IRS will hand over all your data to Gavin Kliger of 'DOGE'

The IRS will give data to Gavin Kliger.

The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM

Ahh, memories: in 1938 the Nazis used the German revenue collection service to reduce allowances & forced jews into the highest tax bracket regardless of their income and Jewish owned firms were falsely charged with tax evasion and made to pay steep penalties www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1938...

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— realworldrj.bsky.social (@realworldrj.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM

Yes. Glad this is being pointed out. Hitler's National Socialists also had access to Dehomag (German IBM subsidiary) technology, which was employed for an early 1930s census. 1930s "high tech" plus "efficiency" and "will to power" were all ingredients of the horrors then.

— Rick Gundlach, Esq. CPA (@hoofin.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM

Taxpayer Data Protection Act

Reps. Judy Chu & and Gwen Moore confronted Speaker Mike Johnson with basic questions about whether Elon Musk and DOGE are securing taxpayer private information adequately. He had no answers. This is highly disturbing. We need the Taxpayer Data Protection Act. Their report ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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— Matthew Sheffield (@matthew.flux.community) February 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Also, DOGE is fake and illegal

Today (2/17/25) at 11am Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will conduct a TRO (temporary restraining order) hearing in a challenge to the constitutionality of DOGE under the Appointments Clause (Art II, §2, cl 2). I’ll try to live-blog here for @lawfare.bsky.social . You can also phone-in yourself. ... /1

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— Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM

BREAKING: DOJ refuses to provide Judge Chutkan with any numbers regarding last Friday's firings. DOJ also refuses to make any commitment regarding what "personnel actions" the seven agencies at issue — OPM, Education, Labor, HHS, Energy, Transportation, Commerce — might take in the next two weeks.

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— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Trump Ally Elon Musk Is Not Actually In Charge Of DOGE, White House Says: The court filing raises further questions about the operation that has wreaked havoc across the federal government. Marita Vlachou, HuffPost, Feb 18, 2025

IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees beginning Thursday. The terminations will walk back much of the progress IRS, which is in the midst of tax season, has made in recent years to increase its workforce. Natalie Alms and Eric Katz, Government Executive, February 19, 2025