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DOGE's 'Wall of Receipts' Doesn't Add Up: Cuts Harmed People of Color, Failed to Yield Savings
(theemancipator.org)
One of those two things was the point
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2026
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Hope whoever is in next keeps a list of things broken by Trump being elected and what damage they caused while the attempt to reverse everything
Not everything can be reversed easily. A bunch of ongoing research was destroyed, for example. The consequences of that stunt will be felt for decades.
I bet a whole lot of dumbasses vote them out because they cannot fix it fast enough even as they are obstructed by the cons, who not only hate seeing Americans prosper, but also hate seeing Democrats get their policies enacted.
As a recent example: Biden.
Yes, we loudly pointed out how blatantly discriminatory they were, but that's never going to get fixed now because SCOTUS says racism doesn't exist anymore
Set up musk to start laundering money for trump.
Was never intended to "purge waste"
Cuts Harmed People of Color
That was the point
Having government services benefit POC, having POC thrive under government employment are both viewed as "waste, fraud and abuse" by these types. They don't think government jobs are "real jobs", either, but seeing a POC benefit from such a job enrages them even more.
Also - remember when these "doge" assholes were claiming they were going to rewrite the Social Security systems in months, because, "AI"?
Well, it's been about a year and half since then....wonder how that's going?
we'll know when the funds dry up well ahead of schedule.