Trump solved the waste, fraud, and abuse problem and just like I predicted - it had virtually no impact on the national debt. So all the people in here who talked about waste, fraud, and abuse before as a means to deal with the debt will now come in good faith to discuss real measures to deal with the debt.

Hahahahahahaha

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Trump solved the waste, fraud, and abuse problem and just like I predicted - it had virtually no impact on the national debt. So all the people in here who talked about waste, fraud, and abuse before as a means to deal with the debt will now come in good faith to discuss real measures to deal with the debt.

Hahahahahahaha

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Among other things, DOGE identified and helped shut down USAID, the corrupt money laundering wing of the Democratic Party. Annual funding is $30-50 billion, not enough to substantially reduce the debt, but significant enough to shut down Deep State/Dem Party shady activities.

The disaster that keeps on giving.

"Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut.

Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office.

Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back."

The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch.

Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded.

The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed.

Until it didn't."

Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak… https://t.co/URhsYfvut8 pic.twitter.com/qVIBi93yfM

— Mike Young (@micyoung75) June 11, 2026

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chazzed said:

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The disaster that keeps on giving.

"Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Was the screwworm wearing a Biden/Kamala t-shirt when it snuck into the country?

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Are you still waiting for that $600 check?
Did you get duped bro?

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PAC-10-BEAR said:

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chazzed said:

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The disaster that keeps on giving.

"Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order.

DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Was the screwworm wearing a Biden/Kamala t-shirt when it snuck into the country?

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Are you still waiting for that $600 check?
Did you get duped bro?

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I got duped by someone who broke their word. I should have expected it based on their Trumpian behaviors. It happens, unfortunately.

I move that we give the people at DOGE a raise.

1 year ago, DOGE slashed $250M in funding including New World Screwworm prevention programs.

Now, the Trump admin is spending $1B to combat the outbreak. pic.twitter.com/JfCBGUuqLz

— Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) June 16, 2026

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I move that we give the people at DOGE a raise.

1 year ago, DOGE slashed $250M in funding including New World Screwworm prevention programs.

Now, the Trump admin is spending $1B to combat the outbreak. pic.twitter.com/JfCBGUuqLz

— Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) June 16, 2026

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Prevention is waste, fraud, and abuse. Emergency spending is good government.

What good is DOGE? Kidding--we all know its purpose is to get back at Trump's enemies and to line the pockets of Trump and Musk.

ICE spent over $1 billion buying 11 warehouses to cage human beings. Now it’s quietly trying to sell or give away seven of them, more than $700 million gone, with not a single facility open and an inspector general investigation hanging over the whole mess.

This is the waste…

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevin) June 19, 2026

The standard applied by DOGE was very simple and easy:

Provide contact information for the recipients of aid, so that we can confirm it is not fraudulent.

The reality is that money was being sent to corrupt politicians under the guise of aid! Liars and stock insider traders… https://t.co/AonwfFjxf2

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2026

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The standard applied by DOGE was very simple and easy:

Provide contact information for the recipients of aid, so that we can confirm it is not fraudulent.

The reality is that money was being sent to corrupt politicians under the guise of aid! Liars and stock insider traders… https://t.co/AonwfFjxf2

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2026

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Yeah, Elon was really thorough and precise with the vetting and determinations made when DOGE was running roughshod over our lives.

Elon's skin seems transparent, but DOGE was far from that.

A good image of the MAGA hero for you MAGA fans:

"Musk, as is his wont, also claimed that the U.K. is inevitably headed for a civil war, telling a skeptical Beddoes (who lives in London) that she lives a "cloistered existence" before admitting that he hadn't been in the country in years."

There's a whole of this kind of "expertise" on social media in general and specifically here in OT these days.

Totally agree, it's really dangerous

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"Musk, as is his wont, also claimed that the U.K. is inevitably headed for a civil war, telling a skeptical Beddoes (who lives in London) that she lives a "cloistered existence" before admitting that he hadn't been in the country in years."

There's a whole of this kind of "expertise" on social media in general and specifically here in OT these days.

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We see it regularly on OT in the form of DailyBeast articles.

This is 100 percent truthful

Lol , you are correct sir

I like that daily Beast goes pretty deep with the analysis, not puddle deep like jokes like amuse, Poso , Fox News , Scott Jennings etc

Vote Blue and Free Wags

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I like that daily Beast goes pretty deep with the analysis, not puddle deep like jokes like amuse, Poso , Fox News , Scott Jennings etc

Vote Blue and Free Wags

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If you're being serious, that's super concerning. The DailyBeast is barely better than a tabloid.

Ignoring that fact, your comparison mixes fundamentally different types of media. The Daily Beast is a digital news publication that publishes reported articles, while Scott Jennings is an individual television commentator and Amuse and Jack Posobiec primarily produce opinion and social-media commentary. Comparing them as if they all serve the same journalistic function is not apples-to-apples.

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SBGold said:

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I like that daily Beast goes pretty deep with the analysis, not puddle deep like jokes like amuse, Poso , Fox News , Scott Jennings etc

Vote Blue and Free Wags

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If you're being serious, that's super concerning. The DailyBeast is barely better than a tabloid.

Ignoring that fact, your comparison mixes fundamentally different types of media. The Daily Beast is a digital news publication that publishes reported articles, while Scott Jennings is an individual television commentator and Amuse and Jack Posobiec primarily produce opinion and social-media commentary. Comparing them as if they all serve the same journalistic function is not apples-to-apples.

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The Daily Beast is better than MAGA journalist, John Solomon.

Most MAGA MENSAs get their news from Facebook and Instagram and X and TikTok.

You know: real, verifiable, trustworthy news from internet randos and meme factories.

Muckieeye said:

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Most MAGA MENSAs get their news from Facebook and Instagram and X and TikTok.

You know: real, verifiable, trustworthy news from internet randos and meme factories.

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The only person who regularly posts Facebook slop is on the left.

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Movielover would like to have a word.

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So one of each? Hardly a right wing gotcha point like you made it

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BearlySane88 said:

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SBGold said:

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I like that daily Beast goes pretty deep with the analysis, not puddle deep like jokes like amuse, Poso , Fox News , Scott Jennings etc

Vote Blue and Free Wags

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If you're being serious, that's super concerning. The DailyBeast is barely better than a tabloid.

Ignoring that fact, your comparison mixes fundamentally different types of media. The Daily Beast is a digital news publication that publishes reported articles, while Scott Jennings is an individual television commentator and Amuse and Jack Posobiec primarily produce opinion and social-media commentary. Comparing them as if they all serve the same journalistic function is not apples-to-apples.

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The Daily Beast is better than MAGA journalist, John Solomon.

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Definitely not but I'm not pushing John Solomon either and you still seem hung up on that point.

It's cute that you think these distinctions are scoring you points.