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Vereinigte Staaten - Die US-Schulden sind ein Risiko für die Weltwirtschaft
Bei 40 Billionen Dollar Staatsschulden übersteigen die Zinskosten der USA sogar den Verteidigungshaushalt. Ökonomen warnen vor Folgen für die Weltwirtschaft.#Staatsschulden #Investitionen #Staatsanleihen #US-Staatsanleihen #Bundeswertpapiere #DonaldTrump #DOGE
RFI: Deadly Floods in Nepal: Washington's Elimination of USAID Program Under Scrutiny
More than 1,200 people have died and more than 4,200 are missing after the floods that struck Nepal on August 26. Following the disaster, former officials of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, are questioning the elimination of a program dedicated to flood prevention and monitoring of glacier-related risks. The program's elimination had been decided in 2025 by the Trump administration.
(French)
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#usaid #doge #death #nepal #uspol
Crue meurtrière au Népal: la suppression par Washington d’un programme de l’USAID en question
Plus de 1 200 personnes sont mortes et plus de 4 200 sont portées disparues après la crue qui a frappé le Népal le 26 août. Après la catastrophe, d’anciens cadres de l’USAID, l’Agence des États-Unis…RFI
While #Musk may be keen to appear to be a savour in the current crisis in #Nepal with his #Starlink satellite communications systems, there are a couple of angles to consider to this.
Firstly, Musk was the man who less than 18 months ago while heading up #Doge ensured there were $39 million of cuts in aid to #Nepal.
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US cuts $39 million in funding to Nepal
Kathmandu, February 16 — The administration of US President Donald Trump has implemented strict budget cuts, halting funding to several countries, including Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.english.ratopati.com
#DOGE is/was like any other #Musk project. At the end of the day it turned out to be a scam!
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DOGE said it saved $1.7 billion by terminating a military health IT contract. GAO found the contract was never terminated.
DOGE reported $1.76 billion in savings from terminating a contract, but GAO found that the contract was never terminated and no funds were deobligated.Natalie Oliverio (Military Times)
Update. Here's a #DOGE bro testifying in the lawsuit about terminating #DEI-related #NEH grants. He's being asked: What is DEI? If that's too complicated, what is your understanding of DEI?
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#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"How #DOGE Gutted the #NEH in 22 Days."
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"[A newly released] trove of documents—including depositions with top NEH administrators and DOGE staff, as well as emails, spreadsheets and text messages—suggest rushed, chaotic funding termination decisions and reveal the extent of DOGE’s influence in terminating 97 percent of the agency’s grants."
Example: DOGE terminated an NEH grant to replace the HVAC system at a museum, acting on this #ChatGPT rationale: "Improving HVAC systems enhances preservation conditions for collections, aligning with the goal of providing greater access to diverse audiences."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
How DOGE Gutted the NEH in 22 Days
Internal documents show how leadership at the National Endowment for the Humanities handed over the grant termination process to DOGE and ChatGPT.Sara Custer (Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs)
‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode #trust ’: redesign of US government websites stokes #surveillance fears | #Trump administration | The Guardian
The National Design Studio, staffed by #DOGE veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
#privacy #security #maga #tracking
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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websitesJason Wilson (the Guardian)
Look what #DOGE, #ElonMusk, #JFKJr and #POTUS have accomplished.
And what does this say about the risk of a highly contagious airborne infection emerging?
US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
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US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceledMelody Schreiber (the Guardian)
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Agreed. 100%
But I struggle a lot with the situation where big companies AND/OR governments kill 100s of thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of property while facing zero/limited punishment - e.g. #Musk #DOGE destroyed #USAID which has already caused 700K deaths and millions more are expected. Who knows how much economic damage has been wrought. ALL OVER THE WORLD. Where is the process to hold the guilty accountable?
Why shoplifting is bad
It may feel like a small act of rebellion, but it hurts a lot of people who don't deserve it.Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
Not just Americans.
I maintain #doge will remain forever a stain on the #infosec and #systemadmin professions.
Physical compromise of sites was always the red line...
... And when the time came to deleting the drives and hiding the backups these "custodians" of #privacy and #security did nothing (with very, very few attempts).
They literally let the looters get away with the loot.
Shame!
Black women were disproportionately affected by the Trump administration and DOGE's cuts to federal agencies. For Hammer and Hope, Natalie Y. Moore spoke to four of them about how things are now. “I hate that Black women have been forced into resiliency. We’ve been forced into being strong. We’ve been forced into being waymakers. We are not afforded that same soft landing [white people enjoy], said Jenniqual Johnson, who worked for the Department of Agriculture on giving equitable access to the USA's forests.
Tja - und wir füttern es. #ReedElsevier war einer der ersten Investoren in #Palantir, man arbeitet bis heute eng zusammen, so wie #ThomsonReuters auch. Der CEO von #LexisNexis war des Lobes voll für #DOGE, das müsse man bei allen Bundesstaaten auch machen. Als #Informationsinfrastrukturen wissen wir doch, dass Informationen eine Waffe sein können, aber einen glaubhaften Weg ins Freie haben wir immer noch nicht.
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Another DOGE Bro Explains How He Flagged 'DEI' Grants for Termination
Yeah, we've been watching hours of these depositions at [404 Media](404media.co), and we'll have more soon. For now, here's some context.
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, a DOGE staffer assigned to the General Services Administration who, alongside another DOGE member named Justin Fox, was tasked with identifying grants for review for termination at the National Endowment for the… #trump #lies #politics #news #DOGE
I've accused #DOGE of terminating #NEH grants (and other grants) by using dumb keyword searches to look for prohibited words. It turns out that DOGE used dumb #ChatGPT prompts instead. Like this one (quoting verbatim): “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’”
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#Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #Funding #Humanities #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
...ein Problem darstellen können, weil die #SocialMedia-Posts nicht mehr (völlig) gelöscht werden können, insbesondere die Fotos.
#Datenspuren mit dem #Klarnamen sind aus meiner Sicht heute generell gefährlich. Sie sollten, soweit es irgendwie geht, vermieden werden. Auch im Geschäftsverkehr mit Behörden ist dies essentiell, da immer mehr Staaten nach rechts rücken.
Am Beispiel der #USA und #ElonMusks digitaler Kettensäge durch das #DOGE konnten wir alle beobachten,...
@mina
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TRUMP CORRUPTION!
DOGE Promised $2 Trillion in Savings — "$1,335 Per Taxpayer."
Independent Audits found $1 to $7 Billion in Real Savings.
CBO Says the Cuts May Have Actually Cost the Government $21.7 Billion!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #DOGE
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DOGE Promised $2 Trillion in Savings — "$1,335 Per Taxpayer." Independent Audits Found $1 to $7 Billion in Real Savings. CBO Says the Cuts May Have Actually Cost the Government $21.7 Billion. - NewsBreak
DOGE's website claims $215 billion in savings — "$1,335 per taxpayer." Independent audits tell a different story. NPR verified only $2.3 billion. CNewsBreak
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The UK Supreme Court rules 'oat milk' cannot be advertised as 'milk.'
"On a side note, Elon Musk can no longer be labeled as human"
- Aure
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #UK #Musk #Twitter #socialmedia #Tesla #SpaceX #DOGE #Breaking #BreakingNews
Leute haben #Epstein-Akten ent-zensiert, weil - inzwischen ein Klassiker - die Zensurbalken die Informationen nicht entfernt haben.
https://www.reddit.com/r/de/comments/1pwzc8o/dokumente_über_sexualstraftäter_user_entfernen/
Aber das Beste kommt noch: Das dürfte wohl daran liegen, dass das #DOGE-Ministerium (einst unter #Musk geführt Anti-Bürokratie- und Kürzungsbehörde) die #Adobe #Acrobat Lizenzen gekürzt hat und die richtige Zensurfunktion dann fehlte.
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#Enshitification und Inkompetenz par excelleance. Sowas kannste dir echt nicht ausdenken. 😂😂🫠
DOGE says government paying for 11,020 Adobe Acrobat licenses with zero users, plus more 'idle' accounts
DOGE social media account announces that thousands of paid software licenses were going unused, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development audit.Alex Nitzberg (Fox News)
Back when #DOGE starting firing thousands for no reason, I explained to a friend:
"They're trying to prove we don't need government, and for the few things we DO need government for, those things can be #Privatized."
When they #Shutdown the government, I made the point again.
Defunding medical research is just the latest extension of this extreme RW push to #privatize everything. 🤬
Seen thru that lens, it all starts to make sense.
Letztendlich hatte Elon eine Menge Spaß dabei, mit #DOGE #Chaos zu verbreiten auch wenn es nichts gebracht hat ...
siehe: golem.de/news/elon-musk-ueber-…
#USA #Politik #Macht #Oligarchie #Reichtum #Trump #Problem #Regierung #Demokratie #Gesellschaft #Bürokratie #Freiheit #ElonMusk #Wirtschaft #Finanzen #Effizienz #Verarschung
The untold damage done by #DOGE may never be realized. They stole (and broke) everything with complete impunity. @georgetakei
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#DOGE #Project2025 #Trump
Jobabbau unter Musk: Was ist aus den DOGE-Entlassenen geworden?
Mit der Kettensäge wollte Tech-Milliardär Musk den US-amerikanischen Staatsapparat verschlanken. Tausende Menschen verloren ihre Jobs. Was ist aus ihnen geworden und wie blicken sie in die Zukunft? Von Anne Schneider.
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Jobabbau unter Musk: Was ist aus den DOGE-Entlassenen geworden?
Mit der Kettensäge wollte Tech-Milliardär Musk dem amerikanischen Staatsapparat an den Kragen. Die Bilanz: Tausende Menschen verloren ihre Jobs. Was ist aus ihnen geworden und wie blicken sie in die Zukunft?Anne Schneider (tagesschau.de)
DOGE hat Daten zu allen Menschen in den USA in die Cloud kopiert
Ach, was kann dabei schon schiefgehen? 🤷♂️
Was für ein Wahnsinn.
Angestellte der vormals von Elon Musk geleiteten US-Regierungsorganisation DOGE haben im Juni eine äußerst sensible Datenbank mit Sozialversicherungsdaten zu so gut wie allen Menschen in den Vereinigten Staaten auf einen ungeschützten Cloud-Server gestellt.
#datenschutz #cloud #usa #trump #doge
Quelle: heise.de/news/Whistleblower-DO…
Whistleblower: DOGE hat Daten zu allen Menschen in den USA in die Cloud kopiert
In der US-Sozialkasse haben Angestellte von DOGE laut einer Whistleblower-Beschwerde eine hochsensible Datenbank in die Cloud kopiert. Das Risiko sei enorm.Martin Holland (heise online)
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old #DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the #Taliban took his family. 🧵
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"Trump threatens to federalize and take over Washington DC after this event"
- Aure
Two teenagers were arrested in connection to the attempted carjacking of a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer known as “Big Balls.”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #DOGE
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wow. #Trump #musk #vance are out of Control & ignor all #laws #justice #humanity #humanrights - if employers are to expensive then the one who is not elected but work for the #doge like #elonmusk should be fired because he is getting to many dollars everyday! #makejusticegreatagain #usa
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#Telekom #DeutscheTelekom #Höttges #TimotheusHöttges #DOGE #TimDuBistSo1Pimmel #So1Pimmel