{"id":2402621,"date":"2025-02-14T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-wednesdays-doge-savings-update-is-nuts-includes-racist-alcoholic-mice-and-steroid-hamster-fights\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T09:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:10:50","slug":"watch-wednesdays-doge-savings-update-is-nuts-includes-racist-alcoholic-mice-and-steroid-hamster-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-wednesdays-doge-savings-update-is-nuts-includes-racist-alcoholic-mice-and-steroid-hamster-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Wednesday&#8217;s DOGE Savings Update Is Nuts, Includes Racist Alcoholic Mice and Steroid Hamster Fights"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-wednesdays-doge-savings-update-is-nuts-includes-racist-alcoholic-mice-and-steroid-hamster-fights%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=2402621&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>The article discusses questionable expenditures by the Department of \u200bGoverment Efficiency, highlighting\u200b several bizarre\u2064 uses of \u200ctaxpayer money. It mentions a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Federal Emergency Declared In Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">report shared<\/a> by Elon Musk that reveals funding for unconventional\u200b studies, such as $3 million intended to test the effects of steroids on hamsters \u2063during\u2062 fights and $2.3 million to observe how\u200c cocaine \u200baffects beagles. Other\u2064 expenditures include $600,000 on romantic behaviors in parrots and $1.1 million for training mice to binge drink. The \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">piece critiques thes spending habits<\/a>, suggesting that the funds coudl be better utilized and \u200bexpressing skepticism about the\u2064 value of such research. additionally, it implies that these reports expose a broader issue\u200b of\u2064 wastefulness in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">government spending<\/a>, particularly in social programs.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>How has the Department of Government Efficiency been doing this week? Well, if you&rsquo;re a fan of government-subsidized hamster-fighting or getting Russian cats on treadmills, you&rsquo;re probably not happy.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday report published by the Wall Street Apes X account &mdash; but reposted by DOGE chair Elon Musk, thus giving it the imprimatur of the guy running the new efficiency watchdog &mdash; we&rsquo;ve managed to ferret out some very peculiar line-items that your tax dollars are being used for.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-comptroller-withholds-funds-from-local-government-puts-out-of-control-super-mayor-in-hot-water\/\" title=\"State Comptroller Withholds Funds from Local ..., Puts Out-of-Control &#039;Super Mayor&#039; in Hot Water\">reports aren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t official, and as Musk himself has said, nobody bats a thousand. Batting even .250 on this, however, would be outrageous &mdash; and one assumes he batted a lot higher than that.<\/p>\n<p>First up: $3 million to give hamsters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/navy-finally-set-randomly-test-special-forces-steroids-army-special-ops-follow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steroids<\/a> and see how it affected their fighting acumen.<\/p>\n<p>I have a significantly cheaper way to accomplish this study, whatever it was meant to prove, and we wouldn&rsquo;t even need to use hamsters as subjects, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-jasmine-crockett-screams-anti-white-rant-during-hearing\/\" title=\"Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett Screams Anti-White Rant During Hearing\">real live humans<\/a>. First, pay me $2,000. Second, get me video of every bench-clearing brawl in Major League Baseball between the year Mark McGwire broke the home run record and the year they introduced steroid testing. Then get me videos of the same brawls after PED testing came into effect.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Hypothesis: I will be $2,000 richer for confirming what you probably suspected.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, $2.3 million for studying how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-furious-didnt-get-way-white-house-cocaine-investigation-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cocaine<\/a> affects beagles. I&rsquo;m guessing it looked something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">here&rsquo;s snoopy dancing to girls &amp; boys by blur to cheer up your day! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEngtgf8A3\">pic.twitter.com\/LEngtgf8A3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; vys (@girlsandblur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/girlsandblur\/status\/1843782243719991611?\">October 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The woman in the Wall Street Apes video had a better idea: &ldquo;Why don&rsquo;t you just spend about $1,500, get yourself a Coachella [Music Festival] ticket, get a lawn chair, sit back, watch? You&rsquo;ll understand what cocaine does to anyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Also, I hear the FBI has a copy of a laptop hard drive belonging to a former first son that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whistleblower-drops-bombshell-fbi-knew-hunter-bidens-laptop-real-deal-months-made-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents this pretty extensively<\/a>. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>And then you have love and hate in animals: $600,000 to study romance in parrots, $500,000 for &ldquo;racial aggression in mice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another $1.1 million was allegedly spent training mice to binge drink. The woman in the video had another thoughtful suggestion: Forget about the mice, go to the University of Georgia and spend a weekend observing a frat or sorority there.<\/p>\n<p>Still on cocaine, $875,000 apparently went to see how Bolivian marching powder affected quail mating. If the strung-out animals had too much energy, there was also $2.7 million that went to putting Russian cats on treadmills, supposedly.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was $2.1 million to encourage Ethiopians to wear shoes, allegedly, and $187,000 to study whether children love their pets.<\/p>\n<p>No word on whether any study was done on whether children loved pets on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jesse-watters-obtains-wh-cocaine-docs-says-everything-told-us-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cocaine<\/a> more than sober pets; given that there seems to be a lot of dusted-up animals receiving government funding, this almost feels like a deliberate oversight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that may offend some readers.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wr6GGnSKeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Wr6GGnSKeJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1889842156627697897?\">February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Again, these are just reports &mdash; but after what DOGE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-karoline-leavitt-pulls-insane-list-usaid-expenditures-reporter-frets-humanitarian-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented at USAID<\/a>, are you exactly shocked? Remember, when liberals talk to you about these programs addressing &ldquo;food insecurity&rdquo; or the like, this is the waste that&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>really<\/em> getting attacked &mdash; and that they&rsquo;re defending.<\/p>\n<p>And what will the outrage be? Naturally, we&rsquo;re probably going to have a Democrat or two more concerned that Musk has access to that quail&rsquo;s drug history, just like they&rsquo;re having a fit over him having other data.<\/p>\n<p>(Remember, the rest of the government is perfectly trustworthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-hr-workers-try-logging-learn-elons-changed-credentials-locked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when it has this information<\/a> &mdash; but Elon? #DeportHim!)<\/p>\n<p>Then there&rsquo;s the next line of defense: Yes, these sound silly, but their drops in the bucket. It&rsquo;s a bucket that&rsquo;s already overflowing, however, and part of that has been ignoring all of those drops over all these years.<\/p>\n<p>And just think: This is just the tip of the iceberg of what DOGE is going to be uncovering. 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If you&#8217;re interested in government-funded hamster fights or Russian cats on treadmills, you might be disappointed. A Wednesday report from the Wall Street Apes X account\u2014shared by DOGE chair Elon Musk, lending it credibility\u2014revealed some unusual expenditures of taxpayer money. It&#8217;s important to note that these reports aren&#8217;t official, and as Musk mentioned, no one is perfect. However, even a .250 batting average would be shocking in this context.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, $3 million was allocated to give hamsters steroids to assess their fighting skills. I could conduct a much cheaper study with humans instead: just pay me $2,000 and provide videos of MLB brawls before and after steroid testing was implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is $2.3 million spent on researching cocaine&#8217;s effects on beagles; one suggestion was simply attending Coachella for firsthand observation. There were also funds for studying love in parrots ($600,000) and racial aggression in mice ($500,000). Additionally, $1.1 million went toward training mice to binge drink\u2014a researcher suggested observing college fraternities instead.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, there was an expenditure of $875,000 to investigate how cocaine influenced quail mating behavior and another $2.7 million supposedly used for putting Russian cats on treadmills.<\/p>\n<p>Other questionable allocations included $2.1 million aimed at encouraging Ethiopians to wear shoes and $187,000 spent determining if children love their pets\u2014though no studies seem to have been conducted comparing sober pets with those under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>These reports raise eyebrows about government spending priorities; while some may dismiss them as trivial amounts within a larger budgetary context, they highlight ongoing wastefulness that many still defend as necessary programs addressing issues like food insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The anticipated backlash? Likely concerns from Democrats about Musk accessing sensitive data regarding quails while ignoring broader issues with government oversight over such expenditures\u2014a clear indication of differing values regarding taxpayer money in America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Elon-Musk-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50381,23466,50380,50379,33462],"class_list":["post-2402621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-animal-antics","tag-doge","tag-humor-2","tag-savings-update","tag-viral-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Elon-Musk-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402621","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402625,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402621\/revisions\/2402625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}