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I fully expect to be scrutinised and get, you know, a daily proctologist exam,
We want to weed out the corruption. And it seems hard to believe that a judge could say, we don’t want you to do that,
Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected,
I hope that the court system is going to allow us to do what we have to do,
Trump said on Tuesday, referring to recent judgments that have temporarily halted his efforts to shrink government, including through an employee buyout program It's not optional for us to reduce the federal expenses,
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government,
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said recently We found fraud and abuse,
Trump said of Musk's work on Tuesday, without providing evidence All of our actions are fully public,
The agency shall not fill any vacancies for career appointments that the DOGE Team Lead assesses should not be filled, unless the Agency Head determines the positions should be filled,
All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!,
Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible."
Highlighting key reforms that need to be implemented, he stated I don’t think there’s been, I don’t know … a case (of) an organization (that) has been more transparent than the DOGE organization,
Transparency is what builds trust,
Musk said of DOGE’s social media campaign, apparently without noticing the irony of his personal situation The people voted for major government reform, and that’s what the people are going to get,
They’re worried about their jobs. They’re worried about their families. They’re also worried about their work and the communities they serve,
said Helen Bottcher, a former Environmental Protection Agency employee and current union leader in Seattle By eliminating waste, bloat, and insularity, my Administration will empower American families, workers, taxpayers, and our system of Government itself,
We do find it sort of odd that, you know, there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that position,
Gravitas can be difficult sometimes,
said Musk as his young son X—full name X Æ A-Xii—began to chatter and squirm during his remarks I check frequently with the president to make sure that this is what the president wants to happen. So, we talk almost every day,
A Fork in the Road.
At the time, he sent a letter to staff titled