Department of Govt Efficiency (DOGE)

mickeyrat

josevolution

Yeah who’s going to make sure Musky follows the ruling? 

battle1

josevolution said:

Yeah who’s going to make sure Musky follows the ruling? 

The same checks and balances that have worked for all of time. In all your fear you fail to remember that important fact. 

Bentleyspop

mickeyrat

Bentleyspop said:

thats the least of it in mind. reports are they are  inserting AI generated code into these systems.

Halifax2TheMax

mickeyrat said:

Bentleyspop said:

thats the least of it in mind. reports are they are  inserting AI generated code into these systems.

Someone might want to give Hillary a call and ask to borrow the hammer and bleach.

tempo_n_groove

mickeyrat said:

another member of the doge team

https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/?fbclid=IwY2xjawISyLRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfmxmx8pKfnDxK2Dvy9dt2yhQJK-PqYYejm_tvFtYH89ilHVMg5yqrFDig_aem_piKF5Y-9y8R3V-TIbirWRg

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

Photograph: Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images

A young technologist known online as “Big Balls,” who works for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has access to sensitive US government systems. But his professional and online history call into question whether he would pass the background check typically required to obtain security clearances, security experts tell WIRED.

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old high school graduate, established at least five different companies in the last four years, with entities registered in Connecticut, Delaware, and the United Kingdom, most of which were not listed on his now-deleted LinkedIn profile. Coristine also briefly worked in 2022 at Path Network, a network monitoring firm known for hiring reformed blackhat hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle tied to Coristine also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service later that year.

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The best computer peeps are usually hackers.  Why wouldnt you want to hire them?  Nothing burger for me here.

tempo_n_groove

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

benjs

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

another member of the doge team

https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/?fbclid=IwY2xjawISyLRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfmxmx8pKfnDxK2Dvy9dt2yhQJK-PqYYejm_tvFtYH89ilHVMg5yqrFDig_aem_piKF5Y-9y8R3V-TIbirWRg

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

Photograph: Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images

A young technologist known online as “Big Balls,” who works for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has access to sensitive US government systems. But his professional and online history call into question whether he would pass the background check typically required to obtain security clearances, security experts tell WIRED.

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old high school graduate, established at least five different companies in the last four years, with entities registered in Connecticut, Delaware, and the United Kingdom, most of which were not listed on his now-deleted LinkedIn profile. Coristine also briefly worked in 2022 at Path Network, a network monitoring firm known for hiring reformed blackhat hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle tied to Coristine also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service later that year.

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The best computer peeps are usually hackers.  Why wouldnt you want to hire them?  Nothing burger for me here.

If they were reportedly responsible for a cyberattack for hire, it doesn’t suggest integrity or strength of character. Hire him for a cybersecurity company, sure, but letting him into the government? Well, not like any of us have a say anyways, so let’s just see how this goes. Hope for the best and anticipate the worst to temper expectations, that’s my MO for the next four years.

Gern Blansten

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

Merkin Baller

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

& people are still going to try to have good faith conversations that these guys are looking to reign in wasteful spending despite all this evidence to the contrary.

My attitude is that of Benjs, there's little we can do about it now besides hope for the best, but that doesn't make the willful ignorance any less frustrating.  

Gern Blansten

Merkin Baller said:

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

& people are still going to try to have good faith conversations that these guys are looking to reign in wasteful spending despite all this evidence to the contrary.

My attitude is that of Benjs, there's little we can do about it now besides hope for the best, but that doesn't make the willful ignorance any less frustrating.  

Yeah it's going to be a weird period of time. They haven't even been doing this for more than a few weeks and they are already throwing around the "fraud" accusations. No way they could determine if anything is fraudulent at this point. It's just bullshit but yeah...not a thing that we can do about it.

Yesterday I kept seeing all kinds of shit about Musk spending $40mil to run Superbowl ads about the "fraud" they were uncovering. Nothing Musk said...just shit generated online that, once again, turns out to be bullshit. 

tbergs

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

I was thinking about the extravagant lift it must be for a president to attend that game when I was watching last night. Unfortunately it seems people really don't care about those expenses because our president should be able to live like a king while in office. That's how he views it. He wouldn't have gone if it was a blue state. He goes so the Mahomes' family can get some selfies for their MAGA support and then salutes for the anthem like he has some sort of military history. He just wastes tax payers money constantly. 

benjs

Merkin Baller said:

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

& people are still going to try to have good faith conversations that these guys are looking to reign in wasteful spending despite all this evidence to the contrary.

My attitude is that of Benjs, there's little we can do about it now besides hope for the best, but that doesn't make the willful ignorance any less frustrating.  

If after all these years of Trump a person is still demonstrating willful ignorance, just don’t bother engaging. These are people who have shown themselves unwilling to engage logically, or even civilly. 

Gern Blansten

tbergs said:

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

I was thinking about the extravagant lift it must be for a president to attend that game when I was watching last night. Unfortunately it seems people really don't care about those expenses because our president should be able to live like a king while in office. That's how he views it. He wouldn't have gone if it was a blue state. He goes so the Mahomes' family can get some selfies for their MAGA support and then salutes for the anthem like he has some sort of military history. He just wastes tax payers money constantly. 

Yeah it's always so hilarious to see that stupid fucker saluting the anthem. What a fucknut

mickeyrat

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, loyok at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

you should read the constitution   it says the Congress is in charge of budgetary matters. executive gets involved when its time to sign a bill or veto a bill.

this is government 101

OnWis97

A bunch of people who don't know how to run a government have come in with nothing but ideology, addiction to twitter praise, and conflicts of interest. This has absolutely nothing to do with government efficiency.

Tim Simmons

OnWis97 said:

A bunch of people who don't know how to run a government have come in with nothing but ideology, addiction to twitter praise, and conflicts of interest. This has absolutely nothing to do with government efficiency.

but its the most representative democracy. like, ever.

tbergs

OnWis97 said:

A bunch of people who don't know how to run a government have come in with nothing but ideology, addiction to twitter praise, and conflicts of interest. This has absolutely nothing to do with government efficiency.

And then you get Vance basically saying, the judiciary has no right to stop executive action. What a fuck wad. It just confuses the already dim bulbs supporting this bullshit. Mission accomplished. 

Merkin Baller

benjs said:

Merkin Baller said:

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to why, if they, DOGE, really want to save money, look at what we spend the most on?  Military.
They ae looking to shut down bases which makes zero sense to me.  Those are strategic places of interest.  Unless u want to nuke everyone we need those bases.

yeah or evaluate how "efficient" it is to spend millions for the president to attend a football game...that's why no other president has attended. It's too fucking expensive and too risky due to security issues.

or....how efficient is it to travel to maralago every weekend and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, room and board, for secret service agents. There should be an allowance that, if exceeded, falls back on Mr Moneybags. Let him pay for it like he said he would eight years ago.

& people are still going to try to have good faith conversations that these guys are looking to reign in wasteful spending despite all this evidence to the contrary.

My attitude is that of Benjs, there's little we can do about it now besides hope for the best, but that doesn't make the willful ignorance any less frustrating.  

If after all these years of Trump a person is still demonstrating willful ignorance, just don’t bother engaging. These are people who have shown themselves unwilling to engage logically, or even civilly. 

I'm working on it.