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Created: 2025-07-22 16:51:06 UTC

Senator Ernst is spot-on. The DOGE has already exposed $175B in waste through canceled contracts, grants, and leases—like the $2.9B Office of Refugee Resettlement influx facility boondoggle. Rescissions work. The 2018 attempt to claw back $14.8B failed because swamp creatures blocked it, but this new package targeting NPR/PBS and foreign aid slush funds is surgical.

Every dollar saved from vegan outreach in Zambia or CPB’s partisan programming is a dollar that stays in American pockets. The real issue? Agencies still have $1.4T in unspent funds ripe for cutting.

Time to go bigger—permanent structural reforms, not temporary pauses.

The receipts on waste, failed clawbacks, and untouched billions are all here—see the hard numbers:


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