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All the moderates I know are pumped about the transparency and cuts to spending. There is a concern to where the mistakes are impactful and understanding to gov workers but they support it overall.

Letter delivery is dead. USPS is costing taxpayers a fortune in pensions. USPS bends over backwards for Amazon because it has no work otherwise. $65 billion lost in 10 years. Shut it down.

I’m asking because I don’t know anyone local who’s losing sleep over Russia or Ukraine. Just got back from my annual fishing trip with high school buddies (all in our 40s) plus one’s dad, uncle, and their crew (70s)—a mix of Dems, Indies, and Repubs. All they want is peace; the rest is just noise. Inflation and costs? Yep they care. But the state of foreign countries? Nobody gives a damn. So if seven of us. Real people, not poll stats, don’t care. Why should I care what a C-grade pollster’s selling?

What's the scoop on Ipsos polls? They have a Trump blind spot in election polls. Why? Who knows? They state they weigh respondents to match the census while they do not publish the raw numbers across demographics and party lines.

Technology steals presence.

Yes Trump lies, exaggerates, uses rhetoric, etc. Which example do you refer? And midwits keep midwitting...

We have a problem with loserthink and midwit behavior. Moderately smart people overcomplicate simple truths and nitpick. If I say "Asians are good at math," the midwit says... "Well, it depends on what you mean by 'Asians?' Are we talking East Asians, South Asians, or Southeast Asians? Do you mean arithmetic, calculus, or theoretical math?" The midwit overthinks and fixates on semantics... "Actually, not all Asians are good at math. My friend from South Korea failed algebra..." When we should focus on whether the larger pattern is true and why that is. AND this is what's happening in this conversation... "THE greatest vs ONE OF the greatest vs Great." I do this too... calling it to those doing it here.

Trump messed up his Covid response in the first term. And he is an asshole. Funny. But an asshole. Can't be THE greatest. He can be one of the greatest depending on his second term execution. Starting out on fire.

I stand by the claim that Biden was claimed as one of the greatest ever, and this topic has been proven.

The first 10 laid the ground work for Words are Tyranny. It shows how a biased survey was used as a foundation for MSM to associate Biden with Greatness. The next set shows one small sampling of how this is directly manifested across social media. I shouldn't need to post 1000 examples of people referring to Biden as great in the MSM and Social media to prove what some of already know. You are not following logic... and that's a strong signal of a certain party favor...

Alright, let’s roll with the wrestling comp. Ronald Reagan is Kyle Dake on the political mat. Dake swept four NCAA titles. Reagan swept 49 states in the election. Biden is ranked ahead of Regan... so better than Dake? Imagine the top 46 wrestlers from all NCAA history, every weight, every era. Biden at 14th isn’t topping Sanderson, but he’s in the mix... think Aaron Brooks or Ed Banach (3 titles, 73 pins). One of the greatest! There are 33 qualifiers at the NCAAs. Biden is better than 32 other presidents. Being better than 32 others at the NCAA means you stand on top of the podium.

You are smarter than this. I showed how to admit when one is wrong just today in a post to Fishbane. But you... My goodness. We're telling you that Biden's Great Presidency was pushed as a narrative on 'us.' Because that was what we 'felt' when reading newlines and listening to media. Yea there were criticisms... You can't be more stubbornly wrong to dismiss what we're saying here and backing up with data. You are acting like a .... democrat. Not the moderate kind.

Semantics. It's not research on 'transgender mice.' It is research on the affects of giving male hormones to female mice in support of human transgender care. $2.5M to study how testosterone impacts ovarian function in female mice. Review the history of payouts https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10619517 Reproductive Consequences of Steroid Hormone Administration Recent data estimates 1.4 million transgender adults and 150,000 transgender adolescents live in the United States, many of whom are on cross-sex hormone therapy with estradiol or testosterone (T)... Project started May 1, 2019 with end date of April 2025. Payouts of $500K annual over multiple years... The study focused on administering steroid hormones like testosterone to female mice and observing the effects on their reproductive systems. This aligns with efforts to model the effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), such as testosterone use in transgender men, to understand potential impacts on fertility...

THE POINT IS THE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION of 'Biden to Great' and 'Trump to Worst'. Get it?

11. ‘Biden’s the most impressive president of my lifetime’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/22/mehdi-hasan-interview-trump-biden-fox-news-msnbc 12. 'Democrats: Stop Shopping Around. Biden Is Our Guy—and the Best President of My Lifetime' https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-stop-shopping-around-biden-our-guy-best-president-our-lifetime-opinion-1790604 13. 'For me he is the best since LBJ but Jimmy Carter prolly had better intentions than him' https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialDemocracy/comments/168pyui/joe_biden_is_the_best_us_president_since/ 14. 'The Climate Case for Joe Biden as the Best President in Our Lifetimes' https://medium.com/@croselund/best-damn-president-in-my-lifetime-a33d58ac5209 15. 'Joe Biden is the Best President of My Lifetime And Democrats, including Iowa's 3rd District Candidate Lanon Baccam, need to double down on it.' https://rleonard.substack.com/p/joe-biden-is-the-best-president-of 16. 'President Biden has been the best president for Indian Country in my lifetime. He has shown us what true allyship looks like' https://www.instagram.com/secdebhaaland/p/DDYEtfXKppG/ It keeps going in search results... https://www.google.com/search?q=Biden+is+hands+down+the+greatest+president+of+my+lifetime 17. '7 Sensational Arguments For Why Joe Biden Is One Of The Best Presidents in US History' https://www.democratsabroad.org/biden_one_of_best_us_presidents Which is data point after data point of disagreeable propaganda that you don't notice unless you objectively recognized that Biden was toast even before he was elected.

So says you. I can make bad comparisons too! Biden is greater than 32 other presidents, which at NCAA's means he is in first place. But you are missing it. The language associated was around making Biden seem Great and Trump seem Lame. The survey was "greatest!" Everyone picked it up. Biden and Greatest in same sentence.

It is guaranteed there are metric tons of wasteful expenditures. More coffee please.

Once upon a time, in a land of plenty, the profits flowed, but the overlords still demanded sacrifice. We were once coerced by management to spend the unneeded funds so that we could retain the budget the following year. So we'd buy education, books, team outings, etc. to spend the left over budget. Then we cut back on travel and budget. Then spending required senior leadership approval. Then the activist investor came and layoffs occurred. Then the business sold. More layoffs. Good luck with a raise or promotion. And we were profitable throughout, just missing operating margin targets.

@uncle bernard I either don't understand bluesky lingo or I do understand and its lame. Maybe I am Jeff here concerned about micromanaging bean rotation. I don't think you are talking about crop rotation, but that actually is important whereas cross-sex hormone study in mice is stupendous. I'm a tightwad. I don't want my money going to studies that support mental health issues caused by the Charlize Theron and Megan Fox of the world.

Yes you are correct. I apologize. I'm obviously a super fan of the DOGE efforts and the topic title didn't mention 1 month. The OP does list 1 month.

Biden is the 14th greatest president ever. I've read many articles and social media posts about how Biden was one of the best presidents. The biggest gaslighting was the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project, completed by 200 democrats + liberals against 35 republicans + conservatives. It has Biden as the 14th greatest president ever. As if that wasn't enough of an alert, it listed Trump as the worst president of all time. Many articles use the survey to talk about Poll Ranking as the 14th-Best president. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/biden-trump-presidential-rankings.html https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/historians-rank-biden-as-the-14th-best-president-trump-is-ranked-last-204468293940 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/joe-biden/2024/02/21/joe-biden-14th-greatest-president-us-history-poll/72676059007/ https://www.npr.org/2024/02/19/1232447088/historians-presidents-survey-trump-last-biden-14th https://thehill.com/homenews/4476288-presidential-experts-rank-biden-14th-among-presidents-in-survey-trump-comes-in-last/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/historians-rank-joe-biden-14th-140109331.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/20/presidents-ranking-trump-biden-list https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-18/trump-biden-presidents-day-ranking-poll-election-2024 https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/joe-biden/2024/02/21/joe-biden-14th-greatest-president-us-history-poll/72676059007/ https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/02/19/biden-14th-in-scholars--presidential-rankings--trump-last

If DOGE found zero additional savings, was it worth it? 100% Yes! We were funding studies where mice are given cross-sex hormones? WTF!

March 6, 2025 Timeline: 18 months (Jan 20, 2025 - Jul 4, 2026) Goal: Identify $1 trillion in waste Status: On Track but at risk, aggressive start and scaling needed Claimed Savings: $105 billion (10.5% of goal) Pace Needed: $1.8B/day Current Pace: $2.5B/day Challenges: Lawsuits, congressional resistance, mandatory spending reliance