{"id":21163,"date":"2024-12-06T22:55:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T03:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=21163"},"modified":"2024-12-07T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T20:37:14","slug":"my-n-y-post-video-musk-doge-torpedo-feds-waste-crime-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/06\/my-n-y-post-video-musk-doge-torpedo-feds-waste-crime-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"My N.Y. Post Video: Musk &#038; DOGE Torpedo Feds&#8217; Waste Crime Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Musk, Vivek face target-rich environment for vile federal regs and waste\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tOtW9IT8B-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div id=\"id__r0g3i6f981c\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-8akbws r-krxsd3 r-dnmrzs r-1udh08x r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-bnwqim\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Elon Musk <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">and <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOGE\">DOGE\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">are a comic gift that keeps giving. Here&#8217;s a video on my <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypost\">@nypost<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">piece smacking the feds, bicyclists, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NIH\">NIH,\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">subway sloth, and other targets.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the online version of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/02\/opinion\/musk-vivek-face-target-rich-environment-for-wacky-regs-and-waste\/\"><strong>my NY Post oped<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk and DOGE\u00a0are a comic gift that keeps giving. Here&#8217;s a video on my @nypost piece smacking the feds, bicyclists, NIH,\u00a0subway sloth, and other targets. Here&#8217;s a link to the online version of my NY Post oped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4436,415,4435,3227,559,2976,2313],"class_list":["post-21163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bike-lanes","tag-boondoggle","tag-doge","tag-elon-musk","tag-government-waste","tag-nih","tag-pandemic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My N.Y. 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