Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-federal-payments-system.html

41 comments

  1. They finally got access, probably one of the craziest things to happen in our country’s history

  2. I expected a shitshow, but out of all that’s happened over the past two weeks, this is the one thing that has *genuinely* shocked me.

    This is bad. Really, really bad.

  3. A lot of people kept saying to me “trump will get tired of elon don’t worry about him” lmao

  4. possibly capital crime – but since I oppose death penalty, life without parole will do

  6. Nobody took them up on their fork scam email so now they’re going to stop paying the federal employees.

    Elon explocitly said the DOGE plan was to eliminate every federal employee. If you can’t buy them out, starve ’em. No one is going to keep working if the checks stop showing up.

  7. Jfc. Our late stage capitalist hellscape is evolving (or devolving, depending on who you ask) into a technofascist oligarchy. Gross.

  8. Holy shit America. You guys are cooked. The treasury secretary just handed the purse over to an unelected billionaire who is installing his own shit into the system.

  11. The GOP congress and SCOTUS are fully MAGA controlled and Hegseth is a pawn, so the only remaining checks on unlimited power are in the hands of career generals who truly believe in the greatness of the ideals of the Constitution.

  12. How is this allowed…my mom said to tune news out but I’m scared

  13. I am immeasurably disappointed that there were not men with guns preventing this. 

  14. Can any american explain to me why this guy is accessing your core systems without congressional confirmation? He is a private citizen at the moment.

  16. Good chance we just lost democracy and we’re not getting it back. Power of the purse rules now. AI – Big Brother is here.

  21. Before, the United States was indirectly run by the billionaire class. Now it is directly being run by them.

  22. We need to start a rebellion and restore the government’s powers of check and balances, so that no one is above the law. We need to fight to ensure that everyone is held accountable for their actions, no matter how rich, powerful, or connected you may be. We need to stop this nonsense where we put profits over people’s lives. I’m not saying to overthrow the government. NOT AT ALL. What we need is to help the government by overthrowing Trump, Elon, and everyone who wants to destroy our democracy.

  23. Yeah we’re going to need to strike. Buckle up everyone

  24. This is what a coup looks like. I remember Elon saying that if Trump lost the election he would be going to prison. It was all or nothing. So ya. There you go. Was fun while it lasted.

  25. being the richest person on the planet wasn’t enough somehow

  26. So they’re opening committing crimes now. Just a full fascist takeover

  28. Its already over.

    Trump will defund all the agencies that he doesn’t agree with via “impoundment”.

    Congress will stomp, complain and bellyache about the power of the purse;

    The states will file suit attempting to force the payments;

    The Courts will issue judgments against Trump, Musk and the administration;

    But, who is left to enforce laws and judgments against THEM?

  29. Richest dude for some reason needs to also loot the treasury so he has money to….troll people on twitter. So annoying

  30. Elon and trump are going to bankrupt our country and destroy the dollar. Mark my words

  31. Our democracy is ending and we won’t be able to tell because news of it will be behind a paywall.

  32. He’s going to stop the Social Security payments for MILLIONS of retired and disabled Amercians no matter what side they are on.

  34. You guys. A private citizen has taken control of the government’s treasury. That means a person has stolen all of the money held by the united states. It’s the biggest bank robbery in the history of the world. Why the fuck aren’t we burning everything to the ground!

    Edit: Metaphorically, I’m not a terrorist, I’m just yelling at clouds I guess.

  35. Be a shame if Tesla dealerships start burning. Those lithium batteries are dangerous. Almost as dangerous as senior citizens who lose their Social Security checks.

  36. Like… How? How the fuck did this happen?

    What actual legal authority does Musk have to do this?

    Why is no one in the treasury kicking him in the nuts and saying, “No. Bad Musk.”?

  37. So literally the entire FBI and CIA and military are just going to standby and watch?

  38. My dudes, we’re absolutely fucked. Like, beyond anything I can reasonably comprehend right now. And the weirdest part of experiencing this is how there is a pretty sizable part of the population that believes we are headed towards a major time of prosperity.

  39. There is NO GOOD REASON as to why he needs access to this. This should be on EVERY news channel!!! We should all be very concerned about this!

  40. Pretty sure Musk did some work behind the scenes with manipulating the voting machines during the election.

  41. I’m from France, should we learn you guys how to riot ? Because rn it looks like you might need it …

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