AI Chip Production Grows: U.S. Works to Protect the Good from the Bad and Ugly

Biden Proposes New Rules for Exporting AI Chips 

AI story on President Biden’s move to restrict AI technology aboard from AP News with this headline (edited and formed for the blog):

“Biden administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback”

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for exporting of advanced computer chips used in the development of AI  in an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries.

But the framework proposed raises concerns of industry executives who say the rules would limit access to existing chips used for video games and restrict in 120 countries the chips used for data centers and AI products. Mexico, Portugal, Israel, and Switzerland are among the nations that could have limited access.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on a call with reporters previewing the framework that it's: “Critical to preserve America's leadership in AI and the development of AI-related computer chips.”

Raimondo further said: “As AI becomes more powerful, the risks to our national security become even more intense. The framework is designed to safeguard the most advanced AI technology and ensure that it stays out of the hands of our foreign adversaries but also enabling the broad diffusion and sharing of the benefits with partner countries.”

The fast-evolving AI technology enables computers to produce novels, make scientific research breakthroughs, automate driving, and foster a range of other transformations that could reshape economies and warfare. 

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan stressed that the framework would ensure that the most cutting-edge aspects of AI would be developed within the United States and with its closest allies, instead of possibly getting offshore such as the battery and renewable energy sectors.

AI Industry Responses:

1. The Information Technology Industry Council, warned Raimondo in a letter last week that a hastily implemented new rule from the Democratic administration could fragment global supply chains and put U.S. companies at a disadvantage.

2. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), said Monday it was disappointed that the policy was being “rushed out the door” before a presidential transition.

3. SIA President and CEO John Neuffer said: “The new rule risks causing unintended and lasting damage to America’s economy and global competitiveness in semiconductors and AI by ceding strategic markets to our competitors.”

4. Ned Finkle, vice president of external affairs at Nvidia, said in a statement: “The prior Trump administration had helped create the foundation for AI's development and that the proposed framework would hurt innovation without achieving the stated national security goals. While cloaked in the guise of an ‘anti-China’ measure, these rules would do nothing to enhance U.S. security. The new rules would control technology worldwide, including technology that is already widely available in mainstream gaming PCs and consumer hardware.”

Under the framework, 18 U.S. allies and partners would face no restrictions on chips. Other countries would face caps on the chips they could import according the fact sheet from the White House.

Those key U.S. allies without restrictions include: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the UK.

Users outside of these close allies could purchase up to 50,000 graphics processing units per country. There would also be government-to-government deals which could bump up the cap to 100,000 if their renewable energy and technological security goals are aligned with the United States.

Institutions in certain countries could also apply for a legal status that would let them purchase up to 320,000 advanced graphics processing units over two years. Still, there would be limits as to how much AI computational capacity could be placed abroad by companies and other institutions.

Also, computer chip orders equivalent to 1,700 advanced graphics processing units would not need a license to import or count against the national chip cap, among the other standards set by the framework. 

The exception for the 1,700 graphics processing units would likely help to meet the orders for universities and medical institutions, as opposed to data centers.

The new rules are not expected to hinder the AI-driven data center expansion plans of leading cloud computing providers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft because of exemptions for trusted companies seeking large clusters of advanced AI chips.

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, in a statement said: “We’re confident we can comply fully with this rule’s high security standards and meet the technology needs of countries and customers around the world that rely on us.” 

NOTES:

1. Based in Abu Dhabi, G42, runs data centers in the Middle East and elsewhere, and has built what’s considered to be the world’s leading Arabic-language AI model, and they have ties to China.

2. Microsoft drew scrutiny last year after it announced a $1.5 billion investment in a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates and overseen by the country’s powerful national security adviser (more on that here M/S - G42 deal)

3. That has led some GOP members of Congress to call for special scrutiny of that AI partnership and urge Biden officials to implement: “More robust national security guardrails to prevent key U.S. technology from falling into China’s hands.”

My 2 Cents: Those move by President Biden is smart and wise – as AI grows, and is surely will, so does the threat by bad actors across the globe who, and let’s face it, are not U.S. friendly. 

Simply stated, AI has elements of being “the good, the bad, and the ugly.” Awareness is critical.

Remember this about AI: “Artificial Intelligence” the first letter in the first word means: NOT REAL or MADE UP.

Now, the key question is what are those guardrails and how will they be monitored, enforced, but more importantly what will be the penalties for any AI nastiness by those U.S. adversaries? 

Time will tell for sure and vigilance is the operative word from here on out.

We shall see – but with an emphasis also on what will the Trump administration do. Will they support this major important move or will they try to reverse it for political gain?

I think the answer to that question is critical – so stay tuned.

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Mar-a-Lago Doc Case: Dismissed Awaiting S/C Smith's Report to AG Garland

Trump and defendants Carlos De Oliveira & Walt Nauta 

Major story from USA TODAY with this ongoing battle over the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case with this headline:

“Trump seeks to prevent release of Jack Smith's special counsel report”

WASHINGTON – Trump and his two co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, are trying to block DOJ’s special counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report before Inauguration Day about his investigation that led to criminal charges that have now been dismissed.

The report is expected to provide the fullest description yet about the investigation that led to two federal indictments against Trump, one for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and the other for allegedly mishandling 100's of classified documents after leaving the White House.

A public release of the potential bombshell report could come within days. But a court battle over whether to release the report will play out over the remaining two weeks before Trump returns to the White House on January 20.

Judges dismissed both cases at Smith’s request under longstanding DOJ policy against prosecuting sitting presidents. Neither case could be concluded before Trump starts his second term as president.

But special counsels typically write reports explaining their investigations and the decisions about whether to bring charges. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report released in April 2019 about the investigation into Russian interference caused another firestorm because of his decision not to even consider charges against Trump as a sitting president.

Smith acknowledged in a court filing Monday that he has prepared a two-volume report, one for each of Trump’s two federal indictments. The report is being “finalized” and AG General Merrick Garland would not release the report before Friday at 10 a.m., and  Smith wrote he could transmit the report to Garland after 1 p.m. Tuesday. 

Trump meanwhile asked Garland on Monday to halt Smith’s preparation and release of the report.

Trump's two co-defendants in the classified-documents case asked the same of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon and sought a public hearing to debate the issues. 

Smith said he would reply formally to the request by 7 p.m. Tuesday. Nauta and De Oliveira, who were staffers at Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, where they were charged with conspiring to hide the classified records, argued they could still face charges after Trump’s dismissal of the case.

Nauta and De Oliveira argued that Smith’s report: “Promises to be a one-sided, slanted report that has a single purpose: convincing the public that everyone Smith charged is guilty of the crimes charged.”

In a letter to Garland, Trump’s lawyers argued that the dismissal of the cases represented: “Trump’s complete exoneration, but that Smith’s report would perpetuate false and discredited accusations. The release of the report would be both imprudent and unlawful.” 

AG Garland declined to comment.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) who helped lead the congressional investigation of the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, said: “Garland has a duty to release the report and “prevent its evidence from being destroyed.” Smith's team obtained testimony and evidence from Trump's advisers including former VP Mike Pence, and Cheney wrote on X: “The truth must prevail.” 

Trump was indicted in federal court in Washington on charges he conspired to overturn the 2020 election with baseless claims of widespread fraud.

He was also charged with obstructing Congress form counting Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021, when a riot of his supporters at the Capitol temporarily halted the count.

Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed the case at Smith’s request after Trump won the November election.

Trump was also indicted in Florida on charges he unlawfully retained national defense documents after leaving the White House at the end of his first administration. FBI agents found more than 100 classified documents during a search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.

Cannon dismissed the charges by ruling that Smith was appointed and funded illegitimately, despite special counsel regulations being upheld in previous cases. 

Smith appealed to the 11^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but the court dismissed the appeal at his request after Trump’s election. 

Nauta and De Oliveira asked the appeals court to return jurisdiction over the case to Cannon so she can hear their arguments.

My 2 Cents: The worse possible outcome of the classified docs case against Trump and his two charged Mar-a-Lago co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira is a crying shame against equal justice for all and still is a threat to national security.

For example what leverage remains with any missing docs that Trump holds for various reasons (e.g., favors, threats, blackmail, etc.) over those nations mentioned in the docs – at least in my professional view. 

We shall see later as developments in fact are uncovered and developed. I'm sure they will be forthcoming over time.

All in all this was an awful decision and remains harmful to the nation.

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Major Headline: Civil War in the Trump, Musk & Ramaswamy Camps Over H1B Visas

These two grifters are at it again

(Elon Musk & Vivek Ramasamny)

From NEWSWEEK “Civil War” within the Trump, Musk camp with this headline:

“MAGA Civil War Erupts as Trump Backers Turn on Vivek Ramaswamy Over H-1B Visas”

Ramaswamy drew backlash from Trump and self-declared MAGA voters when he voiced his support for bringing “highly skilled workers from other countries into the U.S. via the H-1B program,” which focuses on foreign workers in specialized occupations.

Ramaswamy wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over 'native' Americans isn't because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation), A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we're really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH: Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn't start in college, it starts YOUNG.”

Nikki Haley didn't mince words when responding to Ramaswamy's X post writing: “There is nothing wrong with American workers or American culture. All you have to do is look at the border and see how many want what we have. We should be investing and prioritizing in Americans, not foreign workers.”

Mike Cernovich, a longtime right-wing media personality and provocateur, also chimed in saying: “The Woodstock generation managed to build out aerospace, the one before went to the moon, America was doing great. Underlying your post is that we were all living in squalor until being rescued by H-1B's. Then why did everyone want to come here?”

Ramaswamy responded: “That version of America, the one that used to embody unbridled exceptionalism, is exactly what we want to return to. That's a point about culture, not immigration policy.”

Others on the right have also voiced support for restricting foreign workers from entering the country.

The prominent right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec wrote on X: “Why would America recruit foreign talent rather than recruit own on talent right here at home? Imagine how many more JD Vance’s are out there.”

What Others Are Saying:

Laura Loomer, far-right firebrand and staunch Trump loyalist, commented on H-1B policies after Trump tapped Sriram Krishnan as White House senior policy adviser for AI posted: “@VivekRamaswamy knows that the Great Replacement is real. So does @JDVance. It's not racist against Indians to want the original MAGA policies I voted for. I voted for a reduction in H1B visas. Not an extension.”

Billionaire Mark Cuban wrote in response to Ramaswamy's post: “How do you feel about people who say college is over-rated? In order to have more homegrown engineers, don't we need more kids going to college?”

Many immigrants have voiced concerns about the second Trump administration and whether the president-elect will try to restrict H-1B visa program like he did at the end of his first term. Trump and many of his anti-immigration allies, previously said they would work to make cuts to the programs.

Related to the above article is also this article from THE HILL with this headline: “Musk calls some MAGA supporters contemptible fools as H1B visa row intensifies.”

(Note: There may be some duplication between the two excellent articles – sorry for that).

My 2 Cents: In simple terms Musk & Ramaswamy have to get out of any government decisions that influence Trump with their DOGE unofficial policy ideas and plans and such.

The sooner they are gone the better for the nation as a whole. Those two characters are truly a hazard to all that we as a nation stand for.

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Plea to New GOP Majority: Put the Brakes on Elon Musk to Save Our Democracy

The Face of Power & Greed

First watch this MSNBC introductory part of the story that lies ahead for the country vis-à-vis the Trump and Elon Musk partnership that has formed that is hair-raising to the say the least with this headline:

“GOP faces test with Elon Musk's threat to fund primary challengers for Trump detractors”

We have a conjunction of massive wealth and massive political power with the absence of accountability. Will anybody stand up and say, “Stop?”

The main story follow below:

From ALTERNET an excellent article on Elon Musk and this startling yet true story headline concerning money & power (with a few minor edits and formatted to fit the blog):

“Here's what happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency | Opinion”

Billionaires slash SS, Medicare, and Medicaid programs to fund their own tax cuts: GOP legislators are toying with reducing payouts under the system, including raising the retirement age and other benefit cuts.

A GOP representative recently told Fox Business Network: “We’re  going to have to have some hard decisions on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.” 

Trump’s GOP will be making “hard choices,” meaning they will be cutting benefits, in order to fund tax cuts for wealthy donors.

Trump tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to slash government programs and regulations through a not-yet-existent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk and Ramaswamy went to Capitol Hill last week to talk up their plans under DOGE, after which GOP lawmakers publicly confirmed that “everything, including Social Security and Medicare, is now on the table.”

What’s not on the GOP’s table is fairly taxing billionaires like Musk and Ramaswamy, including requiring them to pay their fair share of social security taxes.

During America’s “golden” years, the wealthy paid their fair share in taxes: Many voters do not understand that oligarchs, CEOs, heirs, and the uber-rich pay far lower taxes today than they used to. From the 1930s until the mid-1980s, America’s top earners paid over 60% of their income in taxes, and the percent fluctuated according to federal need. On social security alone, if they paid into social security at the same rate as the lower & middle classes, the fund would remain solvent and be able to expand benefits instead of slashing them.

At present, social security taxes are capped for the wealthy, meaning, they stop paying social security taxes at a certain level which is far below their actual earnings. 

In 2024, the Social Security tax cap is set at $168,600, meaning income over that amount is not subject to any social security tax whatsoever.

What happens when the world's richest man buys the presidency: For billionaires like Musk and Ramaswamy, only $168,000 out of their millions & billions in annual income is subject to social security taxes, and the rest is social security tax free. Although tax-adverse conservatives would beg to differ, subjecting full, high wealth income to SS taxes would stabilize the fund.

Musk bought the presidency to write his own rules:

1. Musk, with a reported annual income of $141,475,524,215, spent over $250 million to get Trump elected through dubious means including that short lived fraudulent lottery of $1 million a day.

2. Musk pays an effective tax rate of 3.27%. Musk paid $44 billion to purchase Twitter, which he then used to amplify far right messaging and weaponize election disinformation. 

3. Musk now manipulates algorithms on X to boost his own opinion, and had special code written to force his posts into more people’s feeds whether they want them or not.

4. Musk’s own AI program identified him as the chief disinformation super spreader of the 2024 campaign (according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate).

5. Musk’s false pro-Trump election claims resulted in over 1.2 billion views on X.

6. Musk spending billions to spread election disinformation and funding Trump PACs was just the cost of doing business.

7. Musk has received at least $15.4 billion in federal government contracts over the past ten years.

The snag is that lucrative federal contracts come with not-so-lucrative regulatory oversight, as his SpaceX, Neuralink, and Tesla have discovered.

When Space X discharged polluted/toxic water into nearby bodies of water in Texas, for example, Musk found out that even in MAGA-crazed Gov. Greg Abbott’s state, where they’re itching to build concentration camps for immigrants, some people still prefer clean water.

For Musk, spending $250m to choose his own low-information boss, re-write pesky regulations, and set his own tax rate was an obvious bargain.

For the rest of us the oligarchy is firmly in charge, and we should brace for program cuts and policies enriching the super-wealthy at everyone else’s expense.

But, the silver lining is that economic disaster will make the 2026 election a cakewalk for Democrats, but that assumes an exhausted population will still be paying attention.

 Related Articles:

·  What Bezos and Musk really want from Trump

·  Chief shareholder in the presidency: Musk on Trump-Zelenskyy Mar-a-Lago call fuels fears

·  Michigan Secretary of State investigating Elon Musk Super PAC

·  Problem for Tesla as Dems flee over Musk’s Trump endorsement:Sales may have peaked

·  Horrified Tesla owners feel embarrassed as anti-Musk sticker sales boom

My 2 cents: A good closing based on fine article and headline now fits perfectly as I’ve said since Trump gave Musk carte blanc to run the nation – which proves just how duped the Trump voters were when they believed he would save us from all sort of disasters – oops!!!

All the above is a reminder about Musk and Trump running the nation into what I see as gloom and well, just more gloom and doom for us while those two gain more massive wealth for the Trump family and Musk, USA. So, hang on tight the worse is yet to come.

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Goodbye Education Dept: If Linda McMahan Takes Over Awful Trump Nominee

 

Unqualified Nominee for Education Department

(Proves Trump not very bright about government)

Another Trump cabinet nominee not qualified for appointment – I now count Linda McMahon along with Pete Hegseth; Kash Patel; Tulsi Gabbard; R. F. Kennedy Jr; and well just about everyone who needs Senate advice and consent approval.

1. Linda McMahon is not qualified for the position. Like Betsy DeVos, McMahon has no significant background in public schools nor any understanding of what it takes to help every student thrive. 

She served one year on the Connecticut Board of Education after lying about having a degree in education. 

McMahon spent her career as CEO of WWE, an entertainment company that has been accused of shady business practices and the abusive treatment of employees. 

2. She has pledged to push an extremist agenda. McMahon co-founded the America First Policy Institute, an organization formed in 2021 specifically to promote Trump's public policy agenda after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. 

Her chief goals for education are: (1) Promote vouchers, which drain resources from public schools, and (2) send taxpayer money to unaccountable private schools that are permitted to discriminate against students and educators. 

Those policies she promotes are aligned with and straight from The Project 2025 plan. 

3. She will be a rubber stamp for Trump.  McMahon is a billionaire who donated tens of millions of dollars to Trump’s campaigns over the years. 

If confirmed, McMahon will stand at the ready to carry out the things Trump campaigned on such as (1) removing expanded Title IX protections put in place by the Biden administration, (2) pushing voucher schemes, and (3) dismantling the Federal Department of Education altogether.

NEA President Becky Pringle said: “Parents and educators will not stand by as Trump and Betsy DeVos 2.0 steal resources for our most vulnerable students, increase class sizes, cut job training programs, make higher education more expensive and out of reach for the middle class, take away special education, and put student protections at risk. Instead, we will work together to reject the harmful, outlandish, and insulting policies being pushed by the Trump administration, and that begins with calling for the Senate to reject the nomination of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education.”

My 2 Cents: Those listed above are loyalists to Trump rather than to the constitution and to the public who – in other minions to Trump the Tyrant and that my friends is NOT how it’s supposed to work.

Some of them are outright liars; women haters; a threat to the nation’s security; and extreme danger to the health and welfare to the children of the country and general public; and various sexual charges. 

What we need are more John McCain’s in the senate when he gave a thumbs down and saved the ACA. 

But, many of the nominees and two not in any official capacity (Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy) have other ideas that are harmful like attacks on SS, Medicare, Medicaid, general budget spending, and more. I hope readers see my point.

My hope is that the approval process will deny those named above by Republicans who will listen to the nominees and just say no to them.

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Nation's Healthcare: Gruesome Twosome Out of Touch, Chaotic With Deadly Ideas

RFK Jr. (HHS) & Jay Bhattacharya (NIH) 

Trump's healthcare knowledge fits in a thimble

You want worrisome about Trump’s 2^nd term and his picks for high-level positions – then duck – he has lined it up and with very few exceptions in a word, it sucks. 

We are in for the fight of our collective lives as noted in this PROJECT 2025 update headline:

“New Trump Administration Packed with Project 2025 Architects”

PROJECT 2025 – The project Trump said knew nothing about … the man cannot be trusted with the truth, but believe me, he will act on the lies about the truth for his benefit and not the general public’s welfare.

Three Key Takeaways from the Associate Director, Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation:

1. It’s past time to lay the groundwork for a White House more friendly to the GOP conservative right.

2. The policy book Mandate for Leadership represents the work of more than 350 leading conservatives and outlines a vision of conservative success.

3. The usual suspects in the permanent political class will be ready for the next conservative administration. Will we be ready for them?

Case in point, the two really awful picks and in my opinion the most-dangerous picks for public health:

RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary: Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Joseph P. Kennedy II Jr’s siblings said in a statement when he was running for President: “The decision of our brother Bobby to run as a third party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country. Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision, or judgment. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country.”

Jay Bhattacharya for NIH Director: He is Stanford physician and economist who challenged President Joe Biden’s coronavirus lockdown policies saying COVID was no “biggie” [sic]. He is expected to work closely with Kennedy.

From McGill University: “With Trump’s nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to head the NIH, health research’s purse strings will be in the hands of a pandemic denier.”

From NEWSWEEK: “RFK Jr could cost lives.”

From Trump about his twosome: “Together, Jay and RFK Jr will restore the NIH to a Gold Standard of Medical Research as they examine the underlying causes of, and solutions to, America’s biggest Health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease. Together, they will work hard to Make America Healthy Again!”

My 2 Cents: Simply stated for anyone who doubts the post above and contents, do more research in depth as I have and even more if you can. Then you will see the horrible results those two health care nominees listed above present to the general public.

What they stand for and would advocate on the entire national health care system is both unknown and very worrisome not just for their outlandish views for sure, but also for the plans and ideas they have put forth are the most-dangerous to say the least.

My related posts here and here and on several other posts, too. Now, I leave it at that.

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Day-One Dictator: Trump Orders Democracy Invalid Re: Musk & Ramaswamy Ideas

 

Should be named DODGE not DOGE 

(Musk's play on cryptocurrency Dogecoin)

Trump's TV show gave him new name

(Apprentice Host to Snake Oil Salesman)

Three Stooges: Name, Fame & Fortune)

(He's Coming for Everyone Not MAGA)

MAJOR UPDATE & BREAKING NEWS:

Just in this hot news from The Independent with this very concerning headline:

“Marjorie Taylor Greene tapped to work alongside Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on DOGE panel”

Taylor-Greene, the ultra far-right firebrand will chair a House GOP sub-committee to recommend mass firings and government cuts. 

MY NOTE: How can that possibly be legal? If so, fire her own raggedy ass!!! (Pardon my French).

Main Post Follows:

Another huge Musk plan or gimmick to run our government structure the way Trump wants it run:

More on the three maniacs now setting up and redesigning our government and thus the entire Federal structure in their images and not one for “We the People” as the preamble to the current Constitution says that they want to rewrite.

Those three are so-called leader DJT and his two lapdogs Elon Muck and Vivek Ramaswamy as this article from THE HILL headline lays out in stark concerning terms:

“Musk, Ramaswamy lay out plans for ‘mass’ federal layoffs, rule rollbacks under Trump”

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said their brand-new government efficiency panel (DOGE) will identify “thousands” of regulations for Trump to eliminate, which they argue will justify “mass head-count reductions” across government. 

Musk and Ramaswamy preemptively addressed arguments about civil service protections that could potentially block Trump from firing federal workers writing: “The purpose of these protections is to protect employees from political retaliation. But the statute allows for ‘reductions in force’ that don’t target specific employees. The statute further empowers the president to ‘prescribe rules governing the competitive service.’ That power is broad. With this authority, Mr. Trump can implement any number of ‘rules governing the competitive service’ that would curtail administrative overgrowth, from large-scale firings to relocation of federal agencies out of the Washington area.” 

Government workers are already mobilizing in the face of potential mass cuts, reportedly hiring lawyers and preparing public campaigns while also hoping Congress will step in (Reuters reporting). 

DOGE also hopes to take aim at “unauthorized” federal funding, which could impact everything from veterans’ health care and opioid addiction treatment to NASA (Washington Post reports). 

There is widespread skepticism about the ability of Musk and Ramaswamy’s panel to enact change. As an outside-of-government commission, it would be limited to an advisory capacity, meaning it could face numerous obstacles from within the executive branch, as well as Congress.

Musk’s close relationship with Trump could be influential. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO played a key role in Trump’s campaign, contributing millions of dollars to his own pro-Trump super PAC and getting out on the campaign trial.

Musk has remained close at hand; the billionaire tech mogul joined the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago on election night to watch the results roll in and later received a shout out in Trump’s victory speech. 

Musk also has spent much of his time at the Palm Beach, Fla., resort over the past two weeks, reportedly weighing in on Trump’s Cabinet picks and attending meetings, including those with world leaders.

Original post below more updates later I’m sure so stay tuned:

See earlier posts here, here, and main post that follows below. 

Topic: New & Largest Volcano Ever is Building. It’s Name: The Donald

Now building up pressure and expected to fully erupt full strength sometime after noon on Monday, January 6, 2025 across the whole nation and perhaps even the entire planet??? 

Some of the damage of the basics here from the WASHINGTON EXAMINER with this troubling headline:

“Trump taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency”

The newest from that trio of total crazy lunatics: President-elect Donald J. Trump has now rewarded billionaire owner of “X” Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy with plum positions heading up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

(NOTE: I renamed it DODGE as seen above).

Trump in his announcement said: “I am pleased to announce that the “Great” Elon Musk, working in conjunction with “American Patriot” Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two “wonderful Americans” will pave the way for my Administration to (1) dismantle Government Bureaucracy, (2) slash excess regulations, (3) cut wasteful expenditures, and (4) restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement.”

Musk in turn said: “This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!”

This is a breaking story and will be updated. 

Now the story in question as an update here from BLOOMBERG NEWS with this headline:

“Musk & Ramaswamy Eye Five-Day Office Week for Federal Workers”

Example of the Musk & Ramaswamy garbage: There are more than two million federal workers and over 400 agencies across the country. Eighty percent of federal employees work outside of Washington, according to the Partnership for Public Service.

If officially embraced by Trump, the return-to-office has the potential to set off a wave of fights between the White House and the labor unions that cover employees at many federal agencies. 

Some workplaces have longstanding tele-work arrangements that predate the Covid-19 pandemic.

Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, has panned work-from-home policies, telling CNBC in 2023 that tech workers: “Get off their goddamn moral high horses with the work-from-home.”

Here’s the latest on two more of Trump’s harsh & wild plans:

#1 from USAToday: Musk and Ramaswamy outlined a plan Wednesday for Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won't be needed after Trump eliminates “thousands of regulations.”

Musk and Ramaswamy have now singled out in a Wall Street Journal op-ed federal employees “who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections.”

The duo pointed to recent Supreme Court decisions to argue the “incoming president has the executive power to nullify many regulations, pursue large-scale firings of federal workers, and relocate some agencies outside of Washington. 

They also said: “A drastic reduction in federal regulations would require vastly fewer federal employees.”

#2. Trump now opposes the Constitutional First Amendment, which in part guarantees and protects “Freedom of the Press” with a new Press Freedom bill now circulating in Congress – the very bill that he urges Republicans to block.

What is the full story on that bill?

Trump wrote in a post to his Truth Social network which linked to PBS News Hour video that discussed the “Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act” (Acronym the; “P.R.E.S.S Act) telling the GOP: “REPUBLICANS MUST KILL THIS BILL!!!”

Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, has panned work-from-home policies himself saying on CNBC in 2023 that tech workers should “…get off their goddamn moral high horses with the work-from-home mindset [sic].”

My 2 Cents: I’m sure, with no positive evidence of the destruction being laid upon the pubic since Trump won on November 5th in his one-day dictator for only one day spewing.

Folks, it’s here now and right in our collective face and it is uglee… 

Prove me wrong – bet even MAGA types can’t or won’t even ‘fess up and other than by spreading more of you know what.

Oh yeah I wonder if anyone regrets voting for Trump. Whew, that’s the $64,000 question isn’t it?

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