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Francisca Sinn<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hammbear2024.bsky.social/post/3lkhlw2idy22t" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/hammbear2024.</span><span class="invisible">bsky.social/post/3lkhlw2idy22t</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Farritor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farritor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kliger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kliger</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Homicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homicide</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS </p><p>Under pressure from the White House, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> is considering a memorandum of understanding that would give officials from <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br>broad access to tax-agency systems, property and datasets. </p><p>Among them is the Integrated Data Retrieval System, or <a href="https://c.im/tags/IDRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDRS</span></a>, <br>which enables tax agency employees to access IRS accounts <br>— including personal identification numbers <br>— and bank information. </p><p>It also lets them enter and adjust transaction data and automatically generate notices, <br>collection documents and other records.<br>
According to a draft of the memorandum obtained by The Washington Post, DOGE software engineer <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gavin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gavin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kliger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kliger</span></a> is set to work at the IRS for 120 days, <br>though the tax agency and the White House can renew his deployment for the same duration. </p><p>His primary goal at the IRS is to provide "engineering assistance" and "IT modernization consulting".</p><p>It's highly dangerous to grant political appointees access to personal taxpayer data, <br>or even programs adjacent to that data, experts say. </p><p>IRS commissioners traditionally do not have IDRS access. </p><p>The same goes for the national taxpayer advocate, the agency’s internal consumer watchdog, according to Nina Olson, who served in the role from 2001 to 2019.<br>
“The information that the IRS has is incredibly personal. <br>Someone with access to it could use it and make it public in a way, <br>or do something with it, or share it with someone else who shares it with someone else, <br>and your rights get violated,” Olson said.<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A since-deleted Substack post<br>titled “Why I Joined DOGE,” <br>written by engineer-bigot <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gavin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gavin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kliger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kliger</span></a>, <br>noted a key influence was an essay by <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ron</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unz</span></a><br>—an infamous figure who has written about race science; <br>donated money to the white nationalist website <a href="https://c.im/tags/VDare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VDare</span></a>, which according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, is a hate group; <br>and has been accused by the Anti-Defamation League of “<a href="https://c.im/tags/hardcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardcore</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>,” including Holocaust denial.<br>Kliger has already been in hot water. He also reportedly reposted white nationalist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nick</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fuentes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuentes</span></a> disparaging a Black child on his now-private X account</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/doge-elon-musk-ron-unz-holocaust-substack-post-sailer-vdare-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">02/doge-elon-musk-ron-unz-holocaust-substack-post-sailer-vdare-trump/</span></a></p>