DOGE's firings, and the ways they did it, will cost the federal government $135 billion this fiscal year, http://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u…
— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T03:55:37.580Z
What DOGE did is not savings, it’s a reduction in services. Savings would be if you figured out a way to do something in 30 minutes that used to take an hour.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T03:59:40.462Z
For example, I don’t think of this as savings bsky.app/profile/cram…
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T15:26:46.685Z
another post and my reply
Elon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion.But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings.That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025.We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T19:30:08.936700Z
Are any of those real savings or are they just reductions in services to people?
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T02:53:42.392Z
more “savings”
This is profoundly illegal.“The administration is seeking to pull back money that is already out the door — cash that President Joe Biden’s agencies had awarded, and placed in accounts for the recipients at Citibank, before Trump took office.”www.politico.com/news/2025/04…
— Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T01:51:29.195Z
Student loan servicers are notorious for making mistakes, but Trump still eliminated the watchdog team that oversaw them. I think we need to do more – not less – to protect borrowers, which is why I introduced the Student Loan Servicers Accountability Act.
— Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@sarajacobs.house.gov) 2025-04-23T01:55:14.646Z
For the nearly 7 million Americans afflicted with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones, federally-funded medical research represents hope that cherished memories will not fade and a family member will have many more years to celebrate birthdays, marriages & more.GOP funding cuts are ripping hope away.
— Rep. Lloyd Doggett (@doggett.house.gov) 2025-04-23T01:12:26.715Z
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) 2025-04-22T21:43:00.990Z
“This disappearance of data undermines evidence-based assessments and policymaking and increases the authoritarian regime’s control as the public lacks facts to hold them accountable.” @markjacob.bsky.social http://www.americaamerica.news/p/trumps-dan…
— Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T22:29:49.500Z
Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants. The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T22:01:07.261241Z
they want to crash the economy, cause bank runs and leave you destitute news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/…
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 2025-04-22T15:16:51.654Z
Exposing dangers is part of the CDC Closing departments hides problems that could be fixed or preventedYes, they found tesla-selfdriving problems That's why dodgy boys want them gone!
— Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 (@lonsj.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T00:26:58.828Z
The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the EPA.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-21T22:43:49.550Z
Among the impacts: The cuts will halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases. propub.li/3GeQOWv
— Dan Petty (@danielpetty.bsky.social) 2025-04-21T22:00:38.418Z
Trump just fired the HHS team responsible for calculating the Federal Poverty Line, which determines eligibility for programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and child care.Trump & DOGE are blocking hardworking Americans from getting the basic assistance they deserve.
— Rep. Kevin Mullin (@kevinmullin.house.gov) 2025-04-25T16:52:32.469Z
Trump Administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism
Much of the staff responsible for distributing information about foodborne illnesses has been terminated by the Trump administration as part of its efforts to shrink the government’s size.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-04-25T18:35:41.014Z
US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded reut.rs/3EFhW0c
— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-04-25T21:00:19.980Z
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com: Elon Musk “apparently did not anticipate that it would be bad PR for the world’s richest man to take food and medicine from the world’s poorest children,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-05-30T14:12:54.971Z
I wouldn’t call what DOGE did “savings”. They have cut costs by reducing services. Savings would be, for example, taking a process that takes an hour and modifying it so that it takes a half hour.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T17:22:26.605Z
Sad! 