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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 08:20:07 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   With Donald Trump set to take office next month, his announcement of the Department of Government Efficiency or "DOGE," has even some Republicans skeptical. Led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the initiative comes with some lofty cost-cutting goals—but no real authority to implement them. Today, The Big Picture explores this meme-inspired effort and its gaping holes. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/doge-trump-musk-ramaswamy-spending

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     brin3m (brin3m@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:20:29 JST brin3m

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     @georgetakei only some?

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     Chris Mingus (toonwatcher@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 01:20:51 JST Chris Mingus

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     @georgetakei and why does the department of efficiency have TWO people in charge?

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     Everyday Freethought (efreethought@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 07:40:35 JST Everyday Freethought

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     @georgetakei

     VR's "thought experiment" about cutting by the last digit of SSN kind of says the quiet part out loud.