What's your opinion/take on the efforts of DOGE?

Both sides are lying so much who can you trust? I seriously hope DOGE does a great job on getting rid of all the wasteful spending. Maybe then can go after CARB that shits out of control.
 
Isn't she RICH?
So whats the problem.
What about Elon's buget cuts?
She skipped over these topics.
 
A $95 million IBM contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development focused on bolstering cybersecurity posture for a slew of allied European and Eurasian countries has been cancelled as the Trump administration has ordered the humanitarian aid agency to end most of its programs.

The five-year USAID contract, which Nextgov/FCW has previously reported on, tasked IBM to deploy its cybersecurity staff to allies with USAID presence — including Albania, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kosovo and others — to help build out security operations centers, train security practitioners and enhance critical infrastructure defenses across the region.

The company confirmed Thursday the contract was terminated but did not provide further details. The status of overseas cybersecurity staff delegated under the contract’s terms was not immediately known.

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it’s slashing 90% of USAID contracts. USAID canceled nearly 5,800 of its 6,200 multi-year awards, slashing $54 billion in funding — an overall reduction of 92%, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday. The White House also trimmed almost 30% of the State Department’s foreign aid grants, around $4.4 billion.

The IBM project supported USAID’s Cybersecurity Protection and Response program and was fueled in part by accelerated cyberattacks targeting European and Eurasian nations that have stemmed from Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

“If you’ve been to that part of the world, it’s really tough to build a national system for managing internet use,” Mike Purcell, a retired Marine officer who focused on Eurasian security cooperation, previously told Nextgov/FCW. “And it would be in the U.S.’s interest if it’s able to link [the countries] into a reliable, safe internet and cyberspace connected to Western Europe and their economies.”

The foreign aid agency, which has become a prime target of President Donald Trump’s agenda to eliminate government spending waste, declared cybersecurity an economic development issue in 2021 and has been pushing to boost the technical prowess of underdeveloped nations, arguing those investments can help curtail cyberattacks launched by foreign adversaries and cybercrime groups.

The contract with the technology services giant contained both proactive and reactive components, a USAID technical expert previously told Nextgov/FCW. One reactive piece gave USAID the ability to direct IBM to deploy a rapid response team within 72 hours of a cyber incident and perform forensic analysis or system recovery.

As part of a renewed digital solidarity effort unveiled by the State Department last year, Western officials hoped that worldwide coalition-building would help deter hacking threats against critical infrastructure. Hackers tied to Russia, China and others have been found to be burrowing into and sabotaging critical economic sectors — including water systems and healthcare providers — over the past several years.

Nextgov/FCW has asked the State Department and USAID for comment. The moves to eliminate much of the humanitarian agency’s business have been undergirded by what Trump officials call an “America First” agenda.

In recent years, the U.S. has worked to counter foreign influence over internet and telecom standards that could lead to cyber threats and geopolitical instability. Russia, for instance, has been accused of human rights abuses via its cyberattacks targeting Ukraine.

 
There were no specifics in the "budget" bill that passed other than keeping the tax cuts that were set to expire and laid out revenue and expenditure levels. No specifics on where the spending would occur, it's just a framework to build a budget from.
The left making all these claims about cuts to social spending are nothing but fear tactics.
The same happens all the time here when school bonds are on the ballot, they always threaten the programs that will hurt families the most, like bussing, to coerce the passage of the bond measures.
 
Imagine sitting next to your ex, while she is blowing your hard earned money, and you know all her secrets and she just keeps talking shit about you.... that's where trump and Vance were today....they know where most of the laundered money went.... they know Zel's a POS.... and he has the balls to talk shit to the US......ya let's see how that works out for you.
 
South Bay said:
Where are the parts that make up said automobile made ? ? ?
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Worldwide though a large portion come from North America. Used to be a large portion came from America but the great recession around 08 pushed a ton of parts suppliers into Mexico and to a lesser degree, Canada.
 
South Bay said:
Where are the parts that make up said automobile made ? ? ?
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No tariffs on parts.
My sis in law worked for Nissan for years, parts manager for corporate, they always imported "Parts" to avoid tariffs. It's common knowledge.
 
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