Shawn Allen

A DOGE MYSTERY!
I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008.

DOGE says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases.

Free @nytimes coffee mug to anyone with a copy! I'm at daf@nytimes.com

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to

This is not about efficiency. Giving federal employees purchase cards saves money - it reduces layers of paperwork and red tape.
Imagine running a business where you stopped employees from purchasing anything. The goal is to shut down government by other means.

DOGE Dives Into Core National Defense and Data Systems Across Government I don’t like to think in conspiratorial ways. But DOGE currently has...

Nothing abt what DOGE claims it's doing, or even what most suspect they're doing, requires anything like the current access they now have to critical data and nat sec computer systems across the federal govenrment. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

My challenge to you during these dark times is not just to resist, but to build resilience. Don't waste time being shocked and dismayed by how easily this toddler was able to knock down that block tower you built. Be the adult and child-proof this house before the little fucker burns it down.

This administration is a bumbling two-year-old covered in drool and snot, wet diaper sagging in their pants, gleefully running at every carefully constructed tower of blocks in the playroom and shrieking with delight as they crash to the floor. They're silly and reckless—but they can do real damage.

While everything that the Trump administration is doing right now feels mean and scary—and most of it really is just intentionally cruel, and people are rightfully scared—the mental image that I would encourage holding in your mind is that of an unrestrained toddler.