Gary Varvel: DOGE's existential threat to bureaucracy

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That squealing sound you’re hearing is emanating from the bureaucrats in the Deep State Swamp. They know the corruption is over, the kickbacks are over and the day of accounting is here.

Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has already saved American Taxpayers millions. Musk posted on X: “All in today, 36 contracts were terminated for a total savings of ~$165 million across 6 agencies, including a DHS contract for “people and culture survey and climate support services.”

Click here to see the list of waste and fraud that DOGE uncovered in USAID.

By eliminating the DEI-related contracts, DOGE has saved Taxpayers $1 billion. And this is just after 2 weeks. No President in my lifetime has had the guts to cut the government. But it has to be done because we are $36 trillion in debt.

WHO WORKS FOR DOGE

The latest complaint from the Left is that the people working for DOGE are too young. This Don Surber piece gives you the background of who these youngins are and their resumes are impressive. Me thinks the Left protests too much. Hmm? I wonder why they don’t want the waste and fraud to be discovered?

THE US TO TAKE OVER GAZA?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Trump in the White House yesterday and afterward Trump announced, "The U.S. will take over the Gaza strip ... and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site ... create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area."

Is this a ploy to get others to clean up Gaza, which is nothing but rubble, and develop this beachfront property? No one knows for sure but Netanyahu seemed to be onboard with Trump’s proposal to fix the problem and offer Palestinians a better life in Jordan or Egypt.

Sadly, the following day, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced on the House floor that he is introducing articles of impeachment against the president for participating in “ethnic cleansing.”

This is why we can’t have nice things.

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I drew this on Friday in response to the ridiculous antics of the Democrats during the Senate confirmation hearings. The Dems’ tantrum was especially hysterical during their grilling of Kash Patel and RFJ Jr. The resistance is knocking itself out.

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