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(03-12-2025, 08:29 PM)Jag149 Wrote: [ -> ]I did not make it up Elon was asked in an interview. To be fair when asked why Biden turned him down he sais "I guess because I was supporting Trump"

Read this try paragraph #6.  Now you quit calling me a liar, I have never accused you of that. minus one for character

Text below in case neither of you know how to access a link.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-off...00682.html

Last year, Musk offered to help bring the two astronauts home sooner than planned, but he claims he was rejected by the Biden administration.
“They were left up there for political reasons, which is not good,” Musk said in an interview alongside President Donald Trump with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
In a separate interview last week with Joe Rogan, Musk said the Biden administration intentionally “pushed the return date past the inauguration date” in an effort to downplay Trump and his allies’ successes.
“There’s no way that they’re going to make anyone who’s supporting Trump look good,” Musk told Rogan.
In a Tuesday press conference, Williams and Wilmore were asked to confirm the credibility of Musk’s statements about the Biden administration. Wilmore said it “is absolutely factual,” while still choosing his words carefully so as not to pick sides.

Fine.  Stop taking Elon's speculations as truth.  How about that?

(03-13-2025, 09:02 AM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-12-2025, 08:42 PM)Jag149 Wrote: [ -> ]Read this try paragraph #6.  Now you quit calling me a liar, I have never accused you of that. minus one for character

Text below in case neither of you know how to access a link.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-off...00682.html

Last year, Musk offered to help bring the two astronauts home sooner than planned, but he claims he was rejected by the Biden administration.
“They were left up there for political reasons, which is not good,” Musk said in an interview alongside President Donald Trump with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
In a separate interview last week with Joe Rogan, Musk said the Biden administration intentionally “pushed the return date past the inauguration date” in an effort to downplay Trump and his allies’ successes.
“There’s no way that they’re going to make anyone who’s supporting Trump look good,” Musk told Rogan.

In a Tuesday press conference, Williams and Wilmore were asked to confirm the credibility of Musk’s statements about the Biden administration. Wilmore said it “is absolutely factual,” while still choosing his words carefully so as not to pick sides.

Fine.  Stop taking Elon's speculations as truth.  How about that?

Read the bold. Those are the astronauts that are up there. It is not speculation. They verified it. You may not like it but what I said was true. It was confirmed. The way I look at it ... you read what I posted, did not like it then responded without taking the time to see if it was correct. A lot of point, shoot, aim. How about that bucko?

Trump allies mount campaign to get DOGE codified by Congress
The bill is being led by Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.

A group of President Donald Trump's House GOP allies is leading a bill that would enshrine the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its efficiency efforts in federal law, giving it some protection from various legal challenges over the next year and a half.

"This creates a reporting structure that allows what DOGE is doing with the Cabinet to be relayed to Congress, which is our Article I authorities, which is really the idea of being good stewards of taxpayer funding," Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who is leading the bill, told Fox News Digital in an interview.

The legislation more generally codifies Trump's executive order directing Cabinet secretaries and heads of other executive offices to coordinate with DOGE on various government efficiency plans.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-a...d-congress

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Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
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Today, @NIH
cancelled the following grants:

- $620K for “an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys”
- $699K for studying “cannabis use” among “sexual minority gender diverse individuals”
- $740K for examining “social networks” among “black and Latino sexual minority men in New Jersey”
- $50K for assessing “sexual health” among “LGTBQ+ Latinx youth in an agricultural community”
- $75K for researching “structural racism”
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Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@SecretaryLCD
We're working with @DOGE
to root out waste, fraud, & abuse.

@USDOL
just saved taxpayers $30M by eliminating “America Last” programs in foreign countries like Indonesia, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, & Brazil.

Under @POTUS
, the American Worker ALWAYS comes First.
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Secretary Brooke Rollins
@SecRollins
?@USDA
was funding a $397K grant in the San Francisco Bay to educate queer, trans, and BIPOC urban farmers and consumers about food justice and values-aligned markets…??‍♀️

This grant has been CANCELLED.
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MUST SEE: America, how do you feel about leasing a fancy Washington DC high-rise for a quarter of $1 billion?

That’s exactly what the last administration did at the US Agency for Global Media.

@KariLake
exposes waste & corruption, and will work to root it out.
https://x.com/i/status/1900652489063481500
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Other grant examples from @NIH
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- $100K for Vanderbilt University to study “social networks” among “sexual and gender minorities”
- $37K for the University of Houston to study “fear of deportation” in “Latinx young adults”
- $681K for the University of Pennsylvania to study “social media anti-vaping messages” among “sexual and gender minority teens”
- $225K for the University of Colorado to study the “effects of hormones on headaches in transmasculine adolescents”
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The “bridges to nowhere” at 1:20…
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MUST SEE: America, how do you feel about leasing a fancy Washington DC high-rise for a quarter of $1 billion?

That’s exactly what the last administration did at the US Agency for Global Media.

@KariLake exposes waste & corruption, and will work to root it out.

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These program cancellations included $3M for “transparency and accountability in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry”.
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We're working with @DOGE to root out waste, fraud, & abuse.

@USDOL just saved taxpayers $30M by eliminating “America Last” programs in foreign countries like Indonesia, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, & Brazil.

Under @POTUS, the American Worker ALWAYS comes First.

#AmericaFirst ??
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Other grant examples from @NIH
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- $100K for Vanderbilt University to study “social networks” among “sexual and gender minorities”
- $37K for the University of Houston to study “fear of deportation” in “Latinx young adults”
- $681K for the University of Pennsylvania to study
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Today, @NIH cancelled the following grants:

- $620K for “an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys”
- $699K for studying “cannabis use” among “sexual minority gender diverse individuals”
- $740K for examining “social networks” among “black and
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Contract update!

Over the last two days, agencies terminated 239 wasteful contracts with a total ceiling value of ~$1.7B and total savings of ~$400M, including an $8.5M consulting contract for “fiscal stewardship to improve management and program operations in order to drive innovation and improve efficiency and effectiveness of business services; rethink, realign and reskill the workforce; and enhance program delivery through a number of transformational initiatives”.

The article referenced is one by a paper in Seattle claiming Elon Musk stole money from a guy. using the SSI system. This had nothing to do with him as as they say it isaknown issue no one has taken the time to fix.

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
This article is maliciously misleading. While the database error is unfortunate, this has zero connection to @DOGE
.

This type of error unfortunately has occurred regularly (~500 times each month) for years. In the same way that dead people are marked as living, the reverse also happens, with Mr. Johnson’s case being one example. As of last week, @DOGE
and @SocialSecurity
are now working together to increase the accuracy of the “Death Master File” and eliminate these errors, the first ever real attempt to do so.

With regards to service centers being understaffed, this is true. @SocialSecurity
has been on a hybrid work-from-home model, which is currently being transitioned to a full work-from-office model.
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The richest man in the world, @elonmusk, took over $5,000 out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was saving money, by falsely claiming he was dead.

https://seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p

Breaking: A Federal Judge blocked Trump's attempt to terminate government credit cards, so DOGE set a spending limit of $1 on the cards!

(03-17-2025, 02:17 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]Breaking: A Federal Judge blocked Trump's attempt to terminate government credit cards, so DOGE set a spending limit of $1 on the cards!

If you look closely at the weekly CC updates I am posting you can see the notation. (Active Purchase card limit set at $1)  Thanks I wondered what that was....

today's update

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Contract update!

Today, agencies terminated 44 contracts today with a ceiling value of ~$5.2B and savings of ~$640M, including:
-$465K DoD contract for “non-personal services, to serve as the Maxwell Air Force Base installations horticulturalist, landscape designer, and greenhouse plant nursery manager to improve and maintain beautification of the installations
- ~$2.85M HHS contract for “digital communications and social media support services”
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Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Excellent job by @CBP @Sec_Noem. These 21 contracts had a total ceiling value of ~$4.3B with total resulting savings of ~$600M.
DOGE
CBP
@CBP
UPDATE ? Illegal border crossings have plummeted, leading to the closure of several temporary processing facilities along the southwest border. Each facility shutdown saves $5-$30M/month. More resources for border security, less taxpayer money spent.

I read a comment on a story about the return of the stranded astronauts which said there are now district court orders demanding they be returned to space.

Too funny.

(03-19-2025, 05:24 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]I read a comment on a story about the return of the stranded astronauts which said there are now district court orders demanding they be returned to space.

Too funny.

I've seen a few meme's floating around on that very thing...... Low level "Judges" can not override presidential powers as outlined in the constitution.....

(03-18-2025, 11:07 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]

I've been accusing them of lying.

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(03-19-2025, 08:31 AM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-19-2025, 05:24 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]I read a comment on a story about the return of the stranded astronauts which said there are now district court orders demanding they be returned to space.

Too funny.

I've seen a few meme's floating around on that very thing...... Low level "Judges" can not override presidential powers as outlined in the constitution.....

That's begging the question.
The President's powers are not infinite, and the whole uncomfortable process is to figure out what the limits are.

(03-19-2025, 08:56 AM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-18-2025, 11:07 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]

I've been accusing them of lying.

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(03-19-2025, 08:31 AM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]I've seen a few meme's floating around on that very thing...... Low level "Judges" can not override presidential powers as outlined in the constitution.....

That's begging the question.
The President's powers are not infinite, and the whole uncomfortable process is to figure out what the limits are.

I made the assertion before that the Trump administration’s goal is to stress the courts. I’m sure they were well aware there would be pushback. Entrenched bureaucracy does not go away quietly.

(03-19-2025, 09:15 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-19-2025, 08:56 AM)mikesez Wrote: [ -> ]I've been accusing them of lying.

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That's begging the question.
The President's powers are not infinite, and the whole uncomfortable process is to figure out what the limits are.

I made the assertion before that the Trump administration’s goal is to stress the courts. I’m sure they were well aware there would be pushback. Entrenched bureaucracy does not go away quietly.

Get used to it. He accuses anyone of lying that doesn't agree with him. He called me one even though Elon's statement was verified by the astronauts that were abandoned by Biden. Seems he know better than people that are actually there.

In a Tuesday press conference, Williams and Wilmore were asked to confirm the credibility of Musk’s statements about the Biden administration. Wilmore said it “is absolutely factual,” while still choosing his words carefully so as not to pick sides.

(03-19-2025, 09:53 AM)Jag149 Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-19-2025, 09:15 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]I made the assertion before that the Trump administration’s goal is to stress the courts. I’m sure they were well aware there would be pushback. Entrenched bureaucracy does not go away quietly.

Get used to it. He accuses anyone of lying that doesn't agree with him. He called me one even though Elon's statement was verified by the astronauts that were abandoned by Biden. Seems he know better than people that are actually there.

In a Tuesday press conference, Williams and Wilmore were asked to confirm the credibility of Musk’s statements about the Biden administration. Wilmore said it “is absolutely factual,” while still choosing his words carefully so as not to pick sides.

I heard a snarky comment that the astronauts were political prisoners. Technically…

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
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Mar 18
For the past two weeks, @SocialSecurity
has begun a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased. More work still to be done.
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@DOGE
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Mar 19
This week, @Interior
is dissolving the Federal Consulting Group (FCG), where one government department charges another to broker consulting contracts.

As an example, FCG brokered a $75M contract to design website customer satisfaction surveys, and then attempted to award $830M to conduct similar surveys. The latter contract was discovered by @Interior
and DOGE, and cancelled before signature.

Example of the work product:

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Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis
For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with @elonmusk
and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the same day. Other states should follow Florida in supporting DOGE's efforts!
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Florida returned $878,112,000.
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Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Good work by @NASA this week:
-Eliminated their unused Purchasing Cards (~80%)
-Terminated ~$420M in unneeded contracts, including $45M ($15M each) to three separate consultants, all for "Change Management Support Services”
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Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
The IRS has the transaction volume of a mid-sized bank, running similar infrastructure. Those banks typically have an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) budget of ~$20M/yr.

The IRS has a ~$3.5B O&M budget (which doesn’t include an additional $3.7B modernization budget). ~80% of
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Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
There is a pattern across all agencies where IT “modernization” contracts do not pay for outcomes/performance; instead, they pay for time. Therefore, the incentive is for contractors to “never finish,” resulting in incredible waste.

As an example, IRS modernization started in
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Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Contract update!

Today, agencies terminated 105 contracts with a ceiling value of $935M and $580M in savings, including a $1.03M National Science Foundation consulting contract for “fitness center services”.

(03-21-2025, 11:44 PM)Jag149 Wrote: [ -> ]Department of Government Efficiency reposted
Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis
For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with @elonmusk
and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the same day. Other states should follow Florida in supporting DOGE's efforts!
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Florida returned $878,112,000.

Here's the story on that.....

DeSantis says Florida returned $878M in taxpayer funds to federal government after meeting with Musk, DOGE

DeSantis said Florida had been trying to return federal funds to the federal government over the 'ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said Friday that the state was returning more than $878 million to the federal government that it had been attempting to give back for the past few years during the Biden administration.
DeSantis' office informed the U.S. Treasury Department that $878,112,000 would be returned to the federal government.
The governor said the move came after a meeting with billionaire Elon Musk and his team at the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

"For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it," DeSantis wrote Friday on X.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desanti...-musk-doge