Oyer: Perhaps the most personally upsetting part of the story is the lengths to which the leadership of the department has gone to prevent me from testifying here today. On Friday night, I learned that the Deputy Attorney General’s office had directed the department’s Security and Emergency Planning Service to send two armed Special Deputy U.S. Marshals to my home to serve me with a letter. The letter was to be served between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. that night.
I was in the car with my husband and my parents—who are sitting behind me today—when I got the news that the officers were on their way to my house, where my teenage child was home alone. Fortunately, due to the grace of a very decent person who understood how upsetting this would be, I was able to confirm receipt of the letter via email, and the deputies were called off.
At no point did Mr. Blanche’s staff pick up the phone and call me before they sent armed deputies to my home. The letter was a warning to me about the risks of testifying here today. But I am here, because I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power at the Department of Justice.
Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem, billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand
Andrew Sullivan: "I do not care about the economy if the government in this country claims it can break down anyone's doors, seize anyone with no due process, put them on a plane, and send them to a foreign jail... The last person who did that in this country was called George III."
I cannot tell you how much it infuriates me to see this unelected billionaire knowingly smear arguably our most important social program -- Social Security keeps two-thirds of our elderly out of poverty, able to eat, pay their bills, etc -- to an audience of millions. Unchecked.
@atrupar Sooooo if people with different ideologies than Trump did this say, I don’t know, 17 days ago you’re telling me homeboy would just go “Fuck yeah, what a beautiful group of people. What a love fest.”
@elonmusk Lulz. From Grok itself:
AI and Misinformation: Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has also been reported to disseminate false information, particularly regarding election processes, without the guardrails typically seen in other AI systems.