If it's deception I'll be really pissed.Trump and Musk incorrectly target Global News Entity Reuters claiming DOGE found the DoD paid them $9 Million and Demanded the News Agency Give the Money back immediately and said the News entity was engaged in widespread and large scale Social Deception
In Reality it was a payment by DARPA via the DoD to a company called TRSS or Thomson Reuters Special Services which is a private Defense Software Company that has been providing Defense Software and Information to the DoD for decades. The contract was to develop software to prevent US Govt officials from "social engineering" .....or people being tricked in the US Govt to divulge sensitive information.
DARPA described the ASED program on its website as one that "aims to develop the core technology to enable the capability to automatically identify, disrupt, and investigate social engineering attacks."
US Defense Department contract "inaccurately represented" on social media, says Thomson Reuters
(Reuters) - Thomson Reuters said on Thursday its business with the Department of Defense was "inaccurately represented," in response to accusations on social media by Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump that the company played a role in "large scale social deception" for the government.
The contract in question was a four-year $9 million award, beginning in 2018 during Trump's first term and ending in 2022, between the U.S. Department of Defense and a division of the Toronto-based content and technology company called Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS). The contract was intended to protect the U.S. government from social engineering, which is a form of cyber threat in which people are tricked into divulging sensitive information.
Trump demanded Reuters repay the U.S. government in a Truth Social post in Thursday morning: DOGE: Looks like Radical Left Reuters was paid $9,000,000 by the Department of Defense to study “large scale social deception.” GIVE BACK THE MONEY, NOW!"
Thomson Reuters said TRSS is a separate U.S. legal entity governed by an independent board of directors. Reuters, an independent global news organization adheres to the Trust Principles.
"TRSS has provided software and information services to U.S. government agencies across successive administrations for decades, to assist in identifying and preventing fraud, supporting public safety, and advancing justice," Steve Rubley, CEO of Thomson Reuters Special Services, said in a statement in response to questions about the nature of the defense department contract.
Musk, the White House and the Defense Department did not reply to a request for comment.
Thomson Reuters issued its statement after Tesla CEO Musk, Trump, the Hungarian government and Russian state media accused the company on social media of being paid by the U.S. government to play a role in "large scale social deception."
The scrutiny of this contract, named "ACTIVE SOCIAL ENGINEERING DEFENSE (ASED) LARGE SCALE SOCIAL DECEPTION (LSD)" comes as Musk has spearheaded an effort to cut waste from government agencies called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Members of this group have scrutinized personnel and payment information in government computer systems and helped dismantle two U.S. agencies.
The contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and funded by U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, the research and development arm of the U.S. military.
DARPA described the ASED program on its website as one that "aims to develop the core technology to enable the capability to automatically identify, disrupt, and investigate social engineering attacks."
The site added that "If successful, the ASED technology will do this by actively detecting attacks, intervening in communications between users and potential attackers, and coordinating investigations into the source of the attacks."
DARPA did not have a description for "Large Scale Social Deception."
In the transaction history of the contract from USAspending.gov, a website that tracks contracts with the U.S. government, funding amounts were dispersed during the contract period for activities described as "SIMULATION TESTING AND MEASUREMENT LARGE SCALE DECEPTION".
DARPA was not immediately reachable for comment and Thomson Reuters did not provide additional details.
The DARPA site said the program is now complete.
Thomson Reuters Special Services has been awarded more than $120 million in contracts over multiple federal agencies dating back to 2010. These agencies include the Defense Department, which has awarded more than $60 million in contracts and the Department of Homeland Security, which has awarded $55.85 million over time.
If it's deception I'll be really pissed.
If it's not, I'll be really pissed.
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Administrator Zeldin Announces that Billions of Dollars Worth of “Gold Bars” Have Been Located at Outside Financial Institution | US EPA
EPA News Release: Administrator Zeldin Announces that Billions of Dollars Worth of “Gold Bars” Have Been Located at Outside Financial Institutionwww.epa.gov
50s an aggressive first statement but let’s not act like we haven’t wasted trillions on defense.
Why did you leave out where you copy and pasted that from?Gee I wonder why u Left this part out
They weren't actually gold bars (although the Trump EPA pick did share a video showing gold bars being dumped off a chip ...made by the now infamous Project Veritas group that has made and tried to pass off SEVERAL fake videos in the past to drive forward Far Right Agendas), It was $20 billion in Green Energy Programs and Grants for Green Energy Construction awarded by the Biden Admin Last Summer that was APPROVED AND PASSED by CONGRESS.....and 8 entities have already received their Payout from these Programs.
Trump’s appointee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, posted a cryptic video last night and followed up with a press release today claiming “roughly $20 billion of your tax dollars were parked at an outside financial institution by the Biden EPA.” He later clarified that “at this point, there is zero reason to suspect any wrongdoing by the bank,” but that “the financial agent agreement with the bank needs to be instantly terminated” and the money returned to the EPA.
There was nothing criminal here, I mean my God, Kamala Harris announced this money and this Green Project Investment Last Summer when it was passed publicly as she was gearing up to Replace Biden. Announced it with camera's in her face and broadcast Live across the world. But Now they are claiming it was all in gold bars...and Missing...and they Found....it.......and Then LATER claw all of that back.
YOU ARE GETTING PLAYED...Truth is..it was all above board, it wall all passed and approved by Congress....and because Trump and his Ignorant Appointees don't LIKE what it is being spent on....they are going to claim fraud and also going to try to claim they SAVED this Money from Criminal Activity.....NONE Of which is true.
The Verge, NY Post, Washington Post and AP...take your Pick. There are at least 9 others too if you need those.Why did you leave out where you copy and pasted that from?
Trump does hate congressionally appropriated funds for environmental protections.![]()
What’s with the EPA seizing ‘gold bars’?
The Trump administration wants to stop funding from flowing to community groups.www.theverge.com
EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden
The program, approved under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is formally known as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, but is more commonly called the green bank. Two initiatives, worth $14 billion and $6 billion respectively, are intended to offer competitive grants to nonprofits, community development banks and other groups for projects with a focus on disadvantaged communities.
The program is a favorite of Democrats who passed President Joe Biden's signature climate law without a single Republican vote, and former EPA Administrator Michael Regan frequently cited it as one of his major accomplishments.
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The move, which is likely to draw legal challenges, escalates President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze climate funding across the federal government. It comes despite a federal judge’s ruling Monday that the administration has been violating a court order to release tens of billions of dollars in federal grants.
In a video posted to X on Wednesday evening, Zeldin said the EPA would terminate its contract with the bank overseeing the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a program established by former president Joe Biden’s signature 2022 climate law. The fund seeks to leverage public and private dollars to invest in clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, heat pumps and more.
and there is no problem with him not liking them. But if he wants to go after those Funds that Congress has ALREADY voted on PASSED AND APPROVED and the Money has been Allocated OUT......then he has ZERO authority to go and pull it back and take it.Trump does hate congressionally appropriated funds for environmental protections.
Just like the approved contracts that are already having work done. He has no authority, and the government has no legal standing to cancel contracts without evidence of wrongdoing by the contractor.and there is no problem with him not liking them. But if he wants to go after those Funds that Congress has ALREADY voted on PASSED AND APPROVED and the Money has been Allocated OUT......then he has ZERO authority to go and pull it back and take it.
NONE
He can sue and ask Congress to Pass Legislation to Recover it ...but the POTUS has ZERO authority and Especially the head of the EPA has ZERO authority to confiscate already Congressionally Appropriated and Passed Funding.
So are you really pissed option 1 or really pissed option 2?If it's deception I'll be really pissed.
If it's not, I'll be really pissed.
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Administrator Zeldin Announces that Billions of Dollars Worth of “Gold Bars” Have Been Located at Outside Financial Institution | US EPA
EPA News Release: Administrator Zeldin Announces that Billions of Dollars Worth of “Gold Bars” Have Been Located at Outside Financial Institutionwww.epa.gov
I guess we shall see.So are you really pissed option 1 or really pissed option 2?
So don't like those articles then and you think they stored gold bars in banks to hide them?I guess we shall see.
I'm glad I'm not a teacher and I don't plan on having kids in the next few years and mine is far enough along in school to already be around others vaccinated kids.President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday that would halt federal funding for schools and universities with covid-19 vaccination mandates still in place. A wide range of schools, universities and employers moved in 2021 to require that students and workers receive vaccines against the coronavirus as the pandemic ravaged America. Those organizations have generally dropped those requirements as the pandemic receded.
RFK will jump on the EO and at some point get a direction that any public school that requires ANY vaccines or has ANY vaccine mandate will lose Federal Funding
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday that would halt federal funding for schools and universities with covid-19 vaccination mandates still in place. A wide range of schools, universities and employers moved in 2021 to require that students and workers receive vaccines against the coronavirus as the pandemic ravaged America. Those organizations have generally dropped those requirements as the pandemic receded.
RFK will jump on the EO and at some point get a direction that any public school that requires ANY vaccines or has ANY vaccine mandate will lose Federal Funding