When the Elon Musk-affiliated Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) swept through Washington in 2025, slashing the workforce of federal agencies, the ramifications were far-reaching.
Those decisions are now drawing renewed scrutiny as the New World screwworm, a parasitic threat to livestock and other animals, resurfaces in Texas, and questions emerge about whether federal agencies have enough resources to contain it.
21 Comments
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 64 pts · 62d
What's even stupider is that Trump cut the pandemic office before Covid hit.
You've seen real world consequences of cutting prevention and still do it??
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 62d
I hate constantly having to remind people who give him credit for ‘warp speed’ that we only needed that because he fired the pandemic response team and threw away the pandemic handbook written by the Bush administration and updated by the Obama administration along with a bunch of other shit with Obama’s name attached to it.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 12 pts · 61d
Obama invited Trump to participate in a table top run through to show how they dealt with Ebola.
Trump declined, and didn't send anyone.
Apparently, the main reason the pandemic office got shut down was that Trump was angry at his National Security Advisor and fired the Advisor's friend, an admiral who'd been managing the Office.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 62d
Maybe Iran can lend us ~$300,000,000,000 to reconstruct some of our damaged institutions.
santa@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 61d
I’m sure the interest wouldn’t be too bad.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 62d
Doesn’t Elon live in Texas now?
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 13 pts · 62d
Unfortunately he doesn’t go to elementary school so that drops his chances of getting shot.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
what about flesh-eating screwworm?
GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
Lower but NEVER zero. So there IS a chance.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 62d
Screw that cunt nozzle.
Catma@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 62d
Thanks Obama.
Or is it Thanks Biden now?
ripcord@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 62d
"Thanks Obama", "Why did Joe Biden do this"
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 62d
The answer is no. They didn't have enough money. Now we all pay for their stupidity.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 61d
Guess we should make raising cows illegal.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 60d
It didn't just show up, it was being held at bay until those cuts eliminated it.
tigermountain@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
"What we did was reallocate resources and prioritize what matters, ensuring taxpayer dollars are used effectively while leaning in aggressively on preparedness."
Thanks AI.
GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
So they got what they voted for? Cool!
Eddbopkins@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 62d
no administration is stupider and as dangerous as the trump administration for US citizens, and their actions prove this statement.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 62d
But thanks to all this FREEDUMB, fElon is a trillionaire!
What are all you peasants even bitching about? You should be basking in the reflected glory of the Epstein Class.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Much like pedophile immigrant welfare queen Elon the screw worm is also a parasite so what’s happening here is clearly chain migration
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Trump and Elon aren’t worth 1/20,000th of a fed