DOGE destroyed GSA and accessed data nobody can quantify or identify, and now GSA is recalling workers after paying for 7-month vacations and is paying penalty rent on cancelled leases. I found the waste, fraud and abuse.

The program accounts for 22% of new recruits. “Launched three years ago during one of the worst recruiting droughts in U.S. history, it helps those who aren’t eligible to join because they are overweight or unable to pass the military’s aptitude exam.” Launched 3 years ago.

“The great advantage to him in Hegseth and Patel feeling so insecure in their roles is that all of their authority derives from him. They have no special talents or achievements…They’re poseurs, distinguished only by the degree of their servility..The president owns them totally.”

Yet Justice Thomas didn’t recuse himself from J6 cases because his wife was involved in planning the events of that day.

The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” according to a person familiar with the discussions.

“Workslop is the inevitable (and avoidable) result of companies blindly adopting tools that don’t work simply because a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires declared that chatbots were The Next Internet while they were at the same time building literal bunkers for the End Times.”

“Ever-changing policy, particularly as administrations change, is not good for business,” Darren Woods, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, said in a recent interview. “It’s not good for the economy and ultimately, it’s not good for people.”

“The user, who asked to remain anonymous over fears of retribution, expressed concerns that Cancel the Hate might be a “scam” after receiving an influx of donation requests to their email.”

“South Carolina's unemployment rate mirrors the national rate at 4.3%. In July 2023, the state's unemployment rate was under 3%.” $1.6B EV battery factory (1,600 jobs) on hold due to policy and market uncertainty. This was Biden era deal. Now paused.

Recycling a proven strategy. Sean Burch, The Wrap 8/21/17 Bannon’s intimate knowledge of gamer enthusiasm translated seamlessly to politics, where he was able to “marshal the online armies of trolls and activists that overran national politics and helped give rise to Donald Trump.” Today:

This is a must read. Excellent chronicle of history and stunning parallels to current political events.

#caturday My serf won’t let me go out because of the storm clouds. Resting up for a full-on protest later.

Again I ask, will a final report be prepared that analyzes the net financial cost or savings of DOGE for the taxpayers?

Artificial Intelligence does weird things, gives delusional responses, because there's a major flaw that makes LLMs unstable, research paper by Mira Murati and her Thinking Machines lab shows. Who else is asking questions may even affect your results! thinkingmachines.ai/blog/defeati...

One worker in the chat accused guards of pulling their eyes sideways in a racist gesture against Asians. “The racial discrimination and sneering — and how the United States viewed us — will linger long in my heart,” the worker wrote. Yet another self inflicted wound.

Maybe talk to Boston police about successful initiatives instead of sending National Guard into cities? Sounds more efficient, practical and cheaper. You do risk losing the shock and awe, reality tv vibe though.

The swamp has been stocked with a bountiful new breed of creatures - more slimy, insatiable, blatantly corrupt and protected by a pause in FCPA enforcement.

“Mr. Obama said the job of an American president at a moment like this “is to constantly remind us of the ties that bind us together.” Political ideologue aside, this is leadership

So far, this administration has spent more $ vs prior year.

Another perspective on a very difficult decision.

Consumer rights and remedies are being eroded everywhere.

Aleksandr Dugin, a prominent ultranationalist writer in Russia: “Charlie Kirk was on our side of the front line that now divides humanity,” Mr. Dugin wrote. “The civil war in the U.S.A. is not something distant.”

What is the message here?

Now this is innovation that benefits mankind.

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Unions are not happy. “This whole thing,” Langlais said, “doesn’t make any sense to me.” The Ironworkers invested approximately a million dollars in training members for wind-turbine production. On top of that, there was special instruction for offshore projects…at a cost of $1,000 per member.

Thought provoking perspective from Civil War historian. Great read.

Why? Don’t we want to leave our children and grandchildren with clean air?

These times call for real leadership to end the inflammatory rhetoric, the monetization and weaponization of polarization, and the culture of vengeance and retribution that has been normalized. Who will step forward with the courage, commitment, and competence to heal the country?

All US taxpayer subsidies should be paired with caps on share buybacks.

“Mr. Trump evidently believes that his haphazard, self-centered approach to policy makes him look tough and decisive. In reality, it introduces more chaos to our economy, including to an industry at the center of 21st-century life.” 🎯

“Today’s ruling recognizes and reaffirms the importance of safeguarding the independence of the Federal Reserve from illegal political interference,” said Ms. Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell. Icarus continues his approach to the sun.

Why is “Project 2029” taking root as a brand? The name is a direct rip off of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. It conveys a lack of creativity, laziness, and a desperate, under resourced, stale party randomly grasping. Too much is at stake. Let’s put some effort into this. #Blueprint2029

A glimpse at the future workforce available for reshored and foreign-financed US production. There is no comprehensive plan, just executive orders and sound bites.

He called the bill “a loser for the U.S.A.,” and warned that Republican lawmakers who signed on could be thrown out of office by angry primary voters. Now signs bearing Mr. Trump’s name adorn..projects in Connecticut, Maryland; Seattle, Boston and Philadelphia.

“His comeback is the type of surreal spectacle that has defined the Trump era, where rap sheets are no barrier to reinvention. And he has come to embody the growing bond between Mr. Trump and the crypto world, a once-lawless industry that now wields astonishing influence in Washington.”

“..personal shamelessness & contempt for institutional norms, ability to neuter intraparty rivals, push yes-men through the confirmation process & bend the principles of people in his orbit.. (absent comprehensive defeat) this model of executive power will likely outlive the Caesar who created it.”

No bid contracts are notorious for waste, fraud and abuse.

Johnson told settlers that “the mountains of Judea and Samaria” are the “rightful property of the Jewish people,” remarks that flout international law, which deems Israel’s occupation and settlement expansion as unlawful. “

“Stealing the title from a right-wing think tank’s policy book as a path back to political power makes about as much sense as buying the same socks as LeBron James as a path to basketball stardom. But no one ever accused the Democrats of being great thinkers.”

Techdirt editor Mike Masnick notes that while the 2022 study also found that other email providers caught more Democratic emails as spam, “Republicans laser-focused on Gmail because it fit their victimization narrative better.”

Trump was an FBI informant to take down Epstein?? 😂😂😂 OMG, they've all lost complete touch with reality. Coming soon from MAGA Pictures...

Trump in 2017: “This museum is a beautiful tribute to so many American heroes: heroes like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Rosa Parks, the Greensboro students, & the African American Medal of Honor recipients, among so many other really incredible heroes”

In 2024 Miran urged an end to the “revolving door between the executive branch and the Fed” on the basis that it was “critical to reducing the incentives for officials to act in the short-term political interests of the president.” Mr. Miran now finds himself on that exact journey.

Yes, prices are higher but you don’t hear wealthy people complaining about that. We need more focus on wage disparity - the real issue.

Boom!

If Biden said this, Republicans would be calling for 25A and speculating that medical equipment was being installed to prolong his life.

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin has said the goal of the administration is "driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion." Why always the violent rhetoric?