DOGE: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead

We go with mainly best value contracting but that has some downfalls as well

 

You’re on approved leave for thanksgiving? Isn’t it automatic unless they want to restore your use or lose? My biggest problem this time of the year is figuring out how to burn my leave. Still have 20 days left to use

 

For the week. We have Thursday off, but I took Monday to Wednesday off. Friday’s my AWS.

 

We’ve had approval issues with this. I’m honestly not sure why?

 

It’s more difficult to do and harder to defend again protests but well worth it

 

Hiring and pay freezes aren’t unusual with Administration changes. It sucks, but it is what it is. Thankfully, I’ll have my section fully staffed by EOY.

 

Funny how congress couldn’t figure out how federal salaries increased during a pay freeze

 

I imagine it would be hard to deny any pre-approved pay increases passed as a part of prior budgets. Of course, given the political theatrics, I’m not shocked if this is missed.

 

Pay freezes do it include automatic step increases

 

Confused. “Do include” or was it a question? It would be pretty crappy to deny automatic step increases for those who met performance metrics, but again, political theatrics. I’m just a bit tired of being a pawn.

 

I have a feeling this excludes her and her staffers

 

Sorry, pay freezes do not include automatic step increases

 

Free speech absolutist attacks organization dedicated to preserving free speech. In a bold bid to save exactly $0 Musk proposes to defund the ACLU. They get no public funds.

 

He's so smart. ACLU will probably get a boost in donations because of this.

 

Only in 2024 can a hundred billionaire send out a note to 300M people that “homeless is a lie” and be embraced by a working class that is shooting itself in the head in slow motion.

 

How big of a cut in funding will DOGE recommend for the companies that Musk owns?

 

Something about “unelected [bleeps]”… oh well. Shut it down! Efficiency!


“Billionaire and key Trump ally Elon Musk came out in opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson's proposed bill to keep the government funded on Wednesday.

Musk attacked the bill on social media, arguing the 1,547-page document is full of "pork." The legislationis designed to avoid a Friday government shutdown and fund the government through March.

"This bill should not pass," Musk wrote bluntly on X.”

Key Trump ally comes out against massive emergency spending plan: 'This bill should not pass' | Fox News


https://www.axios.com/2024/12/18/elon-musk-government-shutdown-bill-doge

 

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not, but I find it bizarre that there are SpaceX buildings that Musk is not allowed into because of his history of drug usage (allegedly ketamine and LSD).

Elon Musk's Drug Use Means He Isn't Allowed to Enter Certain SpaceX Buildings

 

$2T? Best case according to president Elmo. Now he is just tossing out numbers and has no idea. In the process, President Elmo will dox a number of Americans in government — feed the X machine. It’s all for show.

"I think we'll try for $2 trillion. I think that's like the best-case outcome. But I do think that you kind of have to have some overage," Musk told Penn. He added that he thinks the commission has a "good shot" at saving $1 trillion.

Elon Musk says DOGE saving $2 trillion in budget cuts is a 'best-case outcome'