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What You Should Know About

2025 Politics

US Political Economy

US Education Strategy

Personal Advancement

9/9/25

Predicting Trump 2.0

Tariff Economics

Trump's Economy

Trump's Management Style

Rare Earths
DOGE Success
Cost of IRS Layoffs
ISE Operations

July 26, 2025, DOGE's website reported
$199 billion in estimated savings.
Independent analyses, such as Partnership for Public Service,
estimate DOGE's actions may have cost taxpayers $135 billion
due to paid leave, rehiring, and lost productivity.

GROK 8/9/25

Cost of IRS Layoffs

IRS employment was reduced by roughly 77,428 by July 2025,
By March, 31% of tax auditors had been laid off.

In FY 2023, auditors recommended
$32 billion in additional tax assessments,
with the top 0.1% yielding $26 per $1 spent

GROK 8/9/25

ICE arrested 66,463 individuals, with 75% having criminal convictions or charges,
including 2,288 gang members and 498 accused or convicted of murder.
Deportations reached 139,000–253,000 by April 2025.

The FY 2026 ICE budget request is $11.29 billion, Up $10.4 from FY 2025
Additionally, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB),
allocates $74.85 billion to ICE through September 2029.
Using OBBB funds ICE’s 2026 budget could reach $30 billion
to support 10,000 new hires and expand detention to 100,000 beds.
ICE already $1 billion over budget in FY 2025.

The FY 2026 budget for the FBI is $10.1 billion.
supports over 35,000 direct-funded positions,
including special agents, intelligence analysts, and professional staff.

GROK 8/9/25

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US Political Economy

Prelude: Following Boomers since 1962

Current Stuff

Trump's 2025 Economy
2024 Election Follow-up
Following Boomers
Political Economy in Turmoil

Interesting Stuff

Government Basics
Economic Basics

6 Political Eras
60 Presidential Elections
Recent Presidents Ranked

SCOTUS

Growing the US Constitution
Managing US Constitution Affects Rulings

Personal Advancement

Personal Advancement

Career Options for Graduates

Healthy Lifestyles

Persona Finance

Polarity
Wellbeing
"The Good Old Days"

Investing in Education
Thoughts Concerning Education
Reflections
U.S. Education Strategy

Thoughts Concerning Society
Following Boomers Traverse Our Political Economy

Socialism
Social Security
Social Security as Wealth

Editor's Bio

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Earlier Thoughts of Interest

40% to Governance!

$40 billion to foreign aid in the 2023 fiscal year

Handicapping NFL Variables

1. Who needs win the most

2. When, where and to who did they lose?

a. good opponent is a positive for a win

b. Recent is better for a win

c. where played has become less important

Understanding Variables

1. A variable can be found to support any position.

a. Which football team will win

b. Is economy good or bad

c. Is a teacher successful or a failure

2. Use multifactor variable analysis to maximize understanding

3. Determine effect of current conditions, post-war, covid, divorce, success

4. Variables chosen are most often based on prejudice

5. Chosen positions are almost always universal defended

2/24 IRS to focus on 125,000 high-income no file high wealth taxpayers
7/24 IRS surpasses collections of $1billion from no file high-wealth taxpayers.
2/25 DOGE layoff off relatively new IRS employees began. 20% cutbacks expected

4/2 Rehire of Federal Workers fired by DOGE.

2/24 IRS to focus on 125,000 high-income no file high wealth taxpayers
7/24 IRS surpasses collections of $1billion from no file high-wealth taxpayers.
2/25 DOGE layoff off relatively new IRS employees began. 20% cutbacks expected

4/2 Rehire of Federal Workers fired by DOGE.

Trump's First 100 Days

Federal Judge Orders Trump to take sufficient action
to halt his sweeping attempt to pause federal funding. 2/10/25
Trump appeal rejected (2/21/25) even as Trump continues to defund individual federal program.
Another 9 federal courts have temporarily halted or rejected Trump actions.
Vice President JD Vance openly challenged judicial authority.
7 Lawsuits Against Trump to Watch

US Justice Drops Federal Charges Against NYC Mayor Adams
in return for his corporation with ICE.
In protest, a number of involved officials have quit.

The mayor's independence being questioned as justice charges can be reintroduced.

SCOTUS Enables New Conservative Political Era
2022 Dobbs held abortion not protected by US Constitution
2023 Students for Fair Admissions held affirmative action violates US Constitution
2024 Loper Bright over ruled federal agencies deference
See Supreme Court Power Continue

Trump Bends to Russia's Will @PeterZeihan 2/17/25
1. Upper CIA officials fired, decreasing threat detection quality for Trump administration.

Director of National Intelligence Tutsi Gabbard, a management and intelligence novice,
will manage information from many intelligence agencies and inform the president.

2. DOD has stopped recruiting from high tech minority universities
to comply with Trump's anti DEI initiative.

3. Trump to manage Ukraine peace negotiation, neither Ukraine or Europe taking part.

Defense Secretary Pete Hagsov impulsively submits to Russian most basic demands
NATO will never admit Ukraine and US forces will never set foot their..
He also said US and NATO would not take part in subsequent conflicts.

Federal Employees Intimidated by Trump

Source: David Brooks