The thing is, the incompetence of the trump admin really isn't surprising at all.

Yes, you not caring about reality is a common theme.
But Mr. Trump is on decidedly shakier ground when it comes to how he has empowered Elon Musk, who is perhaps the most important figure in the new administration based on the efforts taken to reshape the federal government through his Department of Government Efficiency initiative. That’s most likely why the White House has tied itself in knots trying to explain to courts and to the public the nature of Mr. Musk’s role. Presumably, that’s because it seems clear that the Constitution does not allow it.
 

GSA takes down list of properties it might sell

The General Services Administration (GSA) removed a list of 443 properties it was potentially looking to sell on Wednesday just a day after posting the listings.

A page featuring a previously lengthy ā€œnon-coreā€ property list now says a list will be ā€œcoming soon.ā€

ā€œWe are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations, or non-core properties, for disposal. Selling ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal spaces,ā€ a message on the site reads.

ā€œDisposing of these assets helps eliminate costly maintenance and allows us to reinvest in high-quality work environments that support agency missions.ā€

Major real estate locations including the headquarters of the Justice Department, FBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture were up for review on the page on Tuesday.


Department of Government Efficiency Deletes a Claim and Resurrects an Error

The Department of Government Efficiency has deleted one of its more bizarre claims: that it had saved taxpayers $53.7 million by ā€œcancelingā€ a federal contract that had actually ended in 2005.

The New York Times reported on that mistake last week. It was part of a pattern at DOGE, which has repeatedly posted errors on its ā€œwall of receiptsā€ that inflated its success — and seemed to demonstrate a basic unfamiliarity with the machinery of government.

On Wednesday, DOGE removed any mention of the long-dead contract from its website.

But, at the same time, the group resurrected one of the largest errors it has made so far — claiming that it had saved $1.9 billion by canceling an Internal Revenue Service contract for tech help with a Northern Virginia company.

That company’s contract was actually canceled in November, under President Joseph R. Biden.


Sanders Calls Out Trump’s ā€œOutrageous Lieā€ on Social Security in Scathing Speech

In a scathing response to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) sharply criticized the president for repeating a widely debunked claim that Social Security checks are going toward deceased people, calling it an ā€œoutrageous lie.ā€

During his address, Trump said that there are ā€œshocking levelsā€ of ā€œfraudā€ within Social Security, claiming that there are millions of Social Security recipients aged between 100 and 360 years old — a completely false assertion circulated by Trump and Elon Musk in recent weeks.

ā€œBy slashing all of the fraud, waste and theft we can find, we will defeat inflation, bring down mortgage rates, lower car payments and grocery prices, protect our seniors and put more money in the pockets of American families,ā€ Trump said, ignoring the fact that his administration has rapidly ushered in warnings of a ā€œTrumpcessionā€ just a few weeks into his second term.

Sanders called out Trump’s lie in a speech delivered after Trump’s address, saying that it’s meant to pave the way for cuts to Social Security — which is the most effective anti-poverty program in the U.S., lifting tens of millions of people above the poverty line each year.

ā€œTonight, Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks,ā€ the senator said. ā€œThat is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security and dismantling the most successful and popular government program in history.ā€


USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them


Why isn't it surprising to see incompetence at this level? Well, for one, trump. Perhaps the primary reason being the people in his admin were hired on ideological grounds. Not their expertise. Oh, BTW, regarding Musk, who is responsible for quite a few of the fuckups.........

There Is No Musk Exception in the Constitution

Mr. Musk’s power also is squarely at odds with concrete constitutional provisions. While the Constitution is largely silent on removal — Mr. Trump’s arguments that the Constitution gives him limitless power to fire are atextual — the document is quite specific when it comes to appointment.

Supreme Court cases make clear that individuals who serve in ā€œcontinuingā€ positions and who exercise ā€œsignificant authorityā€ on behalf of the United States must be appointed consistent with the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. As far as I can tell, Mr. Musk hasn’t been.

The Appointments Clause — part of Article II, the source of Mr. Trump’s virtually boundless conception of presidential power — sets forth two methods of appointment of what are called ā€œofficers of the United States.ā€ ā€œPrincipalā€ officers must be nominated by the president and are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. For ā€œinferior officers,ā€ the Constitution allows Congress to give the appointment power to the president alone — that is, without Senate confirmation — or to the head of a department, or to the courts of law. Inferior officers must be subject to the supervision of someone other than the president; if you report directly to the president, you’re a principal officer.

This means that the individuals who wield the most authority — principal officers — are subject to both the public scrutiny and the check that is supposed to be imposed by Senate confirmation.


These guys are breaking things faster than they can be fixed. Maybe that's the point.

Hahahahaa. There’s no incompetence silly. The incompetence was four years of Dementia Riddled *Joe. Rational Americans know he was too far gone to make any decisions.
 
But Mr. Trump is on decidedly shakier ground when it comes to how he has empowered Elon Musk, who is perhaps the most important figure in the new administration based on the efforts taken to reshape the federal government through his Department of Government Efficiency initiative. That’s most likely why the White House has tied itself in knots trying to explain to courts and to the public the nature of Mr. Musk’s role. Presumably, that’s because it seems clear that the Constitution does not allow it.
Does not allow what?
 

GSA takes down list of properties it might sell

The General Services Administration (GSA) removed a list of 443 properties it was potentially looking to sell on Wednesday just a day after posting the listings.

A page featuring a previously lengthy ā€œnon-coreā€ property list now says a list will be ā€œcoming soon.ā€

ā€œWe are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations, or non-core properties, for disposal. Selling ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal spaces,ā€ a message on the site reads.

ā€œDisposing of these assets helps eliminate costly maintenance and allows us to reinvest in high-quality work environments that support agency missions.ā€

Major real estate locations including the headquarters of the Justice Department, FBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture were up for review on the page on Tuesday.


Department of Government Efficiency Deletes a Claim and Resurrects an Error

The Department of Government Efficiency has deleted one of its more bizarre claims: that it had saved taxpayers $53.7 million by ā€œcancelingā€ a federal contract that had actually ended in 2005.

The New York Times reported on that mistake last week. It was part of a pattern at DOGE, which has repeatedly posted errors on its ā€œwall of receiptsā€ that inflated its success — and seemed to demonstrate a basic unfamiliarity with the machinery of government.

On Wednesday, DOGE removed any mention of the long-dead contract from its website.

But, at the same time, the group resurrected one of the largest errors it has made so far — claiming that it had saved $1.9 billion by canceling an Internal Revenue Service contract for tech help with a Northern Virginia company.

That company’s contract was actually canceled in November, under President Joseph R. Biden.


Sanders Calls Out Trump’s ā€œOutrageous Lieā€ on Social Security in Scathing Speech

In a scathing response to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) sharply criticized the president for repeating a widely debunked claim that Social Security checks are going toward deceased people, calling it an ā€œoutrageous lie.ā€

During his address, Trump said that there are ā€œshocking levelsā€ of ā€œfraudā€ within Social Security, claiming that there are millions of Social Security recipients aged between 100 and 360 years old — a completely false assertion circulated by Trump and Elon Musk in recent weeks.

ā€œBy slashing all of the fraud, waste and theft we can find, we will defeat inflation, bring down mortgage rates, lower car payments and grocery prices, protect our seniors and put more money in the pockets of American families,ā€ Trump said, ignoring the fact that his administration has rapidly ushered in warnings of a ā€œTrumpcessionā€ just a few weeks into his second term.

Sanders called out Trump’s lie in a speech delivered after Trump’s address, saying that it’s meant to pave the way for cuts to Social Security — which is the most effective anti-poverty program in the U.S., lifting tens of millions of people above the poverty line each year.

ā€œTonight, Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks,ā€ the senator said. ā€œThat is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security and dismantling the most successful and popular government program in history.ā€


USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them


Why isn't it surprising to see incompetence at this level? Well, for one, trump. Perhaps the primary reason being the people in his admin were hired on ideological grounds. Not their expertise. Oh, BTW, regarding Musk, who is responsible for quite a few of the fuckups.........

There Is No Musk Exception in the Constitution

Mr. Musk’s power also is squarely at odds with concrete constitutional provisions. While the Constitution is largely silent on removal — Mr. Trump’s arguments that the Constitution gives him limitless power to fire are atextual — the document is quite specific when it comes to appointment.

Supreme Court cases make clear that individuals who serve in ā€œcontinuingā€ positions and who exercise ā€œsignificant authorityā€ on behalf of the United States must be appointed consistent with the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. As far as I can tell, Mr. Musk hasn’t been.

The Appointments Clause — part of Article II, the source of Mr. Trump’s virtually boundless conception of presidential power — sets forth two methods of appointment of what are called ā€œofficers of the United States.ā€ ā€œPrincipalā€ officers must be nominated by the president and are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. For ā€œinferior officers,ā€ the Constitution allows Congress to give the appointment power to the president alone — that is, without Senate confirmation — or to the head of a department, or to the courts of law. Inferior officers must be subject to the supervision of someone other than the president; if you report directly to the president, you’re a principal officer.

This means that the individuals who wield the most authority — principal officers — are subject to both the public scrutiny and the check that is supposed to be imposed by Senate confirmation.


These guys are breaking things faster than they can be fixed. Maybe that's the point.
Elmo’s ā€œgeniusesā€ appear to be sloppy, incompetent, and just plain dishonest

They need to get the boot ASAP
 
Does not allow what?
Does not allow Musk to do the things he's doing, like making policy decisions which are far beyond his advisory role, that you are denying he does.
 
There's a rationalization for the chaos circulating among those in trumpworld. It goes like this. "He told you what he was going to do so it's all good."

I suppose that's meant to obfuscate the daily revelations of ridiculous mistakes, audacious overreaches of authority, unpopular policy goals, and abject incompetence.

It's not working. You need to try harder.
 
Thats an email, not a policy. I can fucking email them dude.
Try again?
Requiring employees to justify their existence on a weekly basis is a brand new policy.
 
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