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Read the *source material with your own eyes rather than depend on what somebody tells you. *Source material the report is based on, not someone else's summary...

The red flag is that they are all right leaning. That's not reality. Not a single person from outside the USA? Nobody from CNN or MSNBC listed as major spreader of misinformation? Joy Reid, Rachel Maddow, Don Lemon, Keith Olbermann, Bette Midler? None of them? A little light on politicians as well. Not Biden?

So I also asked and Grok 3 said As of today, February 23, 2025, there's no definitive, universally agreed -upon list of the "top 10 misinformation spreaders in the world" based on real-time global data. However, drawing from trends and past research--like the Center for Countering Digital Hate's Disinformation Dozen and recent World Economic forum reports... So naturally when I opened the Disinformation Dozen report... it list three people I've never heard of which match your list. Joseph Mercola RFK Jr Ty Bollinger Sheri Tenpenny And the other names? Look no further than NewsGuard, New York Times, CNN, PolitiFact, and Brookings...

Now, do you know what is influencing that answer? The center for countering digital hate. That sounds good right? Except it’s completely biased to the left.

Did the momentum chaser not answer the last two?

I dared to discuss savings in public recently with two acquaintances. Two of us were thrilled, almost giddy. The third brought up that a family member is four years away from a pension, and chose not to take the payout. He said that people on a probational period were let go. Then he explained that when you get a promotion to management or a different job family, you’re put on a probation period and so some good people can be been impacted. We talked about how that sucks for his family member, but we gotta do this for the future, even if pensions are impacted. We agreed we would rather see any savings put to pay down the debt. Not easy, but necessary.

If a contract has already paid out 100k, and is cancelled, preventing the possibility of a max payout of 10M over three years, is that savings? How often were these max payouts fulfilled historically? Is cancelling contacts and or deciding not to extend… performed at a different rate now than before?

You are welcome. You seem like someone that wants to get the facts correct.

@Le duke Where did the $5000 number come from? Answer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PTossggcz4_xV82LSv1DE9knYuPq-MG6/view 20% x 2 trillion saved, paid out across 79M tax paying households.

interested

I hear DOGE is handing out free prescriptions to cogniclear. Apparently folks are worried about the side effects: may cause an increase in critical thinking, skepticism, and logic.

Short sited logic is popularism.

Musk gives 5 stars to breedalotizol

Ono is strong. Lee beats strong. Ono is fast. Lee beats fast. Ono is strong and fast. Ono has improved. Ono crushed Uguev. Ono techs Lee. JRoss bet be wrong.

Is that similar to trycoochagin? Homo no homo.

Some place like International Falls, Minnesota

Mean Gene gave you the clues... "net value" Goal: Remove illegal alien population in the country Plan: Stop inbound illegal aliens + deport current illegal aliens Stop inbound illegal aliens Trump: Jan 21–31, 2025: under 600 daily apprehensions. Feb 2025: ~360 daily. Biden: Dec 2023 peak: 11,000 daily apprehensions. Dec 2024: ~1,500 daily. Key note: At Biden’s peak, more illegal aliens entered in a day than in Trump’s early months. Deport current illegal aliens Trump: 500–1,000 daily deportations. Biden: 700–1,500 daily deportations. Key note: Biden deported more total illegal aliens, but Trump’s approach is flattening or reducing the population, while it grew 2x–3x+ under Biden.

There is no tolerable answer to homelessness. A large portion are mentally ill A large portion refuse services of any kind Providing free housing is expensive Providing free health care is expensive Jail time is expensive Many commit crimes Forcing treatment to break addiction is a violation of autonomy Inhuman actions are inhuman Giving drugs to addicts is awful You might be surprised that most republicans believe homelessness is underfunded! For me... I'd start exploring a minimalist resettlement camp/city with barebones food/medical/shelter, high amount of quality trade education, and some bar/requirement to leave. Enough substance to survive, not enough to thrive, skill up, and earn your ticket to something better.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ensuring-accountability-for-all-agencies/ Does the judicial branch report to the executive branch? Nope. Article III of the Constitution keeps the judiciary separate. Does the judicial branch still hold checks on the executive branch? Yep. The EO does not rewrite the Constitution or neuter the courts. Trump now gets alignment as he promised within the executive branch and reduces being undermined by the "deep state." Win for the people! Trump is a dictator! Fact Check FALSE.

If the Olympics had referred the ending of the first period differently, Steveson is winning 7-0 rather than 4-0 before the second period began.

How many "witches" are witches?

DOGE is about $15M and its going to keep growing. There was an executive order that repurposed the United States Digital Service to DOGE, and mandated embedding "DOGE teams" in every federal agency. Each team has a team leader, engineer, HR specialist, and attorney. Each will have salaries, travel, and so on. 50 agencies getting a four-person team at an average salary of $100,000 per person annually is $20 million a year just for personnel. Let's say the price goes to $100M between now and its expiration next year. Is it worth it? Yep! Spend money to make/save money! USDS had been funded at $25M with an increase proposed to $30M before DOGE...

Good job from folks on skepticism and the fact checking. Consider this... A group was created to identify and advise on wasteful spending The group is proclaiming transparency, and has shown more transparency then I've seen in my lifetime It is actually the transparency that allowed the public to identify the mistake Some transparency is delayed as putting out fires is more important than documenting fires Pick 1 or 2 out of speed, scope, and quality. DOGE has clearly picked speed and scope. Classic. This administration is repeatedly communicating in favor of truth, directly counter to the lies form the media and previous administrations. They are still going to lie... but they are making a big deal about transparency and truth in response to egregious gaslighting and lies.. Self-generated public visibility has created pressure to find savings Was it an honest mistake? Simplest answer; the original 8B was a clerical error that carried over into the work. Was it deliberate inflation? No. This runs counter to the principles that drew people to help. Was it initially an honest mistake that was then exploited? Given a range of numbers, picking the highest is a natural tendency for this particular project. But $8M vs $8B is too big a number to just "pick." Was the worker fired for bad behavior? No. Most likely it is human error. Copy / paste or programmatic. How many errors do we posters make? Another consideration is why they did not publicly talk about the mistake... but that doesn't strike me as unethical; it isn't something people do. Who admits when they are wrong on this board? Who apologizes?

Progressive fans of wrestling are misaligned. Square peg, round hole. Stick to soccer.

I would bet 100 pushups that both Andreas and Musk are correct, but Musk is the asshole. Picking one is the suckers choice. I wonder what sort of NDAs and contracts Musk has with his women about their children. An absent father is a bad father.