JoaneyBaloney🌊 🇺🇦 🌻 🟦💙

Today's to do: 1. Give one person you don't like a break. 2. If you smell dog poo everywhere you go, check your own shoes. 3. Vote blue, then do more!

[JoaneyBaloney🌊 🇺🇦 🌻 🟦💙 @JBondira]

This.

[BoehlertMediaBusters @MediaBusters6]

Important message to Musk, Trump & Putin
If you bastards think you can steal Ukraine’s resources
Ukraine is a free democracy & not your colony
Read our reply⬇️
1-
https://t.co/3uzgX0tBqG
2-
https://t.co/QpndS7QQa9
#StandWithUkraine

[Birmingham Born @MDJD2]

Senator, you’re right to call this out, but questions alone won’t safeguard U.S. democracy. DOGE’s unauthorized access to Treasury & USAID data violates federal law. Legal action is necessary to protect confidential info and prevent unprecedented overreach. We must act now.

Now, to outline the legal and factual arguments for attacking DOGE and its access to private information:

Legal Framework for Action
1.Lack of Authorization:
•DOGE has not been established through any constitutional mechanism (legislation, executive order, or other recognized authority). Any action it takes or access it gains to federal systems is inherently unlawful.
2.Violation of Federal Laws:
•Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 31): Requires federal agencies to safeguard official records. Unauthorized access by DOGE could lead to improper handling and breaches of this law.
•Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a): Protects personal data held by federal agencies from being disclosed without authorization. DOGE’s access likely breaches this provision.
•Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030): Prohibits unauthorized access to government computer systems. DOGE’s access to Treasury and USAID systems could be prosecuted under this act.
3.Breach of Separation of Powers:
•DOGE, operating without Congressional approval or oversight, infringes on legislative authority, violating the principle of separation of powers.
4.Constitutional Violations:
•Fifth Amendment (Due Process Clause): DOGE’s actions may infringe on due process rights by using unauthorized access to affect individuals or entities arbitrarily.
•Fourth Amendment (Unreasonable Searches and Seizures): Unchecked access to sensitive data could constitute a government overreach infringing upon constitutional protections.

Factual Arguments
1.Unprecedented Data Access:
•The executive branch, under DOGE, is granting private entities access to sensitive government data (e.g., Treasury and USAID servers), creating risks of data breaches, misuse, and loss of trust in federal agencies.
2.Threat to U.S. Interests:
•Unauthorized and opaque operations of DOGE risk exposing the U.S. to foreign and domestic threats, undermining national security.
3.Precedent for Abuse:
•Allowing DOGE to operate sets a dangerous precedent for future administrations to circumvent established laws and protocols.

Actionable Legal Steps
1.Injunction:
•File for an immediate federal court injunction to halt DOGE’s activities and access to government systems.
2.Congressional Oversight:
•Initiate hearings to investigate the scope of DOGE’s activities and the executive branch’s complicity in its operations.
3.Special Counsel or IG Review:
•Demand the appointment of a Special Counsel or Inspector General to independently review DOGE’s establishment and actions.
4.Litigation:
•File lawsuits to challenge the legality of DOGE’s operations, emphasizing its unauthorized status and violations of federal laws.

By taking these steps, we ensure accountability, protect U.S. interests, and reaffirm the rule of law. So you and the other Democrats get to work on this. Start walking the walk.

[Peggy Gabour @peggy_gabour]

@ChrisMurphyCT These are the computers hacks Musk is using with our personnel data?? HS Interns?
https://t.co/ugXQvznd64

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

These people are trying to destroy U.S. power is the world with wildly unhinged allegations and you have to ask why this benefits them? What will China or Russia give Musk and Trump if we hand the world to them?

[JoaneyBaloney🌊 🇺🇦 🌻 🟦💙 @JBondira]

@ChadDKollas @ibdgirl76 And I'm looking at the cost per pill ($15.50) for a chronic condition such as PN. How many would you typically need per day?

[Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🟧🌊🌈 @piyushmittal]

A Bay Area airport near SFO is losing all its air traffic controllers starting this weekend. Controllers resigned after Elon Musk forced FAA administrator Mike Whitaker out, and the FAA changed air traffic contracts to a firm that would pay them less.
https://t.co/mwCCvHF4QM

[MediaRater @BLStrangfeld]

@piyushmittal @BigMommaLurka 📢📢📢📢📢
Hey Media, 5 Star outstanding reporting from @FastCompany via @piyushmittal on air traffic controller resignations. How about you? @ABC @CBSNews @CNN @MSNBC @AP @Reuters @nytimes @washingtonpost @WSJ @Forbes @TIME @Newsweek @politico @axios @thehill @60Minutes

[BoehlertMediaBusters @MediaBusters6]

Demand Democrats Act
Call them
Congressional switchboard
202-224-2121
We need ALL Democrats in Congress to be this strong & protect US Democracy
“These Democrats Aren't Afraid Of Trump
Not One Bit”
Thx Scott Dworkin
https://t.co/soXLRKTRr2
#Resist
#DoNotComply
#DefendDemocracy

[JoaneyBaloney🌊 🇺🇦 🌻 🟦💙 @JBondira]

@MikeViner14 @jeff_hallett @Timodc He was on heroin.

[JoaneyBaloney🌊 🇺🇦 🌻 🟦💙 @JBondira]

@sharkvacuumusa @jeff_hallett @Timodc I was on it at a fairly high dose for about 6 months. Don't recall having trouble getting off of it. Have never been on heroin, so I guess I can't speak authoritatively about the comparative dufficulty.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump’s been multitasking kicking our allies while kissing Putin’s ass. Now, Putin has America right where he wants us - abandoning our core values, attacking longtime allies, and picking a Putin puppet in the most critical national intelligence role.

[Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 @YourAnonTV]

🚨🇷🇸Huge protest tonight in #Belgrade against pro-Kremlin Vucic regime

⚡️Putin's puppet in Belgrade must know that his regime is coming to an end!

#SerbiaProtests #Serbia #OpSerbia

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Trump: “My inauguration got the highest ratings in the history of... Fox.”

FACT CHECK: Trump's inauguration got the LOWEST overall ratings since 2013.

Repost to spread the truth.

[vinniemontoya🌻 @PiperDewn]

Where are you #msm ? This is his shock and awe 6 fucking days in. He is literally destroying every aspect of our country. And he isn’t stopping until we stop him!
@ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews y’all forget his “retribution” comments? He’s doing exactly that!

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

If the dictator thought his sham 'elections' would give him legitimacy, he was very wrong. The democratic world stands united in rejecting this farce and supporting Belarusians in our call for freedom.

These are not elections but a 'special operation' to illegally cling to power. Lukashenka, propped up by Putin, holds 9 million Belarusians hostage, drags us into war, and betrays our sovereignty.

We will never accept him. He does not represent Belarus. The regime must end its repressions, release political prisoners, and be held accountable for its crimes.

Belarusians will prevail!

[Taiwan Freedom - 台灣自由 @TaiwanFreedom89]

Happy birthday, Zelensky.
You absolute legend.

[Lincoln Square @LincolnSquareHQ]

The U.S. Constitution has been removed from the White House Website.
#fascism #authoritarianism
https://t.co/jvMK8O7aCz

[JoaneyBaloney🌊 🇺🇦 🌻 🟦💙 @JBondira]

@Kasparov63 tRump lost the popular vote in 2016, lost in 2020, and squeaked in by 1.7% in 2024 in an election where polling places were closed by Russian bomb threats. You overstate the strength of your evidence.