Democrats, Angry About DOGE’s Spending
Audits, Ready to Shut Down Government Spending
Posted By: Dreadnought, 2/11/2025 3:17:02 PM
Democrats are prepared to shut down the federal government during next month’s spending fight after becoming enraged over the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) financial audit of government spending. The Democrats’ tactic puts them into a precarious position of supporting waste, fraud, and abuse, three items DOGE is tasked with cutting. “I cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness that we’re seeing when it comes to this administration’s actions,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And for us to be able to support government funding in that way only for them to turn it around, to dismantle the government.
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But sometimes you wonder, who are the beneficiaries of all this fraud and waste—where’s the money going? I mean, besides to terrorists, social justice warriors and the like.
Your questions may soon be answered. Grab the popcorn and fluff the couch pillows because Donald Trump told reporters at a briefing in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon that he plans to name names at a press conference scheduled for Thursday. Responding to a reporter's question, he charged:
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said the quiet part out loud during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, revealing the Democrats’ true concerns about DOGE and Elon Musk.
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One can't help but notice that, while politicians and political activists on the left are constantly whinging on about political violence and denouncing violent rhetoric at every turn, they sure don't put their money where their constantly-working mouths are. From Lee Harvey Oswald to modern times, the vast majority of political violence - actual violence, not a refusal to use preferred pronouns or wondering why people can't pay for their own sex-reassignment surgeries - has come from the left.
Here's yet another example, and from a sitting Congressman, at that: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called out another Congressman, Robert Garcia (D-CA), on Thursday for calling for "actual weapons"
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