The dispute concerns efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency, largely led by Elon Musk, to access sensitive data, including Social Security numbers.

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.

The conservative-majority court, with its three liberal justices objecting, granted an emergency application filed by the Trump administration asking the justices to lift an injunction issued by a federal judge in Maryland.

The unsigned order said that members of the DOGE team assigned to the Social Security Administration should have “access to the agency records in question in order for those members to do their work.”

The lawsuit challenging DOGE’s actions was filed by progressive group Democracy Forward on behalf of two unions — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the American Federation of Teachers — as well as the Alliance for Retired Americans.

  • AMillionNames@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    If this is your bar, it is rather low. Even MAGA knows Trump knew Epstein just like they know he probably had sex with prostitutes. The only people who care already know.

    If Trump’s threats manifest, that will be another matter entirely. So far, only words with only publicly known information. Both parties could have done much worse to incriminate the other.

    Bannon is a Russian shill, Trump is getting propped from and making concessions to the Heritage Foundation, billionaires, and anyone interested overseas. Musk needs a facelift and still holds influence with the DOGE team as the one who created it.