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  • Doge -+ What the Hell Happened?

    03/21/2026 8:49:05 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 26 replies
    3/21/2026 | Me
    So Elon Musk and crew found truly epic amounts of and fraud. Finally an opportunity to shrink government and reduce corruption and the deficit. Then congress shot it right down. Even the Republicans mostly voted against it What the hell was that? Was there ever a coherent explanation? No further attempts, just dead forever? What was the plan to fix this sort of thing now, just everyone moved on? No further discussion, no second try, just a giant finger to the voters and country. Help me understand
  • Conservative Economist Scores Big After Betting Almost $350,000 DOGE Would Fail

    02/25/2026 12:27:22 PM PST · by Miami Rebel · 50 replies
    Mediaite ^ | February 25, 2026 | Sarah Rumpf
    Many Americans were skeptical of Elon Musk’s grandiose claims that DOGE would take a “chainsaw” to federal spending. One “tax nerd” was so skeptical he decided to “bet his life savings” on Musk’s promises being a flop — and it paid off big time, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Musk has seen his approval rating descend as he has taken a more publicly active role politically, plus ongoing criticism and litigation over his management of his social media platform X and support for far-right politics in Europe. He jumped into his work with the Department of...