Yeah, I blocked Bill Nye and reported him for spam.
I did that. And I did the same to James Taylor. And I know I'm probably going to hell for it, but I hate all these fundraising texts with no guarantee that the money even gets to the candidates, and the ones from the […]
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![Screenshot of part of the Wikipedia article about DOGE. It reads as follows: "DOGE has claimed to have saved hundreds of billions, although another government entity estimated it cost the government $21.7 billion.[35][36] Another independent analysis estimated that DOGE cuts will cost taxpayers $135 billion;[37] the Internal Revenue Service predicted more than $500 billion in revenue loss due to "DOGE-driven" cuts.[38] Journalists found billions of dollars in miscounting.[39][40] According to critics, DOGE redefined fraud to target federal employees and programs to build political support;[41] budget experts said DOGE cuts were driven more by political ideology than frugality.[42] Musk, DOGE, and the Trump administration have made multiple claims of having discovered significant fraud, many of which have not held up under scrutiny.[43][44][45] According to the estimates of Brooke Nichols, DOGE cuts to foreign aid programs had led to some 300,000 deaths by May 2025, mostly of children.[46][47][48] By February 2026, when her counter that estimated the number of deaths was retired, the numbers were kept at the one-year mark from when the cuts began: 781,343 deaths caused by the funding discontinuation."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ob6v233lbjgsuehyhbofn3vf/bafkreih24zj373o33nkg5awdufe3dndyvn2ujzlxpuiontzgbdteqiw6wy)
