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DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower

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Re: DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower

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Post by Braxton1980 »

BrenBarn wrote: post #161
awesome_dude wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Laws are only as strong as the enforcement. One of the things that is being exposed by the current administration is that, even though the Judiciary is an arm of the government, and supposed to provide a check on the Executive, the reality is that the Executive has the power to pardon anyone it sees fit, voiding the power of the judiciary (the argument is that the ultimate power lies with the voters who can pass thei…

> Laws are only as strong as the enforcement. This is one of the fundamental issues that underlies our broken system in the US. The gaps between what the law actually is, what people think it is, what people want it to be, and what it in practice is, are enormous. Some of the recent deportation cases highlight this. You have cases where people were living in the US illegally for decades but faced no repercussions, an…

>You have cases where people were living in the US illegally for decades but faced no repercussions, and now people are upset because they were suddenly detained and/or deported

I believe the concern is the cases where the person had a temporary stay.

Re: DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower

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Post by donnachangstein »

breadwinner wrote: post #373

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> Musk has installed Starlink terminals on the whitehouse rooftop, to bypass security

This is confirmation bias and absolutely unsubstantiated nonsense. Hedging your bets on hyperbolic dreck like this is why people don't take the serious stuff seriously.

Do you think cellphone hotspots - that everyone has in their pocket - are also part of some grand conspiracy?

Re: DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower

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Post by Braxton1980 »

Larrikin wrote: post #333
BrenBarn wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Laws are only as strong as the enforcement. This is one of the fundamental issues that underlies our broken system in the US. The gaps between what the law actually is, what people think it is, what people want it to be, and what it in practice is, are enormous. Some of the recent deportation cases highlight this. You have cases where people were living in the US illegally for decades but faced no repercussions, an…

Do you believe there should be criminal prosecution for state and local government officials currently refusing to to work with ICE in its current form in the Trump administration?

What crime is that?

Re: DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower

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Post by Braxton1980 »

nativeit wrote: post #98
dboreham wrote: post #64

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Time to remove the pardon powder. Has it achieved anything productive in the last 100 years?

I think it's been used properly in a lot of instances, especially when you consider that federal law can quickly become out-of-step with modern sensibilities, so being able to relieve those harmed by laws flawed under contemporary standards is important. There's probably a better way of handling that, but it's one instance where the power of presidential and governors' pardons have been applied appropriately.

Are you referring to cases where the person already served their time or are long dead?

Like a pardon for someone convicted of being gay in the early 20th century?

These are symbolic and provide no practical relief. Losing this to stop all pardons would be worth it to me

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Post by breadwinner »

donnachangstein wrote: post #382
breadwinner wrote: post #373

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> Musk has installed Starlink terminals on the whitehouse rooftop, to bypass security This is confirmation bias and absolutely unsubstantiated nonsense. Hedging your bets on hyperbolic dreck like this is why people don't take the serious stuff seriously. Do you think cellphone hotspots - that everyone has in their pocket - are also part of some grand conspiracy?

Right. But then it is part of a pattern:

See: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/114083485241630234

Excerpt: "How much more proof do we need that this administration is completely compromised? There is zero reason for the US to relax any offensive digital actions against Russia. If anything, we should be applying more."

Re: DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower

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Post by Braxton1980 »

romellem wrote: post #189
dboreham wrote: post #64

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Time to remove the pardon powder. Has it achieved anything productive in the last 100 years?

To remove the presidential pardon power, you'd need to [amend the Constitution][1]. Getting [two thirds of both Houses of Congress][2] to pass any amendment in the foreseeable future seems highly unlikely if not downright inconceivable. [1]: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-3... [2]: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artV-1/ALDE_0...

Why?

It doesn't affect the power of congress so why would they care?

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Post by jiggawatts »

zzrrt wrote: post #365
jiggawatts wrote: post #227

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> DOGE staffers would have been instructed not to trust any custom role, so… Tenant Admin it is. Ok, arguing with DOGE on their own terms… I confess I’m not knowledgeable with these systems, but how do you even trust it when it tells you you’re the “Tenant Admin”? Why would the deep state be unable to fabricate such a role that looks like the real one but is still lying to you? I did enough research to assume this is…

Azure for example has a built in role (actually a checkbox) that is un-fakeable by anyone that can’t MITM the portal web site.

The NSA might be able to do this, but even they’d be finding it a challenge if forced to do so on short notice with someone looking over their shoulder.

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Post by Larrikin »

Braxton1980 wrote: post #383
Larrikin wrote: post #333

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you believe there should be criminal prosecution for state and local government officials currently refusing to to work with ICE in its current form in the Trump administration?

What crime is that?

Whatever he imagines it to be with this statement

> We need to fix the laws at all levels, including criminalizing enforcement actions that are contrary to the law.

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Post by Braxton1980 »

xorcist wrote: post #196
MattDaEskimo wrote: post #22

Untraceable and complete access to government databases. I can't begin to imagine the implications here.

We only hear about the cases where a someone is taking the risk of blowing the whistle, and actually manages to get the story out. Hopefully with enough substance for people to take the information seriously. How many cases that are likely to reach public knowledge is left as an exercise to the reader, as the saying goes.

>How many cases that are likely to reach public knowledge is left as an exercise to the reader, as the saying goes.

Is this some reminder to people that bad things occur that aren't found out.

Considering how everyone is aware of this is your comment some sort of clusterbomb whataboutism?

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Post by amake »

DrillShopper wrote: post #319
plandis wrote: post #101

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GPLv3 requires the license to be kept. Seems reportable to the owner of the repo and or GitHub.

I'm sure the people who work for an administration that by and large flaunts court orders responsible for this will get right on that.....aaaand it's gone.

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