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The struggle again in opposition to Musk and DOGE not solely consists of protests and Senators placing holds on Trump’s nominees but additionally lawsuits. The AFGE and SEIU have sued to dam Musk and DOGE from accessing the Treasury system.
The size of the intrusion into people’ privateness is very large and unprecedented. Hundreds of thousands of individuals can’t keep away from participating in monetary transactions with the federal authorities and, due to this fact, can’t keep away from having their delicate private and monetary info maintained in authorities data.
Secretary Bessent’s motion granting DOGE-affiliated people full, steady, and ongoing entry to that info for an unspecified time period signifies that retirees, taxpayers, federal workers, firms, and different people from all walks of life haven’t any assurance that their info will obtain the safety that federal legislation affords. And since Defendants’ actions and choices are shrouded in secrecy,
people won’t have even primary details about what private or monetary info that Defendants are sharing with exterior events or how their
info is getting used.
Individuals who should share info with the federal authorities shouldn’t be pressured to share info with Elon Musk or his “DOGE.” And federal legislation says they don’t have to.
