Department of Government Efficiency - DOGE

[Septic]

That tranny comment was inappropriate buddy.

that's gay.

 

[Wireless1]

That is a start, at least. I would note that if you get rid of private contractors, you end many “good” government programs.

Billions and billions of dollars are providing “government services” through contractors.

I-40 rebuild in NC? Contractors.
Defense department research? Contractors
Cancer research? Contractors
USAID actual humanitarian aid? Mostly contractors?

Most productive work of the government is done by private contractors. Be careful what you cut.

Aren’t most of the workers at Holston Army ammunition contract workers?

 

[n_huffhines]

He was saying Americans want him and his colleagues to bring weapons to the fight. Clearly a metaphor about him fighting, not a call for others to be violent..

 

[DC_Vol]

I may be misunderstanding you here; I understand the contractors to be those “third parties” who do the work. Are you saying you would prefer that government hire more employees to do the work in place of the contractors?

They should get rid of the DC contractor racket and also do less work. Shrink that *****.

 

[apevol]

1. I was seeking clarity from DC related to his post.

2. Programs that provide loving caregivers for the mentally and physically handicapped are fantastic. Medicaid is going to pay someone to care for those poor souls, it may as well be someone who loves them. Many people give up other jobs to care for those people, and it saves tax money by not having to put the wards in much more expensive nursing home care.

3. Why aren’t we more efficient? That is a good question. I would refer your concern to the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. (DOGE), I understand they were created to address these types of concerns.

DOGE gets a say in private business practices?

 

[apevol]

He was saying Americans want him and his colleagues to bring weapons to the fight. Clearly a metaphor about him fighting, not a call for others to be violent..

eh its inflammatory

 

[CABVOL]

I can’t believe the leftists on here are not happy about finding corruption and mad that their taxes are being stolen.

TDS supersedes basic common sense

They know they are phuked for the next two presidential elections at least with everything being found out with DOGE. JD will follow Trump as President.

They cannot stand that Trump is doing what he said he was going to do and making the last 4 years look even worse than everyone already thought it was.

And re: DOGE. I hope they find all the BS that involve R’s too. Expose every damn one of them.

 

[Ritzwatch]

DOGE gets a say in private business practices?

Yes. Absolutely.

I have friends who run an international relief organization. For instance, about two years ago when earthquakes hit Turkey, the United States, through USAID, used this private organization as a contractor to provide disaster relief to that area.

They provided the conduit for workers, medical supplies and food to people whose villages had been destroyed in the immediate aftermath of the quakes. They did this through government grants. They had to qualify for the money, they had to account for spending, and they had to show the results of the work they did. That is government say in private business.

When Trump shut down USAID after DOGE did it’s thing, it shut down the funding for much of this work. About the biggest voice government has over private business is when they cut off that businesses cash flow.

 

[jmacvols1]

criminal

 

[n_huffhines]

eh its inflammatory

Fine but it wasn't what the tweet said it was

 

[Ritzwatch]

They should get rid of the DC contractor racket and also do less work. Shrink that *****.

I think I follow what you are getting at - the “big time contractors in the MIC or pharma research industries.

When I think of contractors, I think more of the nuts and bolts contractors - For example, Ames Constructuon on I40 in the pigeon River gorge, or Samaritans Purse, which has received hundreds of millions in government contracts, or the dozens of women’s shelters providing safe haven to women and children under government VAWA grants.

There are lots of contractors doing good work. There are also those committing fraud. In the middle of them all is the bureaucratic state, taking their administrative cut of the cash.

All hail the Administrative State.

 

[CABVOL]

 

[Septic]

CIA black sites ain't free man. Keeping terry's from due process comes at a cost.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

criminal

I'm sure those on the left will come along and say where's the proof!

 

[VOLS INC.]

It's nothing like a cc. The issue would be the fed govt going into the nyc bank account and taking funds.

Interesting timing with the corruption charges against Adams being conveniently dropped

I found this. Guessing she’s talking about the 80 Mill.

 

[Orangeburst]

 

[volfanhill]

I'm sure those on the left will come along and say where's the proof!

So you want to live in a world where some dude can just make claims in front of a camera and it be considered fact? No way that would be ever corrupted.

 

[kiddiedoc]

He was saying Americans want him and his colleagues to bring weapons to the fight. Clearly a metaphor about him fighting, not a call for others to be violent..

Like flags and Viking helmets?

 

[CagleMtnVol]

So you want to live in a world where some dude can just make claims in front of a camera and it be considered fact? No way that would be ever corrupted.

You think all this stuff that they say they are finding isn't true?

 

[volfanhill]

You think all this stuff that they say they are finding isn't true?

No. But seeing as how one of their first claims was shockingly wrong, then yes they need to show their work. Why would you just blindly accept it? They aren't exactly the most honest people

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[VOLS INC.]

Like flags and Viking helmets?

Isn’t it interesting how Trump can say “Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now, and you think you’re going to get that, you’re going to not hire Americans, and you’re going to sell the cars to us? No. We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars. If I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath, for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars.”

And Democrats along with their propaganda pushers, the MSM, claimed Trump was calling for a bloodbath if he didn’t get elected.

Meanwhile democrats can call for “fights in the streets” and it’s fine. Totally fine.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Isn’t it interesting how Trump can say “Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now, and you think you’re going to get that, you’re going to not hire Americans, and you’re going to sell the cars to us? No. We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars. If I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath, for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars.”

And Democrats along with their propaganda pushers, the MSM, claimed Trump was calling for a bloodbath if he didn’t get elected.

Meanwhile democrats can call for “fights in the streets” and it’s fine. Totally fine.

In modern terms, I've only heard the term "bloodbath" applied to the financial market... exactly how Trump used it. Everyone knows that. Such BS feigned outrage.

 

[n_huffhines]

"Trump, Vance, and Miller have a First Amendment right to disagree with a judge's ruling and to criticize what they see as the implications of that ruling, of course. Those criticisms might even have legal merit. Indeed, under the U.S. Supreme Court's "political question doctrine," the entire judiciary system is generally expected to steer clear of making policy decisions or otherwise infringing on the powers vested in the executive and legislative branches. It's certainly fair to argue that Engelmayer may have violated that doctrine with his ruling on Saturday.

But there is a difference between disagreeing with a judge's ruling and questioning whether the judicial system as a whole has the authority to decide such things. Anyone who believes a judge's ruling is wrong is free to appeal that decision to a higher court. The final decision still rests in the judicial branch.

Some recent developments are calling into question whether the Trump administration will continue to recognize that. On Monday, a different federal judge said the Trump administration was defying his January 29 order telling the Trump administration to unfreeze some federal funds. In cases dealing with funding freezes for the National Institute of Health and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Trump administration has also been accused of ignoring court orders.

It's worth noting that Trump is also openly defying a U.S. Supreme Court ruling unrelated to the DOGE-led attempts at cutting and reorganizing the executive branch. Last month, the high court upheld a federal law requiring that the social media site TikTok must be sold or banned. Rather than complying, Trump ordered the Justice Department to simply not enforce the law for 75 days.""

Presidents should not ignore court rulings

When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the 1832 case Worcester v. Georgia, so the story goes, President Andrew Jackson responded by

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[n_huffhines]

The DOGE bait and switch

Donald Trump's much-ballyhooed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) does not actually exist. The program's official status is more significant than

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