Hank

Patel confirmed.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/19/us-news/doge-finds-nearly-40-billion-in-spending-linked-to-government-issued-credit-cards/

People are always in favor of efficiency as long as it doesn't affect them.

Actually, every link I've posted regarding DOGE and Musk I copy from PPP on TBD. they have posters from both sides that snipe at each other all day and it entertains me while I'm sitting on the toilet. Just because I don't share your infantile view that anyone who voted for the orange man is a fascist and traitor to their country doesn't make me a Trump supporter.

I wasn't trying to be snarky, I genuinely found it interesting. For all I know they are right. I think you're in agreement with me when I say I like the concept of uncovering fraud, waste and abuse, I'm not a fan of how they are going about it and question the legality of it, and I'd like to see proof of what DOGE claims to be finding.

It's interesting that thecanadianpressnews would have such an informed view.

On this we agree. I look forward/hope to details being made public.

Recommend taking Miller's comments with a grain of salt

I agree with you on the bolded.

As an aside, I think calling them aliens is dumb.

Interesting read https://jonathanturley.org/2025/02/16/taking-away-everything-we-have-democrats-and-unions-launch-an-existential-fight-over-buyouts/

In denying the plaintiffs’ request for a restraining order, the judge noted that the plaintiffs failed to show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claims, which centered on the idea that DOGE’s data access policies were illegal because they were implemented without proper rulemaking or legal authority. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-rejects-union-bid-to-block-doge-access-to-some-federal-agency-data-5810678?utm_source=Morningbrief&src_src=Morningbrief&utm_campaign=mb-2025-02-01&src_cmp=mb-2025-02-01&utm_medium=email&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAceM4dwpahMPLzKoPtmpWRbd1xiQDb3kUvtLRGztEDsX37uQ%3D

NATO forces in the Ukraine will be interesting. I'm intrigued.

Seems consistent.

True. How bad does our government want them minerals?

Yes, Iraq did invade Kuwait when Kuwait refused to forgive loans Iraq incurred from the iraq-iran war and we came to Kuwaits aid and drove iraq out. I guess I could have been more clear. We kept bases operational in Kuwait, giving a a stronger foothold in the region for when we invaded iraq a couple years later. Some believe we invaded iraq because they had WMDs that we never found. Some believe the invasion was about oil. I was referencing deals made with Kuwait (and to a lesser extent the UAE) prior to our invasion of Iraq.