Chad Gimmestad

Seeking to follow Jesus and love people.
Cloud watcher. Snow lover.
Disclaimer: Opinions are mine alone,
not government statements or policy.
Definitely not.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

Repeat of my bio disclaimer: I'm speaking for myself, and not the government, in line with my first amendment rights.
Leaders are dodging details and just saying we're prioritizing public safety. That's true, but we're straining to do it. And you deserve more transparency.
6/6

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

Spoiler alert: Yes

Instead of a careful plan to put resources where needed and manage the change, we got sudden chaotic cuts based on who was ready to retire or leave no matter where they were. 1/6
#cowx
https://t.co/5YdGWVbahI

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

And we didn't make the cut on "most needy offices" to get transfers, even though we had people identified for that in January. We'll remain in this posture at least through the summer.

There are consequences. We're trying to minimize them.
5/6

[Momentum Chaser @electricfutures]

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.

🧵

[Brian O’Blivion, Esq. @DunkinDoubleCup]

To summarize: Elon Musk, in his government capacity, went into the FAA and fired hundreds of air traffic controllers. Now two weeks later, Elon Musk, in his capacity as CEO of SpaceX, is in the FAA looking to privatize the very jobs he eliminated

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

This table was easier to get than the one #DOGE shared. But they did that anyway.

If you had any doubt about what is going on, this should make the lies clear.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

And here's the number of RECIPIENTS of social security in each age bucket with the death field set to false (and recipient set to true). A mere 89,106 are aged 99+, not the tens of millions suggested by @elonmusk.

[Symone D. Sanders Townsend @SymoneDSanders]

This is not true: the Clinton effort was led by VP Gore who assembled a task force of hundreds of federal workers to spend 6 months looking across gov’t and issue recommendations by September
1993. The recommendations became BIPARTISAN legislation that was passed into law.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

They're either lying about their results, or have no ability or desire to understand. The real numbers of the contracts/programs they've cancelled so far are about 5% of what they claim. This one contract is the biggest one.
#DOGE

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

The DOGE team is finally posting examples of where they have cut spending. This one claims $8 billion in savings (bottom figure) - but if you look at the fine print upper right, it's a contract that's instead valued at $8 million.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

If he follows through with this, there should be a fast and easy impeachment.

This is an attempt to go around the oath that everyone below him took--TO THE CONSTITUTION, not to him.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

A Trump official just announced that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that ONLY the President and Attorney General can speak for “what the law is.”

They are trying to start a constitutional crisis.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"I don't think you can work from a home. Nobody is gonna work from home. They are gonna be going out, they're gonna play tennis, they're gonna play golf, they're gonna do a lot of things. They're not working." -- Trump, last week

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Anyone consider that maybe Elon’s mission, is for Elon to get what he wants, rather than the country to get what you voted for ?

It’s not a shock for Elon , or anyone, to put their personal goals first

Elon seems to be on a mission to protect brand Elon at all costs. No ?

Free Speech is everything. Until it’s anything related to Elon. Who has complete control over speech here on X

The censorship of the platform you adore is in the hands of a single person, who is on a mission to make himself the most powerful person in the world.

above and beyond the President of the United States.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

@ComicalRepub @AAdamsWX @elonmusk He's right.

Just because you don't know, doesn't mean other people don't. Arrogant and ignorant.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

@Jahampjr @AAdamsWX @elonmusk Ever heard of the Government Accounting Office
And the Inspectors General that have been fired were the ones responsible for finding and prosecuting the fraud.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

@TimboSlice6262 @AAdamsWX @elonmusk You have no idea.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

@HamiltonGarmany @AAdamsWX @elonmusk Those studies have been done, and they continue. Go look.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

@rockiesfan0416 @AAdamsWX @elonmusk For NWS, salary is close to 90% of the budget. And there's already been a lot of shrinking of the non-salary budget. Taking away money means taking away meteorologists.

[Chad Gimmestad @Chaddo18]

@kb0ne79 @NycStormChaser People used to die more.

But if you're serious, there are studies on the economic and societal impacts of NWS/NOAA services. Go look.