Just-uncovered internet racist accessing Treasury data and more reveals a massive failure in DOGE's vetting process

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Hiring and Sensitive-Access Oversight

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) was supposed to revolutionize governance, merging tech prowess with sleek bureaucracy. But the recent scandal with Marko Elez—a 25-year-old staffer who got judicial approval (see attached) to access U.S. Treasury payment systems, only to resign after his racist social media posts surfaced—reveals a massive failure in DOGE’s vetting process. This isn’t just a screw-up; it’s a goddamn outrage that should have every American boiling with anger.

Elez’s deleted profiles didn’t just contain bad jokes; they openly advocated for eugenics and spewed vile racism. This isn’t some minor slip-up—it’s a window into a mindset that should bar anyone from ever touching top-secret government files. The fact that Elez was granted access to such sensitive records is beyond alarming; it’s downright terrifying.

This disaster highlights two massive red flags:

1. Pathetic Vetting Processes: How thoroughly does DOGE—or any Musk-led entity—scrutinize the backgrounds and ideologies of its hires? If blatant racism can slip through, what other security risks are hiding in plain sight?

2. Epic Oversight Failure: Government oversight is supposed to protect sensitive data from any threat. Granting Elez access to Treasury systems is a clear sign that ideological screening—or even basic due diligence—was completely botched.

DOGE was supposed to be a breath of fresh air, a break from bureaucratic stagnation. Instead, it’s looking like a reckless experiment where extremists can operate under the radar until their toxic views are exposed. If Elon Musk wants any credibility in public policy, he needs to get his shit together—now.

This isn’t just about one disgraced staffer; it’s about the environment Musk is fostering at DOGE. To restore public trust, he must commit to rigorous background checks, full transparency, and zero tolerance for hate. Because if DOGE can’t guarantee that racist ideology is weeded out before handing over security clearances, it’s not just Marko Elez who fails—it’s the entire promise of efficient, accountable governance.

Americans deserve better than to have their most sensitive records scrutinized by individuals with such reprehensible views. It’s time for Musk to clean house and ensure that DOGE lives up to its name—without compromising our nation’s integrity. This is a wake-up call to demand accountability and ensure that our government systems are protected from such blatant abuses of trust.

References:
[1] https://npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5286314/department-of-government-efficiency-doge-explainer-elon-musk
[2] https://the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-trump-doge-treasury-payment-systems-b2693303.html
[3] https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-staff-quit-b2693784.html
[4] https://yahoo.com/news/what-is-elon-musks-department-of-government-efficiency-doge-and-what-has-it-actually-done-so-far-203712157.html
[5] https://npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5285539/doge-musk-usaid-trump
[6] https://therecord.media/treasury-agrees-block-doge-access
[7] https://uk.news.yahoo.com/doge-staffer-jumps-ship-pro-221701484.html
[8] https://nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-agrees-restrict-doge-access-treasury-department-p-rcna190898
[9] https://cnn.com/2025/02/06/politics/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-system/index.html
[10] https://futurism.com/elon-doge-resignation
[11] https://yahoo.com/news/staffer-musk-doge-resigns-over-220212511.html
[12] https://timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/who-is-marko-elez-and-what-did-he-say-doge-staffer-resigns-over-racist-posts-article-117993933



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'Only the best people' Musk DOGE staffer revealed to have made racist posts resigns.
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[Ocelot II]

1. I thought being a Nazi or at least Nazi-adjacent was a requirement.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Failure of the vetting process? I think it was wildly successful in putting white nationalists in the positions.

[bigtree]

3. that's not vetting, it's the opposite of vetting

...this is a call to vet these employees properly.

Not a joke. Let's amplify this very correct advocacy.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. And who do you think would perform a traditional vetting of DOGE hires? There is only one, perhaps, two

men who have any say in this whole thing. What Department, Senate or Congressional committee is in charge of hiring for Musk? When the creation of this ad hoc department and 'special government employee' title was planned, it was done outside of the US government. What oversight was there?

[bigtree]

8. they all are ultimately supposed to be accountable to Congress

...and look, just being cynical about who is going to hold them accountable doesn't do doodoo.

This is a political process, and cynicism is a luxury of those with the power and control. We make these public observations and demands to try and spark people to do more than be cynical about what they want out of their government.

ALL of the republicans aiding Trump are elected officials, and subject to the will of the people who would vote for them. This isn't a zero-sum, or a static effort. it's a political fight, and as we've already seen on several of Trump's blundering moves, all of them can be rolled and rolled back, but not without pressure.

That's what we do here, when we're not being apathetic, or doomcasting and inflating the abilities of a criminal class of grifters who are operating as if there's no political tomorrow.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. I'm not being cynical; I'm being realistic. The general structure and rules of the US government, that we have had in

place for over two hundred years, do not exist anymore. As we're seeing, it doesn't matter if Musk, TSF, or any other Department Head breaks the established laws or procedures, since there is no one to back up a judge's orders.

Yes, the Democrats can pull all-nighters to state why a nominee is unqualified or a danger to national security, but they can't stop the lock-step voting of the GQP. They can bring money into their coffers, they can register new voters, and they can run excellent campaigns on the issues. But it sure won't matter if TSF decides to arrest them all or cancels the next election. There truly might not be a political tomorrow.

Look, I commend you for your willingness to attempt to generate more resistance. I'm an old lady who is watching every single cause I worked for, going back to racial civil rights, being erased (including from the history books). I woke up the morning after the election and realized I was done. I'm closing on a house in another country on the 14th. I refuse to live under a fascist government. I wish you luck.

[bigtree]

13. the federal government is complex and mostly unfathomable from the outside.

...but my point is that political structures aren't inviolable, and are subject to and influenced by political pressure.

Trump and republicans are living in a political vacuum, and have overeached their authority like all republicans megalomaniacs do when they get the the head of their GOP cult.

We live in the reality that many Americans, almost half of the electorate voted against Trump this time around. The game here isn't to overcome their majority vote and control of the federal government, but to check and slow it where we can.

One, in the courts.

Two, with political action that rallies the people to protest and pressure their senators and representatives in Congress.

Three, political advocacy and activism with an eye toward the midterms.

[PA Democrat]

4. Coincidence or intentional that USAID was one the first government agencies to be essentially shuttered by Musk

and his little band snot-nosed hackers? After all it would piss the hell out of confirmed RACISTS that our tax dollars were being spent to save the lives of black and brown people.

I sincerely doubt Mr. Marko Eliz is an outlier among the DOGE crew. After all Elon has been advocating for opening our borders to WHITE South Africans immigrants.

[MagickMuffin]

6. Any programmers here who can read this and explain it?

I’m not sure what I’m looking at since I am not a programmer. However, the information is current from Feb 2025


https://github.com/markoelez

https://github.com/markoelez/TinyZero


https://github.com/markoelez/TinyZero/commit/54051c85cb77d90cb74fd3c8ab1d00b12b394fb6

[edhopper]

9. Vetting?

You can't be serious.

[bigtree]

16. you're misrepresenting the op

...and why I posted it.

You could perhaps talk about the need to find out what these people's backgrounds are. That's why I posted it. Not have it picked apart with the obvious, but to inform, along with the other post I made about this fellow resigning.

There's a lot of good advice here that doesn't deserve shitting on.

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[DSandra]

12. A criminal group highly prefers that whoever else works with them is a criminal

So they don’t have to worry about them ratting each other off.

They are all likely ideologically on the same playing field.

[jalan48]

14. Uh, there is no vetting process. Trump is doing what he said he would do.

This is why it was so important that he be held accountable before the election in 2024.

[bigtree]

15. that's the actual point of the post

...to do what I believe we're here for, to politic and advocate for that vetting of these Muskrats and other accountability from the Trump regime.

Unless you have a time machine... forward.

[jalan48]

17. Good luck with that.

[bigtree]

18. it's literally what political advocacy is all about

...we don't go out into the public looking for support for our political cause, and just do nothing but talk about what we think we can't do.

Frankly, I don't know why people spend so much time trying to make the argument with me that a opposition political party and political structure is so inviolable they can't be moved.

I'm not really as worried by a solid majority as I am an apathetic electorate, because there will be an opportunity to rally voters again in just a short while to place more checks on the administration.

We've seen pressure move this administration in the past few days, from the public and the courts. We need to keep the pressure on and increase it, every one of us, especially the people who profess to care about these things we advocate against, and are in favor of here.

[jalan48]

19. We have a different view about what's going on right now and the ability to fight it.

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This isn't like the past. It's an Orban-like takeover of our government. The rules that have applied in the past no longer apply today. It's not apathy, it's the realization that it's all about power and who has it. Period. We had power from 2021 to 2025. That was our time to get Trump. He has the power now and is doing what he wants. One of the tenets of Orbanism is to fix elections once you attain power. Orban is still in power in Hungary, as is Putin in Russia and both those countries hold elections.
Our Social Contract has been broken in the US.