Zero-Day, DOGE Exposes Act Blue, Kash Patel A Name To Remember, Accountability Coming – Ep. 3578

President Trump just authorized the DOGE Team to focus on “the deconstruction of the overbearing and burdensome administrative state.”

The order gives government agency heads 60 days to identify the following classes of regulations:

(i) unconstitutional regulations and regulations that raise serious constitutional difficulties, such as exceeding the scope of the power vested in the Federal Government by the Constitution;
(ii) regulations that are based on unlawful delegations of legislative power;
(iii) regulations that are based on anything other than the best reading of the underlying statutory authority or prohibition;
(iv) regulations that implicate matters of social, political, or economic significance that are not authorized by clear statutory authority;
(v) regulations that impose significant costs upon private parties that are not outweighed by public benefits;
(vi) regulations that harm the national interest by significantly and unjustifiably impeding technological innovation, infrastructure development, disaster response, inflation reduction, research and development, economic development, energy production, land use, and foreign policy objectives; and
(vii) regulations that impose undue burdens on small business and impede private enterprise and entrepreneurship.
(b) In conducting the review required by subsection (a) of this section, agencies shall prioritize review of those rules that satisfy the definition of “significant regulatory action” in Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993 (Regulatory Planning and Review), as amended.
(c) Within 60 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall provide to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget a list of all regulations identified by class as listed in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The Administrator of OIRA shall consult with agency heads to develop a Unified Regulatory Agenda that seeks to rescind or modify these regulations, as appropriate.

The White House issued the following fact sheet explaining the new executive order:

ELIMINATING 10 REGULATIONS FOR EACH NEW REGULATION ISSUED: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash prosperity through deregulation.

• The Order requires that whenever an agency promulgates a new rule, regulation, or guidance, it must identify at least 10 existing rules, regulations, or guidance documents to be repealed.
• The Director of the Office of Management and Budget will ensure standardized measurement and estimation of regulatory costs.
• It requires that for fiscal year 2025, the total incremental cost of all new regulations, including repealed regulations, be significantly less than zero.

HALTING THE REGULATORY ONSLAUGHT: President Trump will halt the job killing and inflation-driving regulatory blitz of the Biden Administration.

• The Biden Administration imposed a historic $1.7 trillion in costs on the American people.
• Overregulation stops American entrepreneurship, crushes small business, reduces consumer choice, discourages innovation, and infringes on the liberties of American citizens.
  • It also contributes to the high cost of living, including by driving up energy prices.

BUILDING ON PAST SUCCESS:  President Trump’s first Administration undertook the most aggressive and successful regulatory reduction effort in history.

• In his first term, President Trump asked the agencies to eliminate two regulations for each one new regulation issued.  Not only was this 2-for-1 goal achieved, the first Trump Administration eliminated five and a half regulations for everyone new regulation issued.

• This Executive Order builds on President Trump’s previous success to improve daily lives of the American people by reducing unnecessary, burdensome, and costly Federal regulations.

   

Source: thegatewaypundit.com

Institutional investors are reducing their stock exposure:

The funding spread is down ~50 basis points over the last few weeks, its lowest since August 2024.

This measures institutional demand for long stock exposure through futures, options, and swaps.

Interestingly, the drop… pic.twitter.com/PSXUvYlTHu

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) February 21, 2025

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 A new bill to allow state treasurer to invest in #Bitcoin and crypto has been introduced in Iowa. pic.twitter.com/WQZ3ytQe9E

— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) February 21, 2025

Peter Navarro says Trump going ‘back to the future’ with sweeping tariff plan

• In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, Peter Navarro predicted the tariffs, so far implemented on goods like steel and aluminum, will drive new investment in the United States and restore American manufacturing.

Source: washingtonexaminer.com

Trump brings up the gold in Fort Knox once again.

He says “I don’t wanna open it and the cupboards are bare, it could happen”.

It sounds like he is preparing us for the gold to be gone.

Why bring this much attention unless he already knew?

pic.twitter.com/5AlHumoepv

— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 21, 2025

• The Trump administration is making good on its promise to drain the swamp and restore law and order, as Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired Pamela Hicks from her role as Chief Counsel of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

• The move rattled left-wing operatives embedded in the DOJ, who have used their positions to undermine the rule of law and protect corrupt Democrats.
• According to NBC News, one fired U.S. attorney received an official termination letter from Trent Morse, the deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, which read:

Source: thegatewaypundit.com

• As Democrats raise concerns about DOGE’s oversight, the Biden administration permitted “291 contractors, 74 other Federal agency employees, and 53 unpaid hires (researchers and student volunteers), to access the IRS’s Compliance Data Warehouse (CDW), according to an inspector general report issued September 9, 2024. The report found the individuals were authorized IRS access in 2023.

Source: breitbart.com

Shifting people from low to negative productivity jobs in the government sector to high productivity roles in the commercial sector will greatly improve the average standard of living https://t.co/0OxMmzhrvF

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 20, 2025

The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents. Musk is not eligible to have a US Secret Service detail – meaning members of his personal security detail were limited in what they could do in Washington, DC. Now that members have been deputized, they have more rights and could be authorized to carry weapons on federal grounds.

The U.S. Marshals Service has reportedly deputized some members of Elon Musk’s private security team, giving them certain federal law enforcement powers—like carrying weapons on federal grounds and possibly making arrests. This comes from multiple reports, including CNN and CBS News, citing law enforcement sources. It’s not clear how many got the badge or the full scope of their authority, but it’s tied to Musk’s role running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump, alongside a spike in death threats he’s been getting lately.

I'm working on ActBlue donor search and need to rethink the index structure due to the sheer number of unique names (i.e., unique tokens). Unlike standard English words, which number around 50,000, names have far more variations, making efficient indexing more challenging.

This… https://t.co/1RitRD10XL

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) February 21, 2025

  wasn’t an issue for principal officer searches because my database contains around 100,000 nonprofits—manageable in comparison. However, ActBlue donations involve over 25 million records, which significantly increases the complexity. That said, this isn’t an insurmountable problem. I should have a working, searchable solution by tomorrow.

In English, what it means is that there are a lot of small dollar donations per person. I was having a problem keeping the index size down. Just doing this reduced the file size by 95%.

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) February 21, 2025

• Ukrainian lawmaker Roman Kostenko, who works as the secretary of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, told reporters on Thursday that the US weapon sales and deliveries have been halted.
• Kostenko made the announcement during a press roundtable on Thursday that was later posted on YouTube.
• According to Kostenko, “Deliveries of the weapons that were going to be sold have stopped. Those companies that were supposed to transfer these weapons here are now waiting, because there is no decision.”

Source: thegatewaypundit.com