https://freerepublic.com/tag/newyorkclowns/ en-us Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:11:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359058/posts Elon Musk's much heralded chainsaw couldn't make the cut. Despite the Trump administration's efforts to slash government spending through the Department of Government Efficiency, federal expenditures actually increased in fiscal year 2025. A new investigative report from the New York Times released this week showcased that many of the contracts cut by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by tech billionaire Musk for the start of Trump's term, were already winding down, or were not on track to reach their maximum spending allotment. The findings were stark: Of the top 13 contract cancellations in DOGE's database all 13... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359058/posts#comment Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:11:03 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4300032/posts Back at the beginning of the year, I had a post titled “New York On The March To Climate Utopia.” The post took note that everything about New York State’s vision for a zero-emissions economy and for “climate leadership” was in the process of falling apart. Its contracts for vast off-shore wind farms to replace fossil fuel generation had either been completely canceled (the majority) or rebid at much higher and uneconomic prices (the minority). Its two contracted facilities to produce “green” hydrogen to back up the intermittent wind and solar had run into financial difficulties and were likely to... Manhattan Contrarian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4300032/posts#comment Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:35:30 GMT