I wonder if this judge has a plan for when the Administration ignores him....
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Somewhere, some poor it tech is about to find out just how good those backups were.
If you can't turn off a website and back on again you shouldn't be in charge of a website (not to give the us government that much credit.)
Everything on govt systems are usually backed up per law. Sometimes 2-3 layers. Even the most banal emails. It goes to library of congress after some years. If it’s gone permanently? You can assume it’s specific direction, from Trump admin, and it goes against standard document procedures.
Govt IT isn’t oriented towards speed and profit—it’s a mission based and reliability oriented strategy. The IT and infosec where I work is 10x stronger than any I ever saw during my time in private sector.
Of course all bets are off now.
And if they don't restore those pages? Fuck you, because fuck you.
Really, what's the penalty here? The administration drags heels, tells them to get fucked, tells them the data is lost, whatever.
This is a dictatorship, nothing the judiciary can do, nor the legislative. It's not only that the Republicans are complicit and the Democrats spineless, there is literally not a thing they can do.
Think "the people" will do anything more than march and protest? LOL. And if we come out shooting, bam, martial law. Get strapped, learn safety, train, in that order. Hunker down and protect your own, all you can do.
