{"id":2372543,"date":"2024-11-23T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-highlights-9-examples-of-d-c-waste-in-caturday-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:13:26","slug":"ernst-highlights-9-examples-of-d-c-waste-in-caturday-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-highlights-9-examples-of-d-c-waste-in-caturday-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst Highlights 9 Examples Of D.C. Waste In &#8216;Caturday&#8217; Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fernst-highlights-9-examples-of-d-c-waste-in-caturday-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa \u2062has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-major-editors-note-on-story-about-palestinian-professor-teaching-israeli-poetry\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Major Editor\u2019s Note On Story About Palestinian Professor Teaching Israeli Poetry\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> campaign titled<\/a> &#8220;Caturday,&#8221; aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-bureaucrats-abuse-of-work-from-home-protocols-costs-you-service-and-joni-ernst-is-calling-foul\/\" title=\"Federal bureaucrats&#039; misuse of remote work policies hampers service, prompting Joni Ernst to raise concerns.\">highlighting wasteful government spending<\/a> with a focus on \u200dhumorous\u2062 examples related to cats. Ernst stated \u200dthat just like cats, government waste seems to have &#8220;nine\u200b lives.&#8221; \u200cShe presented nine\u200d examples of what she \u200cconsiders frivolous \u2062expenditures, collectively costing over \u200c$9.7 million, including studies funded by the \u2063National\u200b Science Foundation \u2063examining cat preferences regarding \u2063toys \u200dand food, as well as a $178,000 study on cat \u200dbalance and a $390,000 investigation into how many shakes it takes for a wet cat to dry off. The senator&#8217;s campaign\u200d aligns with President-elect\u2064 Trump&#8217;s plans to streamline government efficiency, with figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy\u2062 involved\u2062 in\u200d efforts to eliminate waste. Ramaswamy has\u2064 announced a podcast, dubbed &#8220;Dogecast,&#8221; \u2063to \u200dprovide transparency \u200dabout these initiatives. Ernst expressed her\u200b commitment to collaborating with the\u200b Trump administration and others to reclaim \u200ctaxpayer dollars and improve governmental accountability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The senator who pledged to make bureaucrats &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zc8uLuHsNw0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">squeal<\/a>&rdquo; is making them hiss. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, launched a &ldquo;Caturday&rdquo; campaign on social media to expose nine examples of Washington waste, including a government-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/08927936.2015.1052280#:~:text=Our%20finding%20of%20widespread%20though,particularly%20in%20regards%20to%20handling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> on eating cats in Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just like cats, waste in Washington has nine lives,&rdquo; Ernst told The Federalist in an exclusive statement. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#129525;&#128568;Happy Caturday!<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>What is Caturday?<\/p>\n<p>A pawesome time to examine how, just like cats, waste in Washington has nine lives.<\/p>\n<p>Here are nine examples of wasteful spending by the federal government studying our feline friends that are purrfect for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DOGE<\/a> to cut. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/23G5ezjVeb\">pic.twitter.com\/23G5ezjVeb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJoniErnst\/status\/1860338871956824172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to appoint Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eliminate waste throughout the federal government. On Thursday, Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/21\/us-news\/elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-to-start-dogecast-podcast\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> he was starting a podcast with Musk to launch the administrative effort and will call the new program &ldquo;Dogecast.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon and I are going to start a separate track of &lsquo;Dogecasts&rsquo; that explain exactly what we&rsquo;re doing to the public to provide transparency on what is a once-in-a-generation project,&rdquo; Ramaswamy said in a video posted to YouTube. &ldquo;We want to bring the public along with us. To lift the curtain, to take us behind the scenes of what that waste, fraud and abuse in government looks like.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ernst highlighted nine examples topping at least $9.7 million in her weekend social media campaign she says illustrate how the federal government blows through taxpayer money. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am working paw in paw with the Trump administration, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and DOGE to claw back tax dollars from the fat cats and get Americans feline good that Washington is finally starting to work for them again,&rdquo; Ernst told The Federalist. <\/p>\n<p>The senator&rsquo;s first example is a $6.8 million dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0376635716303424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> by the National Science Foundation to assess what toys, foods, scents, and humans cats prefer. Researchers examined a group of 50 cats, five of which were uncooperative, and reported whichever option the participant animals spent the most time engaging with was that cat&rsquo;s preference. Cats picked tuna over chicken, moving toys over stationary toys, and catnip over gerbils.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Good news: they like tuna, catnip, playing with humans, and moving toys,&rdquo; Ernst reported. &ldquo;Bad news: we aren&rsquo;t within a whisker of all the waste.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her second example was a $178,000 &ldquo;Catwalk&rdquo; study wherein officials with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) &ldquo;put 10 cats on a catwalk and another on a treadmill to study how they balance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her third example cited a $390,000 study commissioned to answer the question, &ldquo;how many shakes does it take for a wet cat to dry off.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ernst&rsquo;s fourth example was a $331,000 investigation into whether cats or elephants urinate faster.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It turns out it was a tie!&rdquo; the senator reported. &ldquo;18 seconds for these speed demons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, who could forget the time @NIH spent $1.3 million treating cats to a pawsh day at the spa with treats and classical music to see if they pooped outside the litter box less,&rdquo; Ernst wrote in the following post. <\/p>\n<p>Other studies examined the appeal of &ldquo;cute kittens on the internet,&rdquo; whether cats could still walk on treadmills after the deletion of brain function, and how cats and mice interact when glowing in the dark. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It would be a cat-astrope to let this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">purrplexing spending spree continue<\/a>,&rdquo; Ernst said. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It would be a cat-astrope to let this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-general-mills-will-raise-prices-up-to-20-percent-in-january\/\" title=\"Report: General Mills Will Raise Prices up to 20 Percent in January\">wasteful spending continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will be working with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DOGE<\/a> to claw back the millions in wasteful spending and make Washington start working for the people. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MakeEmSqueal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MakeEmSqueal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJoniErnst\/status\/1860338897462403176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is a national correspondent for The Federalist and the co-author of &#8220;Fat and Unhappy: How &#8216;Body Positivity&#8217; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself).&#8221; He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>. Buy &#8220;Fat and Unhappy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz7EDAJI1c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joni Ernst&#8217;s &#8220;Caturday&#8221; campaign highlights wasteful spending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2372544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Angry-Cat.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45568,45567,45570,45569,36155],"class_list":["post-2372543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-caturday-campaign","tag-d-c-waste","tag-environmental-awareness","tag-ernst-highlights","tag-government-accountability"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Angry-Cat.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372547,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372543\/revisions\/2372547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}