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The decision cleared the way for teams put in place this year by #Musk to reclaim “high-level IT access” to govt databases, Judge Julius Richardson wrote, over the objections of a number of #labor #unions who had sued, arguing the move violated federal #privacy laws.

…Richardson said the…case mirrored those in a lawsuit involving #data that #SCOTUS weighed as an #emergency application….In that case, SCOTUS…allowed #DOGE to continue sifting through the records “in order…to do their work.”

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed teams affiliated with #DOGE to gain #access to potentially sensitive #data on millions of Americans, overruling a lower court that had blocked that access in Feb.

By a 2-1 vote, a 3-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit granted the access to data stored at the #Treasury Dept, the #Education Dept & the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], citing the June #SocialSecurity #SCOTUS decision.

#Trump#law#privacy
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The victim in that incident was Edward Coristine, a protégé of #ElonMusk & fmr #DOGE staffer known by the nickname “Big Balls.” Coristine had become well known among top WH ofcls, including Dpty Chief of Staff #StephenMiller, & his attack quickly resonated throughout the West Wing [as a ready made excuse to implement #DC takeover plans]. A frustrated #Trump posted a bloodied picture of Coristine to social media…& [threatening the takeover of DC] if it didn’t “get its act together, & quickly.”

🎯 Elon Musk Appears to Now Be the Most Hated Person in America, According to New Research • Futurism

「 Even Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has widely been accused of genocide against Palestinians, couldn't quite match Musk's "strongly negative skew," with just 52 percent of respondents saying they had an unfavorable opinion of the politician 」

futurism.com/elon-musk-most-ha

Futurism · Elon Musk Appears to Now Be the Most Hated Person in America, According to New ResearchBy Victor Tangermann
#musk#doge#trump