Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.

Summary

Thirteen Democratic attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James, plan to sue to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing federal payment systems containing sensitive personal data.

Concerns include security risks and potential disruptions to Social Security and Medicare.

A federal judge ruled that only two Musk allies could have “read-only” access.

DOGE allegedly seeks control to halt payments to agencies like USAID.

  • AlecSadler
    173·
    6 hours ago

    Too late unfortunately.

    Also suing them does nothing? The DOJ has been weaponized.

    Going a step beyond non-violent protests would be better.

    • ⛓️‍💥English
      2·
      1 hour ago

      I’m unfortunately not confident that the administration would respect a ruling that’s not in their favor if it did happen. Will somebody actually enforce the ruling?

      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Lmao fascist will never be stopped by paperwork

        Right now the defeatest mentality is sitting around and asking nicely for our elected representatives to stop supporting a fascist agenda while they ignore us and keep supporting fascism.

        Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

      • AlecSadler
        32·
        5 hours ago

        I understand that, but I also don’t expect this administration to play by ANY of the former rules or laws.