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BumRushDaShow

(151,180 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 04:30 AM Feb 9

House Dem Says Elon Musk, DOGE Have Access To Much More Than Government Data: 'They Know When You Have a Colonoscopy!'

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 8th, 2025, 3:31 pm


Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) raised the alarm Saturday about Elon Musk and DOGE’s access to sensitive federal government data – which she said included individual private medical information.

Per the Michigan Democrat, Musk and his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have access to information such as colonoscopy appointments. Dingell joined MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and Michael Steele on Saturday, where she said Musk and President Donald Trump were overreaching in their work to root out waste and fraud.

“Last week when they put the freeze in every Meals on Wheels program across the country, you have a freeze in Head Start programs with daycare, where everyday people in programs they take for granted didn’t work,” Dingell said. ” Now, it’s still not clear what really happened. There are a lot of people working and looking at these cases. And, yes, Congress would be looking at that.”

The House Democrat predicted more courts would rule Musk does not have any legal standing while attempting to shrink the size of the government on behalf of Trump.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/house-dem-says-elon-musk-doge-have-access-to-much-more-than-government-data-they-know-when-you-have-a-colonoscopy/

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House Dem Says Elon Musk, DOGE Have Access To Much More Than Government Data: 'They Know When You Have a Colonoscopy!' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Feb 9 OP
Plus A.I. Mike 03 Feb 9 #1
Maybe someone will leak what really happened livetohike Feb 9 #2
I'm having the procedure Wednesday pfitz59 Feb 9 #3
Well Leon...now stealing confidential Medical records eh?? Bengus81 Feb 9 #4
I wish they would stop with the "root out waste and fraud" nonsense Skittles Feb 10 #5

Mike 03

(18,403 posts)
1. Plus A.I.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 05:55 AM
Feb 9

If this had been the situation 8 years ago, although I'd be pissed and a little worried, I'd probably be thinking, "So they have all this info but it's so damned much data they won't be able to put it into any meaningful order--probably not a huge risk." But AI can probably be instructed to weed through this data in the blink of an eye.

Musk can order a list of people who donated more than $1000 to Harris who live in a particular county where the Proud Boys are particularly strong and tell them "Go make the lives of these people a nightmare." (A worst case scenario and hopefully an exaggeration, but a new worry of mine.)

Bengus81

(8,713 posts)
4. Well Leon...now stealing confidential Medical records eh??
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 01:27 PM
Feb 9

What is this 6% shit in polling from Democrats that agree that it's OK for that ugly POS being able to access ANY government records of citizens???

Skittles

(163,581 posts)
5. I wish they would stop with the "root out waste and fraud" nonsense
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 12:47 AM
Feb 10

THAT IS THEIR COVER STORY, you know, like the FENTANYL excuse for TARIFFS

These repuke fuckers ARE the corruption.

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