Doug Collins brings the smackdown to a reporter!!!
A reporter’s story about DOGE regarding Veterans Affairs did not sit well with Doug Collins. The Veterans Affairs secretary opted to whip out the receipts while being interviewed with reporter Patricia Kime of Military.com over the “rumor” piece she peddled regarding DOGE having people at the department. She could’ve asked Mr. Collins directly, who was incensed as it caused a panic among his staff and the veteran community. The VA has a DOGE liaison; that’s not a secret. Collins warned that he wasn’t going to tolerate reporters who spread fear and mass panic via fake news.
Video of the interview- https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1899811073684914628
Full article, with transcript HERE, from Town Hall.
Just as a reference, NONE of the Military Times, Navy Times, Marine Times, etc. are actually ‘friendly’ to the military! When they were owned by Gannett, they loved to spread rumors, played gotcha games with personnel and commands, and in some cases, probably violated security rules… In other words, nothing has changed.
So, other than that, buyer beware of anything you read there. Sadly, the Military Times organization used to be a good, honest organization, originally formed from the Army Times paper in the 1940s.
But, IMHO, we are headed in a MUCH better direction, not only with the people now in charge, but the openness of the information we’re now getting from this administration!
YMMV and that’s fine, because ‘I’ am willing to listen and actually discuss different points of view…
The entire reason why DOGE has traction is that there is clear evidence that the U.S. Congress has not been watching to keep costs down, but instead have written laws and processes guaranteed to steal money from the public and put it in their and their cronies pockets. That is a crime and they know if/when revealed, their necks are on the line. In short – had Congress done their job, Trump would not have to make DOGE a reality. Congress has only themselves to blame.
“Congress” hasn’t done squat, the sitting Representatives and Senators don’t sully their hands by actually writing legislation and haven’t for decades at least.
This is the source of the Deep State: Everything is done by faceless staffers behind the scenes after they are fed wish lists by their lobbyist buddies.
I’d love do do a forensic trace on the bill that started Obmabacare and find out just exactly how many people wrote that abomination and what entities they worked for. Elon, I know it is old news but can you sic DOGE on that mystery?
I think y’all are both correct…sigh