During the past week, Elon Musk and the Ministry of Governmental Enablely (DOGE) received unprecedented arrival into sensitive American financial systems with data on millions of Americans, claiming to end one federal agency without action from Congress, and invaded many government agencies. The lawsuits, public protests, and resistance protests were opposed to them – and the situation is still continuing to flow.
As a deadline for workers to accept the so -called “Dealing resignation“The horizon is looming on Monday, here is the place where the rest of the attempt to acquire the musk government stand.
It is said that the false acknowledgment in Musk has published at least 11 employees: Medicare & Medicaid service centersthe Consumer Financial Protection Officethe Ministry of Educationthe Ministry of Energythe Environmental Protection Agencythe Public Services Departmentthe Ministry of Laborthe National Oceanic and Attrads Administrationthe Personnel Management Officethe Small Business Administrationand Cabinet.
Last week, he tried to trim the federal workforce by submitting “deferred resignation” agreements to be legalized, which ended in the beginning on Thursday, and promised to push the participants during September. But there is noGuaranteed financingAs the musk says, because the federal government was It was not funded last March 14. In response to a lawsuit from a group of unions, a judge I prevented the deadline Even a listening session for more arguments will take place on Monday.
During the weekend and in the past few days, a new crisis has emerged. Musk and Doge started working to close the entire congressional financing agencies. They prove mainly the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), eliminating an important source of American soft power that provides food, medical assistance, and others less than 1 percent of the federal budget.
The Trump administration plans to keep about 300 employees on the US International Development Agency, Reuters and Politico a reportOf the 10,000 who previously worked in the agency. Musk now follows other agencies targeted by Republicans, including the Ministry of Education.
Musk and its client also enables access to sensitive information and payment systems, including the Treasury Department Responsible for spending more than 5 trillion dollars annually For programs such as social security and medical care. Initial reports indicate that arrival was “only reading”, but multiple outlets almost I mentioned A Doge employee is called Marko Elez can adjust the system code. Wireless Multiply In this report on Thursday, saying that at that time the treasury and White House officials denied the access of Elise to the writing code in the payments system, still has these permissions. Either way, access is very unusual, and The retirement of the job cabinet is said After engaging with the companies affiliated to provide access. A former American security official said: Washington Post The payment system includes expenses for classified programs and their purposes.
Placing this position is still muddy. The Ministry of Treasury, who admitted, admitted that it could display the payment data and issued data carefully formulated, which tried to indicate that this is to limit its arrival. After the citizen’s request to obtain a temporary restriction order, the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice He agreed to restrict Dog’s arrival temporarilyWhile they still allow “private government employees”, Elez and Tom Krause, to reach the “reading only” systems to the systems.
Reporter Nathan Tankos wrote On Thursday, Eliz’s access was in fact to reading only. Then Elise apparently resigned after Wall Street Magazine When asked about racist social media publications – it is not clear from, if anyone has replaced him, MUSK is now calling for his return.
Musk team also He has access to records on millions of government employees kept by the Personnel Management Office (OPM), mail Reports. It is said that at least nine dealers deals have given access to OPM records that include personal information, including social security numbers, to federal and online applicants to federal jobs.
After questions about whether the private citizen has the authority to do any of this, the White House announced Trump Musk appointed a private government employee. The administration has only said a little whether DOGE staff had obtained or can obtain security permits, although the official DOGE Katie Miller He says“No basis has been accessed without appropriate security permits,” and the White House press secretary Caroline Levitt He says Musk “abandoned all the federal laws in force.” But reports from Wireless around Experienced team and recently He doubts any possibility.
Doug’s wide access to information has safety effects. Cyber security expert Marcus Hachins said mail, “It is very likely that they will incorrectly reach the data, transmit it and store it very sensitive outside the environments that were supposed to be inside.” A 2014 breach of OPM databases Sensitive records exposed to more than 22 million people, and Musk can open the office to repeat – or something worse.
In theory, if Musk’s companies gain the ability to write and remove the code directly from the Treasury system, they can stop payments unilaterally. Senator Elizabeth Warren has put some of the worst possible scenarios During a speech in front of the treasury On Tuesday: Social Security checks are delayed to X critics; The advantages of medical care have been rejected because the Doge employee believes the test is not necessary. Musk private companies benefit from government contracts, and critics are afraid that he will also find ways to enrich themselves or thwart competitors.
Then there are attempts to close federal agencies. Besides the loss of government jobs for the workers themselves, the elimination of programs that have long been presented will have huge effects. The American Agency for International Development is working to prevent infectious diseases worldwide and provide food and medicine with the weak population – which supporters say to assist civilians abroad that the United States is a reliable ally, which prevents terrorism or US opponents like China from sticking. Indeed, the disturbance of the United States Agency for International Development has been forced Sudden The workers of the American Agency for International Development left Stalled abroad without a clear plan to returnAnd anxiety of their safety.
This is all at the top of the chaos caused by the Trump administration in mid -January by trying to do so Freezing all federal payments – One of the many executive orders with serious effects.
to Many reasonsMaybe not. There are questions about Dog that exceeds the maximum administrative leave Play quickly and loose with privacy laws. It also reasonably penetrates the separation of powers between the various branches of the government because only Congress can usually decide to close Agencies funded by Congress Like the American Agency for International Development.
People were filed lawsuits against Doug within minutes of Trump’s inauguration, and even more of this week, by public interest groups, unions and federal employees. On Thursday, a group of 12 state lawyers Plans announced For their own lawsuit on the basis of privacy.
“In every step, Dog violates multiple laws, from the constitutional limits on the executive authority, to laws that protect civil service employees from arbitrary threats and negative measures, to the decisive protection of government data collected on hundreds of millions of Americans,” one. complaint From democracy you read forward.
The Republican majority in Congress, may not be surprised, has expressed few objections to musk actions. Senator said the garlic Tilis (R-NC), According to NPR. Tiles acknowledged that the executive branch that moves to the closure of an agency probably violates the constitution, but “no one should go to a president looking for cost savings.
According to what was stated, Senator Josh Holi (R-MO) did not find anything normal about Dog’s behavior. “What Trump does in terms of reviewing from top to bottom for the government is not unusual,” he said, for all NPR. Two Republican lawmakers said, Send. Susan Collins (R-ME) and John Bouzman, they want to hear more details about what is Musk. “I don’t think we know exactly what he is doing now,” Bouzman told NPR.
During, The demonstrators who spoke with them freedom Several demonstrations this week expressed frustration with the democratic minority in Congress for their failure to take action. Besides messages from Sens. Ron Wydeen (D-Or) and Warren claiming information, legislators made some concrete moves to oppose DOGE until mid-week, when many of them began to attend gatherings and more stable resistance.
In the American International Development Agency Rally on Wednesday, Senator Corrate Baker (D-NJ) spoke to a large crowd of energy that fills a lot of a large garden in the sight of the Capitol in the United States, saying: “We will not cooperate” in the US Senate- join a pledge From Senator Brian Shatz (D-Hi) not to confirm any foreign dates or foreign policy candidates. Booker said that the Democrats would fight a law “violating civil service laws”, civil rights laws, and the separation of powers. “We will not shout.” Democrats also presented Stop the theft law and Elon Musk Law To reduce the arrival of the private government employee to the treasury and federal contracts.
Democrats are also trying to conduct supervision by appearing in the cabinet to speak with its senior officials, demanding answers from Trump’s heads and trying to call musk. But so far, most of these efforts have been rejected. Legislators were unable to speak with Treasury Secretary Scott Payette when they appeared on Tuesday, and Republican banned The Supervision Committee for the Democratic Parliament, who legalized the musk legally in front of the committee and providing answers to its actions to the Congress.
Without the majority in any of the room, the options are limited unless there is a handful of Republicans on board.
However, the Democrats began to decrease. Throughout Wednesday night, Democrats were held in the Senate Earth To oppose Trump’s candidate to lead the administration and budget office, a architect of the 2025 project. While they had no real hope to prevent confirmation without support from a handful of Republicans, it is exactly that it is a kind of obstacles that many demonstrators hope to see the work of breaking the bases from Trump And hold.
After Trump is tired of himself from musk and expelling, lawsuits can lead to court orders (in theory) that can reflect some Doug’s actions and reduce their tactics. General pressure may have led to events such as Elise’s departure, and the disclosure of the press may create new reasons for taking legal or legislative measures.
Meanwhile, thousands of Federal employees continue to perform their jobs Amid uncertainty, and in many cases, in an attempt to maintain the long standards line and access data. But the workers are frustrated, not sure when they will be pushed to a point that they can no longer justify staying. The President of the United States, Doug (formerly digital service), which was seized by musk, He resigned on Thursday.
Democratic activists and legislators sought to remind everyone of the lack of a result. Outside the Ministry of Labor on Wednesday, Liz Schwler, AFL-CIO president, said that the group had obtained a word that Doug’s officials had to come to the building that afternoon-but they turned into a “virtual meeting” instead.
“We have already shown as Americans that we can return and stop Trump,” said Booker at the American International Development Agency gathering earlier in the day. We did this in 2016 with health care. Trump stopped. We did this before with his efforts Stop federal funding To the veterans and the first respondents about a week ago. We are not helpless. We have agency. “
