5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB

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Read The Full Analysis At NPR

When a team of advisers from President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board, IT employees at the small, independent agency quickly became worried, according to a whistleblower declaration filed with Congress and shared with NPR.

The NLRB investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices. Its databases store reams of potentially sensitive data, from confidential information about employees who want to form unions to proprietary business information.

The DOGE employees, who are effectively led by White House adviser and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk, appeared to set their sights on accessing the NLRB's internal systems, removing sensitive data and covering their tracks.

"I can't attest to what their end goal was or what they're doing with the data," said the whistleblower, Daniel Berulis, in an interview with NPR. "But I can tell you that the bits of the puzzle that I can quantify are scary. ... This is a very bad picture we're looking at."

This article's analysis was particularly informative, collating, categorizing, and presenting the information with greater clarity than I'd previously found.

[SheltieLover]

1. Kick

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5. Happy Wednesday Sheltie!

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6. Happy Wednesday to you as well!

Wow that's quite the image. Love it! Ty for sharing.

[MayReasonRule]

8. For Sure Y'all... Meet Bob, Bob Is A Parody Figure Within The "Church Of The Subgenius"

"Bob" promises eternal salvation or triple your money back!!
(A capitalists dream religion)

The fella' that started it back in the 80's was a neighbor that lived one street behind us in East Dallas back in the late 80's.



His book "High Weirdness By Mail" was a revelation in it's own right at the time within my world.

I never attended his "Devivals" although plenty of friends did.
They were whacked out over the top celebratory parodies of religious cults of all stripes.

He was quite the fella'!

Praise Bob and pass the ammo!
You'll pay to know what you really think!

[SheltieLover]

9. Hahaha!

Sounds like a fun guy! Ty for sharing.

[ms liberty]

15. We have a member named BobTheSubgenius

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=131639

[questionseverything]

2. Good example of why the evil one wants to defund npr

[MayReasonRule]

7. Yep I Wholeheartedly Agree!

I"m DAMN sure ready to skip to the bunker scene!

[BoRaGard]

11. Bingo!

[NJCher]

3. I heard this when it aired.

Definitely worth your time.

[MayReasonRule]

4. Right On... I"ve Been Busy Doing Multiple Medical Appointments And Missed The Airing Of This Piece

Happy Wednesday!

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. Elon and his weenie "experts" need to be

hauled before a congressional committee. One with sharp teeth.

I've done such analyses. You don't need personal data to gather statistical information. Legitimate projects forbid it.

[oasis]

12. Exactly!

[moniss]

18. I had a similar conversation over the

last days. If you are simply making the system "more efficient" you create dummy data sets, that are deleted after the analysis, and run them through the system in various scenarios. The whole idea of needing every bit of data is nonsense.

[GiqueCee]

13. Musk and his malicious minions...

... are undeniably guilty of blatantly subversive espionage. The Republican Party is running interference for them, and must be held to account for their treason.
Simply deporting Musk does nothing to serve justice; he can still wreak havoc from wherever he goes. He must spend the rest of his evil life in prison, and his assets confiscated, to be disbursed, with empathy, to the various entities he raped to enrich himself.

[Festivito]

16. Musk and Trump are Russian spy handlers.

What? The system still knew enough to stop a Russian IP address as someone with that Russian IP address tried to log in under a new DOGE account!

How'd they get that account and password?

Either it was given to them, or the T-Musk spies opened the computers up for spying while they were stealing around and hiding their tracks.

Trump and Musk are either high level handlers or idiot rubes of the worst order.

[moniss]

17. The system has now likely been changed to no longer prevent

the Russians from getting in.

[mwmisses4289]

19. I've seen theories where the speculation

is that musk is its handler, that's why it let's musk hang around. melania may have been his handler the first go round, but probably said enough, and now gets the occasional assignment to be his arm candy.

[Lonestarblue]

14. Over the years, Musk has been citied many times for labor violations.

His fishing expedition into private data is most likely to find put who reported him for his violations. At least two workers died during the construction of his factory near Austin.

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20. Rachel had the whistleblower on her show last evening. He and his lawyer pointed

out that there were "many" other NLRB staffers who were aware of this issue, but were afraid to come forward. That's why they spoke out -- to inspire the others to break their silence.

Scary that this intrusion could be the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Hope Congress can screw up the courage to investigate.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. The implications are frightening and point to what i feared-- that all our govt systems

are fatally compromised. The damage done is almost irreparable, I fear.

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24. They Want Us All To "Feel" Defeated... That's The First Modality... INTIMIDATION

We're seeing the second modality being employed as well: INCARCERATION

We don't want to see the third modality employed: EXTERMINATION

That is the fascist playbook.

Embrace what you love.
They want steal away what you love in your life.

Instead, steel your resolve.
Embrace what you love.

Seize your day.

The battle is ongoing.
Resistance is essential.

[LymphocyteLover]

28. Absolutely! We must resist at all costs!

[Native]

22. Did you see Rachel last night? She interviewed the whistleblower and his attorney.

explosive to say the least. imo, this could be the thing that takes them all down, assuming Berulis isn't killed first

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23. I Did Not... I'm Gonna' Find It And Save It Though!!

Thank you Native!

[Native]

25. it's explosive... I think the only reason this isn't all over the news yet Is because it's so complicated

But trust me, you will be gobsmacked.

[Wednesdays]

26. "... this could be the thing that takes them all down..."

Merry Fitzmas!

[Native]

27. did you watch it?

[Wednesdays]

30. Yes, I watched it. Over and over again.

For nearly ten years.

[LymphocyteLover]

29. Yes, it was interesting for sure. I don't think he was right about the military not using Starlink

though and it seemed like he pushed the Russia angle more than warranted.