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Momentum Chaser
@electricfutures
Just my opinions.
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Feb 20 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
SCOOP: @DOGE does damage control

A diff of "savings" estimates from doge.gov between today and yesterday shows that 4 rows have been edited - all corresponding to errors I called out in my thread yesterday. Let's see what they changed!

🧵 x.com/DOGE/status/18… Change #1 pertains to the (now infamous) $8B vs. $8M mistake, which @DOGE claims was not factored into their total savings estimate. Thus, while the website now lists $8B less in savings, the headline $55B remains unchanged. Concerning...

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Feb 18 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
After several delays, @DOGE has finally posted its purported savings. Why did it take so long to create a simple webpage with a 1000-row table? Who knows! Let's dig in.

Headline number: $55B saved. They list the savings per nixed contract. This should be easy to verify then.

🧵 The first thing I did is add up the "saved" column for all canceled contracts and real estate. The numbers are $16.5B and $0.14B, respectively. Odd...

Since almost all of the purported savings come from contracts, we'll focus on that.

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