To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:
- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.
- All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!
- The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily.
The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didnโt exist already!
Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.
When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!!
This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately.
I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan โ reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl.ย Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.
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In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.
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Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together.
Iโm 100% in support of adults pursuing whatever gender they please, by whatever means they like.
More power to you!
However, we will look back at this time, when doctors and โprofessionalsโ pressured parents to perform surgery and give hormones to *children*, with great shame and regret.
The detransition stories are just starting, and they are devastating.
These stories always include the parents and children being bullied into making irreversible decisions.
They make decisions they donโt fully understand but are told will solve a complex problem. However, in most cases, this โproblemโ is solved best with love, compassion, counseling, and time.
Adolescence is challenging 100% of the time, as we all have experienced.
Imagine your darkest and most confusing moment as a teenager. Now, imagine a group of authorities telling you that your gender confusion causes all your pain and that you can solve all of that pain with surgery and hormones.
Now imagine the state of California acting to hide this childโs struggle from their parents โ and then pursuing a gender transition covertly with the child.
That is the crime that is happening right now.
We donโt let kids smoke vapes or drink until they are fully informed of the ramifications of those decisions as adults โ yet we put them on puberty blockers and have them do surgery to change their gender as teenagers?
What is the rush?
There isnโt one, so they tell the parents, โYour child will kill themselves if they donโt transition.โ
This is pure evil.
There are no parents who agree with this, there are only bullied and confused parentsโฆ and that needs to end now.
I say this with unlimited compassion and love for any child or family dealing with gender dysphoria.
Please speak up parents.
Congratulations @CACheetahs on your #NCAnationals win, and first since 2021!
Cheetahs, having won in 2018 โ later went on to win The Cheerleading Worlds in the same year.
Both Cheetahs & Panthers won NCA & Worlds in 2018 โ together.