Tracking DOGE

[KaraBulut]

So now agencies have to rehire thousands of probationary workers illegally sacked by MuskCo.*

*And likely give them back pay for the time they were "on the beach".

A perfect example of governmental waste of taxpayer money.

 

[NotHardUp1]

^ To be fair, the beaches in DC, Kansas City, and Minneapolis are not all that swell.

 

[KaraBulut]

^ To be fair, the beaches in DC, Kansas City, and Minneapolis are not all that swell.

Well, and it doesn't seem to be a good time to get on a plane and fly to the nearest beach.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Good grief. Another one?

God is angry.

 

[KaraBulut]

The DOGEbags has listed the Alaska Volcano Observatory lease at Alaska Pacific University in a long list of real estate leases they plan on terminating... just as they're ordering all Federal workers to return to the office to work.

And guess what?

A Mount Spurr eruption is ‘likely’ within weeks or months, scientists say

The most probable scenario is an eruption similar to those in 1953 and 1992, each lasting hours and producing clouds of ash that circulated for hundreds of miles around Southcentral Alaska.

www.adn.com

A Mount Spurr eruption is ‘likely’ within weeks or months, scientists say

The likelihood that Mount Spurr, the closest active volcano to Anchorage, will erupt is increasing, with scientists now saying an eruption is “likely” within weeks or months.

Scientists observed signs of unrest on the mountain starting in October. Mount Spurr is about 75 miles west of Anchorage at the southernmost end of the Tordrillo Mountains and is visible from Anchorage on a clear day.

 

[KaraBulut]

The "parent" in this case is U.S. Agency for Global Media (aka Voice of America) whose leader is... wait for it... Kari Lake. Like most of these failed Trump-backed political candidates, Kari Lake is like gum on your shoe that we can't seem to get rid of.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/14/radio-free-asia-funding-freeze-layoffs-00231780

Radio Free Asia set to furlough most US-based staff due to government funding freeze

The U.S. government-backed broadcaster Radio Free Asia expects to start furloughing most of its 300-odd U.S.-based staff next week due to a suspension in funding by its parent agency, according to the outlet.

“If this situation continues into next week, we have little choice but to begin furloughing the majority of our staff starting Friday,” said an RFA spokesperson granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the organization’s budget crisis. The media platform’s overseas operations won’t be affected, he added.

 

[rareboy]

^ Well looks like they just closed the whole thing down. So I assume Kari Lake can be let go as well?

Meanwhile, we are going to hear lots of stories about people who have been fingered by the DOGEbros losing their social security because they are 'dead'

And since they are now increasingly understaffed, retreiving payments and getting benefits restarted will be incredibly difficult....particularly for frailer elderly without family to assist.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

and another from Oklahoma.

 

[rareboy]

Of course, they don't care. And no one will do anything about it.

 

[rareboy]

This afternoon:

 

[KaraBulut]

CBS opinion poll from February... it's probably worse for DOGE after the veteran layoffs came to light.



The breakdown by party affiliations shows much stronger negative on the Democratic side (from February's pol):

 

[rareboy]

^ But Musk and Trump don't care. They are living in a Ketamine/Adderall haze where they now believe (or know with 99% certainty) that at the moment they run the whole fucking world in one way or another.

 

[KaraBulut]

The DOGEbags are getting their moment in the spotlight. We knew about the DOGEbag kids. The DOGEbag adults are apparently Twitter employees... and Stephen Miller's wife.

 

[rareboy]

Just a heads up. The USDA has just made your food sources less safe and increased the potential threats to agriculture from imported food products.

But don't worry. Tariffs probably mean that imports will drop significantly anyway.

DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

www.wired.com

 

[cityboy-stl]

 

[rareboy]

Of course, MuskCo. and TrumpCo. know they've broken it so badly, it would take years to become functional again....

A federal judge found that Elon Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution by unilaterally shutting down USAID: “For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that Defendants' actions taken to shut down USAID...likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways…”

 

[rareboy]

The Order.

https://meidasnews.com/news/federal-judge-orders-trump-to-reinstate-nearly-all-of-usaids-functionalities

 

[rareboy]

TrumpCo. has been forced to reveal in a new court filing (ordered by Judge Bates) that Amy Gleason was actually hired by HHS as an "expert/consultant" on March 4, just a few days after the White House identified her as the administrator of DOGE.

 

[rareboy]

An excellent point. The GQP are all in on this.

It is what they've been told is their job this next 4 years.

Next up. Medicare, Medicaid and social security.

 

[KaraBulut]

An excellent point. The GQP are all in on this.

It is what they've been told is their job this next 4 years.

Two years and even that might be optimistic.

 

[rareboy]

In new sworn declaration, DOGE administrator Amy Gleason says DOGE has 89 employees and no “formal front office or organizational chart.”