" By your MAGA calculations, does it add up to half?

#17 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11 AT 2025-02-06 11:36 PM | FLAG: "

I don't know. I don't know how many total buildings there are. Are you opposed to selling off buildings that aren't being used?

Amazingly, this is not satire.

" That is not correct. The Executive branch's function is in its very name. It is there to execute what Congress enacts through law. The executive branch must carry out and enforce what Congress has enacted. "

Agreed. I didn't explain it very well. When I say control over how it's run I'm not talking about it's mission. That is defined by legislation and he must faithfully execute it. What I'm talking a about is HOW it's executed. Also, things like an internal audit.

" 3rd grade must've been hard for you at the orphanage.

#60 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2025-02-06 08:05 PM | FLAG: "

His parents were well off and wanted to start a family. They abandoned him anyway.

Once again, Censored beat me to it.

That's not even recent. I'm sure it's much worse after COVID.

Well ... .

" There are roughly 14,000 buildings and structures currently designated as excess and thousands of others that are underutilized. These properties range from sheds to under-utilized office buildings and empty warehouses. Over 7,000 are plotted on the Excess Federal Buildings Interactive Map, zoom in to see Excess Properties in your state and around the country."

" Threatening government officials is a felony in the United States. The penalties for threatening a government official depend on the official threatened and the type of threat.
Threatening the president
A felony under 18 U.S.C. 871
The United States Secret Service investigates
The penalty is up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both
Threatening other government officials
A Class C or D felony under 18 U.S.C. 875, 18 U.S.C. 876, and other statutes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigates
The penalty is usually up to five or ten years in prison"

Nobody is above the law.

I thought these types of threats were to be taken seriously. The FBI investigated parents who spoke up at school board meetings. Never m8nd the fact that a law exists prohibiting threats against government officials.

Laws for thee but not for me.

" a "small government conservative" who abhors government power.

#136 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-02-06 08:06 PM | FLAG: | "

I don't have a problem with government power so long as it's restricted to what is enumerated in the Constitution. That is a LOT of power but it's divided.

POTUS has complete control over how any government agency is run that is part of the Executive branch. That isn't me talking, it's the Constitution talking.

" Are these American born"

No, idiot. These are Venezeulan gang members. Learn how to read.

" Because a grant going to something you don't like doesn't constitute "fraud."

#125 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-02-06 05:13 PM | FLAG: "

Okay, I see what you are saying.

Well I did read today that Politico and AP have received millions from USAID. Fraudulent? IDK. I do see a huge problem with news outlets that are supposed to critically cover our government receiving millions from said government. Also I think the case can be made that money spent domestically is a violation of the agency's mission which is foreign aid.

As for Musk and DOGE I'm still trying to wrap my mind around all of it.

If you look at the EO DOGE isn't a new entity - it's a renaming of USDS with a temporary (18 month) expansion of its mission. if these agencies are part of the Executive branch POTUS has complete power over how they are run. OTOH how much investigative power does a czar truly have? Based upon the first sentence of Article 2, Section 4 it would appear to be minimal constraints as a czar is acting at the behest of POTUS. But a czar doesn't even go through the advise and consent process.

" When and where, exactly, has this been exposed?"

USAID

Musk is effectively DOGE Czar. I already addressed the fact that I've always had an issue with czars for a variety of reasons.

That genie is out of the bottle. I don't know how to put it back in.

I'm sure some lefties have principled but selective opposition to this.

Democrats hate that fraud, waste and abuse are being exposed.

"#106 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11 AT 2025-02-06 03:54 PM | FLAG: "

Danforth brought up something wholly unrelated as a gotcha', so I threw it back at his smug face.

It's telling which one you took unbrace with.

" What you think is POTUS is a king. America doesn't have kings and musk has zero authority to be doing what he's doing. Period.

#112 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-02-06 04:15 PM | FLAG: "

POTUS is solely in charge of the Executive branch.

I'll show your ignorant ass where it is in the Constitution:

" Article II
Section 1

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America"

That's awfully clear.

" Please explain how DEI is a grift. And be ------- specific for once.

#107 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11 AT 2025-02-06 03:55 PM | REPLY"

Here is one example.

" Yale University has spent millions of dollars on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These initiatives include: "

" Remember when Trump came out with his grifting coin, and you screamed up and down about CORRUPTION???"

It's because I've never bothered to learn how cryptocurrency works.

Why don't you tell us some more about how much a a pure angel Hunter Biden is.

Read any post by LegallyGivesHead or Twoothy.

Ratybeach,

The only issue I have with that is the underlying implication that none of those things would have happened were it not for the Dept of Ed.

It was my brother and a couple of his friends. That's it. Why you are taking umbrage with it is beyond me.

" Seriously pathetic echo chamber there.

#32 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS AT 2025-02-06 02:55 PM | FLAG: "

Do you disagree with the point he made?

Males have no business competing in women's sports. Technically, under Title IX it's against the law. Regardless, Congress needs to pass a bill and have this signed into law just to make sure it never happens again.

Department of Ed has made schools needlessly beaurocratic.

" I'm not copying 900 anti gay "----------" posts from your history, lefthandedturd. I'm just not, bigot.

#29 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE AT 2025-02-06 12:58 PM | FLAG: "

Oh please. JPW brought that on himself and he gives as much as he gets on this site. And you certainly won't hear him whining about it.