I was pretty confident that "being organized" would soon fall by the wayside in Trump 2.0, even with Wiles at the helm. Appointing staff who know nothing about how the federal government works makes that inevitable.
There's lots of opportunity for a clear-eyed examination of what's not working at the federal level. Making sure tax-payer dollars are well spent is an important goal. But chaos is not a good change agent. And I'm afraid that once again we're looking at four years of confusion and waste instead of making concrete changes to benefit American citizens. Another huge step back for our country. We cannot afford this.
Isn't there a fourth option where Trump’s team was trying to test if they could impound funds and test which programs received the most support/backlash from cutting? It feels like a similar tactic to the tariff war - act as if you're cutting everything so that people will accept more concessions. I imagine they expected backlash, which helped to inform which programs they'll cut later.
"Still, the responses show how much modern-day lawmakers have to fear by crossing party lines — which is why it’s important to note when they do so, especially considering I called out Grassley’s initial response in Tuesday’s newsletter. Maybe Grassley decided to act after reading Wake Up To Politics. "
Thanks for a chuckle Gabe in the midst of a tornado of worry (I have a relative on Medicaid). Though I'm certain your ideas are used and probably not credited properly, I would bet on their influence, and that's not tongue-in-cheek! Especially well written today to make some sense of what is happening.
GAO listed 2600 federal programs which may be impacted. Perhaps we ask deepseek to give us a precis of what each programs does, how it will/has measured effectiveness rating and dollars spent in past five fiscal years.
I enjoy the transparency. I randomly selected two programs supposedly facing impact—Community-Based Violence Prevention Program which has been allocated $50 million and Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative which has been allocated $87 million. Fancy websites but I can’t see how there would not be overlap.
I was pretty confident that "being organized" would soon fall by the wayside in Trump 2.0, even with Wiles at the helm. Appointing staff who know nothing about how the federal government works makes that inevitable.
There's lots of opportunity for a clear-eyed examination of what's not working at the federal level. Making sure tax-payer dollars are well spent is an important goal. But chaos is not a good change agent. And I'm afraid that once again we're looking at four years of confusion and waste instead of making concrete changes to benefit American citizens. Another huge step back for our country. We cannot afford this.
There was a system in place to investigate whether government spending was wasteful the Inspectors General were told to hit the road.
Exactly.
Isn't there a fourth option where Trump’s team was trying to test if they could impound funds and test which programs received the most support/backlash from cutting? It feels like a similar tactic to the tariff war - act as if you're cutting everything so that people will accept more concessions. I imagine they expected backlash, which helped to inform which programs they'll cut later.
"Still, the responses show how much modern-day lawmakers have to fear by crossing party lines — which is why it’s important to note when they do so, especially considering I called out Grassley’s initial response in Tuesday’s newsletter. Maybe Grassley decided to act after reading Wake Up To Politics. "
Thanks for a chuckle Gabe in the midst of a tornado of worry (I have a relative on Medicaid). Though I'm certain your ideas are used and probably not credited properly, I would bet on their influence, and that's not tongue-in-cheek! Especially well written today to make some sense of what is happening.
GOP retreat at Trump-owned Doral Resort. Kaa-ching!! There has to be a more powerful word for this blatant self-dealing that ‘graft’.
GAO listed 2600 federal programs which may be impacted. Perhaps we ask deepseek to give us a precis of what each programs does, how it will/has measured effectiveness rating and dollars spent in past five fiscal years.
I enjoy the transparency. I randomly selected two programs supposedly facing impact—Community-Based Violence Prevention Program which has been allocated $50 million and Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative which has been allocated $87 million. Fancy websites but I can’t see how there would not be overlap.
<< Karoline Leavitt, who told a reporter, “I’ll check back on that and get back to you,” >>
Which reporter? I'd like to ask them when (if ever) she got back to them ...
We can't be helping the press corps kiss Leavitt's ass after they probably hounded several years off Jean-Pierre's life .
And we're back......
Republican officeholders sure got the BS machine cranked up swiftly.
My thought exactly. Where’s the IG who oversees emoluments?