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Elon Musk’s DOGE Goons Are Behind Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Scheme​

Elon Musk’s DOGE goons are onto their next money-making scheme: selling the special immigration visas labeled “gold cards” that President Donald Trump promised would cost just $5 million apiece.

You heard that right—immigrants will soon be able buy their way into the country in a process that will take only two weeks, reported The New York Times. Those who don’t have the funds to get in will go through the typical immigration process, which can take years, or risk being deported through Trump’s mass immigration crackdown.

Musk vowed that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crew would cut “government bloat” by slashing the federal government. He also claimed that he’d save the U.S. $1 trillion, though recent estimates put his gains at just 15 percent of that intended target.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...S&cvid=1110ef6a056243658dfc574b76884865&ei=17
Sounds like a $5M investment in the US to me....
 
When the flack gets thick, you know you're over the target.

The media was left with two sources of revenue - in this era where actual viewers have disappeared. Pharma money; not to advertise but to ensure no negative coverage; and USAID money, to ensure the Grate Reset was ignored and exposed-facts distored.

They're HURTING, now. So they're gonna smear Musk and everyone with him.
 
Concerning the veracity of this............. :dontknow:

Nearly one billion dollars of DOGE ‘savings’ vanish overnight​

The Department of Government Efficiency’s website quietly removed nearly one billion dollars in what it claims to have “saved” through canceled contracts, grants or leases this past week.

In the latest example of altering figures on the agency’s website, staffers at DOGE seemingly updated its claimed savings overnight on Tuesday, erasing approximately $962 million, according to NOTUS.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...S&cvid=9eda06591bf04e34a7b93050672f5657&ei=14
 
Don't worry....

All the money DOGE is recovering will soon be spent by Congress... it's the way of the world....
 
It ain't over quite yet!!



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Posting this one as some food for thought. There's a thread on privacy and surveillance which has some interesting posts. But we don't have anything on exactly why doge is collecting info on American citizens.

https://www.pmbug.com/threads/privacy-encryption-vs-surveillance-state.3844/

Now we have doge computer geeks / goons collecting all sorts of info on all of us. DYODD here.


On thing..........I don't think it's simply about immigration.
 
Is the wayback machine doomed?

Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive​

When Donald Trump took office in January, volunteer archivists got to work, ensuring that government websites were backed up before the incoming administration had a chance to purge more than 110,000 government pages.

As part of the administration's extremist anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda, agencies were forced to take down any material related to anything from supporting transgender youth to mentions of women in leadership at NASA — a "digital book burning," according to Harvard University social epidemiologist Nancy Krieger.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...S&cvid=3ee48c80011c419aafff61f29046c298&ei=18

Here's a thread on the wayback machine:

 
Posting this one as some food for thought. There's a thread on privacy and surveillance which has some interesting posts. But we don't have anything on exactly why doge is collecting info on American citizens.

https://www.pmbug.com/threads/privacy-encryption-vs-surveillance-state.3844/

Now we have doge computer geeks / goons collecting all sorts of info on all of us. DYODD here.


On thing..........I don't think it's simply about immigration.
That info is already there for them to collect so not to worried about it. Plus with the current rate of arrests it's very unlikely that we are in any danger.
 
Posting this one as some food for thought. There's a thread on privacy and surveillance which has some interesting posts. But we don't have anything on exactly why doge is collecting info on American citizens.

https://www.pmbug.com/threads/privacy-encryption-vs-surveillance-state.3844/

Now we have doge computer geeks / goons collecting all sorts of info on all of us. DYODD here.


On thing..........I don't think it's simply about immigration.
Assertion is not proof.

And DOGE didn't build the Salt Lake data repository; and it wasn't Musk who warned Americans of what volumes they were collecting for political purposes.

It was Obamagov and Mad Maxine Waters.

This is more of the throw-everything-against-the-wall-see-what-sticks that the Dumbo Party loves to do. We've only seen this play about 15 times in the last 25 years.
 
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