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NEW FALSE DOGE CLAIMS?

A friend knowledgeable about govt contracting noticed some DOGE claims of money saved that are... unusual.

I'm trying to follow his explanation. I might just share DM screenshots and let you all figure it out lol.

I haven't seen these reported.

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PREDICTION:

Absolute bullshit. Completely untrue.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1891350795452654076

Since some ppl are either pretending not to understand my tweet or actually not understanding it, I am ofc not saying that Elon made the numbers up out of thin air.

The absolute bullshit is the contention that these numbers, as presented, indicate fraud on a massive scale--possibly "the biggest fraud in history"

They indicate no such thing

Time to debate openly the "Black voter revolt" claim used to foist Harris as the only Biden alternative.

I'm w Tyler: I doubt it's importantly true; & it's certainly infantilizing to assume Black voters are incapable of seeing why an unpopular VP shouldn't run.

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https://twitter.com/Tyler_A_Harper/status/1807074374190526631

Note the practical question isn't "Will some Black voters resent Kamala getting passed over?"

The question is whether passing her & Biden over for a different (no doubt multiracial) ticket will cost Dems Black votes *in swing states* **on net**.

The answer isnt obvs at all.
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Danielle Allen, a highly respected Harvard poli sci prof, interviewed for the presidency in 2022.

She didn't get past an early round.

Worth asking why Gay got the job while Allen didn't come close.

I'm not saying I know. But it sure wasn't scholarship...

1/ Gay notoriously never published a single book.

Allen, who is slightly younger, published eight books, most with prestigious academic presses.

As for scholarly articles, Allen has 50+ to Gay's 11.

Here are some of Allen's article titles:

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Harvard inside dope from the weekend: faculty support for Gay fading, her supporters on the defensive or mum.

V. famous senior prof usually above university politics told colleagues she has to go.

Others ready to go on record.

All this *before* the latest reports.

👀 To be clear: Gay absolutely could still keep her job. Her fate may not be publicly apparent until the summer.

But her support appears to be more tentative and volatile than published reports had led me, at least, to believe.

NYT reporting on Neely’s last few years paints a picture of social services in NYC more impressively staffed, organized, and responsive to individual cases than standard Left *or* Right discourse acknowledges. There’s of course an inevitable trade off between liberty & safeguards for the mentally ill that our society has lately settled in favor of liberty.

Social services working under these constraints can be highly functional without guaranteeing a happy outcome in each case.

I understand the moral, spiritual, and aesthetic cases against porn. But my own case is more like, Who needs the competition? bitch what are you doing in my boyfriend's phone?

1. "Headed for a Civil War"

2. "Still headed for a Civil War"

3. "Maybe not. But 1/6 was a dress rehearsal. Not talking lone wolves & crazies, but cadres of RW militiamen carrying out political assassinations & mass terror attacks to delegitimize Biden."

4. "Our Years of Lead"

https://twitter.com/kept_simple/status/1592545615569121287

5. Hispanic birth rates will give the Democratic Party a permanent majority.

6. Unable to win the national popular vote, GOP can govern only by "minoritarian tyranny"

7. Though not w/o cost, closing schools during covid is clearly the best option.

https://twitter.com/kept_simple/status/1592545615569121287