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Welcome to 🤡town, where:
-An $8b cut is really just an $8m cut
-3x $655m cuts are actually a single $18m cut
-A $232m cut was only worth $560k in the end
-the largest cut of all—$1.6b—was made by Joe Biden last fall, before DOGE even existed
-An $8b cut is really just an $8m cut
-3x $655m cuts are actually a single $18m cut
-A $232m cut was only worth $560k in the end
-the largest cut of all—$1.6b—was made by Joe Biden last fall, before DOGE even existed
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week (Gift Article)
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Welcome to 🤡town, where:
-An $8b cut is really just an $8m cut
-3x $655m cuts are actually a single $18m cut
-A $232m cut was only worth $560k in the end
-the largest cut of all—$1.6b—was made by Joe Biden last fall, before DOGE even existed
-An $8b cut is really just an $8m cut
-3x $655m cuts are actually a single $18m cut
-A $232m cut was only worth $560k in the end
-the largest cut of all—$1.6b—was made by Joe Biden last fall, before DOGE even existed
Govt spending under Trump has so far averaged $30bn/day. Compare that to $26bn/day in the same period last year under Biden.
“No matter how aggressive doge is, its actions are focused on barely more than a tenth of the overall federal budget.”
“No matter how aggressive doge is, its actions are focused on barely more than a tenth of the overall federal budget.”
Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending
DOGE has so far disrupted everything in government bar the deficit
www.economist.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Govt spending under Trump has so far averaged $30bn/day. Compare that to $26bn/day in the same period last year under Biden.
“No matter how aggressive doge is, its actions are focused on barely more than a tenth of the overall federal budget.”
“No matter how aggressive doge is, its actions are focused on barely more than a tenth of the overall federal budget.”
In a 2013 interview at the Milken Institute Global Conference, @elonmusk brother, Kimbal, confessed that in 1995 he and Elon were working as illegal immigrants in the US while seeking funding for their startup company, Zip2. Start @ 9m10s
Elon and Kimbal Musk Interview
YouTube video by ECOVATE LLC
youtu.be
February 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
In a 2013 interview at the Milken Institute Global Conference, @elonmusk brother, Kimbal, confessed that in 1995 he and Elon were working as illegal immigrants in the US while seeking funding for their startup company, Zip2. Start @ 9m10s
A must-read @propublica.org piece, outlining the disastrous effects of the Trump administration’s international aid freeze, exposes the administration’s lie that the ban has been relaxed/lifted and gives a voice to the brave doctors and staffers who intend to defy the ban for as long as possible.
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A must-read @propublica.org piece, outlining the disastrous effects of the Trump administration’s international aid freeze, exposes the administration’s lie that the ban has been relaxed/lifted and gives a voice to the brave doctors and staffers who intend to defy the ban for as long as possible.
What are the odds that during the exodus from the info cesspool that is X, I randomly snagged #Afireuponthedeep at my local bookstore? Little did I know I'd found a #scifi classic that warned readers about the "Net of a Million Lies" over a decade before the major social media networks were founded.
November 16, 2024 at 9:49 PM
What are the odds that during the exodus from the info cesspool that is X, I randomly snagged #Afireuponthedeep at my local bookstore? Little did I know I'd found a #scifi classic that warned readers about the "Net of a Million Lies" over a decade before the major social media networks were founded.