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Elon Musk claims his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is shutting down payments to federal contractors, including a Lutheran charity, asserting it is eliminating corruption.

This suggests DOGE has access to Treasury’s payment systems, though officials have not confirmed the extent.

Senator Ron Wyden warned that DOGE may interfere with Social Security, Medicare, and government contracts.

Musk also called USAID “a criminal organization” that should “die,” amid DOGE’s growing influence over federal financial operations.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

They're in too deep to admit how badly they obviously fucked up. Shit is gonna have to actually reach the ugly bitter end, leaving them no other possible explanation to try to hide behind. In the meantime, this must be what it felt like for the citizens of Rome as it burned.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It is not until it affects them on a personal level they make that realization. That is how far the empathy of the average conservative voter reaches.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

Well, in essence and at its purest level the difference in thinking between Leftwing and Rightwing is the difference between "I want people to have a better life" and "I want to have a better life".

All the political complexity above that comes from the different possible ways to achieve either end and from how one end partly overlaps with the other (i.e. for many a general improvement of people's lifes gets translated into a personal improvement).

So yeah, conservatives are just "What's in it for me" types who believe in a different method to maximize their personal upside than the Fascists. In fact many American-style Liberals (the political version of "Liberal" in the US, not to be confused with those who believe in the actual Liberal Ideology) are also rightwingers who believe in yet another method for personal upside improvement.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 hours ago

And here I am, too damn poor to afford a fiddle...