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Steve Randy Waldman

"When reporters called this out, the DOGE team made a fascinating choice. Instead of fixing their error, they actually removed the correct document from their website and replaced it with the old, incorrect one. They are now deliberately posting false information to support the narrative." @mmasnick techdirt.com/2025/02/19/its-ea

Techdirt · It’s Easy To Save Billions In Taxpayer Funds When Everything Is Made UpHere’s a neat trick for saving taxpayers billions of dollars: just make stuff up! I mean, sure, you could do all the hard work of actually finding government waste and fixing inefficient proc…

@interfluidity @mmasnick

“Fascinating” is certainly one choice of word to use here.

Wouldn’t be my word choice.

But it’s a choice.

@interfluidity @mmasnick I could swear there's a book about this kind of thing

@interfluidity @mmasnick
Which means - People more perceptive than this "Brain Trust" get to thrive on the contradictions!
Re-Frame the proposition - Always!

@interfluidity @mmasnick

Supply your own "evidence" to match your desired conclusions? Sounds like Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur cartoon from yesterday.