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A. Rivera

Did anybody expect anything different? Anyhow, who needs food and health safety in the US? A little food poisoning now and then builds character. Time to cut the fat and #CullTheHerd (/sarcasm)

> ‘Humiliating and degrading’: HHS employees learn of layoffs when their ID badges stop working federalnewsnetwork.com/workfor

#ThisIsAmerica #PartyOfStupid #BringBackMeasles #BringBackIronLungs #USGovernment

‘Humiliating and degrading’: HHS employees learn of layoffs when their ID badges stop workingFederal News Network
Tim Bondy

#USgovernment #history #GoodStewards

I never thought I would say this, but the US Government and probably quite a few state governments cannot be relied upon to be good stewards of the history of the United States.

I cannot be alone in this thought.

nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/histor

Historic figures cut from military websites while others are restored following ‘DEI’ banNBC News
Joseph Lim :mastodon:

👍Bayer hit with $2bn Roundup verdict⚖️
"Bayer has paid ~$10bil to settle disputed claims tt Roundup, based on #glyphosate, causes #cancer.. #Bayer acquired Roundup as part of its $63bil takeover of #Monsanto.. Glyphosate is still avail in #Thailand. Authorities in 2019 initially planned to ban glyphosate but reversed their decision.. #Reuters #investigation subsequently revealed tt the reversal of the glyphosate ban was influenced by pressure fr the #USgovernment & Bayer"👎
bangkokpost.com/business/gener

Bayer hit with $2bn Roundup verdictBangkok Post
Guill.Jones, Honorary Canadian

"Catherine Rampell of the Washington Post observed today that “the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ [is making] the federal government almost comically inefficient.” She wrote that Internal Revenue Service employees line up at shared computers on Mondays to submit their “five things I did last week” emails to DOGE while taxpayer service calls go unanswered." --Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American
heathercoxrichardson.substack.
#SocialSecurity #USGovernment #Musk

March 21, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
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Also— another thought— no company was awarded a contract to make those changes to the government’s tech.

In the past, management in government would FIRST identify a need. THEN companies would compete for contracts and be awarded them before even beginning work. THEN their ideas would have to be run through committees for approval, considering factors like security and compliance with law.

The checks and balances of ‘bureaucracy’ exist for a reason.

#USA #USGov #USGovernment #musk #DOGE

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