Elon's DOGE Just Took Out Another Career
DC Bureaucrat
Posted By: Imright, 2/3/2025 7:18:33 AM
They’re cleaning house, and there’s nothing these DC bureaucrats can do about it. Even when they try to fight back, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has the full backing of the White House. If they want access to systems, they’ll get it. In short, whatever they want, they get, as USAID found out. A top staffer at that agency tried to counter a DOGE order—the White House placed the troublesome official on leave. This move came after the Trump White House and DOGE recently ordered dozens of security officials to be placed under a similar administrative designation.
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Elon Musk’s aides have locked career government bureaucrats out of computer systems that operate a federal government human resources agency.
Musk, the owner of social media platform X and the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency — which is tasked with slashing government waste, fraud, and abuse — installed allies at the government resources agency known as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Reuters, citing government officials who spoke to the outlet anonymously, said career bureaucrats have had their access to governments systems revoked.
“We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems,” one official said.
Dozens of Democrat leaders are reportedly struggling to find a “coherent message” to fight President Donald Trump.
The New York Times reported Sunday that, at private meetings and public events, Democrats “appear leaderless, rudderless, and divided.”
Democrats have elected Ken Martin to be their next Democrat National Committee (DNC) chair, who will conduct a post-election review largely based on tactics and messaging.
Now, the Times said after more than 50 interviews with Democrat leaders they cannot figure out what the party should stand for, what issues they should focus on, and how to confront Trump.
They’re cleaning house, and there’s nothing these DC bureaucrats can do about it. Even when they try to fight back, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has the full backing of the White House. If they want access to systems, they’ll get it. In short, whatever they want, they get, as USAID found out. A top staffer at that agency tried to counter a DOGE order—the White House placed the troublesome official on leave. This move came after the Trump White House and DOGE recently ordered dozens of security officials to be placed under a similar administrative designation.
Overwhelming number of NYers and Latino
residents want illegal-migrant criminals
booted: poll 3 replies
residents want illegal-migrant criminals
booted: poll 3 replies
An overwhelming number of New Yorkers support deporting illegal-migrant criminals, a new poll reveals.
Nearly 80% of New Yorkers statewide told Siena College pollsters that they back kicking out undocumented migrants who have been convicted of a crime, with that figure including 69% of Democrats and 71% of Latinos, the survey released Monday says.
The new numbers come as federal immigration officials have been conducting high-profile illegal-migrant arrests around the Empire State in the last week. (Photo) Siena also asked registered voters in the poll more specifically whether New York should support President Trump’s deportation initiatives, to which they were less enthusiastic.
Ice skater Maxim Naumov surrounded by
family friends after losing both parents
in DC plane collision 1 reply
family friends after losing both parents
in DC plane collision 1 reply
Ice skater Maxim Naumov is being surrounded by his family friends “24 hours a day” after he tragically lost both of his parents in the mid-air collision in Washington, D.C. last week.
Naumov, 23, has been spending time with his loved ones after the unimaginable tragedy, which claimed the lives of 67 people after an American Airlines plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.
Naumov’s parents, 1994 World Champions Evgenia “Zhenya” Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were aboard the doomed aircraft. (Photo) “I know a couple who is with him right now,” Ekaterina “Katia” Gordeeva, a former teammate and close friend of Naumov’s parents, told People.
Canada’s dollar and Mexico’s peso took a hit Saturday, with Canada’s dollar sliding to its lowest level since 2003, one day after President Trump imposed tariffs on the two nations.
The Canadian dollar dropped 1.4% to roughly C$1.47 against one U.S. dollar. The Mexican peso also fell more than 2% to 21.15 against one dollar U.S., Financial Times reports.
Chief economist at Mexico’s Banco Base, Gabriela Siller, says, “If the tariff stays on for several months, the [peso’s] exchange rate will reach new historic highs.” She added, “If the tariff stays on, it will be a structural change for Mexico . . . and Mexico could go into a profound recession
Likely Dem primary voters in the upcoming mayoral election overwhelmingly say New York City is in crisis — with nearly half saying that if things get any worse, they may leave, a dismal new survey shows.
The pessimism is broad and deep.
Eighty percent of the respondents say they are worried about the current level of crime, while 75% believe their city is in a state of crisis, and 70% are “fearful and anxious” about its future, according to the poll by Democratic strategists with the Honan Strategy Group. (Photo) Nearly half, or 45%, of respondents say that if things get any worse, they “may be forced to move out” of Gotham.
During Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he was still at odds with President Donald Trump despite his election victory last November.
The Kentucky Republican said he still harbored ill-will for what he had alleged was Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Partial transcript as follows:
STAHL: How would you describe your relationship with President Trump?
MCCONNELL: Well, we haven’t spoken for quite a while. I was very upset about what happened January 6.
STAHL: You had to be evacuated from the Senate along with other leaders. Your staff was in your office. The rioters
Anti-Trump leftists can’t stop spreading disinformation in a desperate bid to make their skewed worldview make sense.
In Chicago last week, local Democratic leaders stoked panic over claims that ICE agents had shown up at a local elementary school.
Chicago Public Schools Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova claimed school staff had “kept ICE agents outside of the school” and affirmed that “we will not coordinate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.”
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker piled on, blustering, “After a week of Republicans sowing fear and chaos, the first reports of raids in Chicago are at an elementary school.”
One problem: There were no ICE agents at the school. They were Secret Service agents,
Venezuela agrees to take back illegal
migrants — including Tren de Aragua
gang members: Trump 1 reply
migrants — including Tren de Aragua
gang members: Trump 1 reply
Venezuela has agreed to take back its violent criminal migrants nabbed in the US — including members of the Tren de Aragua gang wreaking havoc on the Big Apple and other cities, President Trump says.
“We are in the process of removing record numbers of illegal aliens from all countries, and all countries have agreed to accept these illegal aliens back,” the president wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.
“Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the U.S., including gang members of Tren de Aragua,” Trump said.
It’s galling to hear sleazy Democrats like Rep. Jamie Raskin and self-serving government bureaucrats whine about “due process” as Donald Trump sets about cleaning house in the out-of-control administrative state.
Last time Trump was president, he and his appointees were sabotaged and obstructed by Machiavellian Deep-Staters who perverted concepts such as “due process” into protective shields around wrongdoers and turned them into weapons against their adversaries — that is, anyone trying to carry out the wishes of the democratically elected president.
That won’t be happening again. It’s called democracy.
The FBI raided Trump’s home and rummaged through his wife’s underwear drawer. They tried to lock him up and bankrupt him.
In a striking prediction, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Europe would eventually come under the influence of President Donald Trump. Putin’s comments reflect the rising concern among European elite leaders about the return of a strong America led by Trump, whose "America First" policies could alter the balance of power on the global stage. For conservatives, this prediction may validate Trump’s approach to international relations, which prioritized national sovereignty and held European allies accountable for their own defense and economic commitment, making it clear that Trump’s influence remains a formidable force in the world.
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On Saturday the US Army released the name of the pilot of the US Army Blackhawk helicopter that flew into a passenger jet landing at Reagan National Airport.
The crash was on Wednesday. The third pilot’s name, Rebecca Lobach, was finally released on Saturday, three days later.
All 64 passengers in the jet were killed.
The three pilots in the Blackhawk helicopter also died in the explosive crash.
Kristinn Taylor at The Gateway Pundit reported:
After withholding at the request of the family the name of the female pilot killed in the mid-air collision Wednesday night between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a PSA/American Airlines passenger plane on final approach to Reagan National Airport
They actually did it. Democrats have just elected David Hogg as the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Ken Martin of Minnesota won the race for Chair. The diversity obsessed Democrats just elected two white guys to lead their party. (X Video)
This is the new ‘youth’ voice of the Democratic party. (X Video) The Post Millennial reports:
BREAKING: Anti-gun influencer David Hogg elected Vice-Chair of DNC
Left-wing social media influencer David Hogg has been elected vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), making history as the first member of Generation Z to assume the position.
During Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he was still at odds with President Donald Trump despite his election victory last November.
The Kentucky Republican said he still harbored ill-will for what he had alleged was Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Partial transcript as follows:
STAHL: How would you describe your relationship with President Trump?
MCCONNELL: Well, we haven’t spoken for quite a while. I was very upset about what happened January 6.
STAHL: You had to be evacuated from the Senate along with other leaders. Your staff was in your office. The rioters
Former President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and former Chief of Staff, Kelly Magsamen, have sparked controversy by launching a personal attack on Pete Hegseth after a fatal plane crash involving a military helicopter and an American Airlines aircraft. In a sharp rebuke, the former defense official, who helped Austin cover up his absence from the Pentagon during a health crisis in January 2024, attacked Hegseth for his comments about DEI and falsely accused him of blaming the female co-pilot, Capt. Rebecca Lobach, for the incident.
James Carville Throws Kamala Harris Under
the Bus: ‘Couldn’t Put Together a
Sentence’ (Video) 27 replies
the Bus: ‘Couldn’t Put Together a
Sentence’ (Video) 27 replies
James Carville has been complaining about his party for months and now he is telling everyone what he really thought of Kamala Harris as a candidate. It’s not good.
He threw Harris under the bus as a ‘seventh string’ quarterback who ‘couldn’t put together a sentence.’
Carville made the remarks during a live event for Firing Line.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:JAMES CARVILLE: We ran a presidential election. If we were playing a Super Bowl, we started our 7th-string quarterback. That’s what happened.
You can’t address a problem unless you’re honest about a problem. And none of this was inevitable. Now, if you were to put the staggering talent that exists
Senator Chuck Schumer is a lawyer, so presumably he is familiar with the provisions of 18 U.S. Code § 115. In case he has forgotten—after all, there are a lot of statutes to keep track of—Edward R. Martin, Jr., the Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney, is in the process of reminding him. Among other things, that statute holds that anyone who threatens a federal government official or their family with the “intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance
Acting FBI Director Refuses to Give Names
of Officials Involved in Jan 6 Cases,
Trump Investigations 20 replies
of Officials Involved in Jan 6 Cases,
Trump Investigations 20 replies
Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll is reportedly refusing to give the names of the officials involved in January 6 cases and Trump investigations.
Brian Driscoll is currently serving as Acting FBI Director as Trump nominee Kash Patel awaits confirmation.
CNN reported that “At least six FBI leaders” have been removed or told to resign by Monday.
President Trump fired the head of the FBI Washington Field Office, David Sundberg, canned 20 other heads of offices. As many as 88 FBI officials were marched out of their offices on Friday.
The administration of now-former President Joe Biden tried to bankroll the use of electric school buses at government schools across the country.
But as the electric buses continue to have massive reliability issues, some schools regret taking the federal handouts and now want help from the Environmental Protection Agency to get themselves out of the program.
Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin wrote a letter to the agency voicing concerns with the program, asking for waived penalties for not using buses provided by manufacturer Lion Electric, according to a Monday report from WGME-TV in Portland, Maine.
“Specifically, we urge the agency to pursue legal remedies,
Can We Rebuild Los Angeles?
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The Southern California wildfires, still burning, already rank among the most destructive in the state’s fire-laden history. They have destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles, including those in the beautiful and affluent Pacific Palisades community nestled along the Pacific Ocean between Malibu and Santa Monica. The scale of the destruction and the human suffering the fires have inflicted are massive. Firefighters are continuing to battle blazes across some 62 square miles, an area larger than all of San Francisco. The latest death toll has reached 29, which would put the fires third in the state’s history for fatalities, behind only the 1933 Griffith Park fire that killed 29
Robert Santos decides to resign as US
Census Bureau director midway through
a 5-year term 18 replies
Census Bureau director midway through
a 5-year term 18 replies
Robert Santos, who emphasized inclusivity and outreach to overlooked communities, has decided to resign as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, midway through his five-year term and in the midst of planning for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding nationwide for another decade.
Santos, who was appointed by former Democratic President Joe Biden, said in a letter Thursday evening that he made the decision “after deep reflection.” Santos was sworn in as the bureau’s 26th director, and its first Hispanic leader, in 2022.
I don't know about all of you, but I'm not yet tired of winning - although in this case, we haven't won the whole enchilada. At least, not yet.
As my colleague Bonchie noted earlier on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio went to Panama to explain to Panama's President José Raúl Mulino about President Trump's concern with China's Road and Belt Initiative moving in on the Panama Canal. No sooner did we get to read about that before word came out: Panama folded and promised to not only not renew their 2017 deal with China, but to try to find a way to skate out of it early. Remarkable.
The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash, according to a Washington Post report.
Aviation experts reviewed Wednesday night’s radio transmissions, obtained by The Washington Post, and said that a soldier on the Black Hawk requested “visual separation” so that the helicopter crew could maintain a safe distance from the plane, which it could see. Both times, the request was approved by air traffic control.
At 8:48 p.m., about 12 seconds after the second air traffic control tower alert, the helicopter and passenger plane collided.