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Nothing about the transparency of USDS has changed. If you feel the current set up is a problem, why weren't you complaining last year? Because last year, USDS was basically tech support on steroids. It didn’t have flamethrowers or Chinese chainsaws. It wasn’t feeding other agencies into the paper ...

I would love to see someone seriously take on pork. Has DOGE actually done anything to cut congressional pork? From what I’ve seen, they’re focusing on grants to schools, aid programs, and public services, not on the kinds of spending that flow through political connections. Those kind of grants ar...

Congress is missing in action. I think Congress is afraid to act. I have seen multiple committee meetings involving DOGE. Most seem to be supporting it publicly. I suspect many do not privately since it cuts off some of the soft money they get. You’re right -- there have been committee hearings, an...

I'm not saying trade imbalances or uneven tariff policies among trading partners did not need to be addressed, but unilaterally launching a global trade war seems irrationally reckless to me. This has the potential to be quite costly both relationally (already) and economically. It represents a rad...

Cats and dogs are the same, or once were.

What a derogatory term for a group of believers simply trying to be as faithful as they know how. One might also say, what an assumption without understanding why the label was applied in the first place... Or perhaps you were actually familiar with the history and/or relevance of the term? I suppo...

I shop at Costco which means I have a trade deficit with Costco (I buy more from them than they buy from me). I didn't know the Republic of Ken and the State of Costco were independent sovereign nations now. Is that problematic or just commerce? And they are even more nonsensical because they only ...

There isn't anything dishonest about it at all. By the Trump Administration's own math, these tariffs are expected to cost the average American family nearly $5,000 per year. Moreso since prices on domestic products will rise as well. Which is, in effect, a $5,000 a year sales tax or inflation on t...

What a derogatory term for a group of believers simply trying to be as faithful as they know how.

I think the liberal groups might allow you to marry in, the conservatives you have to be born in them. They also are a one true church group. None of the groups really "allow" marrying in/out. (Except maybe the 'constant' group in San Francisco ... veeeery small). Although, there are a co...