We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... - ThreadSky

aatishb.bsky.social • 4 days ago

We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/upshot/doge-musk-contracts-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U4.OXFA.51IVYOeR9Z5l&smid=url-share

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uvotedforit.bsky.social•3 days ago

How much did those large contractors donate to Trump?

bopoh.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm 100% sure those biggest contractors will not pay anything to Donnie. 🤘

llc57.bsky.social•3 days ago

…YA THINK? This shouldn’t be news because it’s obvious and then some 🙄🤦‍♀️

lost-wages-joe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course. Privatizing most federal government functions is the bottom line. It's going to take years to rebuild the government, if we even get the chance.

webrant.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just the contracts that protect public health or support our life on earth.

While the exploitation for capital concentration continues.

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gottobeaspiriy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Grift enabled

penguin42.bsky.social•3 days ago

overit1971.bsky.social•3 days ago

Very revealing

nrvschultz.bsky.social•3 days ago

In other words, anyone who pays Trump gets to keep their golden egg. Government as mafia.

aatishb.bsky.social•4 days ago

🎁 Here's a paywall-free link https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/upshot/doge-musk-contracts-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U4.OXFA.51IVYOeR9Z5l&smid=url-share

estherp.bsky.social•3 days ago

This really says it all: No cuts to Lockheed Martin, RTX, Boeing and Northrop Grumman — four of the biggest defense contractors. “They have gone to really the equivalent of the mom-and-pop shops,” said Danielle Brian, the executive director of the Project on Government Oversight.

asiegel.bsky.social•4 days ago

Perhaps something comparing the rippling costs of DOGE / Trump actions vs the claimed / calculable cuts.

For example, the GSA EV cuts will likely have >$10B in costs and damages. How many (100s of) other examples out there?

https://getenergysmartnow.com/2025/03/02/wfa-waste-fraud-abuse-exemplified-gsa-devastation-of-ev-infrastructure/

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inside-outside.bsky.social•3 days ago

They are by no means done. Not every agency has seen major contract terminations yet, and the OMB directive calling for further cuts also directs agencies to maximally reduce contractors and consultants.

hamishgrieve.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why didn’t they start w the obvious big fish then?

inside-outside.bsky.social•3 days ago

For sure the big guys might still end up losing the least, but just saying that the full scale of impacts has barely begun to play out so it seems a bit premature to do a take on trends.

hamishgrieve.bsky.social•3 days ago

Going after DEI before DOD suggests what the trends are going to be

rytualerror.bsky.social•3 days ago

No to healthcare yes to bombs

slbuffington.bsky.social•3 days ago

If Harris had won, brought Musk in to splash the govnt, appointed the exact same people to her cabinet that Trump did and abandoned Ukraine to snuggle with Putin, MAGA would be losing its damn mind.

thecinemassacre.bsky.social•3 days ago

I am JamesNintendoNerd

mynameiswin.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is fascinating.

photog-greg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Programs that help people, especially poor people, get cut. Programs that profit large companies aren't cut.

Makes sense to me.

I despise this administration.

edhirsch.bsky.social•3 days ago

#FAFO FARMERS
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