this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
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And if you think it's not happening, ask yourself why fucking DOGE is reporting on what it does on fucking X-formerly-Twitter.
Since when is X the official mouthpiece of a ~~state department~~ state-official-something?
And more alarmingly, why is none of our elected officials up in arms about this - or indeed any of this?
Because they're either in on it or a bunch of spineless twerps who just want to receive their bribes in peace.
In what way is them reporting on twitter abnormal? Seems like all presidents have used twitter. This seems like the least concerning of all this.
Because X isn't backed up and added to the national archive and duly preserved. Also, it's a private communication channel used for public purposes. The primary method of communication for any public office and public officer should be a public, validated channel.
Not to mention, X is a far-right conspiration-theory cesspit. That's not what we need for official communications.
Platforms like that are still considered public forums when they are communicating in an official capacity and they are required to archive and preserve their communications. Whether or not they actually do... If you want to call them on it you can open a FOIA request.
Here's what NARA has:
Obama: https://www.obamalibrary.gov/digital-research-room/archived-white-house-websites-and-social-media Trump 1: https://www.trumplibrary.gov/research/archived-social-media - doesn't look like they have files freely available
Nothing for Biden yet
My interpretation is that it's a subtle yet ominous sign that they're normalizing the transition of public government operations--and ultimately power--to privately-owned channels under their full control. It almost perfectly resonates with the main points of the video.
"X" is the name of the kid he's carrying around as a meatshield. The website is still called "Twitter".