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New episode of the @WatchCatsShow podcast just dropped! This ep we talk to cybersecurity expert @Tarah Wheeler about why the infosec community is freaking out about DOGE’s invasion of federal IT systems. watchcats.transistor.fm/episodes/tarah…

@DOGE doge.gov/savings

Big News! The official @DOGE website is teasing that actual data and receipts will be launched on the official gov website no later than 2/14.

@elonmusk 100% is a lot! Interested to see the evidence.

At this point, I am 100% certain that the magnitude of the fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc) exceeds the combined sum of every private scam you’ve ever heard by FAR. It’s not even close.

@lexfridman Yes! The issue is we're still not seeing the actual data. @elonmusk said yesterday they're putting the data was posting on doge.gov. It is still blank.

Everyone should be in favor of transparent, efficient government. Seems obvious.

Once power forms, it rarely concedes. Moved our schedule around in order to meet the moment that @DOGE is creating. In this episode, we talk to Prof. Henry Farrell about his new post on @lawfare and how @elonmusk is turning the US's weaponized interdependence strategy on itself. Take a listen on your podcast app of choice, subscribe, and please share!

@Geiger_Capital YT: youtube.com/watch?v=DF1m3t… Twitch: twitch.tv/watchcatsshow

Holy. Shit. I thought this was a typo… In just January, 1 MILLION immigrants (legal and illegal) gained a job. Meanwhile, native-born Americans gained just 8,000. All net jobs gains post-Covid are immigrants. This is why they opened the border.

@DOGE If true, when can we expect to see a data feed of said savings?

DOGE is saving the Federal Government approx. $1 billion/day, mostly from stopping the hiring of people into unnecessary positions, deletion of DEI and stopping improper payments to foreign organizations, all consistent with the President’s Executive Orders. A good start, though this number needs to increase to > $3 billion/day.

@DOGE When are we going to see the first DOGE X space or similar so people can ask Qs of the official team? CC @elonmusk

The GSA terminated three leases of mostly empty office space, with tenants relocating to nearby buildings in the GSA portfolio. With savings of $1.6M, these are the first steps to right size the Federal real estate portfolio of more than 7,500 leases

@lexfridman @pmarca If you're looking for a podcast that will be digging deep on DOGE / USDS angle in the new administration, check us out, we're new! We talk at length with the 1st USDS Administrator on the history of the organization DOGE has been setup in: watchcats.transistor.fm/episodes/mikey…

Here's the links for my conversation with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca): YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=OHWnPO… Transcript: lexfridman.com/marc-andreesse… Podcast: lexfridman.com/podcast

Here's my 4-hour conversation with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), where we discuss a positive vision for the future of America, given the many challenges we face. We talk about the state of the tech industry, the heated AI race, immigration, power & corruption in politics, and of course, most importantly, the critical role of humor and memes to the progress of human civilization. It's here on X in full, and is up everywhere else too. Links in comment. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - Best possible future 10:32 - History of Western Civilization 19:51 - Trump in 2025 27:32 - TDS in tech 40:19 - Preference falsification 56:15 - Self-censorship 1:11:18 - Censorship 1:19:57 - Jon Stewart 1:22:43 - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan 1:31:32 - Government pressure 1:42:19 - Nature of power 1:55:08 - Journalism 2:00:43 - Bill Ackman 2:05:40 - Trump administration 2:13:19 - DOGE 2:27:11 - H1B and immigration 3:05:05 - Little tech 3:17:25 - AI race 3:26:15 - X 3:29:47 - Yann LeCun 3:33:21 - Andrew Huberman 3:34:53 - Success 3:37:49 - God and humanity

Our new podcast, WatchCats is now available on all your favorite podcasting apps. We're going to be covering all things @DOGE / @USDS. Link in the replies!

@DOGE When can we get an itemized list?

Another $145M in federal savings due to cancellations of 16 DEIA contracts by the Departments of Labor, Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce, HHS, and Treasury. Thanks to those departments for their pro-active and rapid work.

@DOGE When can we get an itemized list?

In the first 80 hours, approx $420M of current/impending contracts have been cancelled. 2 leases have also been cancelled. Initial focus is mainly on DEI contracts and unoccupied buildings.

Find out tomorrow!

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