & Sen #JackReed, Democrat of RI & the top Dem on the cmte, are also seeking to hold classified briefings on the matter.
It’s unclear who will oversee the investigation because #Trump fired the IG at the Pentagon.
#law
Oh snap!
The judge who the govt has argued can't be trusted w/sensitive information in the #AlienEnemiesAct case has been assigned to a case about top govt officials' appearing to share sensitive information on the commercial messaging application #Signal.
US District Court Judge James #Boasberg in the DC has been assigned to oversee the case of American #Oversight against top ofcls involved in the Signal group chat about an attack on Yemen.
Exclusive: Trump Fired This Top Watchdog. Now He's Speaking Out.
#Oversight #FiredIGs #Accountability #GovernmentWatchdogs #FirstWeekInOffice
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Exclusive: Trump fired this top watchdog. Now he’s speaking out.
The former inspector general for the US Labor Department on losing his job and the dangers of DOGE.Mother Jones
"recall mechanism allows for #oversight of elected representatives outside regular #election cycles.. The right to recall elected officials in #Taiwan is enshrined in Articles 17 & 133 of e Constitution, w the relevant mechanisms to recall est'd in 1975.. 2014 Sunflower Movement spurred a revision in 2016, substantially reducing req'mts for proposal submission, signature collection & final approval of recall petitions"
eastasiaforum.org/2025/03/20/t…
Taiwan’s democratic uncertainty in the face of recall elections
Voters take action against political gridlock in Taiwan’s minority government.Shangpo Hsieh (East Asia Forum)
#BrookeRollins is doing exactly the #project2025 playbook for #usda. And more. She is the secretary of the u s department of #agriculture. All the actions of that agency are under #oversight of #congress.
When we fight with precision using the right tools for the job, we win. When we lie down and cry about a single person, we don’t.
#omb director wrote the playbook. minions are carrying out and carrying on, beyond t’s wildest dreams.
hey look at that
#ChuckChuck #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
This is exactly how I felt in January 2017.
Corruption levels were off the charts and nobody was reacting.
#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #Corruption #TheCons #Graft #Bribes #media #journalism #socialmedia #crime #FascistEnablers #NevillePelosi #Appeasement #FascistTakover #hayes #chrishayes
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#European #TrustworthyAI #Policy Analysis via #AIAct 📊
How does #AIAct ensure trustworthy #GenAI?
✅ #Risk classification
✅ Data governance
✅ Transparency obligations
✅ Human #oversight
✅ Penalties
✅ #Sandboxes
✅ Public sector
🔗 mdpi.com/2504-2289/9/3/62 #OpenAccess
Trustworthy AI for Whom? GenAI Detection Techniques of Trust Through Decentralized Web3 Ecosystems
As generative AI (GenAI) technologies proliferate, ensuring trust and transparency in digital ecosystems becomes increasingly critical, particularly within democratic frameworks.MDPI
If Congressional #Republicans were looking for a gotcha moment, #Boston’s Mayor #MichelleWu (D) didn’t give them one.
Wu emerged from the marathon 6hr #House #Oversight Cmte hearing unscathed, & managed to land quite a few hits of her own under aggressive questioning.
In her first time testifying before #Congress, #MayorWu stuck to her talking points, emphasized Boston’s strong public #safety record & argued…that the city’s #immigration policies boost #PublicSafety.
bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/met…
Mayor Wu testified before Congress on Boston immigration
Wu emerged from the marathon hearing largely unscathed, and managed to land a few hits in the face of aggressive questioning.The Boston Globe
Kick off Friday 7 march
Tell #congress to exercise their #oversight and budget responsibility and restore all science and staff in every agency.
Pick your favorite agency, put it on a postcard - NIH or USDA. NOAA or CDC, EPA or vA, or tell them ALL! Send to relevant committee members R D and I and your MOC s. Let researchers know you have their backs (and field teams who put science to work)
Squawk now and louder during budget negotiations
#standupforscience
Wouldn’t it be great, #Musk offered, if he had #access to the #computers of the #FederalGovernment?
Just give him the passwords, he said jocularly, & he would make the govt fit & trim.
What started as musings at a dinner party evolved into a #radical takeover of the #FederalBureaucracy. It was driven with a frenetic focus by Musk, who channeled his #libertarian impulses & resentment of #regulatory #oversight of his vast #business holdings into a singular position of #influence.
'Heroes': Tim Burchett Compares DOGE Tech Bros To World War II Sacrifices
#ElonMusk #GreatestGeneration #Oversight #TechBros #Heroes
crooksandliars.com/2025/02/her…
'Heroes': Tim Burchett Compares DOGE Tech Bros To World War II Sacrifices
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) defended the so-called young tech bros staffing Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by comparing them to the "greatest generation" of American soldiers who sacrificed in World War II.David Edwards (Crooks and Liars)
How aligned is Trump with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025?
#project2025 #trump #fascism #eattherich #democracy #constitution #fossilfuels #environment #dei #oligarchy #oversight #executiveorders #america
The federal #tech workers facing down DOGE
What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign
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" #ElonMusk & #DOGE have infiltrated #government agency after govt agency... a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state...
carried out with no congressional #oversight and often in stark defiance of judicial orders. It’s been called a #coup, or an #autogolpe, a coup from inside, or American #authoritarianism"
Trump Firings of Inspectors General Violated Federal Law, Pentagon and VA Watchdogs Say in New Lawsuit
The IGs allege that Trump failed to notify Congress about the firings at least 30 days before they occurred and did not provide a "substantive, case-specific rationale" for the terminations as required by federal law, according to the filing.Drew F. Lawrence (Military.com)
During #Trump's first term, the scope of the agency's work was significantly narrowed. But now, under acting Dir #RussVought [#Project2025], nearly all of the bureau's work has been ordered to be stopped, w/Vought saying he will not be asking for ANY more funding for the agency.
"CFPB RIP," #ElonMusk wrote on X last week with an emoji of a gravestone.
#law #CFPB #regulation #finance #tech #apps #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #security #privacy #fraud #oversight #corruption #kleptocracy #broligarchy
The #CFPB has long faced opposition from #Republicans & industries including #WallStreet & #SiliconValley.
Weeks after the bureau announced finalized rules for becoming a #watchdog on #DigitalWallets, TechNet & NetChoice, 2 groups backed by #BigTech, sued the CFPB, arguing that the agency does not have "free rein in choosing which nonbank entities to supervise."
#law #ElonMusk #trump #regulation #finance #tech #apps #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #security #privacy #fraud #oversight #corruption
#X announced it struck a deal w/ #Visa to soon offer a mobile payments service, cementing the card giant as the first major partner in a feature called "#XMoneyAccount."
This service would be directly regulated by the #CFPB under expanded #oversight powers it had finalized late last year allowing the agency to police things like #privacy issues, #fraud & how disputed transactions are handled at mobile payment #apps….
#law #ElonMusk #regulation #finance #tech #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #security
#Musk hopes to eradicate #CFPB that would oversee #regulating X
#ElonMusk made a big leap late last month toward his long-shot goal of turning #X into an "everything app," a service that could encompass a broad range of services, including the ability to transfer #money, similar to Venmo or PayPal.
#law #regulation #finance #tech #apps #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #security #privacy #fraud #oversight #corruption #ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau #technocracy #broligarchy
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#law #aid #SoftPower #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #USpol
ICYMI
#Time’s cover shows #ElonMusk as #POTUS sitting at the Resolute Desk.
“No single private citizen, certainly not one whose wealth & web of businesses are directly subject to the #oversight of federal authorities, has wielded such #power over the machinery of the #US govt. So far, #Musk appears accountable to no one but #Trump, who handed his campaign benefactor a sweeping mandate to bring the govt in line w/his agenda.
#TrumpCoup #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
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Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington
From USAID to the U.S. federal payment system, Musk and his DOGE team set their sights on auditing and cutting multiple government agencies.Simon Shuster (Time)
Do you work for the federal government? Do you see waste, fraud, abuse or violation of law? Democrats in the House want to hear from you.
#Whistleblowers #Oversight #DutyToCountry
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/c…
Report Waste, Fraud, or Abuse
Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct its constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. For this reason, Ranking Member Connolly is interested in information regarding the waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars.The Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats
Over the past 24 hrs, ofcls ranging from billionaire #ElonMusk to #JDVance have not only criticized a federal judge’s decision early Sat that blocks #DOGE from accessing #Treasury Dept records, but have also attacked the legitimacy of judicial #oversight, a fundamental pillar of American #democracy, which is based on the #SeparationOfPowers.
And with the main parties in hock to gambling companies, will anything happen? Like feck it will. Labour and the Tories will sell anyone and everything for power.
theguardian.com/society/2025/f…
#Meta #privacy #Gambling #youAreForSale #Corruption #oversight #Failure #UkPolitics
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Betting companies secretly track visitors to their sites before sending data to parent company MetaJon Ungoed-Thomas (The Guardian)
How do you know a party is harmful to the people, even its own constituents?
It will do everything to remove governmental regulations meant to protect & improve the people's lives, health, wellbeing & pursuit of happiness.
Today's depraved "Republicans" in name only are such a party.
Raise your voices accordingly!
#RuleOfLaw #SaveLives #RaiseYourVoice #YouMatter #YourVoiceMatters #Democracy #PublicHealth #Healthcare #GOP #Trump #Project2025 #Corruption #Bribery #SellingOutAmerica #USPol #USPolitics #Law #Justice #HumanRights #CivilRights #Oversight
"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer & data systems," one of the ofcls said. "That is creating great concern. There is no #oversight. It creates real #cybersecurity & #hacking implications." Ofcls affected by the move can still log on & access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.
#ElonMusk, #OPM & the #Trump WH did not respond to requests for comment.
This has to be actionable.
#Musk aides lock #GovernmentWorkers out of computer systems at #US #FederalAgency
Aides to #ElonMusk charged have locked career #CivilServants at #OPM out of computer systems that contain the #personal #data of millions of federal #employees…
Since taking office, #Trump has embarked on a massive govt makeover, firing & sidelining hundreds of civil servants & installing more loyalists.
#law #cybersecurity #oversight #NationalSecurity #InfoSec
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Call your Lazy Do-Nothing Fascist Appeaser in the Senate and leave a simple GTFO message.
act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-…
#GTFO #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #VichyDems #ChuckChuck #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
Urge your Democratic Senator to Fight Trump's Unconstitutional Funding Freeze
Trump’s unconstitutional funding freeze is throwing our democracy into chaos and putting millions of lives at risk. This is a moment for action—Senate Democrats must use every tool at their disposal to fight back.Indivisible Guide
Just days before the crash, #Trump enacted a sweeping shake-up of #FederalAgencies responsible for #aviation #oversight, removing the #TSA admin, David Pekoske, & eliminating ALL members of a key aviation #security advisory group. The #FAA, which regulates airlines & aircraft manufacturers & manages US #airspace, was also w/o leadership at the time of the crash, its top ofcl, Michael Whitaker, stepped down ahead of the new admin’s transition after clashing w/ #ElonMusk.
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D.C. Plane Crash Raises Questions About Trump Aviation Personnel Changes
The plane crash at DCA raised questions about recent leadership changes within the federal agencies charged with regulating air travel.Nik Popli (Time)
If your Senators are Dems, call them and tell them to do this. Let them know that if they don't you'll be donating to their primary opponents.
If your Senators are Cons, call them and tell them that you'll be supporting their opponents unless they immediately stop the orange fascist's lawbreaking.
#ChuckChuck #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
Open-minded people have spent 200 years debating whether the USA is a force for good in the world or not.
It is no longer in question.
#FascistEvil #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
Here's a vid of Schumer yuckin' it up with a fascist just two weeks before the election.
Normailzing and Endorsing a fascist insurrectionist.
Chuck is not part of the opposition. He's part of the fucking regime.
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#ChuckChuck #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
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Suddenly there's a bit of tough talk in the Senate.
Too late. We're gonna #PrimaryThemAll
They let this go far too far, the useless dolts.
#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight
Obviously Jeffries and Schumer should be leading the Party and the Anti-Fascist Opposition, but everything those guys have done in their careers leads you to believe that they'll just roll over and play dead instead.
#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #Schumer #Jeffries #VichyDems #Oversight #Resist #Resistance #FascistAppeasers #FascistEnablers #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight