DOGE Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week

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Not only that, but what it currently has left as its biggest win wasn't cut by DOGE:

> The largest savings on the latest version of its list is a $1.9 billion cut at the Treasury Department. But The Times reported last week that this contract was canceled last fall, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. was president — and when DOGE did not yet exist.

Basically, we can't believe a thing DOGE is telling us. Not super surprising I guess, but Elon used to be more honest than Trump (or maybe that was just my impression?), now he's reaching parity with Trump.

> Elon used to be more honest than Trump

That's a very low bar. It's hard to know how much of what Elon says is deception vs. being seriously uniformed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autono...

I interpret those more as hype than the type of outright lies that Trump spews. But yeah, he certainly has a very bad record.

> I interpret those more as hype than the type of outright lies that Trump spews.

I mean lies are lies.

This does seem almost a playbook now.

Claim victory, you got your sound byte out there ... doesn't matter what happens after that.

This is the party that complains about "big tech" and then as soon as given the chance handed over governance to big tech.

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”

Tell me you have a background in IT without telling me you have a background in IT.

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