Someone at a higher pay grade please explain to me why axing the *paltry* $170 M price tag for child cancer research was a priority for Muskaswamy? The amount is nothing compared to the federal budget or even the NIH budget. This seems only like a PR loss in addition to the loss of research funds.
December 21, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Someone at a higher pay grade please explain to me why axing the *paltry* $170 M price tag for child cancer research was a priority for Muskaswamy? The amount is nothing compared to the federal budget or even the NIH budget. This seems only like a PR loss in addition to the loss of research funds.
The Doge of Venice? I thought that immediately. And, BTW, I *love* 'Muskaswamy'...
December 4, 2024 at 1:15 AM
The Doge of Venice? I thought that immediately. And, BTW, I *love* 'Muskaswamy'...
“Muskaswamy bring a level of arrogant ignorance and clownish amateurishness that Grace never came close to emulating”
And the new era begins. My Substack is alive again, and here's my first post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
“Muskaswamy bring a level of arrogant ignorance and clownish amateurishness that Grace never came close to emulating”
Resistance is needed at all levels. An incoming Republican governor has announced COGE, a committee on government efficiency headed up by two state billionnares and populated with legislative conservatives. This Muskaswamy-copied approach of unjustified slash and burn will do significant harm.
January 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Resistance is needed at all levels. An incoming Republican governor has announced COGE, a committee on government efficiency headed up by two state billionnares and populated with legislative conservatives. This Muskaswamy-copied approach of unjustified slash and burn will do significant harm.
This gives me hope that our democratic system has enough guardrails to fight off the Muskaswamy DOGE foolishness -- until I see that most roads lead to the Supreme Court.
January 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This gives me hope that our democratic system has enough guardrails to fight off the Muskaswamy DOGE foolishness -- until I see that most roads lead to the Supreme Court.
Read and follow the economist Paul Krugman’s posts. He’s extremely insightful and witty. He fully rips apart the muskaswamy coalition and exposes their mistaken belief that they know what they’re doing.
December 12, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Read and follow the economist Paul Krugman’s posts. He’s extremely insightful and witty. He fully rips apart the muskaswamy coalition and exposes their mistaken belief that they know what they’re doing.
Chris Murphy on the latest House Republican funding plan: "This may not pass the House because all it takes is one tweet from a billionaire 15 minutes from now and House Republicans will go running for the hills. Musk and Ramaswamy are in charge of our govt right now it seems"
December 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
It’s still illegal to have a pet ferret in New York City so Elon isn’t even allowed to bring Vivek here on a temporary basis.
December 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
December 19, 2024 at 8:26 PM
By my count, this is the second MAGA Republican senator to go on the record on this.
#Muskaswamy #IonescoWorld
#Muskaswamy #IonescoWorld
Mike Lee calls for Vivek Ramaswamy or Elon Musk to be the next Speaker of the House
December 19, 2024 at 6:37 PM
By my count, this is the second MAGA Republican senator to go on the record on this.
#Muskaswamy #IonescoWorld
#Muskaswamy #IonescoWorld
"So let’s review the bidding: weak Speaker made weaker, mad Senators mad madder, Democrats made more resilient. What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours."
#Muskaswamy #PresidentElmo
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#Muskaswamy #PresidentElmo
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Balloon Juice - Muskdown, You Better Take Care
So, yeah, third post here about President Musk’s decision to shut down the government via a tweet, but I’m going to focus on the challenges facing possible next Speaker Rev. Mike Johnson, purity ball ...
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December 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
"So let’s review the bidding: weak Speaker made weaker, mad Senators mad madder, Democrats made more resilient. What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours."
#Muskaswamy #PresidentElmo
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#Muskaswamy #PresidentElmo
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Everything we've heard from Muskaswamy so far is Willie Sutton in reverse: going where the money isn't. Slash headcount when federal payroll is a minor expense; go after administrative health costs mainly incurred by private insurers. They got nothin'
Foreign aid is 1% of the US budget.
December 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I hope this portmanteau catches on! #Muskaswamy
Random thought while waiting for connection: is Muskaswamy’s DOGE doing anything or planning to? Like hiring people to find all that waste? Of course if they do it will be embarrassing how little they find. Or will it just be citing claims somebody made on social media?
December 5, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I hope this portmanteau catches on! #Muskaswamy
Re-upping this post as I had dinner this evening with two very well educated, generally liberal minded people who thought that the Muskaswamy task force was an actual government department. Please help sink the lie!
I hereby decree that, henceforth, the Musk-Ramaswamy task force shall only be referred to as “the Billionaire Beavis and Butthead Brigade”. I will be taking no questions.
open.substack.com/pub/kindler/...
open.substack.com/pub/kindler/...
“DOGE” is a Lie and a Crypto Ad
So Please Don’t Help Spread It
open.substack.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Re-upping this post as I had dinner this evening with two very well educated, generally liberal minded people who thought that the Muskaswamy task force was an actual government department. Please help sink the lie!
These dilettantes -- Muskaswamy -- are beginning to piss me off. Their next effort to sew outrage that "something must be done!" will be the upward slope in state and local government employment. Krugman will have to whisper, "population."
Real engineers know about complex equations.
Real engineers know about complex equations.
December 11, 2024 at 7:06 PM
These dilettantes -- Muskaswamy -- are beginning to piss me off. Their next effort to sew outrage that "something must be done!" will be the upward slope in state and local government employment. Krugman will have to whisper, "population."
Real engineers know about complex equations.
Real engineers know about complex equations.
I think Trump is using his Doge bullshit as a buffer. Muskaswamy make the statements and get the blowback and trump rides in on his horse to be the hero in doing the opposite of whatever the blowback was.
December 28, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I think Trump is using his Doge bullshit as a buffer. Muskaswamy make the statements and get the blowback and trump rides in on his horse to be the hero in doing the opposite of whatever the blowback was.
Ro Khanna mentioned the anesthesia thing. Then tweeted about how he was first in line to work with Muskaswamy.
December 7, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Ro Khanna mentioned the anesthesia thing. Then tweeted about how he was first in line to work with Muskaswamy.
It costs a lot of money to deport people, or to maintain prisons and prisoners. How long are they willing to entertain a couple hundred billion dollars a year when Muskaswamy is cutting $2t?
November 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
It costs a lot of money to deport people, or to maintain prisons and prisoners. How long are they willing to entertain a couple hundred billion dollars a year when Muskaswamy is cutting $2t?
@pkrugman.bsky.social substack (The Dollar and the Trade Defict) pokes holes in Trump's economic plan. Got to love this line:
"But...Muskaswamy say that they can...reduce the deficit by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse....[A]lmost no independent economists believe them. That DOGE won't hunt."
"But...Muskaswamy say that they can...reduce the deficit by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse....[A]lmost no independent economists believe them. That DOGE won't hunt."
January 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@pkrugman.bsky.social substack (The Dollar and the Trade Defict) pokes holes in Trump's economic plan. Got to love this line:
"But...Muskaswamy say that they can...reduce the deficit by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse....[A]lmost no independent economists believe them. That DOGE won't hunt."
"But...Muskaswamy say that they can...reduce the deficit by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse....[A]lmost no independent economists believe them. That DOGE won't hunt."
New word that will probably be added to dictionaries Muskaswamy. (Source Paul Krugman).
January 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New word that will probably be added to dictionaries Muskaswamy. (Source Paul Krugman).
I appreciate having Professor Krugman weigh in on the “Muskaswamy” proposals, arrogance and ignorance, a bad combination. Looking forward to hearing more.
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 AM
I appreciate having Professor Krugman weigh in on the “Muskaswamy” proposals, arrogance and ignorance, a bad combination. Looking forward to hearing more.
I'm happy to see @pkrugman.bsky.social on substack (and on here!). His new post on DOGE is great and sums up better than I could what I expect to happen. Although I do wish "Muskaswamy" the best of luck. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I'm happy to see @pkrugman.bsky.social on substack (and on here!). His new post on DOGE is great and sums up better than I could what I expect to happen. Although I do wish "Muskaswamy" the best of luck. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
“Muskaswamy!” 🤣 I actually hope these bozos try some of their ideas. Sure, it’ll create misery but a lot of it will fall on the idiots who voted for it. Pain: It’s how idiots learn.🍿 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:29 PM
“Muskaswamy!” 🤣 I actually hope these bozos try some of their ideas. Sure, it’ll create misery but a lot of it will fall on the idiots who voted for it. Pain: It’s how idiots learn.🍿 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
Muskaswamy are planning to use the pseudo govt Doge cmmte to eliminate qualified public servants, privatize public assets and attack anyone in the press brave enough to prove that the bullshit they're pushing on xitter is really a smokescreen to keep the public from knowing what they're doing.
January 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Muskaswamy are planning to use the pseudo govt Doge cmmte to eliminate qualified public servants, privatize public assets and attack anyone in the press brave enough to prove that the bullshit they're pushing on xitter is really a smokescreen to keep the public from knowing what they're doing.