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LogGrad98 said:
Definitely applaud this. Curious where the money is coming from though. We don't have unlimited supplies. Are we going to see tax raises coming for those making more than $400k or something? What will they cut to accommodate it besides DOJ attacks removing good qualified people from critical roles?
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Mexico. They usually pay for everything we want. They are our sugar daddy.

I think this is the first step towards Trump’s overall view of getting rid of income tax and replacing it with tariffs. Along with shrinking government, wasteful spending and expanding the economy through growth.
 
He might have said “I will be your retribution”, but this is obviously all his retribution. Purges. Rewriting recent history. He’s our president, but he’s really just another Strongman. Putin is Trump’s role model.

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‘The Purge’: Trump Fires FBI Agents Who Worked on Cases Against Him — Including 20 Heads of Field Offices

Ken Dilanian with NBC News reported a "purge" was underway that could see the heads of up to 20 of the FBI's 55 field offices relieved.
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View: https://x.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1885426699539534152
 
The Thriller said:
I’m genuinely curious what people eat for breakfast.

I probably consume 2-4 eggs a week. Almost always fried or hard boiled for breakfast. A piece or two of toast.

Most of the time if I eat breakfast it’s a banana and a protein shake. Or a bowl of cereal. I usually eat something light.

Is this normal?

And for those eating 10+ eggs per week, why? Are you trying to bulk up? What’s your cholesterol like? Don’t eggs screw that stuff up?
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My regular breakfast is like 5 eggs and goat cheese crumbs scrambled or instead of cheese I sometimes throw in 3-4 bacon strips. I have very fast metabolism so need a lot of protein and fat otherwise I get hungry at work before lunch. I am 54 and my cholesterol is perfect. The thing is with cholesterol - the more you try to avoid it in foods the more your body will try to make it. Read this book, awesome science here.
 

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Saw today that trump is going to try to eliminate taxes on overtime.
This would probably benefit me more than most as I have overtime built into my actual schedule and am an hourly worker who also signs up for overtime rather frequently. Oddly enough, I dont want this to happen. I have never complained about the taxes I pay. I like the government to have lots of money. I like that there is a Department of education, an FAA, an EPA, an FDA, a Forest service, Medicaid, a strong well funded military, border patrol agents, etc, etc, etc. I dont really care that much about the national debt but apparently that seems important to some people and this tax plan would seemingly make the debt of the nation increase.
Also, putting more money in peoples pockets is great. But one problem with that happening is that when most people get more money they spend more money. When more money is being spent then demand for goods and services increases. When demand increases supply typically cant keep up and decreases. When demand increases and supply decreases..........
Taxes aren't the largest amount of money that gets removed from my paycheck. Insurance is. In fact I wish I could pay more in taxes and have the insurance stop being taken from my paycheck.
 
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  • Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems
  • Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM
  • Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.

Musk, the billionaire Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management.
The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department's data systems.

The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said.
"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications."

Officials affected by the move can still log on and access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.
Musk, OPM, representatives of the new team, and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
OPM has sent out memos that eschew the normal dry wording of government missives as it encourages civil servants to consider buyout offers to quit and take a vacation to a "dream destination."

Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the actions inside OPM raised concerns about congressional oversight at the agency and how Trump and Musk view the federal bureaucracy.
"This makes it much harder for anyone outside Musk's inner circle at OPM to know what's going on," Moynihan said.
 
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fishonjazz said:
Saw today that trump is going to try to eliminate taxes on overtime.
This would probably benefit me more than most as I have overtime built into my actual schedule and am an hourly worker who also signs up for overtime rather frequently. Oddly enough, I dont want this to happen. I have never complained about the taxes I pay. I like the government to have lots of money. I like that there is a Department of education, an FAA, an EPA, an FDA, a Forest service, Medicaid, a strong well funded military, border patrol agents, etc, etc, etc. I dont really care that much about the national debt but apparently that seems important to some people and this tax plan would seemingly make the debt of the nation increase.
Also, putting more money in peoples pockets is great. But one problem with that happening is that when most people get more money they spend more money. When more money is being spent then demand for goods and services increases. When demand increases supply typically cant keep up and decreases. When demand increases and supply decreases..........
Taxes aren't the largest amount of money that gets removed from my paycheck. Insurance is. In fact I wish I could pay more in taxes and have the insurance stop being taken from my paycheck.
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Or take the extra money you get and put it in a health savings account that can help out with your medical costs.
 
Red said:

  • Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems
  • Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM
  • Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.

Musk, the billionaire Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management.
The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department's data systems.

The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said.
"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications."

Officials affected by the move can still log on and access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.
Musk, OPM, representatives of the new team, and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
OPM has sent out memos that eschew the normal dry wording of government missives as it encourages civil servants to consider buyout offers to quit and take a vacation to a "dream destination."

Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the actions inside OPM raised concerns about congressional oversight at the agency and how Trump and Musk view the federal bureaucracy.
"This makes it much harder for anyone outside Musk's inner circle at OPM to know what's going on," Moynihan said.
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Yes, but it isn't Musk cutting access. It is standard procedure. Those OPM government workers finding themselves having had their access revoked to some of the department's data systems are about to lose their jobs.

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Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs

By Monday, all OPM offices are expected to give political leaders staffing charts with plans for an initial 30% reduction for both feds and contractors.
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Bucknutz said:
Or take the extra money you get and put it in a health savings account that can help out with your medical costs.
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Or private coaching. Pro Tip: You can get your kid's doctor to write a letter indicating some medical need for exercise. It will work for you too if you want to spend it on a personal trainer or health club dues, but I use it to pay for my kid's coaches. It allows use of pre-tax money, and my employer offers matching FSA/HSA contributions.
 
Sardines said:
My yearly egg spend is still under $100.

Do you all eat eggs every day?

I've got nothing against eggs, but I don't make them at home on a weekly basis.

At $4 per dozen that's a little less than $0.30 per egg.

Is an egg not worth $0.30?
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I usually eat 6 eggs per day. They are still great value, but it's just a bummer to spend nearly 2x the amount you use to on an item and it compounds when every item is going up.
 
If people think Donald is shrinking government, decreasing government spending, and growing the economy with his tariffs, then I have some beachfront property to sell ya.

People realize that he’s been president before, right? He has a past record. It’s still amazing to me how people project magical thinking onto Trump. He can be anything that his cultists fetishize him to be.
 
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