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Today's News, February 22-12, 2025

Today's News, February 22-12, 2025

Episode 66 Published 1 year, 1 month ago
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IN POLITICAL NEWS


 

1) This is just sexy right here: "Terrified staff left hysterical as well-drilled DOGE nerds storm hyper 'woke' Department of Education." Oh, and now it's official as Trump is signing an executive order putting DOGE in charge of federal downsizing. This will reportedly empower DOGE to "toss entire agencies" and run the government with only "essential" employees. 2) Trump's FEMA grant director said Pffffft to the judge and ordered the freeze on FEMA grants anyway.


 

3) Elon Musk says that DOGE will start looking at uber rich senators, congressmen, and federal employees who are on a fixed salary and say, "Where, exactly, did that $ come from?" Meanwhile DOGE has made $3.4 billion in cuts in three weeks. Now, let's add two zeroes.


 

4) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his leadership can have access to the treasury payment system, a judge ruled, which is to say Bessent can quickly authorize a couple of DOGENERDS to be on his "leadership team" as consultants.


 

5) A former Nashville fireman received $1.8 million in a settlement after he was demoted for things he posted on social media. This is the way.


 

6) PBS took an axe to its DEI department after it tried to subvert Trump's executive over. Not good enough. We don't need PBS . . . AT ALL. And this from someone who had his movie appear on PBS.

7) Meanwhile, this warms my heart from the New York Slimes: "For stunned federal workers (psst---it's EMPLOYEES, but . . .), sleeplessness, anger, and tears." Well, now you know how the rest of us feel keeping you in your cushy NOVA homes. Seriously, these people have no idea how much they are detested by the rest of America that pays their bloated salaries.


 

8) The USAID scandal continues to unfold, as American taxpayers were doling out $472 BILLION to a climate cult enabler. Meanwhile, Russell Voght at OMB may be a bigger threat to the Deep State and the bureaucracy than even Musk. Well, Russ, don't go all David Stockman on us. Shocked, I tell ya:


 

9) Daniel Street shows that the entire J6 Patriot Day case against Trump was illegitimate from the get go because of

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