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Iran placed $500,000 bounty on journalist in murder-for-hire, prosecutors say - EUROPE SAYS
NEW DETAILS IN A HIGH-PROFILE MURDER-FOR-HIRE TRIAL – FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT PUT AEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159032671/two-lawsuits-could-provide-further-insight-into-doge
"US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan ordered #Musk and his #DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans...seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
...US District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests"
#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #USPol #USPolitics #Lawsuit #Law #FOIA #News #US #USA
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Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
On Wednesday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Musk and his DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans to slash federal agencies. The order seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.” From Politico:
"[Chutkan’s order] is a win for a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys general who are suing President Donald Trump, Musk and DOGE, arguing that Musk has unconstitutionally wielded immense power in ways that are damaging their states. Any information the states glean as a result of Chutkan’s decision will help her determine whether to block Musk and DOGE’s government activities altogether. It’s the first time a judge has ordered Musk to produce documents in a court challenge to his aggressive campaign to slash and reshape the federal bureaucracy."
Musk and DOGE have three weeks to fulfill the discovery requests.
...a Monday night ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests...
Remarking on the initiative’s “unusual secrecy,” Cooper wrote in a 37-page opinion that DOGE has exercised “unprecedented” authority without congressional input. “The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions, in turn, requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” the judge wrote. “That is especially so given the secrecy with which DOGE has operated.”](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/164/233/991/985/151/original/b7dbda26d391aa84.png "Sub-heading and text(edited for length):
Two lawsuits could provide further insight into DOGE
On Wednesday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Musk and his DOGE collaborators to provide records and testimony about its plans to slash federal agencies. The order seeks to establish the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.” From Politico:
\"[Chutkan’s order] is a win for a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys general who are suing President Donald Trump, Musk and DOGE, arguing that Musk has unconstitutionally wielded immense power in ways that are damaging their states. Any information the states glean as a result of Chutkan’s decision will help her determine whether to block Musk and DOGE’s government activities altogether. It’s the first time a judge has ordered Musk to produce documents in a court challenge to his aggressive campaign to slash and reshape the federal bureaucracy.\"
Musk and DOGE have three weeks to fulfill the discovery requests.
...a Monday night ruling from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper requiring DOGE to expeditiously process Freedom of Information Act requests...
Remarking on the initiative’s “unusual secrecy,” Cooper wrote in a 37-page opinion that DOGE has exercised “unprecedented” authority without congressional input. “The rapid pace of [DOGE’s] actions, in turn, requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities,” the judge wrote. “That is especially so given the secrecy with which DOGE has operated.”")
The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership
At the outset of Elon Musk’s work for the White House, a reasonable person would have predicted a certain amount of graft.Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
https://archive.is/lykiV#selection-1091.0-1091.58
"The states argued that #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding power that only officials confirmed by the #US Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought materials from him through a process known as discovery...
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim," [Chutkan] wrote. "The court is not convinced""
#Doge #Lawsuit #News #US
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/judge-orders-doge-member-to-testify
"Judge John Bates ruled last week that a member of #DOGE must testify in a case challenging the group’s access at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Departments of #Labor and #Health and Human Services...
#Musk has repeatedly called for Bates to be impeached"
#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Lawsuit #Judge #Law #CFPB #HHS #Government #News #US #USA
by Lois Pearlman
“One northern California activist’s idea of bringing a class action lawsuit against their local congressperson over support for the Gaza genocide has become a nationwide movement”
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/class-action-lawsuit-against-california-congress-members-over-gaza-genocide-goes-international/?ml_recipient=147947016131970694&ml_link=147946988519818503&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-03-04&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+RSS+Automation
#Press #US #California #ClassAction #Lawsuit #Gaza #Genocide #Israel
Class action lawsuit against California Congress members over Gaza genocide goes international
One northern California activist’s idea of bringing a class action lawsuit against their local congressperson over support for the Gaza genocide has become a nationwide movement.Lois Pearlman (Mondoweiss)
https://www.citizen.org/news/doctors-for-america-sues-over-removal-of-health-information-from-hhs-cdc-fda-websites/
#Medicine #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Doctors for America Sues Over Removal of Health Information From HHS, CDC, FDA Websites - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, Doctors for America filed a lawsuit today against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the…Public Citizen
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-week-in-musk-who-runs-doge
"DOJ told a federal judge... that [Musk] “is not an employee in the US #DOGE Service or… the US DOGE Service Administrator”...
Two days later, #Trump ...[said] “I signed an order creating #DOGE and put a man named #ElonMusk in charge”...
It remains to be seen whether federal courts will accept the Trump administration’s portrayal of #Musk as both a powerless adviser & an empowered executioner."
#Lawsuit #GOP #Politics #News #US #USA
The Week in Musk: Who runs DOGE?
A month has passed since Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the U.S.Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
https://www.radical-guide.com/stopping-unnecessary-jail-expansion-with-decarcerate-sacramento/
Decarcerate Sacramento is again preparing to mobilize against the Main Jail expansion on February 26 when Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will be reviewing recommendations for the next stage of the $2 BILLION jail expansion, and the community needs to show up and fight back!
#DecarcerateSacramento #ActionAlert #SacramentoCountyJails #Neglect #Lawsuit #PrisonIndustrialComplex #Decarcerate #Jail
Stopping Unnecessary Jail Expansion with Decarcerate Sacramento | A Radical Guide
Decarcerate Sacramento is again preparing to mobilize against the Main Jail expansion on February 26, when the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will review recommendations for the next stage of the $2 BILLION jail expansion.Tara Ingram (A Radical Guide)
But there are also two broad, vague exceptions..."
https://www.wired.com/story/privacy-act-doge-lawsuits/
#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Lawsuit #Resistance #Resist #Privacy #Law #Legal #Data #Information #Government #Politics #US #USPol #USA #News #USNews
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What Is the Privacy Act?
The Privacy Act is a law that limits how the federal government can collect, use, and share information about US citizens and other people in the United States.
The law’s core features include letting people access government records about them; letting people correct those records if they contain mistakes; requiring agencies to limit information collection, publish lists of records databases, and protect data from hackers; and restricting how agency employees and third parties can access records.
Those restrictions on accessing data are at the heart of the ongoing DOGE saga.
The Privacy Act prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances, such as congressional oversight, law enforcement investigations, court orders, census work, statistical research, and National Archives preservation. But there are also two broad, vague exceptions: Agencies can share records with their own employees who “have a need for the record in the performance of their duties” or with third parties for “a routine use” (defined as one that is “compatible with the purpose for which [the data] was collected”).](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/029/111/122/233/870/original/cc2b492fa8a2e1b6.png "Sub-heading and text from article:
What Is the Privacy Act?
The Privacy Act is a law that limits how the federal government can collect, use, and share information about US citizens and other people in the United States.
The law’s core features include letting people access government records about them; letting people correct those records if they contain mistakes; requiring agencies to limit information collection, publish lists of records databases, and protect data from hackers; and restricting how agency employees and third parties can access records.
Those restrictions on accessing data are at the heart of the ongoing DOGE saga.
The Privacy Act prohibits an agency from disclosing someone’s records—even within the agency—unless that person approves in writing or the agency meets one of the law’s 12 exceptions. Most of the exceptions deal with fairly specific circumstances, such as congressional oversight, law enforcement investigations, court orders, census work, statistical research, and National Archives preservation. But there are also two broad, vague exceptions: Agencies can share records with their own employees who “have a need for the record in the performance of their duties” or with third parties for “a routine use” (defined as one that is “compatible with the purpose for which [the data] was collected”).")
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not airtight.Eric Geller (WIRED)
Declaration of Joshua Fisher
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69638651/24/1/state-of-new-mexico-v-musk/
"Musk is a senior advisor to the president...
In his role as senior advisor..., Musk has no actual or formal authority to make #government decisions...
He is not an employee of the US #Doge Service...
#Musk is not the US Doge Service administrator"
[Is Fisher lying to delay court rulings? Musk is obviously running Doge, whatever his official title.]
#ElonMusk #Lawsuit #NewMexico #Trump #Politics #USA #USPol
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2. I am the Director of the Office of Administration. I have held that position since January 20, 2025. In that capacity, I am personally involved in the appointment of special govt employees. I have personal knowledge of Mr. Elon Musk’s employment status with the federal govt.
3. Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House Office. He holds that position as a non- career Special Govt Employee (“SGE”).
4. In that job, Mr. Musk is a Senior Advisor to the President. It is not uncommon for the President to have Senior Advisors who are SGEs. For instance, Anita Dunn was an influential Senior Advisor to President Biden, while serving as an SGE.
5. In his role as a Senior Advisor to the President, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisors. Like other senior White House advisors, Mr. Musk has no
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actual or formal authority to make govt decisions himself. Mr. Musk can only advise the President and communicate the President’s directives.
6. The U.S. DOGE Service is a component of the Executive Office of the President. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization is within the U.S. DOGE Service. Both are separate from the White House Office. Mr. Musk is an employee in the White House Office & not an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization. Mr. Musk is not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/028/873/086/140/642/original/36c96339888acc08.png "Text from document:
2. I am the Director of the Office of Administration. I have held that position since January 20, 2025. In that capacity, I am personally involved in the appointment of special govt employees. I have personal knowledge of Mr. Elon Musk’s employment status with the federal govt.
3. Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House Office. He holds that position as a non- career Special Govt Employee (“SGE”).
4. In that job, Mr. Musk is a Senior Advisor to the President. It is not uncommon for the President to have Senior Advisors who are SGEs. For instance, Anita Dunn was an influential Senior Advisor to President Biden, while serving as an SGE.
5. In his role as a Senior Advisor to the President, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisors. Like other senior White House advisors, Mr. Musk has no
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actual or formal authority to make govt decisions himself. Mr. Musk can only advise the President and communicate the President’s directives.
6. The U.S. DOGE Service is a component of the Executive Office of the President. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization is within the U.S. DOGE Service. Both are separate from the White House Office. Mr. Musk is an employee in the White House Office & not an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization. Mr. Musk is not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.")
A major lawsuit against Elon Musk just got assigned to his new nightmare: Judge Tanya Chutkan.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191559/judge-tanya-chutkan-case-lawsuit-elon-musk
"Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over Trump’s federal election interference case, was assigned the federal #lawsuit filed by 14 states against [Trump] and #Musk, attacking the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s authority."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #Doge #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
...A hearing is set for Friday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/trump-doge-treasury-elon-musk.html
Members of Musk’s so-called Dept of Government Efficiency, which is not actually a department, have been combing through the databases to find expenditures to cut. The #lawsuit says the initiative challenges the Constitution’s separation of powers, under which #Congress determines #government spending."
#Musk #Coup #Doge #Treasury #Law #Politics #Trump #News #USA
Jed Wallace and Street Relations are suing Blake Lively for $7 million after she allegedly brought them into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni.
#lawsuit #celebrity #media #Entertainment #Trending #BlakeLively
https://globalnews.ca/news/11006631/blake-lively-sued-defamation-pr-jed-wallace/
Jed Wallace and Street Relations are suing Blake Lively for $7 million after she allegedly brought them into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni.
#lawsuit #celebrity #media #Entertainment #Trending #BlakeLively
https://globalnews.ca/news/11006631/blake-lively-sued-defamation-pr-jed-wallace/
Prince Harry blames the media for the death of his mother, Princess Diana. He also blames them for the persistent attacks on his wife, Meghan Markle.
#media #lawsuit #royalty #UK #Trending #World
https://globalnews.ca/news/10971730/prince-harry-settlement-apology-rupert-murdoch-uk-tabloids-intrusion-princess-diana/
Prince Harry blames the media for the death of his mother, Princess Diana. He also blames them for the persistent attacks on his wife, Meghan Markle.
#media #lawsuit #royalty #UK #Trending #World
https://globalnews.ca/news/10971730/prince-harry-settlement-apology-rupert-murdoch-uk-tabloids-intrusion-princess-diana/
