^^^^^^^^^
Huge nothing burger. Gotta have click bait daily.

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Thune, 64, said Thursday from his Capitol Hill office, but quickly took issue with some of the president’s most ambitious spending cut plans, calling Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth call for annual 8% cuts to the U.S. military budget unrealistic.

NOT unrealistic at all, given all the unaccounted-for amounts of money. After Doge 8% reduction will be easily accomplished.

Thanks for posting this.

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Originally posted by 12GA:
But it is unlikely Department of Governmental Efficiency head Elon Musk’s goal of axing $1 trillion in federal spending could be achieved without hitting the popular spending programs, Thune said.

The federal budget in 1975 was roughly $304B ($1.8T today).

The federal budget in 2024 was $6.75T.

When were we better off?

Fire up Milei's chainsaw. No reason whatsoever that we can't cut the budget in half (or 1/3).

Pentagon Purge: Trump Fires Chairman Of Joint Chiefs, Navy Chief And Other Top Brass

Making good on a campaign pledge to shake up the senior military ranks to ensure a focus on his policy priorities, President Trump on Friday night took the extraordinary step of firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and five more senior Pentagon officers. The fired chair, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., had only served two-and-a-half years of his four-year term.

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs usually stay in their posts when control of the White House changes hands. Trump's move immediately triggered accusations that he was politicizing the US military. “A professional, apolitical military that is subordinate to the civilian government and supportive of the Constitution rather than a political party is essential to the survival of our democracy,” said Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed in a statement

To replace Brown, Trump has nominated retired USAF Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Cain. The selection of Cain is highly unusual: Not only had he already retired from service, but he would be the first three-star general to ascend to the highest post in the US military. Cain is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and an F-16 pilot credited with 150 combat hours and two tours in Iraq. From 2021 to 2024, Cain served as the CIA's associate director for military affairs, collaborating on several highly classified initiatives, the New York Times reports.

Announcing the nomination on Truth Social, Trump's praised Cain's performance against ISIS:

"During my first term, Razin was instrumental in the complete annihilation of the ISIS caliphate. It was done in record setting time, a matter of weeks. Many so-called military 'geniuses' said it would take years to defeat ISIS. General Caine, on the other hand, said it could be done quickly, and he delivered."

When confirmed, retired Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Cain will be the first three-star to chair the joint chiefs (CIA photo)

While praising Cain, Trump accused his own predecessor for failing to recognize Cain's talents. "Despite being highly qualified and respected to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the previous administration, General Caine was passed over for promotion by Sleepy Joe Biden. But not anymore!"

Trump was gracious, however, toward the fired chairman, thanking Brown for "his over 40 years of service to our country," calling him "a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader," and wishing him "a great future for him and his family."

Brown was just one of five casualties on Friday night. After Trump's announcement, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a statement indicating that Chief of Naval Operations Adm Lisa Franchetti, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff James Slife have also been removed, along with the judge advocates general of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Selected by Biden to command the Navy, Adm Lisa Franchetti's role as first female on the joint chiefs of staff was cut short on Friday night

While no reason was given for the removal of the top lawyers of three largest military branches, the action comes after Hegseth's repeated criticism of what he says are unwarranted restrictions on how soldiers conduct themselves on the battlefield. In his Senate confirmation hearing, Hegseth said military lawyers put "his or her own priorities in front of the war fighters, their promotions, their medals, in front of having the backs of those making the tough calls on the front lines.”

As for the other officers, Trump and Hegseth promised to clear out officers deemed too have embraced woke ideology, to include emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion over merit and performance. In his book, War on Warriors, Hegseth criticized Brown for "[making] the race card one of his biggest calling cards," and Hegseth questioned whether Brown's ascent resulted from merit or his skin color. Trump himself nominated Brown to become the Air Force chief of of staff in 2020, and heralded the fact that Brown would be the “first-ever African American military service chief.”

In November, Hegseth called for Brown to be fired, along with others on the wrong side of woke-ism:

"First of all, you've got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs...But any general that was involved -- general, admiral, whatever -- that was involved in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go. Either you're in for warfighting, and that's it. That's the only litmus test we care about."

In his book, Hegseth also questioned Franchetti's qualifications to serve as the highest ranking Navy officer, sarcastically writing, "If naval operations suffer, at least we can hold our heads high. Because at least we have another first! The first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — hooray."

More recently, Hegseth used a Pentagon town hall to declare that diversity initiatives were "dividing the force as oppose to uniting it." Driving the point home, he pointedly attacked one of the most cherished rhetorical cornerstones of woke ideology, saying, "The single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength'."

https://www.zerohedge.com/mili...or-pentagon-officers

After chewing up and spitting out the Maine governor, he gets a standing O at the end of the meeting.

https://x.com/MarcusMcIntire/s...nistration-day-34%2F


...except from one governor.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
“A professional, apolitical military that is subordinate to the civilian government and supportive of the Constitution rather than a political party is essential to the survival of our democracy,” said Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed in a statement

And that is exactly why Brown was fired...dumbass.

The clash between Trump and Maine’s leftist governor over ‘trans’ rights in women’s sports is a Rorschach test

https://www.americanthinker.co..._rorschach_test.html

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Originally posted by oddball:
After chewing up and spit ting out the Maine governor, he gets a standing O at the end of the meeting.

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I would pay good money to see our Commie Governor of Michigan forced to give President Trump a standing ovation.
Rod

uh-oh

Bondi says she will soon release Epstein documents, which COULD contain the clients list.

What's going on here?

https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/...y-epstein-documents/

"We're not done with Jeffrey Epstein," at least, according to Megyn Kelly. There is a strong story of him being alive and witness protection along with p diddy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...ly-sex-offender.html

^^ That's just Crazy Talk!

Megan is always jumping up and down, waving her arms, to get attention. I agree, crazy talk.

But this tease from Bondi has gone on too long. Release the damn list, or say you are not going to release it.

Ummmm…that’s from over a year ago.

Saying you may hear from Epstein himself doesn’t mean he’s still alive. It’s possible there are recorded interrogations that may be released.

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Originally posted by downtownv:
There is a strong story of him being alive...

You should know better than to post that horse shit in this forum.

Absolutely ridiculous. Comic book, pulp fiction shit.

And don't post links to old articles without pointing out that they are old.

"It's another scam".

Indeed they are President Trump. Thank you for the courage to expose them all.

Every single one of them!

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Originally posted by lkdr1989:
https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/st.../1893339302924341462

Likely find the USMS and USSS are both happy seeing competent bodyguards providing protection for Mr. Musk.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by parabellum:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1893386883444437415

Back when I worked for someone else I got in the habit of keeping a simple flat text file with things I had gotten done. Features implemented, significant bugs fixed, new team members mentored, whatever. When it got close to review time, I emailed the file to my boss. There wasn’t one who didn’t appreciate it as it made it easier for them to do the review. I never knowing met anyone who enjoyed doing reviews or didn’t appreciate help in reducing the time needed.

Government employees may not think this way (or they may), but I was taught to consider a job as an opportunity to add value for the company. Working that way, I ran into plenty of opportunities to branch out or change my area to continue adding more value.

Maybe this post by Elon is a way to nudge employees to think of their government job as less of a possession and more of an opportunity to add value?