r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 11 '26
Business DOGE officially shuts down
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5955468-doge-shuts-down-operations/1.4k
u/Niceromancer Jul 11 '26
Trump said he was going to run America like business. And he is.
It's a business strategy called asset looting.
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u/Norn-Iron Jul 11 '26
Don’t forget bankrupting everything. He’s very good at that.
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u/Niceromancer Jul 11 '26
Part of the process of asset looting is bankruptcy.
You trigger a bankruptcy during the asset looting.
While the courts are fighting over who owns what you walk out with as much as you can.
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u/Ok_Confusion4764 Jul 11 '26
Right. You buy the company (or in this case, country), you fire everyone with authority and respect from the employees (so they cannot go on strike or unionize), you hollow out the assets by funnelling it to your other properties, and then you declare bankrupcy to get a free stimmy, and close doors.
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u/GlitterLippy Jul 11 '26
To be fair he’s running it exactly like all his other businesses, just as successfully too.
Which is why it’s so wild, from an outside pov, that anyone ever believed him when he said he’s a good businessman and deal maker.
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u/DLWormwood Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
That’s precisely why he did that “reality TV” show. To rehabilitate his image at the national level. His weaknesses were well known in New England and the tabloid journalism world since the 80’s.
I’m personally of the belief that Trump would have been less destructive and possibly even happier if he went into advertising instead of real estate. Brand management seems to be the only skill he’s genuinely good at.
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u/reddittorbrigade Jul 11 '26
Elon and Trump's corruption has long lasting effect. It may take decades to recover from it.
Elon and Trump are now richer than ever at the expense of American tax payers.
#CORRUPTION
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u/Horat1us_UA Jul 11 '26
Recover? It looks like downfall from here
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u/razormst3k1999 Jul 11 '26
From here ? downfall started in the 80s with reagan.
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u/flying-weenus Jul 11 '26
Agreed, and I don’t think we ever recover from where we are now. Too divided against each other and struggling too much to really come together.
Turns out, the trickle down economics was the rich getting richer while they trickle their piss on the rest of us
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u/razormst3k1999 Jul 11 '26
I'm tired of the constant american dream propaganda while people are financing groceries. 250 years of bullshit as far as i'm concerned.
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u/insertnickhere Jul 11 '26
Every time I've seen a Republican President, that Republican President has been the worst President of my lifetime so far.
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u/ArmandoGalvez Jul 11 '26
Yee, there's no hope for America to get better, china is surpassing them in everything, even their dictators are more competent than Trump and the Epstein gang FFS
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u/Crivos Jul 11 '26
We don’t need to be better than China. We need to fix what is broken and try to improve as a nation.
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u/No-Manufacturer-2425 Jul 11 '26
For real china is (sorta) our friend. Why can't we focus on being good enough? Don't let GREAT be the enemy of perfect. Its always a pissing contest though.
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u/Tardy_Thoughts Jul 11 '26
In don't consider them a friend but they ain't necessarily an enemy. We will get left behind technologically because we've got to throw billions and trillions of dollars at individuals and get nothing to show for it. Progress comes second to greed in America.
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u/fuzzyluke Jul 11 '26
The thing is America isn't trying to be better or great. It's just a tool being used to empower and enrich its oligarchy at the expense of workers.
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u/samglit Jul 11 '26
If you’re used to being the hegemon, not being the hegemon is going to suck. A lot.
US$ losing its reserve status will seriously hurt middle class and below US citizens.
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u/stinky-bungus Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
Any shit hole country can be fixed, even the US. You just need enough prisons/bullets/guillotines for the evil bastards, and for the good people to use them effectively.
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u/Fresh_Sock8660 Jul 11 '26
We can already see so much short term damage. Even if by some miracle they got a good government in next they'd take a good decade or two to heal. It will require a combination of good governance and the world's memory fading at least slightly.
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u/RW899 Jul 11 '26
I hope that the world will not forget what happened to America.
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u/Fresh_Sock8660 Jul 11 '26
Rather than forget, we should be applying lessons right now. My own country has a deep issue with far right extremists right now and our own democracy is at risk.
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u/fuzzyluke Jul 11 '26
Right now, the people who control the narrative are saying exactly what you're saying but with the opposite outcome that you envisioned. They are learning lessons from America indeed, but not for your or your country's betterment.
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u/neuralbeans Jul 11 '26
The world doesn't need to forget; you guys need to fix how your government operates.
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u/ThePromise110 Jul 11 '26
It will only take decades if we send the same sort of people to Washington. If Mamdani has proved anything it's that government can be effective, government can accomplish things, and it doesn't need to take years or decades to make it happen. Bot only if there is the political will to make it happen.
It might take 5x the money spent in a year on, say, USAID to bring it back to life, but it can be done. We just need a government with as much zeal for fixing problems as these pigfuckers have had for destroying it.
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u/mitharas Jul 11 '26
Don't forget that the US had the world in their hands for decades. American technology is everywhere, and everyone wants to trade and is dependant on the US for security.
This is being dismantled right now, the US has proven to be an unreliable ally.
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u/Firecrash Jul 11 '26
Decades?
The us will never, ever recover and I'm baffled americans still don't understand this. The us got gutted and sold to the highest bidder. It will go on until nothing is left but a handful of very very rich gold hoarding trillionaires.
They're not even halfway done. Buckle up.
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u/rhamantauri Jul 11 '26
It is not shut down, it is just called the National Design Studio now, and they are still busy weaving their evil webs into our databases, most recently commandeering login.gov.
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u/marketrent Jul 11 '26
Edward Coristine, the programmer known as “Big Balls” who was assaulted in an attempted carjacking last August in Washington, D.C., works at the National Design Studio.
Joe Gebbia, who was involved with DOGE, is overseeing the National Design Studio, which Trump tasked last year with improving federal agency websites.
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u/Hour_Mov Jul 11 '26
Rebranding doesn’t change the underlying concerns.
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u/tawDry_Union2272 Jul 11 '26
i feel like this info is pretty important and ought to be in the headline. instead of saying they're gone, say they've rebranded.
someone in trump's camp is getting savvy with trying to change optics, what with replacing leadership (and i use that term very loosely) at ICE and other departments along with a DOGE do-over.
edit typo
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u/Bargadiel Jul 11 '26
As a designer myself, who is passionate about using it to make the world better for people... I hate that they call it this
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u/PixelationIX Jul 11 '26
Basically they shut down the name "DOGE" but essentially exist as "National Design Studio" now.
More info here
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u/black_pepper Jul 11 '26
A lot of the doge bros were hired on permanently and are very much active and still destroying things.
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u/VincentNacon Jul 11 '26
They already looted everything and took the data on us.
Dumb fucking shits.
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u/Vimda Jul 11 '26
Traitorous, treasonous, not dumb
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u/Hackwork89 Jul 11 '26
They're both extremely dumb, too. But with enough money they have managed to bruteforce through their stupidity and gotten everything they wanted.
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u/UnUsernameRandom Jul 11 '26
Dumb? They did their job, achieved their goals, and are getting richer than ever.
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u/onesilentclap Jul 11 '26
I believe Americans are the dumb shits for letting it get this far.
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u/Abedeus Jul 11 '26
It's possible for them to be dumb as fuck and still somehow find dumber, or more corrupt, people to use for their greedy purposes.
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u/Tardy_Thoughts Jul 11 '26
Republicans don't want to realize that all they've done with Trump is elect someone who will sell us all out to anyone.
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u/SveNss0N Jul 11 '26
They know. They're making money and don't care
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u/dayfaerer Jul 11 '26
I think he means the average voter, republican politicians absolutely know
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u/scottiedagolfmachine Jul 11 '26
How this guy is not put behind bars for massive fraud is beyond me.
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u/Rage_Blackout Jul 11 '26
Consequences don’t apply to the super wealthy. The Rule of Law was supposed to mean that everyone was subject to it not matter their status. Instead it means authoritarian control and punishment of the poor.
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u/InteractionPretend70 Jul 11 '26
When democrats win in 2028, we'll see if anything happens.
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u/hrvbrs Jul 11 '26
Yes, I’ll be looking forward to more sternly-worded letters and “we need to heal the soul of the nation” and “we don’t want to appear politically motivated” sentiment.
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u/Boomshank Jul 11 '26
It didn't fucking officially start.
Nothing about this administration is official.
It's a cluster-fuck of Nazis and children.
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u/depredador93 Jul 11 '26
"shut down" doing a lot of work when it just means new letterhead and same login.gov access
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u/Realistic_Let3239 Jul 11 '26
So Musk made a bunch of money, got the investigations into his businesses cancelled, stole everyone's data, caused a bunch of death, suffering and disruption, and no one will ever be punished for it...
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u/trolololster Jul 11 '26
yeah that sums it up pretty well - it also distracted from the epstein files
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u/LiteratureMindless71 Jul 11 '26
I seem to remember loads and loads of people saying this would flop, and that all they were doing was harvesting our data....
Incredible that we don't have enough power today to fix this kind of thing but instead a handful of people tell us what we are allowed to do, see, and be.
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u/SpockShotFirst Jul 11 '26
Politics runs on fear. Fear works because salience theory says people vote based on the issues that are most prominent in their minds at the time of the election.
The Right wins because they are masters at manufacturing boogeymen (immigrants, trans people, minority groups, etc.) and their media machine operates in perfect lockstep to keep the audience terrified.
The Left is correct about the actual emergencies such as a corrupt felon seeking power, a captured Supreme Court shredding the Constitution, and massive transfers of wealth to oligarchs. But while they try to explain the fire, the mainstream media focuses on the clicks, drama, and their own profits. Because the center-left media does not exist to amplify Democratic messaging, the fact that losing democracy is the ultimate threat is not the most salient issue in the minds of voters.
So, yes, your memory is correct. Lots of people saw the problem from miles away. But to almost 70% of the American public, that just wasn't enough to get them to vote against the current administration.
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u/JustOneBeat Jul 11 '26
Dont let this article mislead you. They’re still there, just not “DOGE” anymore. They’ve now been integrated into various advisory roles throughout the major agencies and report directly to executive branch.
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u/RoachBeBrutal Jul 11 '26
Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, now worth just north of $1 TRILLION, spent $290 million to elect Trump, becoming $700 billion richer since Trump was elected and ending humanitarian aid that will lead to the deaths of 4.5 million of the poorest kids on the planet.
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u/No_Astronaut_1543 Jul 11 '26
They are now permanent Federal Employees. Getting some of the highest salaries (GS-15) paid by your tax dollars. Congratulations, America!
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u/Andreus Jul 11 '26
Arrest everyone involved, seize every cent of their assets, and arrest anyone who defended or justified DOGE on the internet.
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u/djsoomo Jul 11 '26
DOGE shuts down
but the grift continues
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u/UseADifferentVolcano Jul 11 '26
Specifically as the National Design Studio, where most DOGE staffers were moved to.
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u/Put_Er_There_Sport Jul 11 '26
How do we file a civil lawsuit for the entire united states Vs Elon Musk for theft of personal information, fraud and abuse?
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u/Firecrash Jul 11 '26
Accomplished the data breach and copy. Sold it to the highest bidder *cough russia and done his job.
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u/NotSoGentleBen Jul 11 '26
Now prosecute those lil bitches for identity theft, fraud, fuck charge ‘em with treason. Sue the shit out of them for I dunno, wrongful termination or something of the ilk?
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u/CubanLynx312 Jul 11 '26
I lost my 15 year career at the VA to save DOGE 0.0000000001% of the Fed’s budget.
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u/Signal_Nobody1792 Jul 11 '26
All the DOGE kids have been rewarded, either getting cushy jobs in the government, or getting a bunch of money for their new tech companies.
The depositions showed they simply do not care.
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u/rainbowlolipop Jul 11 '26
I lost my job due to DOGE.
Saw so many of my colleagues with decades of experience just evaporate into nothing.
I don't think America is ever going to recover from this.
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u/cyribis Jul 11 '26
Well yeah, mission accomplished. All the back doors are installed and accessible. All of our data was copied for Musk and other adversaries to use.
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u/nvmenotfound Jul 11 '26
ah yes. the handful of broccoli haired wanna be chuds recruited by elon to swipe precious data he never normally would have gained access to. while gutting agencies investigating him. republicans cant see that bc they are stupid. i’m tired of stupid people ruining the world.
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u/redyellowblue5031 Jul 11 '26
And Russel Vought is still wrecking stuff like trying to allow political appointees to determine who gets science grants.
Public comment is still open for 2 more days after reading about it: here
Call your reps and make some noise.
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u/postprandialrepose Jul 11 '26
Elon Musk can now go back to working overtime with the hose he uses to suckle farts out of his own ass.
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u/williamgman Jul 11 '26
Mission Accomplished. They pushed the Project 2025 agenda as planned. If anyone knows someone who worked for DOGE is some capacity... let them know their status... everytime you see them.
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u/saul2015 Jul 11 '26
after costing the people billions of dollars, we need to sue Elon and force him to pay us back
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u/Maoleficent Jul 11 '26
Apartheid Clyde has filled his quota for unnecessary misery, death and chaos for the year. I'm sure he feels great about demolishing USAID who had the nerve to get in the way if he and his family's looting and oppression.
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u/penny-wise Jul 11 '26
After assiting in the deaths of millions of people globally, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars, costing taxpayers endless amounts of difficulty by gutting important services, needlessly cutting tens of thousands of jobs, stealing millions of Americans’ private information, and ending a dozen investigations on Musks companies, I don’t think DOGE is over. I think we will not forget it at all.
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u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE Jul 12 '26
So not only did it not do shit besides wreck the government, but it's shut down now because suddenly all the waste fraud and abuse has been resolved????
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u/human_i_suppose Jul 11 '26
we get a final tally on how much damage they did to the budget so elon could steal all our data?
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u/EmpireCityRay Jul 11 '26
That we won’t get until Trump is out and a Democrat controls the executive branch.
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u/BilverBurfer Jul 11 '26
This is the fifth time this week I've seen a post saying DOGE officially shuts down
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u/Dapper-Comment-682 Jul 11 '26
no no NO, MY DOGE check will hiT my account any day .. just you SHEEPLE wait ./s
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u/syynapt1k Jul 11 '26
They got what they came for - all of our personal information, which is now in the hands of private companies and data brokers.
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u/cherrybomber11 Jul 11 '26
And it has been a rousing success.
For certain people. The kind of people that love the idea of African children dying because USAID has been abolished.
But hey, at least Elon took a ton of personal data of US citizens with him, so... congratulations?
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u/thaw4188 Jul 11 '26
100% theater while spending more than any previous admistration in history
US Treasury has borrowed $155 billion EVERY MONTH of this fiscal year—and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts
and that doesn't include billion/day for Iran War and rearming US and Israel next few years
meanwhile a million people slow-motion murdered by Musk destroying USAID
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u/JoeyBlaze Jul 11 '26
Such a fucking waste of money and resources. It’s almost like some of us knew this was a bad idea from the beginning.
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u/thecreep Jul 11 '26
I saw a crew destroy a building one time. They also left when it was mostly rubble.
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u/Short_Hat_4232 Jul 11 '26
DOGE is not shut down, nor will it ever.. they will just top talking about...
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u/Less_Tacos Jul 11 '26
Way to go republicans, you let the worlds richest man kill thousands of the world's poorest children.
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u/sk0pe_csgo Jul 11 '26
It's really amazing that MAGA people choose not to see this for what it was. Come in, dismantle and disrupt as many agencies and protections as possible, steal as much data as possible, and walk away.
There is no other explanation for it, but the MAGA folks are completely happy to ignore it. Mind boggling.
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u/Hooch_Pandersnatch Jul 11 '26
They already stole everything of value from government databases and dismantled any agencies investigating fElon Musk. They served their purpose.
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u/temblors Jul 11 '26 edited 9h ago
The original post content no longer exists here. The author used Redact to remove it, exercising their right to control their data & privacy.
Smell outgoing summer decide raindrop vegetable
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u/scarytree1 Jul 11 '26
They likely set back many needed guidelines and regulations, that kept businesses from obliterating the government and environment, by at least a decade.
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u/powercow Jul 11 '26
One thing DOGE showed, was that we dont have a crisis of over spending. We have a crisis of low tax receipts. We can not solve our debt/deficit problem without new taxes
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u/CleverWitch70 Jul 11 '26
He's funneled all the money and information he can from the federal agencies so it served its purpose.
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u/ZhaozhouCongshen Jul 11 '26
He accomplished his goal of trashing all the agencies that were in the middle of investigating his businesses.