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they did it. the mad lads actually did it. i never talked about my time at DOGE last year because it was so controversial and contentious (remember that?) early last year, @jgebbia recruited a handful of his most trusted early Airbnb engineers to embed at the Office of Personnel Management to solve the "retirement paper" problem. processing a federal retirement took months, and in the extreme retirees could wait up to 6 months for their full pension to arrive. what was the holdup? paper. remember hearing Elon talk about "the mine" in Pennsylvania? we got to visit it. in deep underground caverns blasted out of limestone, there were literally acres of file cabinets, as far as the eye could see, storing files detailing federal employees' employment and paystub history. a simple "case" might be only a quarter or half inch thick, but really complex cases filled up whole filing cabinets. one famously took up a whole pallet. each case was hand processed by case workers in cubicles deep underground. they checked calculations, made sure forms were filled out properly (many weren't), and handled a long tail of complex issues. we'd watch as they keyed data into a black and white terminal, transmitting to the COBOL mainframe built many decades ago. since cases were processed by hand, there were multiple rounds of human review, and additional rounds for complex cases. case files were walked around between one worker's outbox and another's inbox. sometimes it would sit in one place for days, waiting to be picked up. to OPM's credit, they'd done multiple rounds of "digital transformation" spanning decades, so some systems were newer than others. there was a big effort in the mid-90s. but the systems were disparate, and it was a total maze getting them to talk to each other. there was a big effort to build a web app where employees applying for retirement could digitally fill out the necessary forms — just to be mailed to the mine and stuffed into the paper file. and few federal agencies were even using it. when we arrived, OPM was midway through a fresh attempt at digital transformation, delivered by a software contractor. the blackpill was seeing the terrible quality of the software and interacting with the contractors. coming from silicon valley, i couldn't believe how low the talent and quality bar was for selling software to the government. it's clear, as the OG USDS people explained to me a decade ago, the primary skill these vendors have is securing government contracts. it's a huge moat. delivery of quality product be damned. we fired the vendor and took over the project. they'd been working on it for more than a year, and there was another year before they were going to deliver it. at first we tried to bend it to our will, to actually connect all the various data sources and get to a decent UX for case workers in the mine to use, but we soon realized we were going to have to rebuild the whole stack from scratch. it was around this time I had to go back to new york — i had a new job waiting for me, a four month old, and a wife whose patience was running out. but i got to watch from afar as the team cranked day and night, hitting early milestones. and now they've fully done it. huge congrats to Joe and the team. @yatshitcray was the hero in the trenches. indefatigable, unrelentingly optimistic, and determined to see this project through. when i recruited him for "ok i can do two, maybe three months", he stuck it out over a year making this project a reality. while the retirement project was under the DOGE banner, it operated different from what you heard from the breathless, negative media — we came in with the attitude of partnering with career OPM employees. we were team members determined to bring our software talents to bear on the problem they've been trying to fix for years, which they hadn't had the resources to solve before. they were wary at first, not sure about us, but they quickly saw how authentic and determined we were to work together toward the same goal. props to Joe for developing those relationships, setting the example of how to collaborate together. what's the end result? lifelong federal employees, veterans, postal carriers get their full pension installments almost immediately. days instead of months. peace of mind for these people to devoted their careers to serving our country. massively streamlined operations inside of OPM. and NO MORE PAPER 🫡🇺🇸

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Yesterday was the end of paper retirement processing at OPM, a major milestone in modernizing how we serve the federal workforce. Read the @FoxNews exclusive: foxnews.com/politics/exclu…

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🇺🇸 BREAKING SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP NAMED THEM — The “FOREIGN INTERESTS” Behind the Supreme Court’s Tariff Decision — And It’s Not Just China [VIDEO] 🇺🇸 President Trump drops a BOMBSHELL, naming the real “FOREIGN INTERESTS” influencing the Supreme Court’s tariff decision. It’s bigger than China. The globalist grip on America is exposed — and 60 nations are already responding. 🇺🇸 THE REAL FOREIGN INTERESTS: NOT JUST CHINA SOURCE: @PrometheanActn FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING!

JD Vance just said the quiet part out loud at the Nixon Library: the same forces took down Nixon and Trump. @sjkokinda explains why—both men threatened Henry Kissinger's British "perpetual war" doctrine. And Trump is now dismantling it.

Radical Communist Muslims taking over New York? The color revolutions funded by USAID and NED are trying to build a rainbow Maidan in New York. Here’s the whole story. YouTube: youtu.be/sZLoJ6HjHBU

Obama's new $850M "presidential library" in Chicago isn't a library. It's a cover-up. His foundation — not the National Archives — now decides which records ever see daylight. Top of the list to stay buried: the 2015-forward surveillance and coup against Trump.

It is incredibly moving to hear JD Vance talk about the deep grief he still carries for "Mamaw," the fierce grandmother who stepped in to raise him and ultimately saved his life. His biggest heartbreak? That she passed away before meeting his wife, Usha. What makes it so bittersweet is how much the two women actually have in common. Even though they came from completely different worlds, Vance shares that they both possess a fierce intelligence and an absolute lack of a filter. Neither woman minces words. Mamaw was the tough, grounding force that got him through a chaotic childhood, and today, Usha is that same steady presence over his left shoulder. It is a powerful reminder of how the strong women in our lives shape our destinies, even when they never get the chance to meet. This is so moving to listen to and it reminds me of the strong women in my life that shaped my direction—share your stories……

This woman says, “I’m just gonna come right out and say this as a White girl. It is not the color of your skin that we are tired of. It is your culture. It is the way you behave. And you can call me racist all you want to. We are tired of the loud, violent ghetto culture that seems to be primarily from people of color. It is not the color of your skin”. For years, White people have been fed a false narrative that tells us to ignore pattern recognition and to go against our gut instinct to stay away from things that harm us because it’s considered ‘racist’. Pattern recognition is not racism. It’s a fundamental part of our biological makeup. The terms ‘racist’ and ‘White supremacy’ have been weaponized against White people to stop us from being proud of our history/culture and to make us feel shame and guilt for the past. And they call us ‘racist’ to justify their violence against us We don’t care if we’re called racist anymore. Preserving our safety and way of life is all that matters now. 🎥Credit TikTok: autumnwitbeck

Black pilot, West Point graduate, and combat veteran Wesley Hunt delivered a masterclass response: “Hey Jasmine… Black pilot here. I graduated from West Point. I went through Army flight school. I learned to fly the AH-64 Apache. I deployed to combat and flew 55 combat missions over Baghdad. Nobody handed me a cockpit because of my skin color. Nobody lowered the standards for me. Suggesting that Black pilots, engineers, doctors, or leaders need special preferences to succeed is not empowering, it’s insulting. I didn’t want a different standard. I wanted the same standard.” He ended with a powerful line: “Merit isn’t racist. Excellence isn’t discriminatory. And reducing every achievement to skin color says far more about your worldview than it does about mine.” This is the kind of clarity and backbone America needs right now.

🚨 I’m a Black man, a proud conservative, and a follower of Jesus Christ. When I see protesters outside the Collin County Courthouse chanting “FUCK WHITE LIVES!” after Karmelo Anthony’s sentencing for murdering Austin Metcalf, my soul grieves. This isn’t justice. This isn’t “community.” This is demonic hatred — plain and simple. All lives are made in the image of God. Every single one. Black, White, Brown — doesn’t matter. Celebrating the loss of any innocent life, or cheering on evil because of skin color, is straight from the pit of hell. And here’s the truth they don’t want you to say out loud: When Black conservatives, Christians, or truth-tellers like me call this out, we get labeled “traitors,” “Uncle Toms,” or “betrayers of the community.” Let them talk. I’d rather be disliked by some in my own community than stand before a Holy God and be found guilty of excusing evil, hating my neighbor, or twisting justice for racial points. My allegiance is to Christ first — not color, not tribe, not political pressure. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20) I choose truth over tribe. Light over darkness. God over man. Who else is tired of the hate? Drop a 🙏 if you stand for real justice — not skin color. #AllLivesMatterToGod #FaithOverFear #TruthOverTribe

🚨 BREAKING: SecWar Pete Hegseth reveals that after IMMENSE pressure, Scouting America — formerly the Boy Scouts — has CAVED to demands they go back to separating males and females in showers, tents and intimate spaces They're also OVERTURNING woke, DEI policies

🚨 WOW! Dr. ALVEDA KING just said it PERFECTLY on Capitol Hill "I still have a dream. I dream that one day we will move beyond black power and white power and embrace GOD'S power and human dignity!" "I reject the notion that Americans who hold traditional Christian beliefs should be treated as THREATS or TERRORISTS simply because we disagree with a prevailing political thought!" 🙏🏻 "I dream that Americans will one day see each other, not as enemies, but as neighbors. I dream that we will hear each other, see each other, and recognize that every human life has value from the womb to the tomb and beyond." "We are as scripture teaches, one blood, one human race. And if we remember that truth, we can build a future worthy of the sacrifices made by those who came before us." "We must speak out for truth and against the forces that would manufacture hate, fear, division, and violence simply to line their pockets and further their political ambitions." "God bless America, God bless you!" 🇺🇸🇺🇸👏🏻

Trump agreed with Bernie. Bessent trashed free markets. Wall Street missed the jobs number by 64%. Something bigger is happening.

True story of who Donald Trump really is❤️ In 2014, Marine veteran Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi made a wrong turn at the border and ended up in a Mexican prison for 7 brutal months — just for legally owning guns in America. While others talked, President Trump quietly picked up the phone, wrote a $25,000 personal check, and sent it to help the struggling vet get back on his feet. No cameras. No press conference. Just real compassion for our warriors. That’s the man who puts America — and her veterans — First. This is why we love him. 🇺🇸

When your wife is up before dawn, hair still messy from sleep, quietly packing your lunch like it’s a sacred mission—thick sandwiches wrapped tight, homemade cookies, fresh fruit, a cold drink, and that little handwritten note that always hits different. Then you smell pancakes on the griddle, the ones she asked you about the night before because she wanted them perfect for you. No fanfare. No complaints. Just pure, steady love in action. That’s how you know you’ve got a real keeper. Not the Instagram version. The ride-or-die kind who fuels your grind because she believes in the man walking out that door. So you straighten up, kiss her like tomorrow ain’t promised, grab your hard hat or tool bag, and march into those salt mines with your chest out. Blue collar. Calloused hands. Honest sweat. You’re not just clocking in—you’re carrying her effort and your family’s future on your shoulders. Every shift, every long day, every tough job is worth it when you’ve got a woman like that holding down the home front. Proudly, brother. This is the good life most men only dream about. Protect it. Honor it. Grind like hell for it.

🚫👁️Drinks on Saturday🇺🇸 @drinkonsaturday

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Now that's a breakfast sandwich @Catavina17. Who wants half?

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@EricLDaugh I believe John Adams prophetically explains the problem. We are having in America today: 'Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious (Christian) people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.'

@Serenitee_Sam @ChucklingChrly Think about it. How would you feel if you were ever able to save up enough to rent out a property and you were doing your best to try and survive and follow the convoluted rules of rent control, and then your renter did this to you. Please think about it.

@elonmusk I would love to have a hate and crudeness filter on X. (I don't know if that could be done without the dark cloud of censorship…) I like the biblical principal of, "Come, let us reason together says the Lord..." The problem is "reasoning" seems impossible with so many people!

I agree 💯 the money should go to people so they can pay their own medical bills.

Stephanie survived the trap of liberalism and is never going back. We’ve all been abused by a liberal at some point. Especially liberal women. Karen’s are the worst. I too scrubbed my books on Twitter - I was never here to sell you anything. Death threats were super fun. 😏