Maine politicians love to brag that 67 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources. Sounds impressive, right? It’s a lie—one designed to mislead hardworking Mainers into accepting skyrocketing energy costs while wealthy developers and politicians cash in. This isn’t about clean energy or energy independence. It’s about forcing you to pay more while they rake in the profits.
The Renewable Energy Lie
The 67 percent figure only counts electricity generated in Maine, not the power Mainers actually use. What else can we generate when we tear down nuclear and hydro? And here’s the kicker: much of our so-called “renewable” energy is exported to other states, while we rely on natural gas, hydro imports from Canada, and even oil to keep the lights on. The ISO New England (ISO-NE) grid—where our real power comes from—shows a very different picture, with natural gas making up over 50 percent of the region’s electricity. And wind and solar? They don’t work when we need them. Wind turbines in Maine only generate power about 30 percent of the time, and solar? A pathetic 15 percent. When the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing, we’re still dependent on fossil fuels. But they don’t want you to know that. Wind and solar never register very high in ISO-NE on any given day. What that means is that you pay the price to generate expensive renewables for climate virtue signaling, while what you actually use is generated by cheaper forms of generation.
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Kevin O’Leary on DOGE — ‘Cut more, they’re not cutting enough. Cut everything…’
DOGE finds $4.7 trillion in Treasury payments on untraceable budget line — and no one knows where the money went
Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency discovered $4.7 trillion in United States Treasury payments on an untraceable budget line.
The agency announced Monday that the Treasury Access Symbol, which are used to describe the account the money is linked to, was missing on a number of payments the Treasury Department has made.
‘In the federal government, the TAS field was optional for about $4.7 trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost impossible,’ DOGE posted on X.
‘As of Saturday, this is now a required field, increasing insight into where money is actually going.’
The account went on to thank the US Treasury for its help in identifying the optional field.
The Treasury Department, which fields trillions of dollars worth of government payments every year was one of the first departments DOGE staffers gained access to.
DOGE prepares gold reserve ‘audit’ after top Republican invites Elon Musk to review Fort Knox
Sen. Rand Paul is inviting Elon Musk to come to his state of Kentucky to review the largest reserves of gold in the U.S.
A libertarian X account with 2 million followers asked the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to set his sights on Fort Knox to make sure the U.S. supply of gold is still in its reserves.
Musk questioned why the gold supply is not reviewed every year, leading to speculation that he could look into the military base with the fortified vault full of U.S. gold.
Musk’s SpaceX team to visit key FAA command center to make ‘rapid safety upgrades’
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced late Sunday that employees of Elon Musk’s SpaceX will head to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia on Monday as part of the Trump administration’s promise to make “rapid safety upgrades” to the nation’s aviation systems.
In a post on X — another of Musk’s companies — Duffy said a team from SpaceX will “get a firsthand look at the current system, learn what air traffic controllers like and dislike about their current tools, and envision how we can make a new, better, modern and safer system.”
Duffy added that the task of revamping the system will require “the brightest minds in America” that may include “any high-tech American developer or company that is willing to give back to our country.” President Donald Trump previously said he envisioned two or three companies overseeing the infrastructure, instead of the dozens that have been incorporated over the years working together to keep various systems afloat, and had tasked Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team to get to the bottom of it.
DOGE zeroes out the National Endowment for Democracy
The DOGE team has now taken the step, reported earlier this week, of freezing government payments to the National Endowment for Democracy, a private organization that in 2023 received a $315 million appropriation from Congress, paid via the State Department. That is big news in Washington because the NED, a nongovernmental organization that depends on federal funds, has survived numerous attempts over the years to close it down and up to now has maintained a bipartisan consensus to keep it in business. The move to cut off the organization’s funding suggests that its bipartisan support has at last broken down.
The order from DOGE to freeze further disbursements to the NED has paralyzed the organization, according to news reports. “It’s been a bloodbath,” one NED staffer said. “We have not been able to meet payroll and pay basic overhead expenses.” It sounds as if what happened to USAID last week has now happened to the NED.
Louisiana Dept Of Health ‘Will No Longer Promote Mass Vaccination’
Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) confirmed that it “will no longer promote mass vaccination.”
The announcement by the LDH was sent out as an internal memo — ordering staff to end all media campaigns and promotions to encourage vaccinations.
“The State of Louisiana and LDH have historically promoted vaccines for vaccine preventable illnesses through our parish health units, community health fairs, partnerships and media campaigns,” wrote Louisiana’s Surgeon General Ralph Abraham.
“While we encourage each patient to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccination with their provider, LDH will no longer promote mass vaccination,” the memo continued.
The LDH also released a public statement, vowing to restore the public’s trust in the healthcare system following the previous COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns.
“For much of the last century, public health has taken it upon itself to fill the gaps in our broken healthcare system – providing guidance, information, and health recommendations. But when we get it wrong and overreach, the harm is often irreparable. Trust is built over years and lost in seconds, and we’re still rebuilding from the COVID missteps,” the announcement read.
Very good news. Covid proved we the people are smarter than government bureaucrats and that free speech is better than government restricted speech. I hope everyone who lived through that era will always remember how much free speech and free choice in medicine matters. ABN
Del Bigtree on vaxxes
DOGE Descends On IRS As Musk Prepares To Audit Agency
A top staffer of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at IRS headquarters on Thursday ahead of a planned audit announced by President Donald Trump.
Elojn Musk aide Kavin Kliger visited the DC offices of the IRS to examine its systems, according to the Wall Street Journal, which noted that Kliger has been working at the Office of Personnel Management.
Later in the day, Trump announced that DOGE would audit the nation’s tax collection agency.
“The Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody else,” Trump told reporters during a White House press briefing.
“They’re doing a hell of a job. It’s an amazing job they’re doing,” Trump said of Musk and DOGE. “I call it the force of super-geniuses, but it’s building, and you know they go up, and they talk to some of the people about certain deals, and they get all tongue-tied because these people get it. They’re very smart people. We need smart people.”
Trump was responding to a question about Kliger’s visit to the IRS and whether the administration wants to close the agency – to which Trump said he did not expect that to be the case.
‘There is a panic in DC at this moment. And it is very simple. We are cutting them off from their funding… They have put their personal financial gain above that of the American people’ — Alina Habba
This is lawyerese I can get behind. Habba rips DC politicians a new one. Clearly stated, savage takedown; just what we voted for and want. Looks like we are going to see real prosecutions coming from this. ABN
$2.7 TRILLION in ‘improper payments to Medicare, Medicaid… overseas people who should not have gotten it…’ CONFIRMED BY MUSK
I have refrained from posting this video because Leavitt seems to swerve away from the outrageous $.27t statement. But today I see Musk has confirmed it. ABN
HHS splurged more than $22B on grants for migrants — including cash for cars, home loans and startups
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 — which included cash assistance to buy cars, homes and even build credit for startup businesses, according to a shocking watchdog report that found taxpayers were left on the hook for $22.6 billion.
HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) — which came under fire last year for having lost track of 32,000 migrant kids in the US — handed out the high sum to a host of nonprofits, effectively acting as a “giant magnet” for those crossing the US border and claiming asylum, auditors from the money monitor OpenTheBooks revealed exclusively to The Post.
Tasked with settling migrants, asylum seekers and other refugees in America, ORR drastically increased the number of noncitizens eligible to receive funding over the bulk of President Joe Biden’s term, with more than $10 billion shelled out to grant-receiving organizations just in fiscal year 2023.
Musk in his own words
Staggering number of federal workers accepting buyouts revealed amid DOGE’s mass purge of bloated bureaucracies
About 75,000 federal workers have abandoned ship and decided to accept President Trump’s deferred buyout after a federal judge lifted a temporary freeze on the offer.
The buyout was just one of many approaches Trump and Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency have taken to dismantle bloated bureaucracies and slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million.
Officials have been told that some agencies can see up to 70% of their staff cut.
The deferred buyout program promised employees their salaries and benefits until October if they leave immediately.
A union which represents hundreds of thousands of federal workers sued last week to stop the deal. But a Massachusetts judge ruled the unions lack standing to challenge the directive.
Trump declared victory on the program Wednesday night and closed the offer to anyone who has not yet accepted.
He also warned federal agencies to prepare for wide-ranging job cuts, and several departments have begun to lay off recent hires who lack full job security.
Elon Musk cheered on the government purge Wednesday night and warned critics ‘the matrix is being reprogrammed’ as he seeks to cut $2 trillion in spending.
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