The only Democrat who spoke out against this terrorist Elon Musk who is ransacking our government

[dalton99a]

https://katu.com/news/local/wyden-demands-answers-on-musk-personnel-seeking-access-to-us-treasury-system

Wyden demands answers on Musk personnel seeking access to U.S. Treasury system
by Sana Aljobory
Sat, February 1st 2025 at 12:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KATU) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has called for an explanation from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent following reports that individuals linked to Elon Musk attempted to gain access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system. The system, which is managed by non-political staff, handles trillions of dollars annually, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, tax credits, and payments to government contractors, some of which compete with Musk-owned companies.

“To put it bluntly, these payment systems simply cannot fail, and any politically-motivated meddling in them risks severe damage to our country and the economy,” Wyden wrote in a letter to Bessent. “I am deeply concerned that following the federal grant and loan freeze earlier this week, these officials associated with Musk may have intended to access these payment systems to illegally withhold payments to any number of programs.”

Wyden expressed further concern about Musk's business ties to China, stating, “The press has previously reported that Musk was denied a high-level clearance to access the government’s most sensitive secrets. I am concerned that Musk’s enormous business operation in China...endangers U.S. cybersecurity and creates conflicts of interest that make his access to these systems a national security risk.”

Wyden's letter posed several questions to the Treasury Department, including whether officials linked to Musk or DOGE have requested or been granted access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s payment systems, and if so, under what legal authority and for what purpose. The senator also inquired about any vetting processes conducted by the Treasury Department regarding potential conflicts of interest due to Musk’s business operations in China.

[SheltieLover]

1. I simply cannot wrap my head around why ALL other Dem leaders are silent on this

WTAF? They WORK FOR US, or are supposed to!

[drmeow]

3. I just emailed both of my Senators

and my Rep to say DO SOMETHING!

[ancianita]

16. Thank you. We all need to do what you're doing.

https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/TTD-119.pdf

[leighbythesea2]

27. I called

Calling every day.

[ancianita]

32. Thank you!

I'll also be calling starting Monday.

[Katcat]

53. Mine

Mine are part of the problem.

[Cabin Life Mom]

58. Where RU

I've got one of each in Maine. Susan had a spine for a.minute.

[gypsy11]

20. Contact your state attorney general too

Ask your AG what they plan on doing to protect your compromised data.

[Bettie]

66. Ours is Brenna Bird

she probably plans to sell compromised data to anyone who will pay, she and Kim Reynolds will probably split the money, but Kim gets a larger cut.

[CrispyQ]

24. Me too!

I titled my email "Regime change in America."

[BonnieJW]

45. I contactrd both of mine

Where are all of them! Every dem senator should have signed onto that letter

[judy]

72. I did too...

They should implement Professor Snyder's idea of a Shadow Government, and use it to schedule press conferences as often as the media will take it. Plus use every trick in the book in Congress to stymie the nominees (they all voted for Marco effing Rubio!! ) and many other ways to gum up the evil works...plus maybe a lawsuit against Elon for stealing private data without authority to do so, whatever, throw spaghetti on the wall like crazy! Do something!!

[dalton99a]

4. It is a profound mystery.

Why are they so afraid of this asshole?

[rubbersole]

37. He controls their futures.

Vise, meet balls.

[Orrex]

48. If only they'd sworn some sort of oath or something.

[KS Toronado]

69. tsf is known to do everything he can

to ruin a person's life who he believes doesn't show him proper respect.

[valleyrogue]

33. You need to go after the GOP politicians MORE.

This has to be bipartisan to get this rot out.

[Autumn]

57. Not one fucking republican will do shit about anything Trump and Musk do.

Not a single one. That old dead dog won't hunt

[russiamommy]

46. I emailed them all yesterday

Unfortunately they’re all Spineless Republicans. But it certainly can’t hurt. We need to make as much noise as possible.

[Meowmee]

59. Yes !!!!

They work for US… WE pay for all of it.

[pnwmom]

61. But they're not. It's yet another false headline.

I just picked my own Senator, and here she is:

Link to tweet

Senator Patty Murray
@PattyMurray
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.

This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.

It’s time to speak out and fight back.

[mucholderthandirt]

65. Collaborators. That's the truth of it.

[DENVERPOPS]

74. I am glad to see

all of the Dems, finally, at long last, waking up to the reality of what the Republican Party has become, and what they have been working towards this past 45+ years. Just chippin' away, piece by piece, playing the long game till they could arrive at where they are today..........

For 45+ years, some of us have been screaming our heads off, from the rooftops, ever since HW and his CABAL committed Treason to Install puppet Reagan in the White House, so they could go to work in the shadows............

As far as I am concerned: Almost all of the Dems, for decades, have been walking down the jungle path, swatting at mosquitoes, completely oblivious to the herd of charging elephants......(Pun Intended)

We have been fighting the Guerrilla Warfare Strategy and Tactics the Republicans have been using for 45+ years, and we have been using "sternly worded letters" and such...........

I am still in hopes that something will happen, but it is looking more like Checkmate with every day that passes....And it is accelerating, with every hour that passes.

The awkward silence from the Dems in the House and Senate, if nothing else, continues to display the lack of leadership in the Dem Party that has plagued them for decade after decade........

Just as Global warming has passed the point of no return, I fear that our Democracy may have also passed the point of no return.

As I have said countless times, the perfect title for a book about the past 45+ years would be:

WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

[mahina]

80. Directly above this post from two days ago is a post from today about a press conference of Dems in front of USAID. Plus

my Senator said he will stop voting to allow anything to move forward until USAID is restored. (paraphrasing.) https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219983314
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/congressional-democrats-on-trump-admin-closing-usaid-hq/655285

[Think. Again.]

2. THANK YOU Senator Wyden !!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. The only? I doubt that. NT

[dalton99a]

6. Feel free to add another name

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. I'm on a phone, but check the many congresscritters who represent the districts surrounding DC.

The aren’t shy about speaking out.

[meadowlander]

15. Jamie Raskin

I'm sure there are others. They just aren't being picked up and amplified by the media.

[Baron2024]

19. Yes

The alarm has been sounded, multiple times. The question now is what do we do to stop it? This is an illegal fascist takeover of the Federal Government. Those that are loyal to the Constitution and not to Trump/Musk must take action now and depose this illegal Fascist Regime. Words and business as usual will not work. We need the lawful use of force to remove the Dictator Trump and his Co-Dictator Musk.

[CrispyQ]

28. Someone else was mentioned this morning, I don't recall who.

I'll see if I can find the post.

There are some brave voices but seriously, why the hell isn't the entire party speaking out against the fascism that's happening before our eyes? Schumer, Klobuchar, Jeffries, what weak, pathetic responses.

[meadowlander]

17. Jasmine Crockett

[Renew Deal]

86. AOC

The OP is wrong

[Arazi]

18. Too few tbh...

Jasmine Crockett on MSNBC a couple hours ago.

Bernie on Meet The Press this morning.

Those are the only ones today afaik

[hlthe2b]

7. I will not apologize for my "paranoia." Somehow there needs to be security identified for those who speak out...

including our Dems in Congress who still have the fight left in them and the courage to go along. Wyden is one of them.

[SheltieLover]

8. Absolutely!

[Wicked Blue]

10. I want to know if I should pay my taxes this year

if it turns our that I owe the IRS.

What if I refuse to support this nightmare?

[Qutzupalotl]

54. It would give them an excuse to put you in prison.

You are much more effective on the outside, and we need you. I understand your concern especially under the circumstances, but this is when we need all hands on deck.

[stillcool]

11. I think every elected Democratic official

needs to be on video, or at least audio, every waking hour of their life, to make sure the people that elected them can get a grip. It should not be available to anyone who did not vote for them. Huh...that might take care of it right there!
Perhaps some special job training should have been implemented prior to the American people electing Republicans to be in power of all three branches of the federal government. This is exactly what the American people whose votes counted want.

[valleyrogue]

68. It goes triple for the GOP.

THEY are the ones who are the majority, however slight, in Congress.

Stop putting all the pressure on Democrats and letting the GOP off the hook.

[OMGWTF]

71. We KNOW the Rethuglicans won't do anything to stop it.

Feckless Democrats are our only hope. Unless the international community comes to our rescue.

[AncientOfDays]

12. Wyden is my Senator

But I think it needs more than a letter for this. We need action.

Now they're spinning it as Read Only, but even that's bad news and most certainly false (if not now, soon).

I'd call for impeachment, but tRump's goons are in charge of any resolutions that come before Congress.

[dalton99a]

13. +1. It is a topic for Congressional investigation

I suspect the criminal regime - and the corporate media - will ignore it - because there is nobody else beside Wyden complaining

[Amaryllis]

25. Not true. Our other Senator, Jeff Merkley, has been. He was on tv I think Friday talking about it and

has sent out emails to Oregonians.

[calimary]

56. GOOD to hear!

Glad both my guys are stepping up. What else can/should they do?

MORE PLEASE!!!!

[ancianita]

22. The House can adopt articles of impeachment on Trump and Vance; it only takes a 50% +1 vote for each.

[Amaryllis]

26. He is my senator too but what action do you suggest he can take?

[AncientOfDays]

85. That's what we're paying Wyden for

Wyden knows what resources are available - not us.

[Tree Lady]

49. I am glad our senators are speaking out

I am in Oregon also but now wonder if he will come after our state. That seems to be all he knows how to do, bully and find revenge.

[Baron2024]

14. Musk Is A Fascist And A Traitor

The Dictator Musk and his criminal DOGE Agents will freeze all federal funding now that they have control over the payment system at the Treasury Department. No payments to Federal Workers, no payments to Social Security recipients, probably no payments to Democratic Members of the Congress (I believe that the Treasury Department cuts their checks. This might be a reason for the deafening silence coming from most Congressional Dems.). This is of course highly illegal and unconstitutional but Trump and Musk don't care about the law. They are Fascists and this is a fascist takeover of our government. I do not understand why the remaining FBI Agents do not go to a Judge and get an arrest warrant for Musk and his DOGE Agents. I believe that Obstruction of Government Operations is a Felony.

[suegeo]

64. What happens with sanctions?

I believe the nazi salute guy is sending money to sanctioned countries.

[jgmiller]

21. What Musk is up to is far more important and any delusional comments about Canada or Greenland

This and the tariffs will destroy our economy quicker than anything else he can do.

[Sewa]

42. You are correct

👍💀

[Justice matters.]

23. Are the recipients of that letter Fired already?

If so, who's going to read it and act accordingly??

[LymphocyteLover]

29. AOC addressed it today

Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.

Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) 2025-02-02T22:36:47.940Z

‪Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‬ ‪@aoc.bsky.social‬
·
1h
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.

Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

‪southpaw‬ ‪@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social‬
·
6h
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.

[LymphocyteLover]

30. Also Jasmine Crockett also addressed it

Link to tweet

Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS
House went out of session on Thursday (1/23) & they went ape shit. We could only be called back in by speaker johnson and even when we go back in on Tuesday, I’m doubtful that the Republican controlled house has any plans of doing anything productive… more like they will focus on being destructive. I am interested in at least having shadow hearings to bring out the truth, but he’s literally gutting all checks and balances that exists in government. As the court cases ensue, it’s my sincere hope that at least they begin to shut the lunacy down.
2:12 PM · Feb 2, 2025

In response to:

JC on the Island
@jgcarey80

How does an unelected, no background check passing, billionaire and a made up ’Dept’ of equally unscrutinized people get access to the US Treasury system? Who is overseeing their actions in it?

[Hassler]

31. I'm glad I have two good senators.

[GP6971]

36. Quite a first post. Welcome to DU I guess.

[Orrex]

47. lol

I miss them already.

[GP6971]

50. And they didn't even say goodbye!!!

[magicarpet]

79. Did someone order a pizza ?

Don't you just hate that,... they order s pizza,... and then disappear.

[stage left]

35. Thank you Dalton99a for this post.

Every Democratic senator and representative should be raising a stink about Elon Musk. Musk is an unelected official in an imaginary government agency. He has no business sticking his nasty fingers in any government database. Good grief! We might as well let Putin become treasury secretary. I'm calling my representatives, who are Republicans, every day about this horrorific turn of events. I may be yelling into the void, but I'm yelling. Those of you who have Democratic representatives, please call them and express your anger and concern. I've read many times that only calls are noted. Not emails or letters. Please call! Please! I'll be calling, too. And while, you've got them on the phone, ask them to vote against any and all of the Felon's cabinet nominees.

[calimary]

38. Ron Wyden is one of my Senators. I HEARTILY approve!!!

But I have to ask: WHERE ARE YOU, Jeff Merkley??? Why is Wyden sticking his neck out - all by himself? WHERE THE FUCK are YOU, Merkley? And for that matter, WHERE are all the rest of our Dems? In hiding??? Cowering in some basement? Throwing us to the wolves because you’d rather save yourselves???

I want an answer to that, dammit!!!

[Amaryllis]

70. Merkley has been all over this all week and this weekend. He had two press conferences. Dont assume

just because you are not aware of what they are doing that they are doing nothing. He has been working tirelessly.

[calimary]

84. Good.

[NBachers]

39. I couldn't walk into any office building downtown, walk into a corporation, and do this. Where is building security????

[intheflow]

41. The head of the Treasury Department said they could go in.

No need for security if the new boss says they’re cool.

[GiqueCee]

43. Musk is a psychopath...

... on a level that makes Trump look like a choirboy. Failure to take any and all possible measures to contain him and his minions will never, EVER be forgiven.

[4catsmom]

44. Congress is full of cowards

what is it going to take for this to stop??

[Magoo48]

67. You're either standing up and resisting or you're in danger of becoming a Vishy flirt.

[thinkingagain]

51. Who ever has Wyden as a rep

Thank him for America for speaking out and standing up

[Prairie_Seagull]

52. Any is good but much more of this please.

We are all rudderless, we need our leadership to be out there, everywhere. Are they waiting on something? Something that will explain what is happening? This shit is so wrong it defies reason. I mean seriously WTF!!!!!

Here is an idea, start a Go Fund Me for a honest to dog whistleblower. Money takes down bigger money.

[SuperCGB]

55. Get the word out that the Trump Government is being sued

These organizations are not waiting for Congress to help. Public Citizens Litigation Group, AFGE, AFSME, Democracy Forward, AFT, the Center for Biological Diversity, National Security Councilors, APHA. State Democracy Defenders, and the law firm of Bredhoff and Kaiser LLC have filed lawsuits son 1/20/26 and 1/29/25. These lawsuits need to be publicized and supported. You can read about them at AFGE.org and Thehill.com, and cheddar.com.

I would like to know how we can push these lawsuits through the courts as soon as possible.

[Lulu KC]

73. This is SO IMPORTANT!

I see people panicking, and I also feel very nervous, but there is such lack of awareness of these lawsuits. They are too boring to make front pages of MSM and they don't all have the capacity for P/R campaigns. I am hoping the new DNC will serve that purpose. They need a minute to get their acts together, but I believe the intelligence is there.
Timing is everything. After a loss in November, February feels like forever away.

[Meowmee]

60. Citizens arrest of eloon and all his cronies if necessary

STOP them all now before it’s too late.

[MiHale]

62. Musk is a clear and present danger to the world...

He needs to ** *** **** immediately! Self censorship.

[Dem4life1234]

63. I feel as if I'm in a dream sequence, a really bad dream

Never ever seen this level of bullshit before in US government.

He needs to be deported, Apartheid Clyde isn't q government official.

[WestofDenver]

75. My guess is that

*usk's minions are, among other tasks, setting up database filters that will allow, at a completely granular level, the categorization of any person or business that has had dealings with the Federal government into friend ... foe. As a 'foe' the affects could range from the delayed payment of an important invoice, or maybe the loss of a few SS checks, or maybe the entity that is declared an 'enemy of the people' (meaning an enemy *rump) is disappeared from all Federal records. And try to get reinstated...
As a 'friend' your way will be smoothed...

[JohnSJ]

76. That changed today. Democrats have gathered in front of the USAID speaking on this exact point, and except for CSPAN,

pathetically the MSM, CNN and MSNBC don't find it important enough to cover.

[SheltieLover]

77. Kicking

[Passages]

78. All hands on deck.

One would think that is the correct response.

[mchill]

81. Fnally!

It’s about taking the power of the purse away from Congress!

It’s about giving one CEO technocrat total control of government.

It’s about eliminating the Federal bureaucracy and restarting it from the ground up with loyalists and people Musk deems who excel.

It’s about Curtis Yarvin, a code-writing political philosopher describing a US government he has reimagined and Elon Musk is effecting.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0anMyxDtnTEirCGAip4nftpW4g8MZPIQ--48-j3kxhnNy-KXeVN5xSKCg_aem_PLhjoggpTQzCTKzKoXwrRA

Tariffs, tearing up treaties, stopping aid are not about fentanyl, banks not allowed in Canada, it’s about this:

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps?r=1pbgk4&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

The bigger picture is being lost in the face of a fire hose of chaos.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

82. My guy

met him at a coffee house, Might be the most down to earth Senator is the world.

He is always looking out for people....

[Lulu KC]

83. I hope you saw what happened at USAID today n/t