"Violations of these taxpayer privacy laws, including unauthorized access to or disclosure of tax returns and return information, can result in criminal penalties, including incarceration."
"DOGE's meddling with IRS systems in the middle of tax filing season could, inadvertently or otherwise, cause breakdowns that may delay the issuance of tax refunds indefinitely."
"There are serious statutory and regulatory restrictions on when employees outside the Treasury Department may gain access to tax return information."
"Ignore this disgusting freak."
"A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams."
"If we have suddenly decided that diversity is not a core value of our country, there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what the American project is."
"I do not know what marriage rates or birth rates have to do with transportation, I've gotta be honest."
"Those are folks who otherwise would be making discoveries that could benefit the public good."
"If we don’t study these things, it becomes a lot harder to make coherent policy arguments for why we need to address societal problems."
"We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers, and that will negatively affect us for generations."
"A judge just blocked Elon Musk and co-president Donald Trump from firing the financial cops at the CFPB who protect consumers from Wall Street scams. There's power in fighting back."
"We should focus on the most fundamental harms—and ignore the freak show that Trump is putting on."
"Every cut risks Americans paying more, waiting longer, and wading through more insurance red tape for care."
"It is dangerously unacceptable that an unelected Musk and his unqualified acolytes have access to sensitive CMS systems."
"The acronym for Musk's task force should instead be short for the 'Department of Gutting Education.'"
"For every American who doesn’t want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
"Medicare and Medicaid must not be raided to pay for tax cuts for billionaires."
"We strongly oppose any efforts by Musk—or anyone else in your administration—cutting or damaging these vital programs."
