More: Earlier on Tuesday, news broke that a relatively new NLRB staffer claimed that DOGE not only accessed data from his agency but also took a substantial amount of sensitive data with them, according to a disclosure shared with Congress that read, "around ten gigabytes of data are, quote, the equivalent of a full stack of encyclopedias worth if someone printed these files as hard copy documents."

Daniel Bertulis appeared on The Lead, joined by his attorney Andrew Bakaj, and explained the details of how he apparently uncovered a massive amount of missing data from the NLRB following DOGE's efforts. He ostensibly mocked a White House statement touting the transparency at play, noting that none of the code used by DOGE technicians has been shared publicly.

But the most shocking allegations came from Bakaj, who not only claimed that accounts based in Russia were using newly created DOGE usernames and passwords to access sensitive data, but also directly tied the effort to Elon Musk and his Starlink concerns, which has a relationship with the Kremlin.

"There are two data points that I wanna point out that should give everybody pause," Bakaj said. "The first thing, what Dan witnessed was that within 15 minutes of DOGE employees creating user accounts, i.e. Usernames and passwords, within 15 minutes of those accounts being created, somebody or something from Russia tried to log in with the right username and right passwords " that is to say " the right credentials. And that happened over 20 times."

"The second data point, which is really critical, is that DOGE has also been using Starlink as a means to exfiltrate data," he continued. "What that means is that, from our understanding, Russia has a direct pipeline of information through Starlink, which means that anything going through Starlink is going to Russia."

"We also know that this is not unique to the NLRB," he said. "This is happening government-wide. And then the other thing that I wanted to flag for everybody is that right now that, I don't want to say that this is intentional, it could very well have been a mistake, is that critical infrastructure databases and many government agencies, as we understand it, have been exposed to the open internet, which includes critical databases at the Department of Energy, which includes a lot of our nuclear regulatory agency material."

"So right now the real concern is that this not unlike Chernobyl," he concluded. "And all of the control panels lighting up after the meltdown. This is serious and I just wanna commend Dan for coming forward to bring this to everybody's attention because this really is the tip of the iceberg."

#4, This is a real post.

#3,

Airplanes.

I haven't owned/used a credit card in 25 years so this won't affect me but all the high debt mouth breathers that voted for him are in for an ugly surprise.

They're farmers so they've got bootstraps they can pull on after they lose everything. They voted for this.

All those ranchers must be so pleased that they're getting exactly what they voted for.

On Hitler's birthday? A bit on the nose, isn't it?

Politically engineered messaging masquerading as the voice of the common man didn't have the saturation or the penetration it has today.

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone old enough to remember Tipper Gore.

They're likely monitoring emails sent from government servers for specific words and phrases.

Allowing a bunch of morons to use their phone during screenings is sure to stop movie theaters from dying out. /s

They found a way to make going to a theater even less appealing.

Of all the things that will never be investigated this won't be investigated the most.

"I think the Chinese may be playing chess, while Trump plays with himself."

FTFY

This link explains how they are not and never could or will be dire wolves.

Gene edited grey wolves != dire wolves. They got great publicity from the stunt though.

This is the kind of stuff cartoon criminals do.

I am sure the DOJ isn't happy.

Bold assumption, this is now Pam Bondi's DOJ.

From the article: "The DOJ argued the case should be dismissed because prosecuting Adams would interfere with his ability to cooperate with President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement policies."

Eric Adams was thoroughly corrupt as a cop and as mayor, good riddance.

More: "For all intents and purposes, the US is now a rogue nation when it comes to trade," said Michael Gasiorek, the director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex.

"I don't think there is a global trade war going on. The US is fighting a trade war with everybody but the others are keen to co-operate even more."

More: The end of U.S. economic leadership. Britain played this role through World War I, but it was too weakened by war to continue. The U.S. didn't take up the leadership mantle until after depression and World War II. U.S. leadership and the decision to spread free trade produced seven decades of mostly rising prosperity at home and abroad. The U.S. share of global GDP has been stable at about 25% for decades, even as industries rise and fall.

That era is now ending, as Mr. Trump adopts a more mercantile vision of trade and U.S. self-interest. The result is likely to be every nation for itself, as countries seek to carve up global markets based not on market efficiency but for political advantage. In the worst case, the world trading system could devolve into beggar-thy-neighbor policies as in the 1930s.

The cost in lost American influence will be considerable. Mr. Trump thinks the lure of the U.S. market and American military power are enough to bend countries to his will. But soft power also matters, and that includes being able to trust America's word as a reliable ally and trading partner. Mr. Trump is shattering that trust as he punishes allies and blows up the USMCA that he negotiated in his first term.

A major opportunity for China. The great irony of Mr. Trump's tariffs is that he justifies them in part as a diplomatic tool against China. Yet in his first term Mr. Trump abandoned the Asia-Pacific trade deal that excluded China. Beijing has since struck its own deal with many of those countries.

Mr. Trump's new tariff onslaught is giving China another opening to use its large market to court American allies. South Korea and Japan are the first targets, but Europe is on China's list. Closer trade ties with China, amid doubts about access to the U.S. market, will make these countries less likely to join the U.S. to impose export controls on technology to China or to ban the next Huawei.