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What utter, total, lying bullshit.

Somehow, lib/left/ultraleft cannot, will not face reality. Some ultraleftie just off The View makes a (meaningless) chart, and the Pavlovian thing kicks in.
They scream it:

"TOTAL FAILURE OF ALL TRUMP IDEAS AND ACTIONS HAS TAKEN PLACE!!"
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Yet another panicky, "Look over here!" We are to ignore the fact it is April 22. The lib/left/ultraleft considers that since Trump has been in office a full 3 months, everything he has touched or will touch has already failed.

We are to pay no attention to the fact that checks were going out to millions? of dead people. Checks that got cashed. That got stopped, but is that "future savings" good enough for a dishonorable mention from dishonest leftists and their unthinking supporters?

Or mebbe we should just list them all and repost the lengthening list every time CNN/etc. come out with another one like this one.
 
Goldhedge said:



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1/ The order is Trump's latest attack on the Deep State, the unconstitutional array of unaccountable "independent" agencies.

He's giving agency heads 7 DAYS to justify their existence or face the chopping block.

HINT: They can't.

2/ The targets? EIGHT agencies:

- Voice of America's corrupt Marxist parent (USAGM)
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Arctic Research Commission

And more. The question: why is any of this part of government...

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Update on the VOA.

CBS News

Federal judge orders Trump administration to rehire Voice of America staff​

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now, and he said all congressional funding must resume to the outlets, which had been effectively shuttered by the administration.

D.C. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on behalf of the plaintiff, VOA journalist Patsy Widakuswara and her colleagues, against Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. USAGM is supposed to be an independent federal agency overseeing public service media networks.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...S&cvid=bb842129cdd2405287ce59a3adecc5ca&ei=18
 
Not as if they (deep state) have been gumming up the process now is it??

BOOM!

 

Tesla CEO Musk says time he spends on DOGE will drop significantly next month​

  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on his company’s earnings call on Tuesday that he’ll spend much less time with DOGE starting in May.
  • Tesla’s stock price has plunged more than 40% this year.
  • The company on Tuesday reported an earnings and sales miss and said auto revenue dropped 20% in the quarter from a year earlier.
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This one is a bit different. It's an article about how interconnected things are.

These Kansas farmers face serious financial trouble after the Trump administration’s decision to purge USAID — here’s how it hurts them and the bigger impact on America’s farms​


President Trump has only been in office since January, but he's already made a number of significant changes. One of them was halting funding for foreign aid programs.

Specifically, Trump initiated a 90-day freeze on the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, which aims to reduce poverty, fight disease and address humanitarian needs in foreign countries.

By Feb. 4, his administration announced that nearly all 10,000 USAID employees were being put on leave and that those working overseas would be recalled.

While a federal judge halted the move, the block was only temporary.

As of March 10, The Guardian reported that the Trump administration has officially eliminated 83% to 90% of USAID's programs. Most recently, funding to the U.N. World Food Program was cut, which helped millions in 14 countries, including Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. It's unclear which programs remain, but the State Department will be administering them.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...S&cvid=1d327f7025764b87abf75ba56d8ac16c&ei=10
 
Accountability! This is what should have been done from the gitgo instead of an never ending open wallet.




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DOGE Fell Short on Spending Cuts: Now Congress Must Lead​

While Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has rightfully drawn attention to some pretty silly and wasteful spending, it has overpromised and underdelivered on verifiable spending cuts. This should not be a surprise. Substantial deficit reduction by unilateral executive decree was never a realistic outcome, given that Congress holds the power of the purse.

Nonetheless, the original mission of DOGE to downsize government and eliminate wasteful spending remains as relevant as ever. That’s precisely why Congress needs to take the reins and embrace big, bold spending cuts via reconciliation and presidentially initiated rescissions.

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I don't think congress will act at all. They need talking points come election time and want to give tax cuts to rich bitch campaign doners who fill their reelection campaigns with big bucks. They don't want the gravy train to stop.
 
searcher said:
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I don't think congress will act at all. They need talking points come election time and want to give tax cuts to rich bitch campaign doners who fill their reelection campaigns with big bucks. They don't want the gravy train to stop.
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Sadly I have to agree with you. Congress isn't in this for you and me. They are there to help themselves. They are mostly a bunch of thieves. How many of them have their own NGO's? Them or someone in their family anyway.
I have 0 expectations that they will fix themselves.
 
Wednesday laugh.

Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match​


Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated shouting match in earshot of President Trump and other officials in the White House last week during a dispute about the IRS, two witnesses and three sources briefed on the matter tell Axios.

  • "It was two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE in the hall of the West Wing," one witness said of the argument last Thursday. (Bessent's net worth is actually $520 million.)
Why it matters: The clash — with both men in each other's face — showed how much Musk's personality and style have rankled some senior administration officials since he began running roughshod through agencies with DOGE.

  • The New York Times first reported Friday that Bessent and Musk had a disagreement over who would lead the IRS. But the chest-to-chest clash between the two men a day earlier has not been reported previously.
  • "They were not physical in the Oval, but the president saw it, and then they carried it down the hall, and that's when they did it again," the first witness said.
  • Said a second: "It was quite a scene. It was loud. And I mean, loud."
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On one hand they said Musk really only cut 3% of what he said trying to minimalize his efforts. On the other hand they are accusing him of being a nazi and cutting everything which is primarily damaging children and POC. It's all propaganda.
 
Since he is leaving next month I am guessing congress is getting exactly what they wanted. Congress is doing nothing to make these cuts permanent and even if they do for optics, they will just find themselves in other ways. There is no oversight and no accountability. In the end it will be the taxpayers that lose as DC continues raping the treasury.
 
I thought Trump had bought into the idea that printing has consequences and that the usd likely falls over due to unlimited printing and the way to save the dollar is to cut spending and balance the budget.

There seems to be a consensus building here that it’s all drama and the game continues, only with a new bunch of recipients.
 
rblong2us said:
I thought Trump had bought into the idea that printing has consequences and that the usd likely falls over due to unlimited printing and the way to save the dollar is to cut spending and balance the budget.

There seems to be a consensus building here that it’s all drama and the game continues, only with a new bunch of recipients.
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Sadly the latest budget proposal adds 4 or 5 trillion to the debt over the next 5 years I think. Thats what they estimate. The reality will probably be far worse. I'm pretty sure congress knows this cant last and is probably the reason they are stealing everything not bolted down. Also probably the reason they always want more war. Need a scapegoat to blame the entire mess on when in reality is was always them not following the constitution.

I think the rest of the world is also waking up to the fact that they are getting dollars in return for real goods and services. The more dollars they get the less they are worth. Cant last forever. Eventually they stop buying bonds and the fed steps in. But to what end? Is the fed just going to expand the balance sheet to infinity?

I think we are witnessing the end result in socialism. 40 million plus on welfare and food stamps. Illegals gaming the system with the help of the left and of course social security being expanded for ever reason imaginable. It cant possibly last and congress doesn't have the moral fortitude to do anything about it. They just want a cut of it.

There is only 1 solution. A return to the constitution and an end to socialism. Trump has made the statement that we will never become a socialist country. Does he honestly not know we already are? Has anyone else noticed that Doge doesn't even mention the elephant in the room? Welfare. Over a trillion a year going to useless eaters that have never contributed anything to society but threaten it's very existence if welfare is ever eliminated. Any government benefit and they are always 1st in line. Free money during covid and they had their hands out. Why ? Their income was never at risk and their welfare checks never bounced so why did they get 10's of thousands? Every other social benefit is always on the table or threatened but never welfare.

None of this is sustainable and we are getting close to the end. Trump could rescind the EO that Nixon signed and put us back on the gold standard but that only works for as long as we have gold. That won't last long unless we start manufacturing in the US again in a very big way. That will take a lot of time to build and outfit factories. Probably a decade and maybe more, assuming we even have the raw materials to accomplish it.
 
nickndfl said:
On one hand they said Musk really only cut 3% of what he said trying to minimalize his efforts. On the other hand they are accusing him of being a nazi and cutting everything which is primarily damaging children and POC. It's all propaganda.
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They've been fighting everything this admin has attempted.

They need to disclose who's getting the money and then we'll see the cockroaches scatter!
 
Maybe ask GROK who owns all the NGO's and when they were all set up? With so many of them (55,000) it wasn't done overnight and it certainly seems like it was coordinated.
 
Cigarlover said:
I think we are witnessing the end result in socialism. 40 million plus on welfare and food stamps. Illegals gaming the system with the help of the left and of course social security being expanded for ever reason imaginable. It cant possibly last and congress doesn't have the moral fortitude to do anything about it. They just want a cut of it.
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The subject of welfare and who gets it interests me, so I decided to play around with Grok.

Question:

In the United States there are people on welfare. There is also what is known as corporate welfare. Who gets the most money and how is the corporate welfare recipients decided?

The answer is a bit long so I'm going to link it.

 
Grok link didn't work, just took me to a blank Grok to ask a question.

Kash arrested gang banger Tren de arugula member. Didn't have to arrest the entire gang, just take em down one at a time.
The same can be done with the owners of these NGO's. It's obvious this was all coordinated by someone. Biden was to far gone to do it so it was someone else. Start taking down these NGO's one by one. Someone will talk and spill the beans on the entire operation.
My guess is this was all coordinated to tie up valuable resources to prevent investigations into the real crime syndicate in DC.

In addition, round up Mayorkas and lock him up without bail until he starts talking. Clearly he facilitated all of this invasion and can be charged in a rico case.

Also, since these leftist judges have ruled time and again that trump cant deport these people, Trump should announce and end to rounding them up. At the same time he can declare an open bounty on their heads. DOGE can set up a website with photos of the terrorists gangbangers photos and last known addresses. Bounties can be offer and paid. There is a rather large hunting community in the US that would be more than happy to help out.
 
nickndfl said:
On one hand they said Musk really only cut 3% of what he said trying to minimalize his efforts. On the other hand they are accusing him of being a nazi and cutting everything which is primarily damaging children and POC. It's all propaganda.
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Just check the source of this kind of shit. It is just infantile, lib/prog, anti-Trump-no-matter-what, breathless notes that are in TOTAL support of Schumer, Pelosi, Schiff, and the 51 Intelligence heads as they continue to look out for American citizens with fervor and utter purity.
 
Goldhedge said:
They've been fighting everything this admin has attempted.

They need to disclose who's getting the money and then we'll see the cockroaches scatter!
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Yowza.

Just think of this actual setup the lib/progs are using:

Bitch about absolutely everything -- without exception -- that Trump does. Remember: That nazi Trump tore that "father and husband" from his wife and child and without even a 90-day trial, and deported him to his homeland.

Interfere and stop by any means anything even remotely possible. Consider yourself on a train that is just leaving the station. You fiercely desire to not only stop, but destroy that train.

So you jump out and put a timber between the wheels. Yup. Gotta go to Supreme Court to see if that was legal. 9-0 "NOPE" <-- What it was, was an anti-American cabal reacting. The cabal is deeply woven into American society.

So the next 19? was it? tricks came one after the other. A couple worked well enough to enable more and more.

God bless the Jerry Nadler supporters.
 
searcher said:
The subject of welfare and who gets it interests me, so I decided to play around with Grok.

Question:

In the United States there are people on welfare. There is also what is known as corporate welfare. Who gets the most money and how is the corporate welfare recipients decided?

The answer is a bit long so I'm going to link it.

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Here's the last two paragraphs for anyone interested. Would have had to do some major editing to post the entire answer.

Final Answer

Who gets the most money? Corporate welfare recipients receive more, with estimates of $150–200 billion annually (plus indirect costs) compared to $100–150 billion for traditional social welfare programs. Large corporations like Boeing ($13 billion), General Motors, and Amazon dominate, while social welfare supports low-income families.

How are corporate welfare recipients decided? Recipients are selected through a fragmented system of federal programs (e.g., ATP, Export-Import Bank), tax breaks, and state/local incentives, heavily influenced by lobbying, campaign contributions, and political negotiations. Unlike social welfare’s income-based criteria, corporate welfare lacks transparent standards, often favoring politically connected firms.

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In my opinion, if the gov wants to cut welfare they should start with corporate welfare. But they won't. They don't want to stop their gravy train (campaign contributions, sweet trips to neat & fun places, gifts worth big bucks, etc.) It's why they won't leave, and you'll never see term limits.
 
Searcher: Ya done fine on showing the Corporate welfare crap. You blew it with the last paragraph that absolutely belies the actual words you posted. What YOU posted is historic action is being taken despite the lib/100%democrat lockstep party resistance, right?

*IF* you now know that Corporate welfare recipients to to the $150-$200 Billion range... HOW did you get that info?

Oh. Yeah. IT IS THE TEAM THAT IS DIGGING IT UP -- THE TEAM LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO STOP. <-- Right? Did we know about it on Jan 20th?

No? Hm... HOW did we get the info? Was it from the libs working to stop the light, or was it the Trump team? Hmm. Difficult for a leftist to answer.

Just answer it yourself, and then follow on: *IF* the Trump team wants to stop the "gravy train"... just WHO is trying to keep him from doing it?

Why, it is the Cabal Crooks in Office. At every level.

Aim at them. Support the Good Guys. At least once without a demur.
 
Unca Walt said:
HOW did you get that info?
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lol I just asked Grok a question. It was part of the answer. Would have posted the entire answer but I would have had to edit out a lot of different kink type of stuff which would have taken a good bit of time.

If you are on twitter you should be able to access Grok. If not try this: https://x.ai/grok

For a laugh just ask it this:

In the United States there are people on welfare. There is also what is known as corporate welfare. Who gets the most money and how is the corporate welfare recipients decided?

Edit to add: I went directly to Grok (bypassed twitter) asked it the same question. Basically got the same as before.

 


The roster of the advisory board is like an Uniparty Who's Who, including Hillary Clinton.

⚪ Admiral Mike Mullen – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007–2011
🔴 George Allen – Governor of Virginia (1994-1998), U.S. Senate (2001-2007)
🔴 James A. Baker, III – Secretary of State (Bush Sr., 1992–1993)
🔵 Howard Berman – U.S. House of Representatives (CA-28, 1983-2013)
🔵 James J. Blanchard – U.S. House of Representatives (MI-18, 1975-1983)
🔵 Bill Bradley – U.S. Senate (NJ, 1979-1997)
🔵 David Cicilline – U.S. House of Representatives (RI-1, 2011-2023)
🔵 Hillary Clinton – Secretary of State
🔴 William Cohen – Secretary of Defense (Republican who served in a Democratic administration)
🔴 Norm Coleman – U.S. Senate (MN, 2003-2009)
🔴 Bob Corker – U.S. Senate (TN, 2007-2019)
🔵 Tom Daschle – U.S. Senate (SD, 1987-2005)
🔴 Charlie Dent – U.S. House of Representatives (PA-15, 2005-2018)
🔵 Christopher J. Dodd – U.S. Senate (CT, 1981-2011)
🔵 Thomas Donilon – National Security Advisor (2010, Obama)
🔴 Mickey Edwards – U.S. House of Representatives (OK-5, 1977-1993)
🔴 Mark Esper – Secretary of Defense (2019-2020)
🔴 Bill Frist – U.S. Senate (TN, 1995-2007)
⚪ Robert Gates – Secretary of Defense (served under both GWB and Obama administrations, registered Republican)
🔵 Sam Gejdenson – U.S. House of Representatives (CT-2, 1981-2001)
🔴 Mike Johanns – U.S. Senate (NE, 2009-2015)
🔴 Robert Kasten, Jr. – U.S. Senate (WI, 1981-1993)
🔴 Tom Kean – Governor of New Jersey (1982-1990)
🔴 Bob Livingston – U.S. House of Representatives (LA-1, 1977-1999)
🔴 Connie Mack, III – U.S. Senate (FL, 1981-2001)
🔵 Sam Nunn – U.S. Senate (GA, 1972-1997)
🔴 Robert O’Brien – National Security Advisor (2019-2021)
🔴 Tim Pawlenty – Governor of Minnesota (2003-2011)
🔵 William J. Perry – Secretary of Defense (1994-1997)
🔴 Condoleezza Rice – Secretary of State (2005-2009)
🔴 Tom Ridge – Secretary of Homeland Security (2003-2005)
🔵 Chuck Robb – U.S. Senate (VA, 1981-2001)
🔴 Mike Rogers – U.S. House of Representatives (MI-8, 2001-2015)
🔴 Ed Royce – U.S. House of Representatives (CA-39, 1993-2019)
🔴 Rick Santorum – U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives (PA, 1995-2007)
🔵 David E. Skaggs – U.S. House of Representatives (CO-2, 1987-1999)
🔴 Gordon Smith – U.S. Senate (OR, 1997-2009)
🔵 Timothy E. Wirth – U.S. Senate (CO, 1987-1993)
🔴 Robert B. Zoellick – World Bank President, Deputy Chief of Staff under GWB
 


Medicare and Medicaid fraud is a $100 billion-a-year racket—worse than USAID’s scandals. The CNBC report shows how criminals exploit lax oversight, billing for phantom catheters and equipment while bureaucrats fail to act. This isn’t just waste—it’s systemic theft from taxpayers and vulnerable seniors.

The DOGE database reveals HHS leads in savings clawbacks, but real accountability means dismantling the fraud factories, prosecuting the middlemen, and redirecting every stolen dollar to veterans and medical pricing reform.

When oversight is a joke, criminals laugh all the way to the bank.
 


USGLC’s influence over USAID dollars is a textbook example of D.C.’s revolving door corruption. The real scandal? Biden’s team outsourcing policy to private actors while funneling billions into bloated NGOs.

DOGE’s latest audit exposed $160B in savings by axing contracts tied to this exact cronyism—like the $1.75B GAVI Foundation grant and $877M in HHS slush funds. When bureaucrats let lobbyists write the rules, taxpayers lose.

The fix? Permanent cuts to foreign aid leeches, not performative “reviews.”
 
Where are the people saying nothing is being done?

Can they address this? (Other than saying Trump/Hitler together are running roughshod over honest politicians.)
 
searcher said:
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I don't think congress will act at all. They need talking points come election time and want to give tax cuts to rich bitch campaign doners who fill their reelection campaigns with big bucks. They don't want the gravy train to stop.
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Cigarlover said:
Sadly I have to agree with you. Congress isn't in this for you and me. They are there to help themselves. They are mostly a bunch of thieves. How many of them have their own NGO's? Them or someone in their family anyway.
I have 0 expectations that they will fix themselves.
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On average, successful House candidates raise about $1.3 million, while Senate candidates raise a median of $7.6 million

Keep in mind the job pays $174K a year.

Now ask yourself why would someone spend that much money for a job with that kind of salary?
 
Unca Walt said:
Where are the people saying nothing is being done?

Can they address this? (Other than saying Trump/Hitler together are running roughshod over honest politicians.)
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Aw Jeez.JPG
Really?
Has anyone of any real significance (not some NPC) lost their job? their retirement? their freedom?
 
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