Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
washingtonpost.comMy conspiracy-theory assumption has been that DOGE seeded X.ai, and the newer govt contracts are going to continue that. X.ai won’t need to be as smart as GPT7 when the contract for killbots goes to RFP, it’ll already know everything about you including location and weaknesses.
Kidding with the killbot comment; more likely it’ll be used for insurance denial, employment screening, benefits and taxes etc
> more likely it’ll be used for insurance denial, employment screening, benefits and taxes etc
Voting. Do not forget targeted voter suppression.
"He told another colleague ... that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal."
We really need to put limits on the pardon power. It's clearly enabling corruption. Ford should never have pardoned Nixon. It's been a slide down the slippery slope ever since.
Maybe a single person should not be able to override the decision of a jury + judge. Acting in opposition to the law because you expect to be pardoned indicates that the process may be flawed
Both of the recent presidents have made some very questionable pardons.
Pardons should be changed to be subject to congressional approval (and rate limited). It’s clearly been demonstrated that the temptation to abuse it is too great.
There are limits on pardon power. If a politician gives pardons that the public doesn't like, they lose their job. It takes a few years, but finer-grained controls really won't help.
In this case we elected a President who categorically said he's pardon people who engaged in criminal behavior for him. The voters expressed a preference for corruption, and trying to fix that after the fact won't help. A democratic country that wants corruption will have it.
That does nothing to stop corrupt pardons during the presidents lame duck term, like those questionable Biden pardons before he vacated the White House.
> "He told another colleague ... that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal."
Yeah. It was an alarming supposition because it wasn't unreasonable or delusional.
It's a side effect of SCotUS gifting an unprecedented 90% win rate to this administration (40%-65% for prev admins). The court is effectively enabling this exec branch while protecting it from the consequences of it's actions.
We've never before known SCotUS justices like this - ones who are openly, fiercely loyal to a PotUS.The [Social Security] agency has historically limited access to sensitive data to prevent it from leaking. But the Supreme Court had granted DOGE members "unfettered" access to Social Security data last summerref:https://www.courtaccountability.org/shadow-docket-analysis