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They are also tweeting 'findings' to create a narrative. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1885964969335808217 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1885964969335808217

alfiedotwtf 2y ago
It's weird seeing America going so hellbent against Wikileaks (Hillary jokingly saying "can't we just drone him") vs now where the top brass are live tweeting leaks
- Xelynega 2y ago
  Maybe we should look a little bit closer at who was hellbent against Wikileaks, and whether or not they're the same people "live tweeting leaks". I have a feeling it's not the ethics of the actions that have changed, but the goals for doing so. In both cases it was about controlling a narrative.
mcv 2y ago
Flynn and Musk attacking Lutheran organizations? I thought this administration was going to pretend to be super Christian.
- Dig1t 2y ago
  The Lutheran organizations were facilitating mass migration. The money was being given to them to help bring in millions of people from places like Haiti. https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1887267531267940517 https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1887267531267940517 They are providing receipts for all of the corruption they are uncovering. >SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN. https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1885872007062892568 https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1885872007062892568 LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE INC: $367,612,906 LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC: $134,190,472.95 LUTHERAN SERVICES FLORIDA, INC.: $82,937,819.95
  - susiecambria 2y ago
    If you are going to quote X, then at least find another source, one that is legit. The truth is that LSS got grants to pay for the resettlement of legal immigrants. LSS was NOT "facilitating mass migration." LSS has a long tradition of this work and from what I know of their work in Washington, DC (the city, not the cap), it was exemplary.
    - Dig1t 2y ago
      “Legal migration” as in the CBP One app? The US government ran ads in Haiti and other nations in French teaching people how to apply to come to America as asylum seekers. The US government flew huge numbers of these people into the US and also paid organizations like LSS to “resettle” them. This is mass migration and ALL of this was done using taxpayer money. Nobody voted for this, this is pure corruption. It is so wonderful to see it all being dismantled and exposed.
      - Xelynega 2y ago
        You do realize the guy you're talking about "dismantling and exposing" these immigration systems is the same one that wants to replace tech workers with H-1B visa? Maybe ask yourself why you/they are against immigration of low-income workers but don't have a problem bringing in as many higher-income workers as they can(at lower salaries than they would have to pay non-immigrants). I don't want to be working at McDonalds while companies like Tesla, Google, Amazon, etc. are importing labour for the higher-paying jobs in the country, but that seems to be the future a lot of people are excitedly running towards by supporting Musk.
Dig1t 2y ago
I mean it’s raw data, putting “findings” in quotes does not change the fact that this is concrete evidence of corruption. These are taxpayer dollars: LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE INC: $367,612,906 LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC: $134,190,472.95 LUTHERAN SERVICES FLORIDA, INC.: $82,937,819.95
- susiecambria 2y ago
  What exact corrupt activities has LSS engaged in? Specifically, provide some evidence, please.
Terr_ 2y ago
Musk is repeating his playbook from acquiring Twitter: Get wide access to systems, cherry-pick information, and then blast out a completely wrong summary of it, knowing that supporters will amplify it, believe it, and never check the source material. For example, asserting that two groups are exchanging money simply because they're both customers at the same bank. https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbook-comes-for-the-us-government/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbo...
yuppii 2y ago
Just because you do not like the information surfacing and how they have used the labor of tax payers to support and fund totally ridiculous and/or illegal activities both in US and overseas, does not make these "findings" less important. I am surprised how many people are approaching this in such a partisan way, even in a place like Hacker News.

alfiedotwtf 2y ago

It's weird seeing America going so hellbent against Wikileaks (Hillary jokingly saying "can't we just drone him") vs now where the top brass are live tweeting leaks

Xelynega 2y ago
Maybe we should look a little bit closer at who was hellbent against Wikileaks, and whether or not they're the same people "live tweeting leaks". I have a feeling it's not the ethics of the actions that have changed, but the goals for doing so. In both cases it was about controlling a narrative.

mcv 2y ago

Flynn and Musk attacking Lutheran organizations? I thought this administration was going to pretend to be super Christian.

Dig1t 2y ago
The Lutheran organizations were facilitating mass migration. The money was being given to them to help bring in millions of people from places like Haiti. https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1887267531267940517 https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1887267531267940517 They are providing receipts for all of the corruption they are uncovering. >SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN. https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1885872007062892568 https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1885872007062892568 LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE INC: $367,612,906 LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC: $134,190,472.95 LUTHERAN SERVICES FLORIDA, INC.: $82,937,819.95
- susiecambria 2y ago
  If you are going to quote X, then at least find another source, one that is legit. The truth is that LSS got grants to pay for the resettlement of legal immigrants. LSS was NOT "facilitating mass migration." LSS has a long tradition of this work and from what I know of their work in Washington, DC (the city, not the cap), it was exemplary.
  - Dig1t 2y ago
    “Legal migration” as in the CBP One app? The US government ran ads in Haiti and other nations in French teaching people how to apply to come to America as asylum seekers. The US government flew huge numbers of these people into the US and also paid organizations like LSS to “resettle” them. This is mass migration and ALL of this was done using taxpayer money. Nobody voted for this, this is pure corruption. It is so wonderful to see it all being dismantled and exposed.
    - Xelynega 2y ago
      You do realize the guy you're talking about "dismantling and exposing" these immigration systems is the same one that wants to replace tech workers with H-1B visa? Maybe ask yourself why you/they are against immigration of low-income workers but don't have a problem bringing in as many higher-income workers as they can(at lower salaries than they would have to pay non-immigrants). I don't want to be working at McDonalds while companies like Tesla, Google, Amazon, etc. are importing labour for the higher-paying jobs in the country, but that seems to be the future a lot of people are excitedly running towards by supporting Musk.

Dig1t 2y ago

I mean it’s raw data, putting “findings” in quotes does not change the fact that this is concrete evidence of corruption. These are taxpayer dollars: LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE INC: $367,612,906 LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC: $134,190,472.95 LUTHERAN SERVICES FLORIDA, INC.: $82,937,819.95

susiecambria 2y ago
What exact corrupt activities has LSS engaged in? Specifically, provide some evidence, please.

Terr_ 2y ago

Musk is repeating his playbook from acquiring Twitter: Get wide access to systems, cherry-pick information, and then blast out a completely wrong summary of it, knowing that supporters will amplify it, believe it, and never check the source material. For example, asserting that two groups are exchanging money simply because they're both customers at the same bank. https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbook-comes-for-the-us-government/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbo...

yuppii 2y ago

Just because you do not like the information surfacing and how they have used the labor of tax payers to support and fund totally ridiculous and/or illegal activities both in US and overseas, does not make these "findings" less important. I am surprised how many people are approaching this in such a partisan way, even in a place like Hacker News.