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MichMan

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44. Aren't they planning on downsizing or eliminating whole departments and laying off employees?
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 08:51 PM
Feb 2025

There have been no proposed cuts at USAID? What about NIH?

If that's not true and nothing has been cut and no one has been fired, where are they are getting the money from that they are stealing? Out of thin air?

Perhaps this post is a lie I suppose

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Good question Duncanpup Feb 2025 #1
I fucking love this idea! AKwannabe Feb 2025 #2
Thank you! If the executive branch of the government can create an illegal government department, why can't any citizen FDRFTW Feb 2025 #25
Really wish Biden had ordered an "audit" when he took office. There was plenty of waste in trump's first term. Silent Type Feb 2025 #3
Do you mean our own team of hackers? no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #4
Yes! Do the same thing. Authorization by any of our representatives would be nice but, FDRFTW Feb 2025 #27
they aren't hacking their way into into the government systems lapfog_1 Feb 2025 #5
Giving them access is illegal. Giving us access would be illegal. Let's get our cases in court alongside theirs. FDRFTW Feb 2025 #17
Not a bad idea Patton French Feb 2025 #6
Trump doesn't have the authority either. We can have any representative sign a "congressional order", or similar. FDRFTW Feb 2025 #18
Maybe because ..... dumbcat Feb 2025 #7
Trump's "DOGE" has no Constitutional authority. Mister Ed Feb 2025 #10
They have the Constitutional Authority of the Executive Branch ..... dumbcat Feb 2025 #13
Then We use the same authority for G.O.D.. but for Congress! FDRFTW Feb 2025 #36
Actually I found out that doge is working on an EO by Pres Obama, Obama started it, rump renamed it thatdemguy Feb 2025 #15
You're giving up? No, show me the proof and the law. No, I don't care. Create G.O.D. By decree just like FDRFTW Feb 2025 #37
That is where we need to take a page from them Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #14
Any official can authorize it as trump has. Let's get it into court. The Executive doesn't have a special authority to FDRFTW Feb 2025 #20
It is harder to build than to destroy mr715 Feb 2025 #8
This mentality is why we lose. Fight! Fight! Fight! FDRFTW Feb 2025 #38
What mentality? mr715 Feb 2025 #46
Preventing? You don't have access. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #9
They don't either. But GOD will - Government Oversight Department created by each FDRFTW Feb 2025 #39
They do have access granted by the orange access granter in chief. Dems won't have until they regain more power. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #43
That doesn't solve the physical access problem. They have it. You do not. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #45
We will never be able to put things back Tickle Feb 2025 #11
Things got made from scratch before mr715 Feb 2025 #12
just need to win an election. WarGamer Feb 2025 #16
Disagree. The executive does not have the authority it claims it has to create doge. FDRFTW Feb 2025 #21
It used to be called the US Digital Service. Igel Feb 2025 #32
We won elections. Every Democratic Congressperson should appoint a GOD to run oversight on FDRFTW Feb 2025 #40
How can the minority party "undo" what DOGE is doing? mcar Feb 2025 #19
Sign a "congressional order" authorizing DOEE. Department of Executive Efficiency. FDRFTW Feb 2025 #23
Congress votes on stuff mr715 Feb 2025 #34
This is what happens when one side plays by the rules and the other side doesn't. GoodRaisin Feb 2025 #22
And this will create an obvious schism that needs to be resolved in the courts. If FDRFTW Feb 2025 #24
Apparently nothing Docreed2003 Feb 2025 #26
Exactly. Every Democratic Congressman and Senator should create the FDRFTW Feb 2025 #28
Great idea. Don't have to be official government employees. bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #29
Right? Every single Democratic official can create their own FDRFTW Feb 2025 #30
Your plot improves at every iteration. bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #31
Exactly! It's Congress's job to run oversight in DOGE, that's what GOD is for. Gov Oversight Dept FDRFTW Feb 2025 #41
Where will the funding for all the reversed cuts come from? MichMan Feb 2025 #33
They're not cutting anything, they are stealing that money. Are you a Democrat? FDRFTW Feb 2025 #35
Aren't they planning on downsizing or eliminating whole departments and laying off employees? MichMan Feb 2025 #44
I think it should be done as a grassroots movement. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #42
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