Perfect! Thank you so much for the template. My email would have looked more like "What the fuck is wrong with, y'all?!?!" 😆😆😆 Yours is way better and will likely be more effective.
check out our petition. we're trying for a citizen's arrest with a 3 step phase including media coverage, direct representative coalition efforts, and a 2 hr strike with 1 demand: SEPARATE MUSK AND STATE
How safe is it for us to contact the Treasury Department, since Secretary Bessent authorized Musk and the 6 computer software engineers to have full access to the Treasury payment system? Please let us know - what I do not want is to be targeted for reprisal if I do complete and send in this form to the Treasury Department.
I understand the concerns, but that is exactly what they’re counting on is fear. If you fear big orange, you won’t speak out against what he’s doing and that’s how he wants us all to feel. However, he is completely powerless when it comes to this. By law, we’re allowed to file civil liberties violations without threat of retaliation. If threats or retaliation happen, lawyer up and collect. While we may feel powerless in some situations, this is one we have power to do something about.
We could copy our state attorney general (ours is new, a democrat, and a good person) that’s what I’m going to do since the rest of our elected officials are republicans.
People are filling out forms for fraud against Elon on Identytheft.com anything to throw sand in their gears! There’s more of us than there are of them.
Now that our son i can comfortably speak out. I'm a child of the 60's/ 70s so I'm experienced. My girlfriend's mom took us to resistar for NOW when it was in it's infancy. Vietnam attended a few protests. Nixon resigned on my birthday. I thought he was bad.
We all have to become warriors together and not be afraid. I am more afraid of not speaking up and letting this disaster rob my children and my students from living in a democratic country.
at this point we have nothing left to lose. Really, he is working on our rights next. He is following that Porject 2025 plan. But I understand your fear, the first call to my Senator and my first post were the hardest. Stay strong. We are the people and we can beat this.
Highlight it with your cursor and then hit the Command button and the letter C on the keyboard for Copy, then place it with Command V in the email. It's easy. Also it's command on a Mac, on a Microsoft it might be Control.
Look at how that line of thought worked out with Hitler and the Nazis. They are counting on you to be afraid and therefore, not take any action. That’s exactly how this game is played. If we don’t act, they win we lose.
You know what, I had the same initial fear. But FUCK THEM. If they want to retaliate I will be the one to call them out. I will let everyone know what they did. I am tired of this BS.
At first, I thought of their silence as cowardice. Now I see it the way you see a spider waiting to strike. Planning every move. Waiting for the perfect moment. A quick flash before the finishing blow. I hope I’m not mistaken.
I have friends within that were about ready to retire but not this way. Now they will resist and have to be kicked out. These people do not necessarily broadcast this for obvious reasons.
Sorry to bring a downer of a response. Trump and Muskolini have a network of spies and squealers and you will likely be caught. Those two have shown that what they live for is reprisal, retaliation and punishment. I don’t expect those two jackals to change their spots. Very best wishes.
Thank you for this. I will be sharing your template with others especially in the disability community. Picking on on vulnerable people who rely on SSI and SSDI as their only income is no go.
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:
1. Elon Musk is not an elected official.
2. 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.
3. 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.
I don’t know if it helps but I am also emailing my Democratic state AG to see if there is any action they could take. As a lawyer what do you think the state AGs could do to push back on Musk’s takeover
No form of protest is 100% safe. Unless you are using a burner email account, a VPN, and I’m not even sure what else, they can find you if they want to. Your email provider and/or ISP might even give them that info without a warrant (it should require a warrant but 🤷🏻♀️)
Perfect! Thank you so much for the template. My email would have looked more like "What the fuck is wrong with, y'all?!?!" 😆😆😆 Yours is way better and will likely be more effective.
Mine is still going to include WHY the FUCK isn’t he ARRESTED right NOW?!!!
A Citizen's arrest seems in order.
check out our petition. we're trying for a citizen's arrest with a 3 step phase including media coverage, direct representative coalition efforts, and a 2 hr strike with 1 demand: SEPARATE MUSK AND STATE
https://www.change.org/separate-musk-and-state
I almost put something like that in mine :)
Mine too lolol
Ikr mine too!
😂😂
My email keeps going to outbox unable to send?
Check the send to address. If you copied the email from the template it usually add a “mail to” that makes the address unsendable
Thank you! I'm a veteran, nurse, and a federal employee. They're trying to bully us too, but I'm not leaving. ✊🏾
Thank you for doing all that you do!
Stay strong! It gives me hope hearing all the other people refusing to back down in the face of fascism.
Thank you for staying in the fight!
Thank you for your service. Hope we win this for people like you and for my immigrant students. It’s heartbreaking.
How safe is it for us to contact the Treasury Department, since Secretary Bessent authorized Musk and the 6 computer software engineers to have full access to the Treasury payment system? Please let us know - what I do not want is to be targeted for reprisal if I do complete and send in this form to the Treasury Department.
I have figured out how to do this and I have the draft saved and ready to go. But I'm concerned about reprisal
I understand the concerns, but that is exactly what they’re counting on is fear. If you fear big orange, you won’t speak out against what he’s doing and that’s how he wants us all to feel. However, he is completely powerless when it comes to this. By law, we’re allowed to file civil liberties violations without threat of retaliation. If threats or retaliation happen, lawyer up and collect. While we may feel powerless in some situations, this is one we have power to do something about.
Just remember that reprisal may not be worse than what’s coming if we don’t stand up to what they’re doing.
EXACTLY!! THAT is how Hitler got control.....not enough people stood up to him.......
We could copy our state attorney general (ours is new, a democrat, and a good person) that’s what I’m going to do since the rest of our elected officials are republicans.
People are filling out forms for fraud against Elon on Identytheft.com anything to throw sand in their gears! There’s more of us than there are of them.
Now that our son i can comfortably speak out. I'm a child of the 60's/ 70s so I'm experienced. My girlfriend's mom took us to resistar for NOW when it was in it's infancy. Vietnam attended a few protests. Nixon resigned on my birthday. I thought he was bad.
Well join up. The more of us file, the harder it will be for them to take action AGAINST all of us. The people don't know their true power. Learn!
Ty for that. I sent it. And was immediately panicking. But than I thought. Don't obey in advance
We all have to become warriors together and not be afraid. I am more afraid of not speaking up and letting this disaster rob my children and my students from living in a democratic country.
Sent
at this point we have nothing left to lose. Really, he is working on our rights next. He is following that Porject 2025 plan. But I understand your fear, the first call to my Senator and my first post were the hardest. Stay strong. We are the people and we can beat this.
Hi! How did you copy the text? I can't seem to figure it out 😕🤦
I copied it one paragraph at a time. Skip "Hello", copy first paragraph then bullet point text one bullet at at time.
Mine won’t let me copy the whole thing either
Highlight it with your cursor and then hit the Command button and the letter C on the keyboard for Copy, then place it with Command V in the email. It's easy. Also it's command on a Mac, on a Microsoft it might be Control.
Is there a way to do it on your mobile?
Not sure, maybe someone else can help you. I used my computer.
Look at how that line of thought worked out with Hitler and the Nazis. They are counting on you to be afraid and therefore, not take any action. That’s exactly how this game is played. If we don’t act, they win we lose.
They want you to be scared! Fight for your rights
If you’re a reader, I think a great and easy to read book for this moment is: “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder.
You know what, I had the same initial fear. But FUCK THEM. If they want to retaliate I will be the one to call them out. I will let everyone know what they did. I am tired of this BS.
Retaliation is also against the law and individuals and groups are protected by law.
We must be willing to take a stand
Please know there are many civil servants who will do the correct thing, defending the constitution.
At first, I thought of their silence as cowardice. Now I see it the way you see a spider waiting to strike. Planning every move. Waiting for the perfect moment. A quick flash before the finishing blow. I hope I’m not mistaken.
I have friends within that were about ready to retire but not this way. Now they will resist and have to be kicked out. These people do not necessarily broadcast this for obvious reasons.
Sorry to bring a downer of a response. Trump and Muskolini have a network of spies and squealers and you will likely be caught. Those two have shown that what they live for is reprisal, retaliation and punishment. I don’t expect those two jackals to change their spots. Very best wishes.
Send a physical letter. Don't put your return address. They are all tech, no spine.
Do you think our Founding Fathers didn’t worry? Sometimes, one has to grow a spine.
This is exactly what well intentioned people said about Hitler and the Nazis. Look how that turned out.
Thank you for this. I will be sharing your template with others especially in the disability community. Picking on on vulnerable people who rely on SSI and SSDI as their only income is no go.
Yep, my son with autism is receiving benefits.
So is he fined $5k per record accessed? Otherwise…
Yes, per person whose record was accessed, each one a misdemeanor
Cheers 🥂
324 million Americans x $5000 = $1.7 TRILLION.
Cybercracking of a protected system is a felony.
Do the state AGs have a role here? Each state has their own privacy laws.
How do we check in on this to make sure the complaints are being processed?
Here is a copy of the letter.
Subject Line: Civil Liberties Complaint
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:
1. Elon Musk is not an elected official.
2. 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.
3. 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,
[INSERT NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION]
Thank you for this. I couldn’t get the copy option to work no matter how I tried.
You may have to copy in 4 sections but it’s worth it!
That’s what I did in sections. I copied it paste it on email and I did it on my phone.
One tap, use “copy text” option and paste into your word processing app. Voila.
Where do we send this letter? Email or US mail???
100% done and I may have just fallen in love with you a little.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Done and done!! Thank you!!
Thank you for doing this!!
Thank you, Queen!
I don’t know if it helps but I am also emailing my Democratic state AG to see if there is any action they could take. As a lawyer what do you think the state AGs could do to push back on Musk’s takeover
Not a lawyer but, yes, file a complaint with your state AG. Google ‘how to file a complaint with your state AG’.
Thank you! My political action for the day
What contact information should I be providing other than email. I don't really want phone or house calls from these people.
No form of protest is 100% safe. Unless you are using a burner email account, a VPN, and I’m not even sure what else, they can find you if they want to. Your email provider and/or ISP might even give them that info without a warrant (it should require a warrant but 🤷🏻♀️)
Same here
Thank you! Sent, and I’m sharing this broadly with my activist network.
Thanks for this!!!
I just effing did it. Thank You!