This is exactly how I feel. I question why the Democrats are so resistant to USAID being wrapped into the State Department (which makes complete sense). I suspect that Democrat LEADERS are upset because they know this ends the gravy-train, and they're probably being told to be upset by this from their lobbyist handlers. The Democrat voters probably have no clue, unless they think we really should be wasting money on things that serve no purpose to us?
Hard for me to understand why USAID wasn't always under the Sec. of State. Way too many ways and opportunities for Reps in the House and Senators to be influenced by countries and industry to assist with where that aid and how much goes and reap the benefits from those nations. We all know Reps and Senators that go to Washington always leave enriched. Yeah, I don't have much trust that they always act in our best interests.
This news is a revealing and shocking topic. I believe many other revelations will come to light.
USAID staffers abroad were told to shut their offices and come home and were laid off along with domestic staffers. They were all locked out of headquarters. To security personal would not allow Elon Musk is and were dismissed. The building was locked up. Then, a large large group of democrat lawmakers tried to gain entry but were denied. Were they trying to hide evidence ?
The whack job AOC called Musk the dumbest billionaire she has ever met (she drives a Tesla). She said the people of DOGE were not elected. Pointing out we had an agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which is supposed to do the same function. Newsflash AOC, they were not elected also, as well as all the government alphabet agencies.
I'm sure those who are screaming the loudest will be found to have the most to lose when the money trail leads back to them.
Can't speak for anyone else but, anyone can see who's making all the noise about what DJT has Musk doing. Following the money seems to be upsetting to a lot of Democratic "Elected" leaders. Come up with your own conclusions. We all have a right to know how and where our tax dollars are spent, some simply don't want the taxpayers to know. I distinctly remember when Biden said his would be the most transparent administration.
On Monday, congressional Democrats were blocked from entering the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The following day, they couldn't get into the U.S. Department of Treasury, and on Thursday Democrats were not able to enter the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The forth attempt at the Department Of Education gave us a new American Hero.
My favorite was when Maxine Waters asked the lone security guard to show her his ID. He said he already did. Then she asked him to show it again. He said "No".
DOGE is just the beginning. They are auditors looking for fraud waste and abuse. What comes next are investigations using forensic accountants. Then the prosecutions follow.
Watch as the courts all fold when President Trump's DOJ argue that his actions are necessary to stop the harm and that investigations are in the works. It is well within the Chief Executive's power to stop rogue agents within the government from pilfering the treasury. When these crooks start getting arrested, they won't be worried about keeping their jobs anymore. They will be praying they don't go to jail.
DOGE is just the beginning. They are auditors looking for fraud waste and abuse. What comes next are investigations using forensic accountants. Then the prosecutions follow.
Watch as the courts all fold when President Trump's DOJ argue that his actions are necessary to stop the harm and that investigations are in the works. It is well within the Chief Executive's power to stop rogue agents within the government from pilfering the treasury. When these crooks start getting arrested, they won't be worried about keeping their jobs anymore. They will be praying they don't go to jail.
was not the orange pig crying about the government attacking him a bit ago now wants to do the attacking with his evil minions in government power we see not lawfare but spite
He has a couple more recent article on his Substack which are pretty good. I am going to check in on it regularly for updates. After reading them I have to wonder if any of this would have happened if the Democrats and Deep State had not done so much over the past 5 years to seize power. President Trump spent a lot of time putting together his plan and assembling his team to root out the corruption. Would he have been able to do that if he had stayed in office? Maybe. He also might have been so busy running the country that he would not have been able to make the changes we are seeing today. He likely would have had a good 2nd term but not the revolutionary one we are seeing unfold. The weapons used by the Democrats and Deep State would still exist, but they would be unknown, still sheathed and hidden. When they struck at President Trump with all their might, they revealed themselves.
The Democrats and Deep State created the monster that is now devouring them. We are all better for it. MAGA!
He has a couple more recent article on his Substack which are pretty good. I am going to check in on it regularly for updates. After reading them I have to wonder if any of this would have happened if the Democrats and Deep State had not done so much over the past 5 years to seize power. President Trump spent a lot of time putting together his plan and assembling his team to root out the corruption. Would he have been able to do that if he had stayed in office? Maybe. He also might have been so busy running the country that he would not have been able to make the changes we are seeing today. He likely would have had a good 2nd term but not the revolutionary one we are seeing unfold. The weapons used by the Democrats and Deep State would still exist, but they would be unknown, still sheathed and hidden. When they struck at President Trump with all their might, they revealed themselves.
The Democrats and Deep State created the monster that is now devouring them. We are all better for it. MAGA!
The same thing occurred to me.
If the Democrats had just left him alone and let him do his job, instead of attacking him from the get-go, this likely would have never come about. He probably would have been re-elected, and done back-to-back terms, and then gone on to something else.
But they fought him relentlessly. And they pissed him off. And they pissed off enough other people (us) who cared, and were paying attention. So he's going to tear it all apart, and make sure that it doesn't happen again, for a long time. (Never say never.) He's going to destroy over-reach, and bullying by government departments, as well as individual states. (California? Are you listening?)
I've wavered a bit on this, but I mostly used to disagree with the thought that the 2020 election was stolen. But after seeing how deep the tendrils ran, I'm willing to be more open minded about it. (I was always about "show me the proof". But I think it could happen. But it's really inconsequential, at this point.)
I've wavered a bit on this, but I mostly used to disagree with the thought that the 2020 election was stolen. But after seeing how deep the tendrils ran, I'm willing to be more open minded about it. (I was always about "show me the proof". But I think it could happen. But it's really inconsequential, at this point.)
Interesting times, indeed.
It's important that we define what "stolen" means. Stolen is when one side does a bunch of illegal stuff that never would have been allowed or acceptable under any circumstance. Stolen is when you have 4 state supreme courts rule that you violated multiple state laws... but it's too late to go back and change the outcome. 2020 was definitely stolen.
This is a copy/paste that I saved from a response I gave to FredToast. He would become almost incessant about it... and literally his ONLY response every time was something along the lines of... "everyone had the same opportunity to cheat, so it wasn't stolen." All totally ignoring the fact that the Republicans weren't aligned or had planned to cheat, just do things as normal.
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The election was stolen... it wasn't aliens, it wasn't ghosts, and it wasn't Sasquatch... it was was that Democrats drastically violated election laws in every state they possibly could. In all of the major swing states, Democrats got into the elections departments and... using COVID-19 as an excuse, wantonly violated state election laws to perform the following:
- Mass mail-in voting... in some cases, just sending out a ballot to literally everyone who was registered to vote. - Ballot harvesting, as in... allowing people to go door to door and collect ballots on behalf of the political party. - Ballot drop-boxes... allowing people from anywhere to be able to deliver ballots, without any verification. - Waiving registration deadlines - Waiving signature verification - Waiving proof of identity verification
This allowed rampant and mass voting violations. I've gone through this whole thing before, and people say... "show me the proof, you have no proof!!!" so here it is... state Supreme Courts literally ruling that Democrats violated and illegally changed the state's election laws without the consent of the legislature. Go ahead, click the links:
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: It's important that we define what "stolen" means. Stolen is when one side does a bunch of illegal stuff that never would have been allowed or acceptable under any circumstance. Stolen is when you have 4 state supreme courts rule that you violated multiple state laws... but it's too late to go back and change the outcome. 2020 was definitely stolen.
This is a copy/paste that I saved from a response I gave to FredToast. He would become almost incessant about it... and literally his ONLY response every time was something along the lines of... "everyone had the same opportunity to cheat, so it wasn't stolen." All totally ignoring the fact that the Republicans weren't aligned or had planned to cheat, just do things as normal.
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The election was stolen... it wasn't aliens, it wasn't ghosts, and it wasn't Sasquatch... it was was that Democrats drastically violated election laws in every state they possibly could. In all of the major swing states, Democrats got into the elections departments and... using COVID-19 as an excuse, wantonly violated state election laws to perform the following:
- Mass mail-in voting... in some cases, just sending out a ballot to literally everyone who was registered to vote. - Ballot harvesting, as in... allowing people to go door to door and collect ballots on behalf of the political party. - Ballot drop-boxes... allowing people from anywhere to be able to deliver ballots, without any verification. - Waiving registration deadlines - Waiving signature verification - Waiving proof of identity verification
This allowed rampant and mass voting violations. I've gone through this whole thing before, and people say... "show me the proof, you have no proof!!!" so here it is... state Supreme Courts literally ruling that Democrats violated and illegally changed the state's election laws without the consent of the legislature. Go ahead, click the links:
GMAB, already. MAGA won. Move on. Do something impactful and good for the country and the world.
(BTW, a 3% win in the popular vote count doesn’t constitute a “landslide” election win. Granted, 58% of the electoral college is impressive but that’s just due to the vagaries of the electoral college system.)
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GMAB, already. MAGA won. Move on. Do something impactful and good for the country and the world.
Yes... yes... let's move on when Democrats orchestrated the greatest election fraud in the entire history of the United States.
I'll say this though, it kind of worked out for the best. You really need complete and total abject failure for some voters to recognize the error of their ways, and Biden provided that for the voters, to show how failed the Democrat party has been over the past 20+ years.
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Originally posted by Mike in Sydney: Do something impactful and good for the country and the world.
How do you know that I haven't? Maybe I helped invent the first 24-hour turnaround cancer reporting system in the world, and created more than 80% of the cancer reports for the entire United States and Canada, before I was 25. I mean, that's possible right?
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Originally posted by Mike in Sydney: (BTW, a 3% win in the popular vote count doesn’t constitute a “landslide” election win. Granted, 58% of the electoral college is impressive but that’s just due to the vagaries of the electoral college system.)
Question, do you know why Republicans won?
Hint: There used to be more registered Demcorats in the United States than registered Republicans, so... what do you think caused Democrats to abandon their party?
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Question, do you know why Republicans won?
Hint: There used to be more registered Demcorats in the United States than registered Republicans, so... what do you think caused Democrats to abandon their party?
BECAUSE THEY LIED BETTER MORE OFTEN ABOUT EVERYTHING
BUT NEVER SAID HE WOULD WREAK EVERYTHING AND KILL KIDS
Elon Musk claimed early Monday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sent a staggering $59 million “LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.”
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The world’s richest man claimed in an early morning post on X that the funneled emergency funds were “just discovered” by his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — even as President Trump called for a complete overhaul of FEMA that could even see it shuttered.
“Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order,” Musk wrote.
“That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high-end hotels for illegals,” continued Musk, who leads the agency tasked with cutting back on government overspending.
“A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.”
Last month, President Trump signed an executive order to create a council to review FEMA as he expressed concerns over there being “serious concerns of political bias” in the agency.
The 47th president called on the council to have its first meeting within 90 days — saying he expects a report of the findings on his desk within 180 days of the council’s first meeting.
Days earlier, Trump, 78, appeared alongside still-homeless survivors of Hurricane Helene four months after the storm where he raised the idea of overhauling FEMA altogether.
The POTUS slammed the performance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying it was “not on the ball… and we’re going to turn it all around.”
The president then told a roundtable of federal and local officials that he will be “signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA — or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly, that FEMA’s not good.”
Indeed, the president stayed true to his word.
He also accused the agency — which is responsible for bringing in emergency services, supplies and aid to disaster-struck areas — of bungling emergency relief efforts, adding that US states should be given federal handouts directly in the wake of disasters.
Over the past couple of years, funding for the agency has soared following several high-profile weather-related disasters around the country.
It's our money, letting our elected leaders know how you feel about "Waste, Fraud and Abuse" might be a good idea.
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Trump abolishes the ‘wasteful’ penny in mid-Super Bowl social media rant.
President Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to axe the “wasteful” penny during a social media rant while watching the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to stop producing new pennies”, he wrote in an 8:30 p.m. Truth Social post Sunday.
Trump fired the demand citing the rising costs attributed to the one-cent coin – a longstanding debate that was spotlighted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency on X last month. Musk’s team of DOGE geniuses have reportedly identified and cut more than $1 billion in federal spending since it began pillaging government departments.
“Let's rip the waste out of our great nation's budget, even if it's a penny at a time”, Trump added in the Truth post.
At present, there are estimated to be around 250 billion pennies in circulation in the U.S. and the symbolic coin was first issued in 1793.
But dismally in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced that each one-cent penny cost 3.69 cents to manufacture – a price that amounts to over three and a half times the coin’s face value.
The Treasury Department also stated that costs had been driven up since the previous year with the penny’s unit cost increasing by 20.2 percent, the nickel by 19.4 percent, the dime 8.7 percent, and the quarter-dollar by 26.2 percent.
However, this came in tandem with a reported loss of $85.3 million in the 2024 fiscal year and a revelation that “the unit cost for pennies (3.69 cents) and nickels (13.78 cents) remained above face value for the 19th consecutive fiscal year.”
Like many of Trump’s elaborate calls for reform, it is unclear whether he will be able to follow through with his demands without facing difficult obstacles from Congress as they control specifications such as the size and metal content of coins.
Lawmakers may be forced to pass legislation on cash transactions unable to be divided by the next lowest denomination – the five-cent coin, according to Fortune. In the past, the legislature has discussed the premise of rounding prices up or down to the nearest five cents.
Trump’s involvement of Musk in ransacking federal departments while they trace financial holes in the system has attracted waves of widespread criticism in recent weeks. Primarily, due to its muddied roster of staff, who have made several daring attempts to claim authority and directed expeditious cuts across the board – and DOGE doesn’t appear to be halting its efforts anytime soon.
Leftist influencers, "news" & media organizations, and political organizations around the world all of a sudden are facing a funding crisis. DOGE has revealed corruptions well beyond anything that I had conceived before. The whole leftist movement in the media over the past 2+ decades has all been artificial and paid for by our tax dollars.
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It looks promising every taxpayer might get a $5,000.00 tax dividend for the savings of the DOGE wasteful spendings being cut. Might be more as the savings amount which taxpayers get is said to be 20%.
The CIA is floating an indirect threat that fired employees will leak secrets to our enemies. These aholes think they can keep their jobs by threatening the country.
They are gonna be worth something some day.
