DOGE Can’t Reduce Government Spending Until Washington Fixes Entitlements
Mandatory spending programs all operate on autopilot, meaning DOGE cannot truly restrain their growth absent action from Congress.Mandatory spending programs all operate on autopilot, meaning DOGE cannot truly restrain their growth absent action from Congress.DHS, DOGE Work Together To Track Down Election Fraudsters
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has referred 57 cases of potential voter fraud to the DOJ, an official told NBC News.DOGE isn’t dead — it’s growing beyond Elon Musk
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s decision to scale back his role at the Department of Government Efficiency sparked the media frenzy we all expected.
Corporate media outlets wasted no time celebrating. They’ve declared the project dead, mocking the effort that has — by every metric — cut bureaucratic waste, exposed entrenched fraud, and disrupted the comfortable routine of Washington’s permanent class.
We didn’t come this far just to hand victory back to the bureaucrats.
In just 100 days, Musk brought more transparency and urgency to federal operations than most “public servants” manage in a career. Under his leadership, the DOGE slashed bloated budgets, shut down globalist slush funds like USAID, and launched investigations into waste across the Departments of Education, Social Security, and more.
DOGE isn’t just a project. It’s a movement. And it didn’t start with Elon Musk — it started when the American people sent Donald J. Trump back to the White House with a mandate to finish the job.
Voters didn’t re-elect Trump just for tough talk. They sent him to dismantle the unaccountable, tax-dollar-burning administrative state that’s grown fat off politics as usual. And the DOGE delivered.
Now, Musk reducing his hours doesn’t mean the mission is over. Far from it. The next phase requires every agency leader who believes in reform, every state and local official who sees the model working, and every grassroots patriot who wants real accountability to step up.
Ignore the media narrative. CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of the usual suspects are already spinning this as a defeat. They won’t say it out loud, but what they really hate is simple: Musk asked federal employees to justify their jobs.
He demanded answers. He forced Cabinet secretaries to make hard choices. That’s not chaos. That’s reform. And it scared the right people.
So now it’s up to us. Trump provided the mandate. Musk brought the firepower. The American people must now carry this momentum forward— to local government, to state agencies, and to every inch of federal bureaucracy still resisting change.
We didn’t come this far just to hand victory back to the bureaucrats. The real work is just beginning.
Elon Musk says his DOGE time 'will drop significantly' to shift focus to Tesla amid radical left's attacks
Elon Musk announced Tuesday that he plans to "significantly" reduce the amount of time he is spending on his role with the federal government.
Musk has dedicated the last three months to coordinating with President Donald Trump's administration to find and eliminate government waste alongside the Department of Government Efficiency.
'I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our customers.'
During a Tesla earnings call, Musk stated, "Starting next month, I will be allocating far more of my time to Tesla."
He explained that "the major work of establishing" the DOGE had already been completed.
Musk noted that beginning in May, he plans to spend only one to two days per week assisting the Trump administration. He said he will continue to do so "as long as it is useful."
Rumors started swirling earlier this month that Musk would soon take a step back. On April 1, Trump indicated that he aimed to have Musk assist the administration for "as long as possible" but noted that at some point, he would have to shift his focus back to his companies.
"We're in no rush, but there will be a point in time in which Elon's going to have to leave," the president said. "There will be a point at which the secretaries will be able to do this work."
Musk's involvement with the administration was never intended to be a permanent role. As a "special government employee," he is limited to working 130 days per year.
"I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that time frame," Musk previously stated.
According to Trump's executive order establishing DOGE, the department will run through July 4, 2026.
The DOGE has reportedly already saved American taxpayers $160 billion.
Business Insider reported that Tesla's stock has been down 44% this year but increased 5% after the earnings call. Tesla's first-quarter sales were well under the company's expectations.
Since Musk began working with the Trump administration, Tesla has become the target of vandalism attacks from left-wing radicals.
In March, Musk told Fox News, "I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our customers."
"Tesla's a peaceful company that has made great cars, great products," he continued. "And yet people are committing violence. People are firebombing Tesla dealerships. They're shooting guns into stores."
Musk stated that the vandals are "being fed propaganda by the far left."
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4 Admissions Of Social Security Fraud In April Alone Show Waste And Abuse Are Real
While media cries about Trump eradicating fraud, and protesters punish Musk over DOGE findings, Social Security cons are plentiful.Rubio to torch 132 State Department offices in historic bloat-slashing overhaul
The Department of State revealed on Tuesday the Trump administration’s plans to slash the agency’s bloat.
Internal documents obtained by the Free Press revealed that the State Department will close 132 agency offices — a 17% reduction. The office terminations also reportedly involve eliminating 700 positions, including civil service and foreign service employees.
'In its current form, the department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition.'
The news outlet reported that the offices earmarked for closure include those dedicated to advancing human rights, democracy overseas, and thwarting extremism and war crimes.
The State Departmen's new shake-up will consolidate 137 offices by transferring them to other parts of the agency.
The plans consider terminating the agency’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Rachel Cauley, a White House budget office spokesperson, told the Free Press that “nobody is really sure what” the office does.
“When I ask them, they seem to not really be sure what they’re supposed to be doing. It’s an office that was created several years ago to look at Afghanistan [issues] and to avoid conflict areas. But we already have other offices within the department that do that,” Cauley said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly coordinating with the Department of Government Efficiency to restructure the federal agency.
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A senior State Department official told the Free Press that the agency’s undersecretaries have also been instructed to present plans to reduce their staff by 15%. While it is unclear how many staffers will be impacted by the directive, the outlet noted that six of the offices employ thousands of individuals.
A second senior State Department official told the news outlet that the cuts will not require Congress’ approval. The source claimed that by July 1, the U.S. Agency for International Development would “cease[] to exist.”
In addition to eliminating and consolidating hundreds of offices, the State Department is opening a post, the Bureau of Emerging Threats, dedicated to monitoring cyber threats, the second official told the Free Press.
“We’re trying to streamline the organization, to centralize functions that should be centralized, and to focus on the big things that support our America First diplomacy out in the field,” the official said.
Rubio told the Free Press, “In its current form, the department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition.”
“That is why today I am announcing a comprehensive reorganization plan that will bring the department into the 21st century,” he added.
“This approach will empower the department from the ground up, from the bureaus to the embassies,” Rubio continued. “Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed, and non-statutory programs that are misaligned with America’s core national interests will cease to exist.”
Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state under President Donald Trump’s first administration, told the news outlet that he supports overhauling the agency.
“The State Department is desperately in need of significant reorganization, and there’s much efficiency that can be gained there,” Pompeo said.
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Trump purges Clinton's $1B woke, audit-failing volunteer agency
The Trump administration on Wednesday placed most of AmeriCorps' full-time employees on administrative leave as it moves to reorganize the Bill Clinton-era volunteer agency.
The independent federal agency was established by Congress in 1993 to connect young Americans with community service opportunities, providing roughly a $4,000 stipend, housing accommodations, food, and a higher education grant, the New York Times reported.
'It is time to admit that this is a failed program that needs a complete overhaul or elimination.'
Despite receiving about $1 billion annually, AmeriCorps failed eight consecutive audits.
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) in December accused the agency of having "a long history of abusing taxpayer dollars."
"In 2023, the AmeriCorps inspector general issued a 'Management Challenges' report detailing significant challenges AmeriCorps faces. This includes being unable to detect fraud. We have no real idea when AmeriCorps will be able to have a clean audit again. In fact, this year's audit includes 78 recommendations still open, even after AmeriCorps said it addressed 20 last year," Owens said.
He called for AmeriCorps to be on the Department of Government Efficiency's "chopping block," arguing that it should not receive more taxpayer money while "it continuously fails to meet basic accountability standards."
"We can tell AmeriCorps to modernize and reform until we are blue in the face, but nothing will change unless we recognize the system is built on a flawed idea. It is time to admit that this is a failed program that needs a complete overhaul or elimination," Owens remarked.
Like many other federal agencies in recent years, AmeriCorps has become infiltrated with woke ideology, including climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Fox News Digital reported that the agency's 2024 annual management report listed "advancing racial and economic equity" as one of its key priorities.
"AmeriCorps has a decades-long commitment to advancing racial and economic equity through national service and volunteering," the report read. "These efforts are designed to expand pathways to opportunity for all Americans. Racial and economic equity will be central to AmeriCorps' planning and implementation of all priorities, ensuring AmeriCorps members and volunteers reflect the diversity of the American people and the communities in which they serve."
While Owens supports the elimination of AmeriCorps, a Trump administration official told the news outlet that the agency will receive an operational reset but will remain in existence.
On Wednesday, the White House placed 75% of the AmeriCorps full-time employees — 535 out of 700 staffers — on administrative leave while determining how it will reconfigure the agency. Additionally, agency contracts worth approximately $250 million have been terminated.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) stated on Thursday that the state would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop its reorganization efforts.
He wrote in a post on X, "DOGE's actions to dismantle AmeriCorps threaten vulnerable Californians, disaster response and recovery, and economic opportunities."
"California will be suing to stop this," Newsom concluded.
In a separate statement, he called Trump's actions a "middle finger to volunteers serving their fellow Americans."
Earlier this week, Newsom filed a lawsuit against Trump to block the administration from imposing increased tariffs. The governor has set aside $50 million to challenge the current administration.
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Trump admin moves to end taxpayer funding for PBS, NPR
The Trump administration is moving forward with its plans to cut all taxpayer funding for public broadcasting.
The New York Post reported Monday that the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought, sent a memo to Congress requesting the elimination of the funding. He is also pushing to codify other budget cuts identified by the Department of Government Efficiency.
'Since day one, the Trump Administration has targeted waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending through executive action, DOGE review, and other efforts by departments and agencies.'
The "rescissions" plan would cut off $1.1 billion in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Additionally, it would axe $8.3 billion from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Vought's memo accuses CPB of a "lengthy history of anti-conservative bias" and USAID of "waste, fraud, and abuse," the Post reported.
CBP has argued, "Public media in the United States is a highly efficient public-private partnership that delivers a strong return on the taxpayers' investment. For every public dollar provided, stations raise nearly seven dollars from donors, underscoring their value to the communities they serve."
Vought noted that NPR president and CEO Katherine Maher called Trump a "deranged racist" and a "fascist." He also highlighted two PBS programs that included trans-identifying characters.
"Since day one, the Trump Administration has targeted waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending through executive action, DOGE review, and other efforts by departments and agencies. Congress has expressed strong interest in supporting those efforts, and requested the Administration transmit rescissions to the Hill for swift approval," Vought wrote.
"OMB recommends the Administration respond with two proposals to cut $9.3 billion," he continued. "The first includes a rescission of $8.3 billion in wasteful foreign aid spending (out of $22 billion) that does not expire in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The second is a separate rescission of all Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) — which funds the politically biased public radio and public television system."
Lawmakers have 45 days to adopt or reject the rescission plan. The White House is reportedly optimistic it will pass.
Vought stated that without the rescissions, taxpayer funds would continue to be spent on many wasteful programs, including $9.4 million for "Championing Transformative Changes in Gender Norms," $6 million for Palestinian media and civic society support, and $3 million for Iraqi "Sesame Street," to name a few.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) proposed legislation in March that, if passed, would prevent NPR and PBS from receiving taxpayer funds.
Jackson introduced the bill, No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Service Act, after a heated House Oversight subcommittee hearing with Maher and PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger, where lawmakers pressed them about their outlets' political bias. Both Maher and Kerger insisted their outlets were unbiased.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the subcommittee's chairwoman, asserted that the hearing proved NPR and PBS are "taxpayer-funded PR arms of the Democrat Party" and therefore "don't deserve the American people's hard-earned money."
"NPR and PBS hate President Trump, his supporters, and the majority of Americans who sent us a mandate in 2024. They can hate us on their own dime," Greene declared.
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