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New DNC chair is Ken Martin.
NPR has some details
Democratic Underground has a summary of the NYTimes article and a link.
Ken Martin Elected as New DNC Chair,
I'm sorry, Ken. You aren't going to get that chance. How long before people accept that Trump is playing "Putins" Playbook". He signaled long ago that he is expecting a 3rd term.
Trudeau tells the Mump or Trusk administration to "take off with those tariffs, you hosers, eh?" And yay for us, like everything in our hemisphere is about to get more expensive!
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-to-slap-25-per-cent-tariff-on-155b-of-us-goods-after-trump-initiates-trade-war/
Tariffs Designed to Distract from Project 2025
Well, tariffs are destructive to our Allies and beneficial to our Enemies. Maybe that is also intentional. As Heather Cox-Richardson points out:
Biggest CyberHack in US history: Musk in control of Federal Payment computers.
Yes, you already know this. But, consider all the implications.
A little something I threw together this morning – as a former Federal-agency Service Chief, I know this drill….feel free to modify for your own use.
Aditi Hardikar
Assistant Secretary for Management
Senior Agency Official for Privacy
Department of the Treasury
Privacy@treasury.gov
I am making a formal complaint to the Department of the Treasury's ("The Department") Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer that my rights under the Privacy Act of 1974 and Treasury Directive 25-08 have been violated by an unknown number of unauthorized individuals working for group known as the "Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)".
This violation was revealed via media reports in several mainstream outlets, as well as multiple social media posts by Members of Congress and an individual named Elon Musk. Based on these reports it is highly likely, if not certain, that my individual financial information regarding my Federal retirement pay, VA Service-connected disability compensation and current and future tax payments to the Internal Revenue Service have all been unlawfully accessed and analyzed by this unauthorized group of individuals.
Specifically, my Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and associated financial data has been viewed by this group of individuals working at the direction of Elon Musk (mentioned above), an individual without lawful authorization by any Federal statue or regulation to access said data. This includes "Internal Sharing," as these individuals are not "employees or contractors responsible for Treasury.gov maintenance and security as well as employees and contractors whose duties include responding to the particular complaint, feedback, or request received." And also "External Sharing," as The Department shall not "share personally identifiable information obtained on Treasury.gov with other federal agencies or other governmental or non-governmental organizations or individuals except as stated in this policy or as otherwise authorized or required by law" and these individuals are not "personnel and contractors who have a need to know the information to perform their official duties." Lastly, as individuals working for a private citizen, it is impossible for them to have completed the required privacy training mandated by Federal statue and Treasury Policy 25-08.
These are all extremely serious violations of my privacy and require the full attention of The Department to immediately stop this unlawful access of my PII, as well as preserve evidence of the violations committed by this group of unauthorized individuals. Per the above-cited Treasury Directive, this also requires the activation of the Breach Risk Assessment Plan as well as a Breach Notification to all relevant Federal Agencies.
I look forward to your prompt reply of my complaint.
SSG Dan
References:
US Department of the Treasury Privacy Policy
https://home.treasury.gov/subfooter/privacy-policy
US Department of the Treasury Privacy Act
https://home.treasury.gov/footer/privacy-act
US Department of the Treasury Directive 25-08
https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/orders-and-directives/td25-08
News article "Elon Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system" http://www.ft.com accessed Feb 3 2025 1231PM CET
https://www.ft.com/content/27ba0a6a-0d9b-4e08-8329-730b581c0481
It seems to be a growing reality that time spent trying to affect the OD is misplaced. Elon Musk just got the keys to the Treasury. He has NO loyalty to this nation!! Whoever cannot see this travesty, doesn't want to see it.
If local elections were in even years, people like Coffman or his minions wouldn’t be in power. They take advantage of very low turnout, voter apathy and that old bored Republicans are really the ones that bother to show up. For Chaffee county for example (which used to be a purplish-red county), Democrats swept most county and muncipal races back in November. If local elections took place in odd years like 2023, that probably would of not happened. But I also acknowledge that local personalities and candidates can more easily sidestep partisan issues. Incumbency also does a lot of heavy lifting for hyperlocal candidates, even I made the mistake of voting for GOPers in my local muncipal elections back in 2021 and a little in 2023.
The tariffs thing is bad, I know this isn't a hot take or anything but recently got news that affects one of my favorite hobbies: reading graphic novels and comic. Many of those books are printed or imported from Canada and now they will be marked up like never before if even imported in the first place. Even when trying to escape from politics and enjoy hobbies, it arrives anyway. I hate this. I didn't like Biden but the peace of mind of just doing my own thing knowing I won't get screwed by simply liking to read or doing anything really was great. Pardon my language but fuck Trump and his enablers. They never cared about the economy or freedom.
Robber barons never care about the economy or freedom so long as they have the freedom to fleece the masses with impunity.
Looks like Musk may be preparing to implement his own idea of a “Final Solution”. He really is turning into a classic Bond villian.
"Musk's Little Green Men". Josh Marshall at TPM
When do we get notices that our confidential information may have been compromised?
Agricultural workers in north east Colorado are being disappeared, according to Project Promotora, which has a mission to aid ag workers and preserve the food supply.
ICE, or people representing themselves as ice agents, are showing up at Walmart, on the roads that workers travel in the trailer parks they live in. And they are picking people up. Sometimes they have warrants for people who do have a criminal record. But this is not the bulk of who they’re picking up they’re just looking for undocumented folks.
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These “ICe agents” are driving in gray SUVs with Wyoming plates. They say they are ice agents. But the ad workers, the people that work, the dairies and the meat plants and pick the vegetables. Those folks are being terrorized. They won’t even go out of their houses to shop for fear of being taken away, so local churches like the Unitarian church are bringing them boxes of food. Call Project Protect Promotiora Network or the CIRC Rapid Response Networkif you want to help.