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DOGE Saved U.S. Taxpayers $214 Billion This Year [...] DOGE numbers that Fox Business shared reveal $214 billion that the newly created department slashed from federal spending this year. DOGE estimated that it saved American taxpayers $61 billion in contract cancellations alone. The cancelled 13,000 agreements included a $3.9 billion aircraft maintenance money-drainer and health service pacts that accounted for billions of dollars without actually improving health. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/24/doge-saved-us-taxpayers-214b-this-year-n4947483

This is the last step, folks. It WILL happen for you. Keep the faith.

Gracias, sir. After your own journey-related stress, it's good that you can breathe and decompress.

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Chauffeured Uncle T-B. to the funeral, chauffeur we man senior he man man. We arrived WAY early after the long drive, less traffic than expected man. Had really nice chat with funeral-casa guy, quite interesting man. Small group of attendees finally assembled, si man. Weather was very hot, Texas weather Many man. Dignified ceremony, final dignity man. Estranged Aunt T-B. now buried, bye EA T-B. man. We thanked the Mexican burial personnel in Spanish, pleased they man. Re-chauffeured Uncle T-B., re-chauffeur we man senior he man man. Traffic far heavier, possibly people leaving after half-day at work man. Uncle T-B. nearly suicidal from his ongoing tinnitus, torture man. Declined offer of lunch, exhausted senior he man man. Breakfast/lunch (at 2 p.m.) was at Olive Garden, ravenous we man. We consumed every morsel of the chicken parm lunch special + salad, ingest we man. Final bill + tip was only $Many, F$WM. Procured sugar-free apple pie and store-brand Fritos Scoops! at mobbed supermarket, shop we man. Visited mini-miu, affectionate/hungry/playful mini-miu man. Returned to casa and serviced demanding miu, Treat Me Feed Me Brush Me Daddy miu man. Sent fotos of funeral & attendees to Mama T-B., previously requested man. Siesta'd for a highly necessary hour, zzz we man. Awakened by text from Mini-B., "Mexico was boring, si man" man. Watched It's a Wonderful Life, seasonally mandatory man. Din-din was 2 bowls of Costco popcorn and half the apple pie, ingest we man. Miu is currently lobbying for more attention, almost worse than a wife man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. On Thursday, we must see if any within-range ESs will be held this weekend, pessimistic we man. And that was our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

Give-caring to Mama T-B., Uncle T-B., and miu, si and sigh man. So many excellent deals at ESs, si and whee and F$WM. They are good to rotate between/among, si man. However, we are moratorium-ing our shampoo purchases, too many man. Men have Many (2+2+2) things in their bathrooms, si man: a toothbrush and toothpaste; a razor and shaving-cream; a bar of Dial soap; and a towel from a Holiday Inn, si man. Chicas, conversely, have a minimum of Many,000 things in their bathrooms, si man. A man would be unable to identify most of these, sigh man. Silence from the peanut gallery, inferior-primate man.

It is Wednesday -- time for our approval-evoking* Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *if correlation = causation =========================================== VERY PUNNY A ham sandwich walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve food here." What lights up a soccer stadium? A soccer match. Why shouldn't you write with a broken pencil? Because it's pointless. What's brown and sticky? A stick. Why do people say "break a leg" when you go on stage? Because every play has a cast. What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop. Why do seagulls fly over the sea? Because if they flew over a bay, they would be bagels. How do you tell if a vampire is sick? By how much he is coffin.

A superior, home-run article. Comments about it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Social Security Administration's Turnaround and the Real Purpose of DOGE On Dec. 22, 2025, an Inspector General report on the Social Security Administration, triggered by demands from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), documented a sharp turnaround in the agency's phone service during Fiscal Year 2025. Average wait times fell from roughly thirty minutes earlier in the year to single digits by September. The agency handled 65% more callsthan in the prior fiscal year, serving 68 million callers in total. Claims backlogs declined by 35%. This is an amazing improvement for an entrenched bureaucracy, and in less than a year. Much of this can be ascribed to reforms suggested by the Department of Government Efficiency. Those results cut directly against months of media coverage portraying DOGE as being disruptive without delivering measurable gains. Whatever one thinks of DOGE's style or politics, it demanded the system respond to pressure. Performance improved, demonstrably and at scale. That outcome matters because it clarifies what DOGE actually represents, and what it does not. [...] https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/12/23/the-social-security-administrations-turnaround-and-the-real-purpose-of-doge-n4947443

Noncitizen Says She Voted In Multiple Georgia Elections: 'They Gave Me A Paper To Sign' A woman who moved to Georgia from the Bahamas 30 years ago and is not a citizen admitted during a Dec. 9 State Election Board (SEB) hearing that she has voted multiple times. It is illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Clayton County resident Melanie Pickett is a Bahamian native but has lived in the Peach State for approximately 30 years. According to Pickett, she does not "know" "how it happened." [...] https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/22/noncitizen-says-she-voted-in-multiple-georgia-elections-they-gave-me-a-paper-to-sign/

Excellent and informative op-ed article about overall progress in removing illegals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump's most important achievement https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-s-most-important-achievement/ar-AA1STJFI

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: Embedded ourself at Many a.m. -- si man, Many a.m. -- after LL-ing Mama T-B.'s dusters and Mini-B.'s last-week stuff, exhausted we man. Was awakened a full 2 hours before alarm by cheery text from ex-Mrs.-T-B., cruising ex-she man man. Visited Mama T-B. before noon, visit senior she man we man man. Timed it perfectly to get a free lunch, savvy we man. Lunch was chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes, (?) mustard greens, & pineapple chunks, ingest we man. Then visited/fed/played with mini-miu, excited little orange boy man. Returned to casa for desperately needed siesta, zzz desperately we man man. Awoke in time to prep casa for maid's visit, major decluttering job man. She spent nearly Many (2+2) -- si man, nearly Many (2+2) -- hours, thorough she man man. Big job was completely de-molding our shower, around edges man. We were slightly sickened by the necessary bleach, son of a bleach man. Nevertheless, we are now on "maintenance" status, hopefully cheaper next time man. And, as we texted ex-Mrs.-T-B., maid said that our casa "wasn't bad at all" after Many (2+2+2) weeks, so there man. Din-din (during maiding) was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Visited mini-miu again, excited little orange boy man. Funeral of Estranged Aunt T-B. is Wednesday, bye EA T-B. man. It will be very lightly attended and a short service, that's OK man. Uncle T-B. claims that he has nothing to wear and is reluctant to go for other reasons, man. We hope that there are no delays getting there on his account, chauffeur we man senior he man man. We also hope for no accidents, uneven terrain for unsteady senior he man man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We must reconstruct the order of our shampoo bottles in the shower, inevitable after maiding man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Idiots. Expense and effort without data = useless.

You sank my battleship!

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again, even back then... jokes worked again...] I echo Rhema1 just above, who said it perfectly. True words. Thank you for your generosity of spirit, and congratulations again!

Glad to hear that it was a micro-Stokes, if even that. Really pulling for progress in your case.

That's great! If w sweat or fret too much, we go insane. Try to distract yourself. Violent physical exercise has worked for many.