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The head of the office of Management and Budget said on video, that you can watch: We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in t

The head of the office of Management and Budget said on video, that you can watch: We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down so that the EPA can’t do all of the rules against our energy industry because they have no bandwidth financially to do so. We want to put them in trauma.

danny_codes 2y ago
He’s a Christian nationalist. He thinks the Feds doing normal things like science, environmental protection, etc, are not “Christian” enough, or at least somehow are in support of an anti-Christian movement. He therefore wants to dismantle the government so as to reduce the anti-Christian elements of government. A If that sounds like conspiracy level crazy, it’s because it is.
- vunderba 2y ago
  He's also on the record as suggesting that the US should effectively prioritize "Christian" immigrants. Just a super compassionate person who really embodies the spirit of The New Colossus.
- jcgrillo 2y ago
  > If that sounds like conspiracy level crazy, it’s because it is. Stating the facts of this situation makes one sound like a conspiracy nut, which is strategic. It's part of the fascist project of reshaping the perception of reality. We're all supposed to (and over time we will, if it's left unchecked) question our own lying eyes and begin believing it when they say things like "the sky isn't blue in fact it's green".
usernomdeguerre 2y ago
Do you have a source for that video? I'd like to share it.
- hayst4ck 2y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBH9TmeJN_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBH9TmeJN_M
- jordanpg 2y ago
  The name of this man is Russell Vought. Don’t forget it. He’s just getting started. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/who-is-russell-vought-trump-office-of-management-and-budget https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/who-is-russe...
ajmurmann 2y ago
It's most startling to me that there seems to be this implicit assumption that people working in the bureaucracy are the ones making the rules. The rules are being requested by Congress. One can like it dislike the rules but if we want fewer of them it's Congress who most remove them. It also should be possible for any reasonable person to see that if we ask the government to do something we should want to do it well. The worst outcome is creating lots of rules and regulations that then get badly implemented and I need to wait years for my permit, passport renewal, tax return etc or our national parks turn into fire hazards and similar.
- scarab92 2y ago
  > there seems to be this implicit assumption that people working in the bureaucracy are the ones making the rules Most regulations come about due to agency rulemaking under vague or broad statutes, so this implicit assumption is likely generally true. Given that power, it doesn't surprise me that Republicans would be uncomfortable with organisations like 18F that had zero ideological diversity, in much the same way that I would expect Democrats to be uncomfortable inheriting an agency composed entirely of MAGA types. Regardless of their technical prowess, as a government organisation, they should have taken more care to avoid becoming completely partisan, and shouldn't be surprised at this outcome.
  - djur 2y ago
    How do you legislate "ideological neutrality" into an agency? There's nothing left-wing about 18F's mission. If Republicans are unhappy about how agencies use rulemaking power, they have had many opportunities over the past few decades to pass bills more clearly defining the powers of those agencies.
  - dragonwriter 2y ago
    > it doesn't surprise me that Republicans would be uncomfortable with organisations like 18F that had zero ideological diversity Ideological diversity within the federal bureaucracy is exactly what the war against the permanent civil service is directed against, in favor of partisan patronage and Führerprinzip.

danny_codes 2y ago

He’s a Christian nationalist. He thinks the Feds doing normal things like science, environmental protection, etc, are not “Christian” enough, or at least somehow are in support of an anti-Christian movement. He therefore wants to dismantle the government so as to reduce the anti-Christian elements of government. A If that sounds like conspiracy level crazy, it’s because it is.

vunderba 2y ago
He's also on the record as suggesting that the US should effectively prioritize "Christian" immigrants. Just a super compassionate person who really embodies the spirit of The New Colossus.
jcgrillo 2y ago
> If that sounds like conspiracy level crazy, it’s because it is. Stating the facts of this situation makes one sound like a conspiracy nut, which is strategic. It's part of the fascist project of reshaping the perception of reality. We're all supposed to (and over time we will, if it's left unchecked) question our own lying eyes and begin believing it when they say things like "the sky isn't blue in fact it's green".

usernomdeguerre 2y ago

Do you have a source for that video? I'd like to share it.

hayst4ck 2y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBH9TmeJN_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBH9TmeJN_M
jordanpg 2y ago
The name of this man is Russell Vought. Don’t forget it. He’s just getting started. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/who-is-russell-vought-trump-office-of-management-and-budget https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/who-is-russe...

ajmurmann 2y ago

It's most startling to me that there seems to be this implicit assumption that people working in the bureaucracy are the ones making the rules. The rules are being requested by Congress. One can like it dislike the rules but if we want fewer of them it's Congress who most remove them. It also should be possible for any reasonable person to see that if we ask the government to do something we should want to do it well. The worst outcome is creating lots of rules and regulations that then get badly implemented and I need to wait years for my permit, passport renewal, tax return etc or our national parks turn into fire hazards and similar.

scarab92 2y ago
> there seems to be this implicit assumption that people working in the bureaucracy are the ones making the rules Most regulations come about due to agency rulemaking under vague or broad statutes, so this implicit assumption is likely generally true. Given that power, it doesn't surprise me that Republicans would be uncomfortable with organisations like 18F that had zero ideological diversity, in much the same way that I would expect Democrats to be uncomfortable inheriting an agency composed entirely of MAGA types. Regardless of their technical prowess, as a government organisation, they should have taken more care to avoid becoming completely partisan, and shouldn't be surprised at this outcome.
- djur 2y ago
  How do you legislate "ideological neutrality" into an agency? There's nothing left-wing about 18F's mission. If Republicans are unhappy about how agencies use rulemaking power, they have had many opportunities over the past few decades to pass bills more clearly defining the powers of those agencies.
- dragonwriter 2y ago
  > it doesn't surprise me that Republicans would be uncomfortable with organisations like 18F that had zero ideological diversity Ideological diversity within the federal bureaucracy is exactly what the war against the permanent civil service is directed against, in favor of partisan patronage and Führerprinzip.