The Trump loyalist who picked up where Musk left off with slashing federal workforce: 'We're having fun'

[Zorro]

It has been four months since Elon Musk, President Trump’s bureaucratic demolition man, abandoned Washington in a flurry of recriminations and chaos.

But the Trump administration’s crusade to dismantle much of the federal government never ended. It’s merely under new management: the less colorful but more methodical Russell Vought, director of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget.

Vought has become the backroom architect of Trump’s aggressive strategy — slashing the federal workforce, freezing billions in congressionally approved spending in actions his critics often call illegal.

Now Vought has proposed using the current government shutdown as an opportunity to fire thousands of bureaucrats permanently instead of merely furloughing them temporarily. If any do return to work, he has suggested that the government need not give them back pay — contrary to a law Trump signed in 2019.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-10/russ-vought-trump-budget-director-federal-workforce-cuts

[UpInArms]

1. Gosh ... my memory seems to be screaming at me

LA Times Halts Presidential Endorsement, First Time In Decades Ahead Of 2024 Election

For the first time in over 20 years, the Los Angeles Times will not endorse a candidate in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, a decision reportedly directed by the paper’s owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, according to a report by Semafor on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Times editorial board had traditionally endorsed Democratic candidates and was expected to follow suit this year.

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Sources familiar with the situation revealed that the board had planned to endorse the Democratic nominee until Soon-Shiong instructed them earlier this month to refrain from doing so.

More at:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/la-times-halts-presidential-endorsement-first-time-in-decades-ahead-of-2024-election/ar-AA1sJYfN

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2. Vought is a sadistic bastard

He is the worst of all the worsts in this regime. A religious nazi, too.