Government Incompetence
USAID staff ordered to burn documents
Erica Carr, active executive director for USAID, reportedly sent out an email to the remaining USAID staff. The email called for the staff to convene at the former USAID headquarters to conduct a major document destruction operation. The email instructed them to have burn bags ready in case the shredders either needed a break or […]
CNN data reporter ‘shocked’ to see that American majority supports DOGE
Harry Enten of CNN described the polling results as “shocking.” A CBS/YouGov poll showed that 54% believe that DOGE should have some influence on government spending and operations. Enten also described how most Americans support DOGE’s efforts to reduce government spending. They also support President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce the number of bureaucrats working […]
FBI failed to turn over thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein docs: Pam Bondi demands all
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel. The letter detailed how the FBI withheld thousands of pages related to the Jeffrey Epstein documents. Bondi made repeated requests for all of these files. In the letter Bondi sent to Patel, she called for an investigation on why her requests were not […]
Sailor Screwed by Biden’s BATFE. BP Meds first.
Let’s go revisit a column from last year, June 16 to be exact. Friday short takes. In the comments section was this comment, which drew quite a few responses: “Sailor Sentenced To 20 years In Prison For Selling Illegal Machine Guns In Virginia” https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-06-15/navy-sailor-virginia-illegal-machine-guns-10450276.html “A 28-year-old Navy master-at-arms was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in […]
Elon Musk to federal workforce: What have you accomplished?
Federal workers previously received an email. The email asked them for a bullet point list of what they accomplished during the previous week. This request drew protests from many federal workers, some of whom received notification from their own agencies to delay their responses. For those who refused, failure to respond by the deadline would […]
Money for … well, seemingly everyone.
Yeah, a good way to fire up the weekend. I get the general sense that Health and Human Services may not be one of our favorite government agencies – it may have once had a narrowly focused mission with clear-cut goals of helping Americans, but like the AFL-CIO, Teamsters, and many other things, it has […]
Democrats criticize DOGE, while ignoring Democrat initiatives to cut federal waste
The Democrats didn’t appear to have problems with the Clinton and Obama administrations announced initiatives to cut government waste. It also appears that a lot of the legal and bureaucratic infrastructure used by DOGE was put in place during the Obama years. White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, appeared on Hannity’s show on Monday to […]
Wednesday legalities
Let’s open on a positive note. We should remember the recent Zachary Young trial – CNN lost five million buckadingdongs for slandering Mr. Young with a story about Afghan refugees – Young was portrayed as money-grubbing etc. jerk and CNN got busted for painting a false image of him. Well, maybe his lawyers should have […]
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