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Isn't Elon musk essentially a consultant???Trump Administration Pushes Agencies to Cut Consulting Contracts
Mar 4
U.S. government consulting contracts, particularly those among some of the largest consulting companies in the world, are catching the eye of the Trump Administration in its bid to slash spending. And companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte and Accenture, are among those with billions on the line.
In new guidance, the General Services Administration (GSA) ordered agencies to provide information on their contracts with the top ten firms. In a letter to agency procurement executives, acting GSA Administrator Stephen Ehikian said, “We have identified the 10 highest paid consulting firms listed below are set to receive over $65 billion in fees in 2025 and future years. This needs to, and must, change.”
The list is due by March 7, and agencies must include which contracts they want to ditch and which they plan to keep.
“For any contracts between these firms and your agency that will continue, please provide a signed statement from a senior official verifying that such contract is mission critical and provides substantive technical support,” wrote acting administrator Ehikian.
The ten companies GSA asked agencies to focus on are:
The letter comes after GSA sent an earlier letter asking agencies to review contracts with the above firms. Acting administrator Ehikian said “not enough action has been taken,” regarding that review.
- Accenture Federal Services
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- CGI Federal
- Deloitte Consulting
- General Dynamics IT
- Guidehouse
- HII Mission Technologies
- IBM
- Leidos
- SAIC
Outside experts suggest that reducing government contracts is not necessarily a bad thing but warn that it must be done thoughtfully.
“While one could debate whether some of this work is necessary or nice to have, a lot more of a thoughtful approach is needed about work that if eliminated doesn’t lead to gaps in government understanding, decision making and ultimately delivery of services to people,” said an anonymous former GSA official to Federal News Network.
Big Spenders Moving Ahead
The Department of Defense, one of the biggest spenders on contracting, laid out plans for an analysis.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the agency to “conduct a comprehensive review and validation of existing contracts for consulting services” with the intent of “terminating or descoping contracts for activities that are not essential for the Department to fulfill its statutory purposes.”
According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, federal agencies spent more than $500 billion on consulting related contracts from fiscal years (FY) 2019 through 2023, with DOD accounting for more than 46 percent of the total.
VA Contracts Questioned
Over at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the administration may have moved too swiftly and is now backtracking. The VA put the brakes on contract terminations and ordered additional reviews of the programs being cut.
The Washington Post reported that some of the 875 programs slashed helped veterans with medical services, funded cancer programs, recruited doctors, and provided burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents.
VA Secretary Doug Collins initially said the cuts would save taxpayers about $2 billion.
Saving Money?
Despite all the attention, the contract cuts may not be saving much money for taxpayers.
Data published by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) finds that 794 out of 2,300 contracts terminated in recent weeks, or about 40%, are expected to yield no savings.
That’s typically because the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, meaning the government has a legal requirement to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and, in many cases, has already done so.
DOGE insists the canceled contracts will save nearly $10 billion, an amount questioned by independent experts.
You can track contracts terminated by DOGE at this link.
Flipflopper in chief....
Probably instructed by putin to cover their tracks
She is dope. It is extremely difficult to attend schools like and still be connected to the wide array of the Black experience. Most private school Black people self segregate, yet she gives a fuck about all of us, not just the wealthy.
She is very rare and needs to be protected and supported.
At first I thought it was AI.......but this nigga truly is the dumbest person in the history of the presidency.
This is hilarious.
According to the New York Times, Rubio and Musk got into it during a Cabinet meeting, with Musk mocking Rubio for barely firing anyone, and Rubio snapping back that he had, in fact, cut over 1,500 State Department officials through early retirement buyouts.
Musk wasn’t impressed—telling Rubio he’s “good on TV” but not much else. Trump? He just sat back and watched the show.
Eventually, Trump stepped in to defend Rubio—but not before making it clear that Rubio is “always on TV” and “has an agency to run,” as if those things were mutually exclusive.
Now, let’s be real—the NYT is definitely playing up the drama, but the idea that Musk was pushing for even faster firings? Totally believable.
But one thing’s clear: Musk isn’t just in the room—he’s running his mouth and making waves.
It's so the next time they call him a Putin puppet they can bring it up
Repost?
Supercoon is in the building!
Brain On Ice letting you know he's a bitch nigga by replying to a post denigrating a Black Woman twice.
Is Trump About To Use The Insurrection Act? Here's Why Some People Believe So
Politics
Christopher Rhodes
March 06, 2025
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has asserted presidential authority in unusual and heavy-handed ways, including a fierce crackdown on immigration and efforts to reorganize the military to fit his agenda.
Now, Trump may be preparing to call up troops on U.S. soil using an 18th-century law created for times of crisis.
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Trump’s southern border ’emergency’ may lead to mobilizing troops
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Early in Trump’s current term, he issued an executive order declaring a “national emergency” on the southern U.S. border with Mexico. The declaration came with an order that “within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States.” This report is to recommend options for the president, “including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807,” a move that worries critics of Trump’s heavy-handed and potentially authoritarian moves.
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What exactly is The Insurrection Act?
LiveNow from Fox reported that the Insurrection Act was passed in 1790 and amended various times since. The law allows the president to mobilize the military for operations within the United States, which is generally forbidden. The Insurrection Act has been used 40 times in U.S. history. For example, when the Governor of Arkansas mobilized the National Guard to prevent Black students from integrating Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower used the Insurrection Act to send Army troops to escort the Little Rock Nine to school. President Lyndon Johnson used the Act to mobilize troops to quell riots in several cities after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The law was most recently used in 1992 under President George H. W. Bush in response to the Los Angeles riots after the acquittal of police in the Rodney King case.
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Fears of Trump abusing power
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, despite these past uses, critics worry that Trump might abuse the power of the Insurrection Act. Given his propensity to lie and exaggerate about the immigration crisis, such as the false rumors he helped spread about Haitian immigrants in 2024, Trump might use similar false claims to justify sending troops into American cities. During his first term, he reportedly threatened to use military force against protestors after the murder of George Floyd, Politico reported. Now that Trump has purged top military leaders and replaced them with people loyal to him, there’s concern that troops could be made to carry out illegal and violent orders against American citizens as well as immigrant non-citizens.
Given Trump’s habit of ignoring or scoffing at the law, his pledge to continue his anti-immigration crackdown, and his hostility toward protestors — On Tuesday, Reuters reported on his threat to cut federal funding to colleges that allow what he called “illegal protests” in a social media post — many signs point to an attempt to co-opt the military to achieve his goals. If that happens, the liberties and safety of people across the country could be in danger.
Every. Fuckin. Day. It’s. SOMETHING.
Obviously, total bullshit on Trumps part.
However, this is the bit that I've been wondering about:
Trump is a narcissist and super bitter about the mess he went through (all of his own doing). But he's too smooth-brained to think up half this stuff that he's throwing at us daily.
Who is suggesting he take these specific actions? WHO is he taking orders from?
