“This administration has systematically attacked every aspect of civil society, from #academia to #LawFirms & the #media, & is now coming after the nonprofit sector,” Nick Turner, president of #Vera Institute, said in a statement. “We can only surmise that these tactics seek to silence us. It will not happen. We will not back down.”
#law #Trump #ElonMusk #Dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny #MafiaState
#Resist
A #Vera Institute attorney then asked on the call what #legal authority #DOGE had to demand involvement with an independent, #nonprofit org, acc/to the transcript. The DOGE employees reportedly responded that there was no point in getting into details since the #DOJ already terminated Vera’s grants.
At the meeting Tues, #Vera Institute leaders said the #DOJ this month revoked $5M in #FederalGrants that the institute was receiving to develop programs related to reducing recidivism rates & supporting victims of violent crimes, acc/to Nick Turner, head of the Vera Institute.
When #DOGE members learned that the institute was no longer receiving federal funds, they started to wrap up the meeting, realizing it was no longer necessary.
It was unclear how many groups #DOGE aims to be involved in, but working w/more groups could represent a dramatic expansion of DOGE’s influence in the admin’s operations.…
Based on a transcript of the meeting prepared by the institute, DOGE reps seemed unaware that #Vera Institute recently lost its #FederalGrants & of how #nonprofit groups that receive grants operate differently from govt entities that have independence from the executive branch.
A member of #DOGE last week emailed the #Vera Institute of Justice — an independent #nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates — to schedule a meeting about “getting a DOGE team assigned to the organization,” acc/to a copy of the email that was reviewed by WaPo.
“If I do not hear from you, I will assume you do not plan to comply with the President’s #ExecutiveOrder,” said the email from DOGE rep Nate Cavanaugh….
Umm, no.
DOGE reps told leaders of a [nongovernmental] #nonprofit group Tues that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds….
A 20-min phone call involved 2 members of DOGE & attorneys for the Vera Institute of Justice, w/DOGE reps revealing plans to potentially attach its team members to more organizations & institutes that receive govt funding….
#law #Trump #ElonMusk #Dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/15/doge-musk-nonprofit-vera-institute/
Explosive allegations are hitting Elon Musk’s DOGE team.
A whistleblower says:
10GB of NLRB data was exfiltrated
Security settings were disabled
Photos of staff were used to intimidate
Claims involve surveillance, union suppression, and cyber intrusion
Musk called it “insane,” but the NLRB is reportedly cooperating with federal investigations. Whether true or not — this underscores the growing overlap of cybersecurity, labor rights, and executive power.
#CyberSecurity #Whistleblower #ElonMusk #NLRB #DigitalEthics #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
Bericht: OpenAI baut eigenes Soziales Netz
Meta Platforms und X reiten auf der KI-Welle. Dann machen wir eben in Soziale Netzwerke, denkt sich OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman da.
Seth Rogen’s Criticism of Silicon Valley’s Support for Trump Was Cut From the “Full” Stream of Breakthrough Prize
#GeneralNews #News #2025BreakthroughPrize #Donaldtrump #ElonMusk #SethRogen
Yes totally, the #Dems are just forced to be genocidal #imperialists, & it's OK to support their genocidal #imperialism cuz they really don't wanna do it deep down.
Inside #DOGE’s push to defy a #CourtOrder & access #SocialSecurity data
Reps of #ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service have sought for weeks to get around a court order barring their access to sensitive #data & internal systems at the #SSA, prompting career staff to repeatedly resist their efforts, acc/to a half dozen people familiar w/the DOGE team’s actions & records obtained by The Washington Post.
#law #Trump #Musk #privacy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #judiciary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/15/doge-social-security-data-judge/
“The #DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks…”
“The employees grew concerned that the NLRB's confidential data could be exposed, particularly after they started detecting suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in #Russia”
#fascism #elonmusk #trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
In the U.S., a whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data.
@npr reports: "It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets — data that four labor law experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB and that has nothing to do with making the government more efficient or cutting spending."
KI-Update: KI-Halluzinationen, Meta saugt Daten, Siri-Chaos, Text2Robot
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
#NLRB stores reams of potentially sensitive data, from confidential info about employees who want to form unions to proprietary business info.
The #DOGE employees, who are led by #Trump adviser & billionaire tech CEO #ElonMusk, appeared to have their sights set on accessing the NLRB's internal systems. They've said their unit's overall mission is to review agency data for compliance with the new admin's policies & to cut costs & maximize efficiency.
The ongoing mass #job cuts by #ElonMusk’s #DOGE and another #touchdown -
There it is: rich people’s phantasy (#space tourism) without any value for the rest of the society – 11-minutes flying to space on #JeffBezos’ #BlueOrigin #rocket –
Speziell zu "Transhumanismus" als Ideologie der Superreichen und Tech-Kapitalist*innen sei nochmal an die Werke und Vorträge von Max Schnetker zum Thema erinnert:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_INC43BIg7g&pp=ygUeTWF4IFNjaG5ldHRrZXIgVHJhbnNodW1hbmlzbXVz
Transhumanistische Mythologie
Rechte Utopien einer technologischen Erlösung durch künstliche Intelligenz
https://unrast-verlag.de/produkt/transhumanistische-mythologie/ via @UnrastVerlag
