@SeasonedRP DOGE ALREADY unilaterally slashed billions from the Federal budget. They are currently formally "requesting" that Congress work to make$9.4 billion in additional cuts in order to avoid them getting overturned by courts readily.

@MentORPHEUS Congress won't enact any of DOGE's recommended cuts.

@Typo-MAGAshiv It sure does. They haven't actually done a budget since 2008 or so. They just keep everything rolling along and add to whatever spending was in the prior year. It's incredibly irresponsible, but given how many uninformed foolish people are voters, not surprising. I do wonder if it would keep happening if the 19th Amendment were repealed. Our founders knew what they were doing.

@SeasonedRP Among the higher profile DOGE cuts announced, local Social Security offices have announced staff and hour cuts that will directly impact service to recipients. Many locations got marked for outright closure. Cutting access to Seniors who paid into this system their whole lives does not sit with me as a good, much less good faith, program to slash in the name of budget savings, particularly when Musk himself openly and loudly pushes back on cuts to the massive Federal subsidies that Tesla unabashedly holds its hand out for.

There are detailed tables online of DOGE cuts to Federally funded programs. I had to go a few dozen pages in to get to those affecting my own state of California.

@MentORPHEUS Please point out a recent example of federal funding decreasing.

@adam-l My concern is what if Russia hasn't really maintained its nukes. It costs a fortune to do so. What if the evil people directing U.S. foreign policy know that? These people are extremely evil but not dumb. I bet they know something. Russia hasn't been able to do all that much in Ukraine with the U.S. directing the Ukrainian response. I think these people want regime change in Russia, which is insane, and are marching toward it.

@adam-l I've heard of it. I can see the elite establishment not liking Mormon practices, though the top ones, like Mitt Romney, seem to be part of the club.

@MentORPHEUS MAGA voters weren't hammering anyone at town halls. They love what DOGE tried to do. The agitators were paid activists (as always) used to create a narrative. Your list is essentially talking points put out by David Hogg and his ilk. The South Africa immigration move was brilliant and highlighted the left's hatred of whites.

@woodsmoke Flammable. An oddity, chiefly useful in saving lives. The common word meaning "combustible" is inflammable. But some people are thrown off by the in- and think inflammable means "not combustible." For this reason, trucks carrying gasoline or explosives are now marked FLAMMABLE. Unless you are operating such a truck and hence are concerned with the safety of children and illiterates, use inflammable. E.B. White, The Elements of Style

@woodsmoke I'm not wrong. Pick up one of Strunk and White's style guides. Prior versions explained it (don't know if current ones do or not). If you read books that aren't modern, you'll run across uninflammable.