Luke Rosiak

Well, Musk said this week that there are millions of people in Social Security's system that are well over 100 years old, but aren't marked as dead. Now, a lot of people on the left attacked him for that. Some claimed that Musk just didn't understand the way that dates are stored in the COBOL programming language.

Well, Musk said this week that there are millions of people in Social Security's system that are well over 100 years old, but aren't marked as dead. Now, a lot of people on the left attacked him for that. Some claimed that Musk just didn't understand the way that dates are stored in the COBOL programming language.

Now, not only was that theory wrong, but it highlighted that some of the most important financial systems in the U.S. government are running on a 1960s programming language, despite the agency giving out a billion-dollar tech contract. Hmm. Then they said it was no big deal because those were just social security numbers being used by illegal immigrants.

Now, not only was that theory wrong, but it highlighted that some of the most important financial systems in the U.S. government are running on a 1960s programming language, despite the agency giving out a billion-dollar tech contract. Hmm. Then they said it was no big deal because those were just social security numbers being used by illegal immigrants.

Hey, John. So the first lawsuits against Doge by government employee unions were filed literally the day of Trump's inauguration, saying an outside advisory panel would be illegal. That's when they got their first big surprise. Doge wasn't an outside panel. It was repurposing an existing White House office set up by Barack Obama.

Hey, John. So the first lawsuits against Doge by government employee unions were filed literally the day of Trump's inauguration, saying an outside advisory panel would be illegal. That's when they got their first big surprise. Doge wasn't an outside panel. It was repurposing an existing White House office set up by Barack Obama.

Well, in 2014, after Obama's healthcare.gov failed, he created this technology SWAT team based within the White House. It was exempted from ordinary government hiring rules in order to attract Silicon Valley types or short stints aimed at fixing government. It was run by a political appointee, and it hired a lot of Democrat activist types. Hmm.

Well, in 2014, after Obama's healthcare.gov failed, he created this technology SWAT team based within the White House. It was exempted from ordinary government hiring rules in order to attract Silicon Valley types or short stints aimed at fixing government. It was run by a political appointee, and it hired a lot of Democrat activist types. Hmm.

After Trump won in 2016, USDS convinced him that it should be a nonpartisan office, and Trump agreed to basically treat them like civil servants, even though they were literally within his executive office of the president. He basically left them alone to do their jobs. But the staff exploited that kindness and turned it into a weakness.

After Trump won in 2016, USDS convinced him that it should be a nonpartisan office, and Trump agreed to basically treat them like civil servants, even though they were literally within his executive office of the president. He basically left them alone to do their jobs. But the staff exploited that kindness and turned it into a weakness.

A pronoun-using DNC donor was put in charge, and USDS became a hotbed of radical far-left activism operating from within Trump's White House. They hired multiple people who were actually from the pornography industry. They had an entire panel of queer employees speak at a DEI conference.

A pronoun-using DNC donor was put in charge, and USDS became a hotbed of radical far-left activism operating from within Trump's White House. They hired multiple people who were actually from the pornography industry. They had an entire panel of queer employees speak at a DEI conference.

Yeah. The whole thing was basically an open rebellion and staff would slow walk or undermine any projects they didn't like. And then Biden takes over. And does Trump get any credit for exercising restraint? No. Biden immediately turned it back into an office that was overtly run by a political appointee. So Obama basically built this machine with exactly the power Doge needed.

Yeah. The whole thing was basically an open rebellion and staff would slow walk or undermine any projects they didn't like. And then Biden takes over. And does Trump get any credit for exercising restraint? No. Biden immediately turned it back into an office that was overtly run by a political appointee. So Obama basically built this machine with exactly the power Doge needed.

And then during the Trump administration, there was this over-the-top betrayal that ensured that in a second term, Trump wasn't going to be so deferential to this idea of a supposedly nonpartisan civil service. So when Biden increased political control over the office, it was basically loading the weapon and giving it to Elon Musk.

And then during the Trump administration, there was this over-the-top betrayal that ensured that in a second term, Trump wasn't going to be so deferential to this idea of a supposedly nonpartisan civil service. So when Biden increased political control over the office, it was basically loading the weapon and giving it to Elon Musk.

Yeah. Here's the crazy thing. Elon's hires are a small staff working out of a separate building right now. But the 200-odd staff inherited from the Biden administration is actually still there at USGS. On Friday, I was at the White House. And as I was leaving, I saw this poster in the window of a White House annex building that said, hate has no home here.

Yeah. Here's the crazy thing. Elon's hires are a small staff working out of a separate building right now. But the 200-odd staff inherited from the Biden administration is actually still there at USGS. On Friday, I was at the White House. And as I was leaving, I saw this poster in the window of a White House annex building that said, hate has no home here.

And so I did this double take standing in the middle of the road because this was clearly a left-wing poster taunting Trump displayed in a government building within the White House's Secret Service perimeter. I looked at the address, and wouldn't you know it, this was USDS's headquarters. So that kind of removed any doubt that this was never some sort of neutral civil service group.

And so I did this double take standing in the middle of the road because this was clearly a left-wing poster taunting Trump displayed in a government building within the White House's Secret Service perimeter. I looked at the address, and wouldn't you know it, this was USDS's headquarters. So that kind of removed any doubt that this was never some sort of neutral civil service group.