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Nonilex<p>That ofcl, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GaryShapley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryShapley</span></a>, was recently appointed to dpty chief of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> division &amp; to an “unprecedented” senior advisory role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, he wrote to colleagues in a recent email…— giving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> appointees a direct line to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> investigations for the first time since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpEnemiesList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpEnemiesList</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s WH budget office has sought to understand the potential cost to maintain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> if it were acquired…. They are also attempting to estimate what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> could gain from Greenland’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResources</span></a>.</p><p>…Trump has said repeatedly that the US will “get” Greenland.<br>
“100%,” he told NBC News on Sat. Asked whether it would involve <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a>, he said that there is a “good possibility that we could do it without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> force” but that “I don’t take anything off the table.”</p>
Joy_intl<p>Anybody else see the "Maralago Accords " as extortion on a global scale??</p><p>*in a NY mafioso accent: <br>"Oh, ya wanna do bidness with the US?? You're gonna need to pay for protection"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Employees v. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> (acting director of CFPB) ruled that the attempt to dismantle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> is likely unlawful, &amp; the recent claims by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin that the agency was still performing its statutorily mandated duties was "nothing more than window dressing."</p><p>As such she ordered a preliminary injunction.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0381-87" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/s</span><span class="invisible">how_public_doc?2025cv0381-87</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> has been spearheading negotiations on the mineral deal. In an interview…, he said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> had "passed along a completed document for the economic partnership….”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has said a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> deal will help secure a peace agreement by giving the United States a financial stake in Ukraine's future. He also sees it as America's way of earning back…[the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a>] it has given to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>…. Most of the aid funds were spent in the US.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Inside DOGE’s Plan to Invade the Treasury—and Throttle USAID</p><p>Court filings show that from the earliest days of the 2nd <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration, Elon Musk’s DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-plan-treasury-usaid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge</span><span class="invisible">-plan-treasury-usaid/</span></a></p><p>"reveal the extent of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> penetration into the most sensitive systems at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>...</p><p>this access was in service of the admn’s plans to target <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Judge Rips Elon Musk’s DOGE for Seizing Americans’ Personal Data</p><p>A federal judge has blocked DOGE from getting even more access to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>’ sensitive personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/193084/judge-blocks-elon-musk-doge-personal-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/193084/ju</span><span class="invisible">dge-blocks-elon-musk-doge-personal-data</span></a></p><p>"Judge Deborah Boardman... ruled that Elon Musk’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has no legal right to the personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> of American citizens held at the Dept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>, the Office of Personnel Management, and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept...</p><p>referred to the Privacy Act of 1974"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Federal Judge Deborah L. Boardman has blocked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> from accessing large swathes of data at the Depts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>, ruling that DOGE has no right under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Act to unjustified access to large-scale amounts of personal identifying information.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070.68.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070.68.0_1.pdf</span></a></p>
securityaffairs<p>U.S. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> removed sanctions against the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> mixer service <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tornado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tornado</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cash</span></a><br><a href="https://securityaffairs.com/175718/laws-and-regulations/u-s-treasury-removed-sanctions-tornado-cash.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">securityaffairs.com/175718/law</span><span class="invisible">s-and-regulations/u-s-treasury-removed-sanctions-tornado-cash.html</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/securityaffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>securityaffairs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The wrinkle in the effort is the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DebtCeiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebtCeiling</span></a>, which limits how much the government can borrow. Faced with this roadblock, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> is using cash from its account at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fed</span></a> to pay bills, which is adding liquidity into the system. When the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> ceiling is raised, assuming that happens, the Treasury will likely seek to rebuild its account, which will take liquidity back out of the system.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBank</span></a> holds <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterestRates</span></a> steady</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFed</span></a> said it will slow the pace of the drawdown of its balance sheet, as it faces challenges in assessing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>market</span></a> liquidity….</p><p>Stmnt: "The Cmte will continue reducing its holdings of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>securities</span></a> &amp; agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a>‑backed securities. Beginning in April, the Cmte will slow the pace of decline of its securities holdings by reducing the monthly redemption cap on Treasury securities from $25B to $5B."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fed-meeting-live-us-stocks-open-higher-investors-eye-rate-decision-2025-03-19/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/fed-meeti</span><span class="invisible">ng-live-us-stocks-open-higher-investors-eye-rate-decision-2025-03-19/</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> staffer violated <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> rules by emailing unencrypted personal data</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/doge-staffer-violated-treasury-rules-by-emailing-unencrypted-personal-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/doge</span><span class="invisible">-staffer-violated-treasury-rules-by-emailing-unencrypted-personal-data/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The potential to more than double the scope of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> has alarmed economists &amp; some congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, while other WH allies are concerned about the logistical challenges of a complicated new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/import" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>import</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> regime. The precise nature of these new duties has spurred extensive discussions at the highest levels of the admin, w/VP <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>, WH aide <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterNavarro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterNavarro</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> all playing a role in the talks….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds to claw back climate money</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/fbi-epa-and-treasury-told-citibank-to-freeze-funds-as-trump-administration-tries-to-claw-back-climate-money/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/fbi-</span><span class="invisible">epa-and-treasury-told-citibank-to-freeze-funds-as-trump-administration-tries-to-claw-back-climate-money/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Citibank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citibank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US judge orders <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to reinstate thousands of fired workers</p><p>A California federal judge on Thurs ordered 6 US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> to reinstate thousands of recently-hired employees who were fired as part of Trump's purge of the federal workforce.</p><p>The ruling made by US Dist Judge William Alsup in San Francisco during a hearing applies to the Departments of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> Affairs,<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interior</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-extend-block-trump-administration-ordering-mass-firings-2025-03-13/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-</span><span class="invisible">extend-block-trump-administration-ordering-mass-firings-2025-03-13/</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE targets child support database full of income data</p><p>Associates of Elon Musk’s group provoked yet another clash with career civil servants over sensitive <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> records<br><a href="https://archive.is/HBz70#selection-517.0-521.119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/HBz70#selection-517</span><span class="invisible">.0-521.119</span></a></p><p>"Elon Musk’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> team has clashed with civil servants over... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> or systems kept by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Admn, among other agencies.</p><p>Earlier this week, however, DOGE... targeted... perhaps the most sensitive of all"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has sought access to a powerful database of nearly all US workers’ earnings kept by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> dept’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSupport</span></a> office, setting off another disagreement w/career staff over demands for legally <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protected</span></a> records, acc/to 4 people familiar w/the matter.<br>
Over the last several weeks, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s team has clashed w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilServants</span></a> over attempts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> privileged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> or systems kept by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>, among other agencies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…2 NY federal judges -- US District Judges Paul Engelmayer &amp; Jeannette Vargas -- are receiving extra security after their rulings blocked staff from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>-driven <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> from accessing sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept data…</p><p>Another person familiar w/the judicial security environment said several federal judges in the DC area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which is being interpreted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> enforcement as a form of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a> meant to convey that a target’s address is known.</p>
PrivacyDigest<p>US Charges 12 Alleged <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Spies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spies</span></a> in China's Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem</p><p>The Justice Department claims 10 alleged <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> and two <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> government officials took part in a wave of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cyberattacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberattacks</span></a> around the globe that included <a href="https://mas.to/tags/breaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breaching</span></a> the US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Department and more. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/doj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doj</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/us-charges-12-alleged-spies-in-chinas-freewheeling-hacker-for-hire-ecosystem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/us-charges-12-</span><span class="invisible">alleged-spies-in-chinas-freewheeling-hacker-for-hire-ecosystem/</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@DavidM_yeg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DavidM_yeg</span></a></span> and now waiting to hear whether gummint <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dogees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogees</span></a> remembered to keep staff intact and not fire them. Who programs in the computers? Who in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> receives the. Funds? How do we know they arent being diverted somewhere?</p>