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Government Programming Languages

Social Security: Why look for facts when you can speculate

No, the Social Security ‘system’ did not default to a date of May 01, 1875 when a date is missing.

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Climate Change Diversity Government Savannah

Savannah’s Springfield Canal stormwater project likely casualty of Trump cuts

Trump’s first action on becoming President was a wholesale revocation of several Biden Executive Office actions, leading to closure of many vital programs. One of these programs is called the Justice40 initiative. For the first time in our nation’s history, the Federal government has made it a goal that 40 percent of the overall benefits […]

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Government People

Let’s end, once and for all, the myth of Elon Musk’s genius

Both Joe Rogan and Donald Trump call Musk a genius. In fact, they call him a ‘super genius’. Except that Musk is no such thing. As Bill Clayton wrote in November of 2023 Musk’s strength is having the enormous wealth to breathe life into existing ideas by hiring experts who do have the expertise to achieve his […]

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Government

Dear Buddy Carter

Messages to my House Representative Disregarding law, disregarding Congressional oversight, and disregarding just plain common sense, Trump is allowing Elon Musk and his kids to decimate our working government. Last night it was the CFPB. This is the same organization that has helped consumers recover billions from financial services that have harmed us. This is […]

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Government

A bell that cannot be unrung

Among the many lawsuits against the Trump/Musk actions is one filed by the AFL/CIO and other labor organizations and unions against the Department of Labor for DOGE access to what should be confidential and private data. In response, the government attempted to blow off the concerns by stating that DOGE folk are now employed by […]