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A Coup Is In Progress In America (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. The instant this bullshit started happening, last week or ideally earlier, go to a federal judge. Ask for an injunction to allow you to physically put a stop to it, using some specifically named authorized law enforcement or military assets. Have something prepared for why it justifies that level of response, lord knows it wouldn't be hard to come up with.

There were some lawsuits filed:

Doe v. OPM, Case No. 1:25-cv-234 (D.D.C.) was filed on January 27, seeking to disconnect the DOGE server from OPM systems. Today, February 4, there was a motion filed for a temporary restraining order.

Doe v. DOJ, Case No. 1:25-cv-325 (D.D.C.) was filed today, February 4. With the filing came a motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent the disclosure of the identities of the roughly 6000 FBI agents who worked on January 6 cases.

Maybe they're granted, maybe not. I hope they are. But even if these motions are denied, this will at least force the Trump administration to make public statements and representations about what they're doing. It's a semblance of transparency by making the Trump people stand up and justify this bullshit.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it’s a good step. What I’m saying is that I think it should start to get backed up with explicit plans for how someone is volunteering to enforce the rulings. Trump clearly doesn’t give a shit about losing in court.