The Purge

[Mel Bradford]

Coming down the tracks (pun) is an audit of the high speed rail line from Frisco to LA.....16 billion and a few hundred meters of track to speak of. No Train.
How many Federal Transportation dollars were used ? Were there "kick backs" ?? Could implicate noose-some

[Donn Beach]

Musk has been kicked out of the Treasury data base due to the AFL-CIO lawsuit

The Trump administration filed a motion Wednesday night seeking to enter a proposed order that detailed the agreed-upon terms.

"The Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service," the proposed order says.

The order would allow exceptions for two special government employees at the Treasury — Tom Krause and Marko Elez — saying they are permitted access "as needed" to perform their duties, "provided that such access to payment records will be 'read only.'"

[Mel Bradford]

Please describe "The process" that worries you Donn

[Mel Bradford]

DOGE access to Treasury records is on hold....temporarily at the order of the DOJ.
Lawsuits are predictable. Bring em on. It provides a platform for discovery.
The AFL-CIO has nothing to hide, right ? We will see.
Security is paramount..... secrecy is not.
The biggest laugh is all of this this is Chuck Schumer trying to lead an outdoor protest......yelling at the wind. They have been caught flatfoot as their entitlement empire goes under the knife.

[gil]

I don't know what other people mean by "the process", but I'm not happy about people who were not elected and not approved by the senate pulling the strings of government. There are arguments for and against USAID. If President Trump wants to get rid of it, I think he should do it above board in a manner consistent with the Constitution. Propose legislation and have the Republican-controlled House and Senate take it up.

[ddraig]

Do you think Musk doesn't talk to Trump about the funding cuts? So far, all the cuts have been "common sense." Drag Musicals in Serbia? Condoms for Gaza? How about we save that money for U.S. Citizens in disaster aid. East Palestine and west North Carolina come to mind. And now Pacific Palisades. Heck, there was one private citizen who brought in 78 trailers for the victims of Hurricane Helene. That was more than FEMA brought in before they told them that FEMA was out of money. And how much money do we give to illegals every year to make certain they are more comfortable than our own homeless and veterans? What benefits do we gain by sending Millions, if not Billions, of dollars overseas to fund oddball, or outright dangerous, ideas

Monies DOGE has uncovered:

$2 million for Moroccan pottery classes: Because taxpayer-funded ceramics in North Africa are a higher priority than Americans affording groceries.

Over $1 million for research at the Wuhan lab: Yes, that Wuhan lab—the one linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presumably, this is separate from the $4.67 million USAID funneled to EcoHealth Alliance (see below), though USAID’s habitual lack of transparency makes it impossible to confirm.

$20 million for a “Sesame Street” program in Iraq: Because nothing says “fiscal responsibility” like funding puppets in a foreign country while Social Security faces insolvency. There is no word on whether a more cynical Baghdad Bob voices Osman the Grouch.

$9 million in humanitarian aid that allegedly ended up in terrorist hands: Watchdog reports confirm USAID-funded food assistance directly benefitted jihadist factions in Syria.

Funding Sex Changes in Latin America: Millions dumped into foreign LGBT activism, including “gender-affirming” procedures.

Bankrolling EcoHealth Alliance’s Wuhan Lab Work: The same organization involved in gain-of-function research received $4.67 million from USAID—details remain undisclosed.

3D-Printing IUDs in Third-World Countries: Nothing says “progress” like a villager without clean water, medicine, or electricity—yet somehow with access to a high-tech 3D printer for contraception. Poor in the streets but a freak in the sheets.

Propping Up Afghan Opium Production: U.S. tax dollars irrigated poppy fields that ultimately enriched the Taliban.

Attempted Regime Change in Cuba: USAID reportedly ran an HIV prevention campaign as a cover for clandestine political destabilization. Did the Commander-in-Chief sign off?

Millions funneled to terror-tied NGOs: A federal watchdog report exposed how USAID funding flowed to NGOs with terrorist ties. Under Biden, USAID continued sending more taxpayer funds.

[Mel Bradford]

Thanks for posting the list ddraig. I heard pieces, but not this complete.

You are right Gil. Trump does not have legislative power. In terms of law enforcement, law making and law adjudicating, Musk has 0. But he does have The Presidents ear and confidence.....and thats enough. Elon and his band of super young nerds using AI are merely "following the money" and reporting.
Dems are throwing a fit, calling Musks work a Coup, which is their typical reaction to anything that breathes on their entitlements.
The "process" they want is a headline followed by national amnesia....and on with their media baptized BS. Business as usual.
Not this time around. The party is over.

[Mel Bradford]

Bondi suing State of Illinois and Chicago over Sanctuary city laws.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/doj ... -continue/

Mayor Brandon Johnson took a severe tongue lashing from the Brother and Sisters over preferential treatment of illegals in Chicago.
Now the follow up to tongue lashing will come with a full court press. 14 counts/ directives.

The Sanctuary laws themselves are unconstitutional. It may not come to that. Compliance and cooperation is all that's asked.....for now.
Its not personal, its governance.

[Donn Beach]

Please describe "The process" that worries you Donn

I was referring to the expansion of presidential power, particularly through presidential orders

[Donn Beach]

Some Musk opportunism, his previous position on global warming

Concern over the climate crisis is seemingly no longer one of Musk’s priorities, despite previously saying he is “super pro-climate” and in 2016 calling for a “popular uprising” against the fossil fuel industry because the world was “unavoidably headed toward some level of harm and the sooner we can take action, the less harm will result”.

When Trump removed the US from the Paris climate agreement in 2017, Musk said he was quitting a presidential advisory body in protest. “Climate change is real,” he tweeted at the time. “Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.”