Department of Govt Efficiency (DOGE)

mickeyrat

We've an area of public expenditures to look into and curtail....

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@griffinkyle/post/DG8zO96vu1k?xmt=AQGzz19cFmn4e3w5QlyuCV8z4G0KY0DOr_aHG0NFyvahsA

Breaking WaPo:

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted DOGE access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data — overriding the objections of career employees.

The database contains substantial amounts of personal income data linked to nearly all U.S. workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/hhs-doge-child-support/

mickeyrat

“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”

Read more: https://propub.li/3DmNJm5

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@joe_medhaug/post/DG_436ICRbB?xmt=AQGzOyjFpAO4ZPnjX_nGmsn9qjij5RJ7azukxianHIBXww

FEMA has cancelled all fire training classes at the National Fire Training Academy effective immediately due to its funding being frozen by Doge.

mickeyrat

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@sasha.niccc/post/DHBOiW9xzDj?xmt=AQGzEqnQVjqIJ0im-FIreo6gv4uwTDaNcpp-I_eTKUC5Rg

"They're going after the things that somebody who knows how to dismantle the system goes after & that's maybe the scariest part..." - David Kligerman

On 60 Minutes, last night multiple Federal Employees were interviewed-- and if you question the dismantling of our US Government, this is a MUCH WATCH

cutz

mickeyrat said:

We've an area of public expenditures to look into and curtail....

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/03/07/what-do-trumps-palm-beach-visits-cost-7-things-to-consider-calculating/81755861007/

Just to fly back and forth.

Air Force One

The cost to operate the 747 military aircraft is around $200,000 per hour. The flight time from Washington, D.C., to Palm Beach International Airport is about two hours. So that's $800,000 per trip to South Florida, assuming it's a direct flight from Washington to Palm Beach County.

mickeyrat

NEW: A federal judge on Monday determined the Department of Government Efficiency should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, handing a win to an independent watchdog group that sought to shed light on the budget-slashing agency.

Live updates: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-trump-defends-tariff/?id=119625202&entryId=119652477

mace1229

cutz said:

mickeyrat said:

We've an area of public expenditures to look into and curtail....

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/03/07/what-do-trumps-palm-beach-visits-cost-7-things-to-consider-calculating/81755861007/

Just to fly back and forth.

Air Force One

The cost to operate the 747 military aircraft is around $200,000 per hour. The flight time from Washington, D.C., to Palm Beach International Airport is about two hours. So that's $800,000 per trip to South Florida, assuming it's a direct flight from Washington to Palm Beach County.

There's usually a layover in Atlanta for Air Force One. 

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@severeweatherus/post/DHElPKrPDsK?xmt=AQGzSkehQ_Qovdacll9tNsFHYGi5zl24J10j-kz7jpd3ig

JUST IN: The DOGE is making The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)  fire another 1,000 employees, adding to the 1,300 already fired.

DOGE has also terminated the leases of 19 NOAA offices across the country.

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@griffinkyle/post/DHEhDUFPI-5?xmt=AQGzVBrymbb1VMOTlr9BQ6brhJJ8N-JjwVPf5x5qIFGhbA

A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk's DOGE is wielding so much power that its records will likely have to be opened to the public under federal law.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the "unprecedented" authority and "unusual secrecy" of DOGE warrant the urgent release of its internal documents under the Freedom of Information Act. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/judge-orders-doge-record-release-00223151

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@senjeffmerkley/post/DHG45knvJc1?xmt=AQGz07qBPFZPRnMxnv4Ph45moyQUJKlNImaa3JUoOKhq5w

Isabella gave her all to serve her country—until she was illegally, unjustly fired.

Please listen to her story. I am fighting for Isabella and for federal workers across the country—these firings cannot stand.

mickeyrat

so we're paying for no work while they were illegally fired. that seems efficient...

https://www.threads.net/@other98/post/DHGpNmUxY_i?xmt=AQGzWd6SXr7zWppkj22PprxVflrYIHCuiPQXqTIqP8CvGw

USDA hires back all 6,000 fired workers from past month with back pay!

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@senatordurbin/post/DHHL89byJrM?xmt=AQGzkCkAqPFQ5DgpJL6kWCKvmNaoJ-mIIE7X2aUVLccq0Q

The Trump Admin is closing six regional HHS General Counsel offices, including in Chicago, that ensure Americans are protected at nursing homes, hospitals, and in Head Start and other HHS programs.

How exactly does this Make America Healthy Again?

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@whoviankate_/post/DHHAEATJKk0?xmt=AQGzIAqs2jWuLd3n2uUCPKF6vl9LrS2TrAPemVDuKtz3tQ

US: Request your personal info obtained by DOGE - @repraskin is encouraging ALL US Citizens make a formal request. Print & mail - address on form.

More information visit Rep. Raskin's page: https://jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-act-requests/

I have converted the PDF original to jpg and attached..

mickeyrat

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-cut-10000-workers-elon-musks-doge/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=772810752&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0wLrQ_VKaD6CQbJyMdqHv0_0LmWj18g8VFfc3szb99O7R_669KfZzM1P4_aem_KT4JscbGuvh3KlzAuixjhw

USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program

By Scott MacFarlane, Ed O'Keefe, Arden Farhi

Updated on: March 13, 2025 / 7:16 PM EDT / CBS News

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress in a letter Thursday that the USPS aims to eliminate 10,000 jobs using a voluntary early retirement program over the next 30 days to reduce costs at the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service.

The USPS employs roughly 635,000 people. The retirement program was announced on Jan. 13.

DeJoy also confirmed that the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is now working with USPS.

"Last night I signed an agreement with the General Services Administration and DOGE representatives to assist us in identifying and achieving further efficiencies," he wrote.

The move is "seen as a way of making DOGE happy," one person familiar with the plans tells CBS News.

DeJoy first met with DOGE representatives on Monday, this person said.

In the letter, DeJoy said DOGE would look into a handful of subjects including the Postal Regulatory Commission, which has oversight over the Postal Service. DeJoy called the commission "an unnecessary agency that has inflicted over $50 billion in damage to the Postal Service."

In a statement responding to DeJoy, the commission called the postmaster general's comments "false."

"The Commission follows the law to ensure that USPS provides universal service to all Americans, including those in rural and remote locations, and also safeguards fair competition in package markets by preventing the Postal Service from abusing its monopoly position," the commission said.

continues......

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@thetnholler/post/DHLsRkBs7_o?xmt=AQGzI5KIr2BHQqCQrQYYOJZrWOwy2puHzhyG-3M2W30Jdg

🐕 Couldn’t make it up if we tried — the same day Trump celebrates K9 Veterans Day… DOGE cuts hit the TSA and they stop feeding and taking care of their bomb-sniffing dogs 😕

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@info_rosalie/post/DHMXhGFoAAU?xmt=AQGzWdH8SrdJRLl58w7fgxwpwV1CRGNUj__bBCSfvDCeGg

Elon Musk has reportedly discontinued funding for a Yale University team tasked with locating and rescuing Ukrainian children abducted during the conflict with Russia. https://inews.co.uk/news/world/musk-cuts-team-finding-ukraine-stolen-children-russia-3581184

mickeyrat

https://www.threads.net/@lincolnproject.us/post/DHMVziwOZhn?xmt=AQGzUArw4riPFkaEVXvk1-Bvcilv8U2Hbh7qzALCosDXWg

THREAD: Elon & Trump’s NOAA layoffs means fewer weather balloons, meteorologists, tracking available to monitor level 5 tornadoes heading to the Midwest & Southeast. 100M ppl will be at risk w/ fewer resources to stay safe.
Please share this thread w/ anyone in the storm’s path:

mickeyrat

mickeyrat said:

https://www.threads.net/@lincolnproject.us/post/DHMVziwOZhn?xmt=AQGzUArw4riPFkaEVXvk1-Bvcilv8U2Hbh7qzALCosDXWg

THREAD: Elon & Trump’s NOAA layoffs means fewer weather balloons, meteorologists, tracking available to monitor level 5 tornadoes heading to the Midwest & Southeast. 100M ppl will be at risk w/ fewer resources to stay safe.
Please share this thread w/ anyone in the storm’s path:

have already seen video of semi's being blown over.

I wont see, or shouldn't see that level of wind gust tonight and tomorrow given where I run being under wind advisory, but fuck,  that shit is the unseen enemy of a truck driver