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Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE Secretly Changes Receipts for Almost Half Its Supposed Savings</p><p>DOGE keeps quietly editing how much it has saved through its cuts.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192248/doge-changed-almost-half-savings-receipts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192248/do</span><span class="invisible">ge-changed-almost-half-savings-receipts</span></a></p><p>"errors still persisted on the site. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> still claimed that it had saved $106 million by canceling two contracts... but in reality, those contracts were completed during the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bush</span></a> admn.</p><p>This isn’t the first time that this has happened. DOGE’s website... has turned into a hall of humiliation"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings</p><p>For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s govt overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mistakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mistakes</span></a> that inflated its success.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-wall.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/doge-musk-contracts-wall.html</span></a></p><p>"From its start, the list has been full of errors... claimed credit for contracts that had ended years or even decades before... </p><p>these mistakes raised questions about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> ’s basic understanding of the federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Are Wreaking Havoc on Nuclear Safety</p><p>DOGE has gutted the nuclear <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> agency.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192247/elon-musk-doge-cuts-nuclear-safety" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192247/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-doge-cuts-nuclear-safety</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> pledged that the mass firing only affected noncritical employees... but that was little more than a bold-faced <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lie</span></a>.</p><p>...staffers forced out of his position incl acting Chief of Defense <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> Safety James Todd, a senior executive official and the “top authority for all <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NuclearSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearSafety</span></a> matters in the agency”"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"At the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, labs that analyze samples to ensure that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a>, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics are <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/safe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safe</span></a> and meet regulatory standards are already facing shortages...</p><p>to keep ultra-cold freezers running. These freezers preserve samples of cells and other biological material that reflect years, and sometimes decades, of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>. Delays in getting liquid nitrogen tanks could destroy that material."<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-spending-cuts-federal-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk</span><span class="invisible">-spending-cuts-federal-workers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The credit card program allows federal workers to bypass the typical procurement process required to buy goods and services. A 2002 report from the Department of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> said that, “by avoiding the formal procurement process, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> estimates the annual savings to be $1.2 billion.” It also enables federal employees to avoid paying sales tax on expenses that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> is exempt from."<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-spending-cuts-federal-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk</span><span class="invisible">-spending-cuts-federal-workers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies</p><p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> -mandated credit card freeze is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a>, &amp; stopping employees from doing their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-spending-cuts-federal-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk</span><span class="invisible">-spending-cuts-federal-workers/</span></a></p><p>"At the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a>, scientists aren’t able to order equipment used to repair ships... At the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, laboratories are experiencing delays in ordering basic supplies... employees are already unable to carry out the basic functions of their job."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>An FDR-Style "State of the Union"</p><p>Imagining What He Would Say Today, versus Trump/Musk/Putin<br><a href="https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/an-fdr-style-state-of-the-union" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">davidpepper.substack.com/p/an-</span><span class="invisible">fdr-style-state-of-the-union</span></a></p><p>"The actions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> &amp; his associates mirror those of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> royalists I warned about in prior years...</p><p>their dismantling of vital <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agencies &amp; services and the bypassing of constitutional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChecksAndBalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChecksAndBalances</span></a> are not acts of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> or savings, but attacks on the foundations of our republic."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE's Misplaced War on Software Licenses</p><p>DOGE claims that a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agency has nearly three times as many <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> licenses as employees. Experts say there are plenty of good reasons for that.<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-software-license-cancel-federal-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-software-</span><span class="invisible">license-cancel-federal-budget/</span></a></p><p>"licensing for the program is based on the number of devices on which it is installed, not the number of employees...</p><p>the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> stuff... “has some salience but is done in a bombastic way to make it seem like they are having more impact.”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Why shutting down the International Space Station could make Musk a fortune<br><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/why-shutting-down-the-international" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/p/why-shutting-d</span><span class="invisible">own-the-international</span></a></p><p>"White House advisor and SpaceX CEO <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> called for deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS)...</p><p> financial windfall for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>...</p><p>would pave the way for private companies to launch commercial space stations. Servicing commercial space stations is a key part of SpaceX's growth strategy."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>All of Trump’s Appointees Are Sick of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a></p><p>Donald Trump’s appointees are growing frustrated with DOGE’s dangerous shenanigans.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192220/elon-musk-donald-trump-cabinet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192220/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-donald-trump-cabinet</span></a></p><p>"Musk’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> just isn’t good for efficiency.</p><p>...if two million federal employees spent 15 minutes responding to emails, at their average wage of $35 per hour, they would ultimately waste 500,000 hours and cost the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> $17.5 million.</p><p>“That’s a conservative estimate""</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>ElonMail, Take Two – Exec Branch Compliance Watch Update<br><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elonmail-take-two-exec-branch-compliance-watch-update" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/e</span><span class="invisible">lonmail-take-two-exec-branch-compliance-watch-update</span></a> </p><p>"One rumor or belief that’s been circulating for the last week has been about the part of the emails which says to write the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> and cc their supervisor. A lot of people think that that is to enable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to create a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> wide org chart"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE's cuts are harming veterans</p><p>That's not efficient. It's cruel, it's wrong, &amp; it's unAmerican.<br><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/doges-cuts-are-harming-veterans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/doge</span><span class="invisible">s-cuts-are-harming-veterans</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>... bought access to the president... so he could launch his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> program... that is firing hard working, essential, middle-class employees, including <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>.</p><p>Firing veterans who perform essential duties isn’t <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> efficiency, it’s cruel...</p><p>The real Trump/Musk objective appears to be <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> more than efficiency."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>USAID Whistleblower Boldly Drops Truth Bomb On Trump</p><p>INSIDE: Marco Rubio ... ABJ ... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a><br><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/usaid-whistleblower-boldly-drops-truth-bomb-on-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-</span><span class="invisible">memo/usaid-whistleblower-boldly-drops-truth-bomb-on-trump</span></a></p><p>"senior <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> official was placed on leave Sunday after he wrote a memo blowing the whistle on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admn...</p><p>The impacts on global <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> outlined by Enrich are devastating, wide-ranging, and suggest hundreds of thousands of avoidable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deaths</span></a> will result from Trump’s lawless destruction of USAID."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Trump Is About to Hide DOGE’s True Costs From the Entire Country</p><p>Trump’s commerce secretary is preparing to mess with the country’s economic statistics.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192216/trump-lutnick-economic-statistics-gdp-doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192216/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-lutnick-economic-statistics-gdp-doge</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration might exclude <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> spending from gross domestic product reports to cover up upcoming poor <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> reports, and to hide the true scope of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> cuts.... [which] could have a negative impact on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Vulture Capitalism Comes for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p><p>The playbook <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; Musk are following to dismantle govt resembles the one used to pick apart America’s newspapers.<br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/vulture-capitalism-comes-for-democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/vulture-capit</span><span class="invisible">alism-comes-for-democracy</span></a></p><p>"Trump &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>... are taking their chainsaws to the federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>. Waiting in the wings are Trump’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> buddies—including 13 in his administration—who are salivating at the prospect of govt agencies being privatized"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>US may exclude govt spending from GDP, obscuring effect of Doge cuts</p><p>Howard Lutnick’s remarks echo <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>... [lies]<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-government-spending-gdp-doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/03/trump-government-spending-gdp-doge</span></a></p><p>"spending cuts pushed by... Elon Musk’s so-called “dept of govt efficiency” ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a>) could possibly cause an economic downturn...</p><p>Govt spending is traditionally included in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> because changes in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>, spending, deficits &amp; regulations by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> can affect the path of overall growth."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>AOC calls Elon Musk a ‘leech’ on the public as their tit-for-tat feud continues</p><p>‘No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> contracts, it will never be enough for him’...<br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-elon-musk-leech-doge-b2707377.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-elon-musk-leech-doge-b2707377.html</span></a></p><p>“Now he’s going after the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elderly</span></a>, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> &amp; orphaned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> so he can pocket it in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> cuts for himself... It’s disgusting.”</p><p>“If you want to start with waste, start with Elon’s defense contracts at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink</p><p>The Federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aviation</span></a> Administration directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> deal...<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-starlink-faa-officials-find-funding-1235285246/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/elon-musk-starlink-faa-officials-find-funding-1235285246/</span></a></p><p>"these internal directives have mostly, if not entirely, been delivered verbally — which they say is unusual for a matter like this... it appears as though “someone does not want a paper trail.”"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>5 Ways <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Is Sabotaging the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a><br><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-</span><span class="invisible">five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> is just the most substantiated example of the sheer waste <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> is creating... similarly stupid decisions in the firings of critical personnel (some of whom get hired back), but also the elimination of long-term maintenance or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> programs that will cost far more when those protections are gone...</p><p> possibility that Elon’s DOGE boys are doing something else w/the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> they’re accessing"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk publicly supports call for US to exit NATO, UN<br><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/elon-musk-publicly-supports-call-for-us-to-exit-nato-un/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/elon-musk-</span><span class="invisible">publicly-supports-call-for-us-to-exit-nato-un/</span></a></p><p>"Both <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> were founded by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> &amp; other victors of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WorldWarII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWarII</span></a> to promote <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> and cooperation between nations as well as to prevent another global <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, an unelected official, currently heads the so-called Dept of Govt Efficiency, which has cut significant amounts of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> spending, including life-saving foreign aid."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
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