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“This bloated liberal socialist program is inefficient and doesn’t work. Because it’s liberal and socialist. So we’re going to get rid of it. We’re planing to plan a replacement plan, but we haven’t planned on when to plan it. But we’ll blame the libs for that too, even though we have essentially captured all branches of the government at this point.”

I expected NASA to get screwed by DOGE. What I didn't expect was that it's at the behest of Ramaswamy instead of Elmo. 2024 is defying expectations yet again.

Okay I agree with the other comments here but I'm a bit confused on this.

How are we still spending money on these things if congress doesn't approve it? The legislature sets the budget, did they just forget to make it official and extend these? Also why even have a phase out period in the first place?

Please, keep pissing off the military, sounds like a FAFO-prone strategy.

We can't be taking care of Veterans that is way to decent of a thing to do for Republicans.

I'm a 100% disabled veteran. Two years ago I made the very stupid decision to change my gender identity with the VA, and my therapist just informed me on Friday that I can't change it back because it's part of a diagnosis. I'm really worried that either of those things, or the fact that I'm getting a degree through chapter 31 will end in a reduction or revocation of my benefits. In addition, I'm going through the process of getting diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. I'm really expensive for the VA right now.

Fun fact: ALS is more common in the veteran population

they just want Russia to be the top superpower

Specifically about veterans' healthcare: Veterans surveyed supported Trump 61% to 37% Harris with 2% undecided. And it's not like the plan to screw up VA benefits was hidden, it was there in Project 2025.

Trump: "What is the worst idea we can implement?"

Ramaswamy:"Let's make all the people that know how to use the most complex and deadly weapons mad at us as quickly as possible!"

Entirely typical.

Republicans have already dicked veterans over so hard that private charities have to try to make up for all of the broken promises.

And it's still not enough for them.

I'm sure this will help with the dramatic drop in people willing to volunteer for the army.

Shameless, veterans risk their lives for their country, the least the govt can do is give them healthcare

So DOGE is getting cut then?

How is veteran healthcare unauthorized?

Not for millenia would I have realized that Department of Government Efficiency stood for DoGE. What a funny little boy Elon is.

These guys really seem to want a pissed off veteran to take them out.

This next two years of "FO" realizations for the FA crowd will bring me no pleasure. Unfortunately we're past the point of return now in participative democracy due to a menially literate population that has had the capacity for rational and forethought drowned out for 3+ generations.

Time, yet again history, to teach people lessons the same, hard way. 😔

Guys, c'mon. There's only so much face a guy has to feed the leopards.

FWIW, this breaks from the Two Santas Strategy. This Santa is suppose to be funding things conservatives want, while at the same time reducing taxes (on the rich), thereby driving the deficit up without making their voters mad. If you actually cut funding for a bunch of stuff people rely on, you will earn the ire of the voters, that's why no one ever does it.

Yeah, there will be a core of people who will defend Trump and Musk to their self-inflicted death, but those people are in the minority. Most Americans (and most people in the world) voted against the incumbent this year because they were unfortunately there during a time of inevitable inflation. And they'll do it again if their lives continue to get materially worse over the next few years.

I can't help but wonder how we would be sitting right now if Trump had won in 2020. But we're due for a generational crisis, and I don't think that wouldn't have been nearly as exciting.