MOUNTAINH33L
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Probably not, but it would be a question of Wisconsin state law. A law that would be decided by . . . the judge Elon is running against. LOL.Musk is offering $100 to every person that signs a petition against a judge. Is that legal? I suppose it is since a public petition is useless in a court of law.
I'm hopeful Wisconsites will be incensed over this hijacking and attempted purchase of their election and angrily vote against Musk.Probably not, but it would be a question of Wisconsin state law. A law that would be decided by . . . the judge Elon is running against. LOL.
I have trouble believing this judicial race will be close. The MAGAs are dispirited and loyal only to Trump.
Ron Johnson says hello, I keep getting elected to the Senate by Wisconsinites! Can you believe it?I'm hopeful Wisconsites will be incensed over this hijacking and attempted purchase of their election and angrily vote against Musk.
Yeah he barely barely won against a black guy whose skin they darkened in ads, and that was in a good environment for him.Ron Johnson says hello, I keep getting elected to the Senate by Wisconsinites! Can you believe it?
I don't believe this. The numbers seem implausibly large. I think this is the blue dye the administration is using to identify leaks.![]()
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...talkingpointsmemo.com
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax, etc. It’s worth taking a moment to put this number into some context in case half a trillion dollars doesn’t do it for you. Non-defense discretionary spending is the cost to fund the U.S. government once you take out mandatory spending (mostly Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) and the cost of the U.S. military. For 2023 that number was $917 billion. So that’s most of the stuff we think of as the government, apart from those payment programs and the military. In other words, in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending.
I could see the IRS claiming that. They believe that the more manpower and budget they have, the better it is for the country. So, they would certainly be motivated to calculate the loss that way.I don't believe this. The numbers seem implausibly large. I think this is the blue dye the administration is using to identify leaks.
Blue dye theory is interesting.I don't believe this. The numbers seem implausibly large. I think this is the blue dye the administration is using to identify leaks.
It's what I was thinking about the "Musk gets briefing on China war plans" and the appearance of this memo around the same time reinforces my intuition.Blue dye theory is interesting.
Genuinely sorry to hear that.Sweet. I work on a contract with CDC about Long Covid.
I expect a stop work order tomorrow AM.
Awesome.
nyc:Genuinely sorry to hear that.
More info:
“The Trump administration is shuttering HHS’ long Covid office as part of its reorganization, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
The email was sent Monday by Ian Simon, the head of the Office of Long Covid Research and Practice. It said the closing is part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ reorganization.
The office’s handful of staff were not told whether they would remain employed in the federal government or whether the office would close immediately or wind down operations over time.
… The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 6 percent of U.S. adults suffer from some form of long Covid, while the National Institutes of Health believes that as many as 23 million people have the illness, which can range in severity from mild to debilitating. …”
Background on the program I work with. Rs have been fighting funding every step of the way, and are now pretending to be shocked that we still don’t know the full scope of Long COVID effects.Genuinely sorry to hear that.
More info:
“The Trump administration is shuttering HHS’ long Covid office as part of its reorganization, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
The email was sent Monday by Ian Simon, the head of the Office of Long Covid Research and Practice. It said the closing is part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ reorganization.
The office’s handful of staff were not told whether they would remain employed in the federal government or whether the office would close immediately or wind down operations over time.
… The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 6 percent of U.S. adults suffer from some form of long Covid, while the National Institutes of Health believes that as many as 23 million people have the illness, which can range in severity from mild to debilitating. …”
Said it before, but this is conclusive proof that being efficient and cutting waste are obviously NOT the goal of DOGE.![]()
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...talkingpointsmemo.com
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax, etc. It’s worth taking a moment to put this number into some context in case half a trillion dollars doesn’t do it for you. Non-defense discretionary spending is the cost to fund the U.S. government once you take out mandatory spending (mostly Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) and the cost of the U.S. military. For 2023 that number was $917 billion. So that’s most of the stuff we think of as the government, apart from those payment programs and the military. In other words, in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending.
This is nothing less than an attempt to financially starve the federal government so that services simply have to be cut whether anyone agrees with it or not. They're literally trying to ensure that even a future Democratic administration will be so financially handicapped that it will not be able to restore most of the programs they're gutting. What we're witnessing isn't an attempt to "reasonably" cut government spending or save money, it's a massive, all-out, final attempt by extreme right-wingers to roll back every progressive advance made since at least the New Deal, if not the Progressive Era of the early 20th Century. Trump loves the Gilded Age so much, well Musk & DOGE and his fellow Republicans are doing their damnedest to force us all back to that point. Trump once said years ago that he would fix it so that it would be as if Obama had never been elected, well now they're trying to fix it so that it's as if modern liberalism never happened. An epic final attempt to "own the libs" for good, so to speak.Said it before, but this is conclusive proof that being efficient and cutting waste are obviously NOT the goal of DOGE.
This loss of revenue alone will be great than any actual “savings” by DOGE.