DOGE Announces $881 Million in Cuts at the Department of Education; Trump and Musk Field Questions from the Fathomlessly Corrupt US Press

Trump and Musk both answer questions from the press.
What an idea, a government that says what they're going to do,
then does what they said what they were going to do,
and then calmly and candidly explains what they're doing and why.

I am very surprised by the terrific focus Trump is showing, and please by -- not surprised by -- how absolutely crystal-clear transparent Trump is being with the country.

Almost a billion in cuts to the DoE.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced $881 million in cuts to Education Department contracts, targeting diversity training and research programs.

Key Details:

About 170 contracts for the Institute of Education Sciences were terminated.

The cuts include 29 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training grants worth $101 million.

The move comes as President Trump is expected to issue an executive order to wind down the Education Department.

This is just the easy stuff, the lowest-hanging fruit. I'm sure he can trim another $2-3 billion without much trouble at all.

DOGE is also targeting fake "science" -- allegedly scientific NGOs are handing out (taxpayer funded) grants to do "studies" on DEI and that crap.

President Donald Trump is taking aggressive action to slash taxpayer funding for politically motivated research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), following years of wasteful spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire reports that Trump attempted similar cuts during his first term, but Congress blocked his efforts.

Key Details

The NSF awarded one in ten grants between 2021 and 2024 for projects focused on DEI, social justice, or race-related issues, according to a Senate report.

Trump's administration is slashing funding, leading to layoffs of up to half of NSF's staff and capping NIH administrative expenses at 15% of grants.

Federal judges are attempting to block Trump's budget cuts, but senators like J.D. Vance argue that such judicial overreach is unconstitutional.

This should put the fear of Musk into the bureaucrats:

Nick Sortor @nicksortor

#BREAKING: Elon Musk just announced in the Oval Office DOGE is investigating federal employees with high net worth despite low pay

Many, MANY corrupt feds are sweating right now!

Including Fauci's cronies

Trump introduced the country to the leader of DOGE's tiger teams, a young go-getter named Mr. X.

Note that the press and the Democrat Party and the Deep State -- but I repeat myself not once, not twice, but thrice -- has been running ops for weeks attempting to make Trump jealous of Musk, or to cause problems between them. They're a pair of Aces and the press is trying to get them to fold their hand.

It's not working. They appear to genuinely like and respect each other.

I absolutely love the White House's communications. They are wide-open and responsive, even to their bitter enemies of the Communist Junta Press Corps.

Update: Full Trump/Musk press grilling.

posted by Ace at 06:51 PM

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