Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?

“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡

@wsj.com
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X is a propaganda machine.

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it’s all just a grift

Really looking forward to the @jasonleopold.bsky.social FOIA for the staffer's notes who put this together, DURING a shutdown.

Not least bc (as @whitehouse.senate.gov noted), the Reid Hoffman slur was false.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

And you know what is crazy? You can get that care almost anywhere in Europe as a traveler who might have a medical issue while traveling. Sometimes it’s like $25 - but still cheap. Same for Australia. Too many entities need to get their cut in the US system, so healthcare costs are inflated.

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

Well, pardoning rich sex traffickers seems to be his thing…🙄

Look - if we have $20B to send to Argentina, we have $$ to help hard-working Americans with their ACA premiums.

Well I don’t know what he expects to be done by next week considering Speaker Johnson sent the House of Representatives home until Oct 14th. 🤔

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

something something fools and their money something

a cartoon of a police officer with the words respect my authority ALT: a cartoon of a police officer with the words respect my authority

Similar vibes

A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. - James Madison

Fat Satan files notice to appeal.

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But the Administration feels like they are on top of their operational security? Really? If they are this loose with their phones, think of what our enemies know these days?

Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?

NEW: A 20-year federal prosecutor, fired abruptly this week even as he lead case against Abbey Gate bomber, warns his colleagues: the Trump administration is sacrificing national security to purge Trump's perceived adversaries.

w/ @dnlbrns

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Biggest Medicare Fraud in history at the time - and he was rewarded with a governorship & senate seat. 🙄
Voters need to wake up.

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It's Worse Than You Think | Common Dreams The 905 billionaires in the United States hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape ...

The Billionaires Have Been Sucking the Rest of Us Dry Since 1989—And It’s Worse Than You Think

The 905 billionaires in the U.S. hold a combined $7.8 trillion in wealth, giving those at the very top political influence and power that undermines our democracy while working people scrape to get by.

My mother called Speaker Johnson’s office this afternoon to talk about the shutdown and to tell them that her healthcare costs went up 125% as of this week — she was excited because a staffer answered; then they hung up on her.

Duh - they have to bail out their billionaire buddy from Discovery Capital whose hedge fund bet on Argentina and was about to lose a LOT of money.
Always look for the ‘billionaires helping billionaires’ angle with this administration.

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

Um 😬

No Wonder We Have a Shutdown Trump's abject ignorance and narcissism made this inevitable

Aided and abetted by MAGA Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (who sent his members out of town rather than risk swearing in the new Democratic representative…who would be 218th vote Epstein discharge), Trump made no effort to keep the government open.

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Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in a Democrat who won in a landslide.

Interestingly, many of those cities have larger populations and economies than some states. They are hardly failing - they could be their own states and would pay more taxes to the Federal gov than they get back in services.

Energy Sec announces plans to bring back the Buggy Whip industry.