Last week was a scary week here in the USA. 47 and his Co-POTUS 47 ½, Elon Musk tried to shut down the USAid program. It doesn’t seem they thought through how shutting down USAid programs may affect American Farmers. American farmers sell approximately $700 of million worth of grain to USAid programs each year. They have once again betrayed a large segment of the MAGA base.
They also began downloading and “auditing” our personal data using the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is illegal under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a. If you are alarmed by their activities in this area and you are motivated to do something about it, call your congressional representatives or you can send an email to the Treasury Department at privacy@treasury.gov. I used the following template when I sent my email to the Treasury department:
Hello:
I am making a civil liberties complaint under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a. It has been brought to my attention that Elon Musk and his associates, under the guise of a directive of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) (an IT office in the White House), have acquired access to Treasury Department Records in Systems of Records as defined in the Act. As an individual covered by the Act, I believe that there may be records about me in these Treasury Department systems, and I am concerned for the following reasons:
Elon Musk is not an elected official.
Even if Musk were an elected official, the System of Records Notices (SORNs) governing the Treasury Department Privacy Act systems do not allow for disclosure to Musk and his associates per the Routine Uses.
Disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII) to Musk and his associates would be an unauthorized disclosure and therefore breach of information.
The Treasury Department must (1) quickly investigate what Privacy Act records that Musk and his associates have unlawfully accessed, (2) reveal to the public what unauthorized disclosures were made, (3) stop further access, (4) force any files acquired by Musk and his associates to be returned and/or permanently destroyed, and (5) seek criminal penalties against Musk and his associates for violations of the Act.
Sincerely,
They also dismissed the head of the National Archives. The National Archives are responsible for the maintenance and storage of government, historical documents. Could the 47’s be planning to erase the January 6th insurrection from our historical records. The list of the work they started this week to begin dismantling our federal government goes on and goes. We have been building momentum in our efforts to boycott, picket and march against the 47’s and their policies. Our goals in this call are to share ideas and delegate and discuss volunteer opportunities to keep the momentum going forward. Please contact me if you have any questions about or difficulties with joining the meeting. Use the link below to join the meeting. Closed captioning should be displayed at the bottom of the screen during the meeting.
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