Ramaswamy, Musk Meet with Congressional Republicans to Talk DOGE
Plus: Update on Assassin

This might end up being the most serious budget-cutting effort in decades.

Ramaswamey and especially Musk bring something to budget/efficiency that we rarely see: excitement and public interest. That might be enough to get actual results.

On the other hand, it could be -- and probably will be -- another case of the unchangeable, unreformable government once again protecting its own interests and its phoney-baloney jobs.

Congressional Republicans are planning to work closely with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the pair co-leading Trump's newly formed spending cuts project, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The DOGE duo made their rounds with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, spending the morning with members of the Senate DOGE Caucus before heading to a meeting with House GOP leaders and House DOGE Caucus representatives.

The pair, who will spearhead efforts under President-elect Trump to slash government spending and strengthen government efficiency under the incoming Trump administration, wrapped up their day on Capitol Hill by addressing a joint meeting with Republicans of both chambers.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., incoming chair of the DOGE House subcommittee, revealed that, during the meeting, Musk said there would be a "naughty list" and a "nice list" for lawmakers.

"There will be a lot more that is expressed in the days ahead," Johnson said as he left the meeting. "Stay tuned for more to come."

That's a good sign. This isn't going to change unless those fighting change are called out and exposed as phonies and Regime operatives.

Co-chairs of the DOGE House caucus said there was a "big discussion" during the meeting with Musk and Ramaswamy about education and the redundancy of government workers.

"There is so much waste, fraud and abuse. There is so much inefficiency. Where do we begin?" DOGE Caucus co-chair Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., said.

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Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, walking out of the meeting, told reporters that "we're going to gut the fish."

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, however, was skeptical of them relying on the new department to cut costs.

"It's a little rich to go, 'Oh DOGE, save us.' What, from ourselves?" Roy told reporters. "What I told them is, their best role is to expose the absolute stupidity coming out of this body."

A "senior Republican aide," who's done such a bang-up job of cutting spending himself and who of course is anonymous because they all have coward's hearts, says Ramaswamey and Musk will fail and he seems very happy they'll fail.

Update on NYC Assassin:

They have also traced his movements post-killing. He rode his bike north and then took a cab to the west side of Manhattan, and then to the Port Authority bus station at (IIRC) 178th and Columbus. Video caught him entering the bus station but not exiting, so he probably took a bus out of NYC. They did not say they knew which bus.

Cops also found a department store shopping bag in Central Park containing "clothing." The suspicion is that this might contain the clothes he wore during the hit, which he shed to put on different clothes.

I have a feeling this bag isn't the killer's. Seems like a big mistake to leave you clothes (and your DNA) out in the open to be found later.

Update: A Maryland State Police investigator just saw an old Columbo and thinks the CEO hired his own assassin in some kind of insurance scam.

What a genius.

Trust the Experts (TM). Trust CNN.

posted by Ace at 06:40 PM

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