Summary
David Lebryk, the longest-serving career official at the U.S. Treasury, is resigning after a conflict with Elon Musk’s allies over access to a key government payment system.
Musk’s team has sought control of the system, which distributes $6 trillion annually in Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries, and other payments.
Traditionally, only career officials handle it.
Lebryk’s departure raises concerns, as he served under multiple administrations, including Trump’s, and was widely respected for his nonpartisan leadership.
His exit signals growing instability in financial governance.
Stop fucking resigning and just handing all this shit over to this nazi
What the fuck do they have over these people that they keep resigning instead of telling Elon and Co to fuck off?
Fear. They don’t want to become a target of the hate machine Elon will wield against them if they stand in his way.
Yup. He has a legion of frat bros who follow him like he’s the Messiah. I suspect Lebryk was nearing retirement anyway, and he understandably just thought “fuck this shit, I’m out!”, before Elon Xitler started spewing hateful memes to his cult about him.
Can’t blame him at all. I hope he has a long and peaceful retirement, because it sounds like he deserves it.
But this is just one example in a deluge of other departures that is going to really fuck up the daily operation of this country. If you ‘drain the swamp’ too hard it’ll turn into a hellish desert. And that’s exactly what Musk and others coming in want. They want to bless everything dry and reform it in their own stupid, shitty image.
The one thing standing between us and that complete shitshow are the federal employees who have the passion, stubbornness, and resources to quietly resist. Regardless of whether they succeed or fail, I cannot express my gratitude for them enough.
Their retirement.
It is easy to say, just go live under a bridge, but if that is your choice, you may think twice.
They could fell off the window accidentally, you know, it happens
Get ready for the return of the barter system… or bartender system, whichever.
Thought exercise: Which would be the most effective assassination target, trump, Musk, someone else?
The only thing we know about Vance is that he’ll lie for power and position. He’s demeaning toward rural and poor people, but that could be another lie.
There are worse people for the office.
Vance lacks the cult. He does not have the charisma for them to coalesce around him should Donald die. I’m not saying MAGA would die with Trump but the damage would be devastating.
Musk never leaves Trump’s side. Pretty sure you can get both in most circumstances. Just be sure to etch those casings
I don’t understand how they’re physically doing this. Like don’t these places have security? They don’t work there they don’t have any legal right to be there. Why not have security throw them out?
Step 1: Set up every employee beyond the rich to have to constantly worry about healthcare, housing, food, etc, and it’s always tied to your employment
Step 2: Ensure these systems have no fallback so without a job you will just die
Step 3: Ensure that those who are working blame the class struggle on the “freeloaders” or “illegals” not holding a legal job rather than the wealthy who have built the system
Step 4: Make it so that while you are working to seize power, said people know that you control whether or not they will have a job, and therefore it’s literally a life or death choice to fight back or roll over
Step 5: Seize power. Those who roll over keep their mediocre healthcare, housing, paycheck (for now). The others you have the power to oust from employment, therefore becoming the enemies from step 3, keeping the struggle between everyone you step on as you do so
Step 6: Rape all of them. Dismantle all the services, minimize the chances of them ever fighting back because now they’re enemies of the state, keep them hating each other. Take whatever money was pooled for their benefit for the rich. Reward those who turn in anyone who speaks out with pittances. Turn the system into neofeudalism.
It goes on from there, but it’s a pretty obvious playbook. It just sucks that so many people willingly fell for the “us vs them” tribalism as the corporatocracy took control
Trump appoints Treasury secretary, who runs the department, so who would stop them if the Treasury secretary is directed by the US President to allow them access?
34-time convicted felon elected president.
Greedy billionaire befriends orange felon moron, interferes with the voting technology and bribes voters to buy the election for his pet moron dictator.
Greedy billionaire siezes control of federal payments system.
What could possibly go wrong?
Is this communism? /s
Anyone who resigns over this is complacent.
Lebryk is dishonorable in my opinion. This was the wrong choice.
Don’t roll over for Nazis, stand and fight.
