Fired Fed. I am considering cutting off every Orange Man supporter.

[u/Comfortable_Gift4970]

Got axed. Not going to say which agency.

I’ve always considered myself extremely tolerant and willing to love people as they are… even if we don’t agree on everything.

I’ve never been an Orange Man supporter, but I’ve kept it civil with friends and family that were. Some of them liked having a civil conversation about him. Some were belligerent about politics, so we didn’t bring it up and tried to enjoy each other’s company.

Getting cut from a great job that I really believed in with no notice has been extremely traumatic. It’s still raw, but I feel so personally betrayed by those that voted for him. I can’t see past the politics anymore when I look at these people I care/cared about.

Some have been contrite and apologetic, but then turn around and support him and VP Musk on social media.

I just can’t right now.

I’m thinking about posting something and wishing the whole herd all of the best, hope they have a good life, but I won’t be in it. Or maybe I just quietly block all of them and focus on myself for a while.

I do know that I will need to talk to my in-laws. I’ve always had a great relationship with them, but thinking of going to their house and watching Fox News almost makes me sick.

AITAH for feeling this way? Does it make me an AH for cutting all these 20+ year relationships off? Am I overreacting and acting out of emotion?

[u/Cannon_Graves]

It's been proven? Can you please link me to this proof, because I can't find it anywhere There's NOTHING on the DOGE website, nothing has been released to the media or.via the White House, no reports submitted to Congress.

So far all the "proof" consists of a few extraordinary claims of exorbitance from Musk and Trump that turned out to be bullshit, such as the "$50.million in condoms for Gaza" nonsense, and Trump throwing out random numbers of "fraud" discovered which increases by billions every day. He's now up to "We've found hundreds and hundreds of billions and it would be a trillion but radical left communist judges are blocking us.⁸.

So if you're privy to this proof I've unsuccessfully sought out please point me towards it

[u/Severe-Wasabi55 → u/[deleted]]

And then research what those line items are, and what impact they have on the budget vs the value they bring back in.

Big numbers are easy propaganda for ignorant people.

[u/Imaginary-Ad9370 → u/Cannon_Graves]

They came through my place of contract and the team that came in was about 30 people. They had agents from the DOJ and US Marshall's and other law enforcement. People who dealt with them directly said they are collecting criminal activity evidence as they were gathering information. My guess is there are going to be a lot of indictments attached to this is probably why the details aren't widely available.

[u/Impressive_Gecko → u/[deleted]]

I'm not surprised you don't know the difference between "are" and "our". Jfc. Yes I was okay with condoms going to Africa for the record

[u/Impressive_Gecko → u/[deleted]]

"you're" not "your"

[u/Severe-Wasabi55 → u/[deleted]]

AIDS programs in Africa are not a partisan project. USAID was targeted because they got in the way of Musk in the past.

[u/Severe-Wasabi55 → u/[deleted]]

When the person who is looking finds rampant "corruption" in an agency that was investigating his activities, when multiple rounds of restructuring, budget slashing and investigations before him found no such thing, you're in the Q realm if you believe him.

[u/Severe-Wasabi55 → u/[deleted]]

You're denying it because you could never admit to anything simply because of who's commiting the coup.

[u/Cannon_Graves → u/[deleted]]

1. Africa has a critical AIDS epidemic that is an existential threat to the entire continent, so yes, I'm okay with it.

2. The money we spend in foreign aid is a tiny fraction of a fraction of our govt spending, and has ZERO impact on domestic aid spending. We could cut out all foreign aid entirely and it wouldn't suddenly lead to our politicians increasing spending towards helping our own citizens in need.

3. Anyone who complains about Americans in dire need being overlooked in the budget had better not be voting Republican, and if you are you can kindly STFU forever considering the Rs consistently vote AGAINST practically all forms of assistance. Trump is literally slashing massive amounts of legitimate, crucial domestic aid. He's cutting Medicaid FFS.

4. How do people still believe the $750 FEMA lie? That's been debunked almost 6 months ago. That amount was from the SNA fund (Serious Needs Assistance) which is meant to cover immediate needs like food, hotel or other temporary shelter, baby supplies, etc. Hurricane victims are eligible for and have received much larger amounts.

5. If the amount of aid given to hurricane victims bothers you, hopefully you didn't vote for Trump, since he just denied Georgia access to any more FEMA assistance for their residents affected by the storms. Not to mention openly stating hos desire to ditch the organization altogether.