[ballcoach15]

Thank the Lord, Biden and his cronies are gone.

[RubberMallet]

i'm sure this isn't the first time its been used but they have to figure a way to do away with all encompassing pardons of things one might have done.

[Purple Haize]

Melania was on point today.

[olldflame]

Melania was on point today.

When is she not?
Bold prediction. She will be offered he her first appearance on a major fashion magazine cover as first lady sometime this year. Personally, I hope she turns it down. She's way too classy for those rags.

[ballcoach15]

The Coast Guard Commandant has been fired. Good move. She was nothing but a DEI hire, as was most of Biden's administration.

[olldflame]

The Coast Guard Commandant has been fired. Good move. She was nothing but a DEI hire, as was most of Biden's administration.

Her being a DEI hire is something I could possibly live with if she had actually prioritized GUARDING OUR COAST. Nope. Totally focused on skin color, gender and sexual orientation. The new Commandant will need to do a major house cleaning to get rid of all the non merit based hires she has made.

[Humble_Opinion]

The same thing needs to happen with the race obsessed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown. The guy is on record saying he thinks there should be less white male pilots in the Air Force. I don't know about you guys, but whenever I've been in a team-oriented competition, I have never thought about what race anyone was. I only cared about their ability to contribute to the goal of winning. How do we have people whose job it is to play war with people's lives behaving like this? It's insane.

[Purple Haize]

I was neither for or against RFK jr. After today’s hearings I really hope he gets confirmed. Granted his speech impediment made it painful to listen to. But I could not believe the number of times he was misquoted, misconstrued and shouted over by the Committee. He answered some questions I had about him. Not that you’d know because folks like Warren would not let him finish his answers. I honestly feel good about his vaccine position. He’s clearly not anti vax even though he’s been painted that way.
Of the remaining I can take or leave Tulsi. I think she’d be more than willing to give Trump a point of view that’s at odds with others. I think that’s a good thing.
I 100% want Kash in.

[Humble_Opinion]

Freaking Elizabeth Warren was out in front of the cameras talking about not liking that RFK might sue (and win) against big-Pharma and that may cause them to experience financial hardships. If RFK has Democrats protecting pharmaceutical companies, then I'm all for RFK.

RFK isn't anti-vax. He is against the vetting process and the pseudo-science that was used to expedite the COVID vaccine that was then forced on people against their will. The fact that they pushed them down to kids under the age of 10 made it all the more ridiculous.

My new barometer on any of these people is if Democrats are vehemently against them to the point of shrieking and gnashing of teeth, then I am 100% for the pick. That's why I'm hoping Kash Money Patel and Tulsi G-unit Gabbard make it through. The good thing about Trump's win is that he had the foresight to say in advance whom he was considering for various positions. He won convincingly - so he should have his pick of the lot.

[TH Spangler]

It seems liberal politicians fear the AI revolution most. They've been warning that efficiencies will lead to job losses. All this time I thought they were concerned about the private sector. It's looking more like self preservation now.

[Humble_Opinion]

I think they fear losing access to their government/special interest money laundering operations the most. DOGE is really getting to them...

[jpwood]

I have no problem with DOGE itself, but I’m not a fan of Elon leading the charge. His companies have benefited heavily from government support, so I don’t see why Trump would choose him to run this.

[Racenut]

Elon's response in the press conference today, inviting the examination of his government dealings and saying "I think you will find that America got the best of the deal" is as transparent as you will get. Trump and Elon both do not need money and are in sharp contrast to most democrats who have created nothing and have done nothing but suck off the government nipple for their entire career. The rats are being exposed and the kickbacks that have created their wealth are being exposed. Thank God for Trump, Fox News, X, and talk radio or we would know nothing of this.

[TH Spangler]

Reason why some are trying to block DOGE from accessing records.

https://www.azernews.az/region/237543.html

[jpwood]

There’s no publicly available financial evidence to support the claim that she was worth anywhere near that—just Elon basically saying, “Trust me, bro.” And since it fits a certain narrative, people are eating it up.

Sure, the government has plenty of waste, and maybe this will turn out to be true. But let’s be real—Elon hasn’t exactly built a reputation for being the most reliable source. Anytime a billionaire like Musk is involved, a healthy dose of skepticism is required.

Now, imagine if this were Bill Gates…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurra ... read-on-x/

[JK37]

Reason why some are trying to block DOGE from accessing records.

https://www.azernews.az/region/237543.html

Yeah, I’m all for cleaning up government waste and poor spending, but Musk has got to start operating with more transparency, or he risks just being the other side of the same coin he claims to be fixing.

DID SAMANTHA POWER EARN $23 MILLION AS USAID CHIEF?

No. Musk responded to a post on X claiming former USAID chief Samantha Power earned $23 million between 2020 and 2024. Power received a salary of $183,100 while working as administrator of USAID, according to federal records, and there’s no evidence suggesting she benefitted from her position to the tune of millions of dollars. In 2020, Power disclosed royalties and sales from her books—none of which exceeded $1,000—in addition to positions in several exchange-traded funds and mutual funds, including some holdings with Vanguard valued up to $1 million. In 2024, Power disclosed a retirement fund valued at up to $1 million and other assets held in ETFs and mutual funds. Over four years, some of Power’s assets rose in value, but many of them were mutual funds that track broad stock market indexes—and there isn’t any evidence that growth had anything to do with her job at USAID.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurra ... read-on-x/

[Ill flame]

I have no problem with DOGE itself, but I’m not a fan of Elon leading the charge. His companies have benefited heavily from government support, so I don’t see why Trump would choose him to run this.

Can’t say I know a lot about Elons deals with the government but in the case of space x it’s safe to say that’s been a mutually beneficial relationship. Prior to space x stepping up to the plate we were paying Russia around $86 million per seat to take astronauts to space. Now an American company based in one of the poorest parts of the country is doing it for about $10 million per seat cheaper despite massive inflation over that time.

[TH Spangler]

Interesting post. Saw it on FB.

Trump is Firing Government Employees, but He Learned from the Master: Bill Clinton and the Birth of the Deep State

As President Donald Trump announces plans to restructure the federal government and remove entrenched left-wing activist bureaucrats , the Left has reacted with outrage. Many claimed that such firings are an unprecedented attack on the civil service. However, history tells a different story. The blueprint for mass firings in the federal government was not drafted by Trump—it was authored by President Bill Clinton.

The Creation of Bill Clinton's Deep State

For the record, President Bill Clinton took drastic action upon entering office, firing all federal appointees and those reporting directly to them, reaching three levels deep into the management hierarchy. This included upper-level, middle-level, and lower-level managers. Such sweeping dismissals were unprecedented in modern history.

The stated reason for these actions was to reform government and make it more efficient. Under the guise of the 1993 "Reinventing Government Initiative," Clinton oversaw the termination of 377,000 federal employees. This initiative, led by then-Vice President Al Gore, was marketed as an effort to cut bureaucratic bloat. Clinton publicized that his administration reduced the government payroll from 2.15 million employees to 1.79 million by the end of his term (U.S. Office of Personnel Management). However, while he claimed to be trimming the size of government, he was in reality expanding it dramatically.

Rather than actually reducing the government’s reach, Clinton tripled its size by shifting millions of jobs to government contractors. This maneuver allowed his administration to hide the true expansion of government within the bureaucracy. The federal workforce, under his administration, effectively grew from 2.15 million to a staggering 9.1 million (Project On Government Oversight), all hired by liberal activist managers.

This restructuring was the foundation for what has become the “deep state”—an unelected bureaucratic class that exercises significant influence over government operations, often in opposition to elected leaders who challenge the status quo. The same entity that Trump is now attempting to confront was a product of Clinton’s drastic reshaping of the federal workforce.

Setting the Precedent for Trump’s Actions

The Democrats are framing Trump's efforts to remove government employees as radical and dangerous. Yet, Clinton, a Democrat, set the precedent for such dismissals. The key difference is that while Clinton’s actions were aimed at consolidating power within a left-leaning bureaucracy, Trump’s efforts have been directed at reducing that bureaucracy’s grip on governance and returning government to the people.

Trump’s battle against the entrenched federal workforce is not an attack on democracy—it is an attempt to undo a system that was carefully crafted over decades to resist conservative leadership. The idea that federal employees should be immune from accountability is a modern invention, and Clinton himself showed that mass firings could be justified in the name of reform.

As the debate over federal employment rages on, it is important to remember who first wielded the axe. Trump may be making headlines for firing government employees, but he is merely following in the footsteps of the master—Bill Clinton.

[TH Spangler]

There’s no publicly available financial evidence to support the claim that she was worth anywhere near that—just Elon basically saying, “Trust me, bro.” And since it fits a certain narrative, people are eating it up.

Musk isn't mentioned in that article.

And his only comment seems to be on X saying, "Sounds very fishy".

[flamehunter]

Same people who were screaming about how wrong the Covid skeptics were are now screaming about DOGE "lies".

[JK37]

There’s no publicly available financial evidence to support the claim that she was worth anywhere near that—just Elon basically saying, “Trust me, bro.” And since it fits a certain narrative, people are eating it up.

Musk isn't mentioned in that article.

And his only comment seems to be on X saying, "Sounds very fishy".

You’re missing the point. There’s no evidence her net worth has increased as much as he says it did.

[TH Spangler]

There’s no publicly available financial evidence to support the claim that she was worth anywhere near that—just Elon basically saying, “Trust me, bro.” And since it fits a certain narrative, people are eating it up.

Musk isn't mentioned in that article.

And his only comment seems to be on X saying, "Sounds very fishy".

You’re missing the point. There’s no evidence her net worth has increased as much as he says it did.

You're missing that he didn't say it. He read about it just like you and I and comment, "sounds fishy".

Democrat tactic is demonizing him though. That's a dead end road for them if you ask me.

[jpwood]

There’s no publicly available financial evidence to support the claim that she was worth anywhere near that—just Elon basically saying, “Trust me, bro.” And since it fits a certain narrative, people are eating it up.

Musk isn't mentioned in that article.

And his only comment seems to be on X saying, "Sounds very fishy".

Elon’s tweeted about it a bunch, and now articles like the one you shared are treating his posts like the gospel truth.

Look, I’m all for slashing government waste; but maybe let’s have an actual independent council handle that? You know, someone who isn’t cashing government checks...

[jpwood]

Same people who were screaming about how wrong the Covid skeptics were are now screaming about DOGE "lies".

The same folks who were loudly skeptical about COVID are now treating every word Elon says as gospel.

See? Two can play that game.

Whataboutism isn’t an argument; it’s just a shortcut to avoid having one.

[flamehunter]

Same people who were screaming about how wrong the Covid skeptics were are now screaming about DOGE "lies".

The same folks who were loudly skeptical about COVID are now treating every word Elon says as gospel.

See? Two can play that game.

Whataboutism isn’t an argument; it’s just a shortcut to avoid having one.

Was simply an observation. Let's give it a couple years and see who was right.