DOGE saved virtually nothing. It was all pretend savings. Government spending is up five percent this year. |
My extended family that lives mostly in DC proper like what's going on right now They support tougher policing and removal of homeless. They are low middle class to middle class and vote Blue. Some things are objectively wrong and trying to do something to fix them is a positive thing. Whether the impact will be long term remains to be seen, and I would very much like to see permanent changes vs. temporary performative measures that give an appearance of things working. But have to start somewhere, doing nothing only makes things worse over time. |
Your family sounds normal. From private conversations most of my DC neighbors actually support this try, but are afraid to say so publicly because of the vocal and aggressive minority. |
no. Wanting a change in policing (most DC residents probably on board) and wanting Trump to let a bunch of hillbilies in MRAPs harass citizens are two different things. Trump doesn't understand what the actual crime problems in the district are, how can he possibly solve them? |
DOGE has just exposed all of your social security data. I don't agree that they've saved $200 bn, and with the harm they've done, their cost to the US has been astronomical. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/doge-social-security-data.html DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer. |
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The national guards people I have seen are hanging around at low-crime metro stations (Farragut North and West, Dupont, and metro Center). They are in pairs and are not doing much except looking at the commuters. They look young, and I hope we don't get a triggerhappy guardsperson who mistakes a cell phone for a gun and randomly shoots a commuter.
Big waste of money and time, and that's not even taking into account the authoritarian actions of Trump which is anotehr issue altogether. |
The vocal and aggressive minority has joined. |
I'm kind of reserving my ire for the masked no agency thugs throwing people into the back of unmarked vans. The NG guys just seem like kind of a joke? I do a lot of walking (a LOT! 2 big dogs) mostly in the Georgetown/Dupont/Foggy Bottom/Logan Circle/Woodley Park/Cleveland Park neighborhoods and they all look either totally bored out of their minds or are doing things like filming TikTok dances. Obviously I hate that this is costing millions and it's totally performative by Trump to have these people in NW neighborhoods, but the people don’t freak me out. I actually try to be nice to them- I asked if they wanted me to help with their selfie pics!- and they won't QUITE say it but...they're getting this is a total stunt, at least some. They see me with the dogs (assumed local) and are totally caught off guard when I smile and ask if they want to pet (they do) instead of launching into a tirade (which I could also do!). |
| He has now deployed the diplomatic secret service, as well- ?? Why? |
It’s really on individuals to clean up that mess though. When their identity is stolen, they have to straighten it out in their free time. |
I don’t know, but we know our elected officials won’t solve things so might as well try something else. |
I have no idea what the strategy is, if there even is one, but it would make sense to put the national guard kids in safer places where a deterrent is sufficient policing and surge the officers trained in actual policing (that are freed up) to problem areas. Though likely that’s giving them too much credit |
Preach! |
You should stay home and don't go out if your that scared. |
| I went in a hospital today and everyone is wearing a mask. Their not showing their faces. I don't see a name tag. Who are these mask people? |