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Re:DOGE as a National Cyberattack by IAmGraydon on Thursday February 13, 2025 @03:20PM (#43040780)
>Why would there be consequences? The majority of voting Americans wanted this to happen.

You're blatantly wrong. The majority of voting Americans had zero idea Musk would be rooting around in our sensitive, classified systems. DOGE was not even announced until AFTER the election, and you know exactly why.

I do agree with you, however, that China, Russia, or both are likely involved with Musk at this point. There's no way it's just coincidence, and the way he's going about it is exactly how you would act if you had hacked into a secure system. What's sad is it had become obvious that there is no one there to protect us, our data, and our country.

Re:DOGE as a National Cyberattack by Swoerd on Thursday February 13, 2025 @03:35PM (#43040983)
"You're blatantly wrong. The majority of voting Americans had zero idea Musk would be rooting around in our sensitive, classified systems."

Yeah, because voting for Trump was just going to be roses and sunshine.

Re:DOGE as a National Cyberattack by jodrellblank on Thursday February 13, 2025 @04:52PM (#43041861)
It wasn't announced as 'DOGE' but it was not a surprise; from August: "Former President Donald Trump signaled his willingness to offer Elon Musk a role in his administration in a proposed “government efficiency commission” if he wins the presidential election in November"[1].

In the Republican Party Platform 2024: "2. Rein in Wasteful Federal Spending. Republicans will immediately stabilize the Economy by slashing wasteful Government spending"[2]

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/08/13/trump-b...

[2] https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-pa...

Re:DOGE as a National Cyberattack by __egb__ on Thursday February 13, 2025 @09:23PM (#43044056)
There have been plenty of government commissions in the past. None of them functioned anything like DOGE, not even the ones instituted by the current President during his first term.

I think this is a surprise to many…even Trump’s more ardent supporters. After all, they thought they were voting for President Trump, not Assistant (to the) President Trump.

Re:DOGE as a National Cyberattack by johnnyanmac on Friday February 14, 2025 @12:14AM (#43045073)
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