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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Our team concluded that the most effective birth control is being a frustrated loner and jerking off."

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seeing as they would prefer that the Palestinians disappear I'd think they'd be 110% in favor of condoms for them.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

It's MAGA. Why do you expect joined-up thinking from them?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

If these were military spec condoms then based on DOD bidding a pack could've cost a million dollars.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

or if the condoms were parte of the plan

Ding ding ding, this is the best possible thing. The other that it's complete made up

Knowing how the conservative club communicates, I'm oretty sure that st best there was a $250 dollar pack of condooms in there. Leaving out details like "it was 0.1% of the package, 99.9% wre different items" is just normal business practice for the Republican party

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not made up 99% certain. Gaza used to have a huge problem with birth control pills being sent to them by governments. Like ludicrous amounts. They'd expire and they didn't have a way to safely utilize them (it's basically hormones, cannot dump it in the sea or whatever)

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right wing social media comments, "Think last, shoot off mouth first"

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

"Think? No one has time for that!"

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They like "whats the maddah they gotta repopulate!"

[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Full articleDOGE says it stopped millions of dollars meant for condoms in Gaza By Casey Harper | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing Tuesday that the administration had just stopped millions in taxpayer dollars from paying for condoms for those in Gaza.

Leavitt said the finding came as a result of the pause in federal funding for a range of federal efforts, including foreign aid payments, so they can be reviewed.

That pause has sparked pushback and criticism for the Trump administration as many federal efforts ground to a halt. Leavitt, however, pointed to the Gaza condoms as proof of the necessity of the pause.

“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza,” Leavitt said. “That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money.”

It is unclear if the entire $50 million was for condoms, which would be an incredible sum for a population of that size, or if the condoms were just part of a $50 million spending plan. According to media reports, Hamas militants used condoms as balloons and have tied explosives to them in previous attacks.

Leavitt said they also stopped $37 million that was about to be sent to the World Health Organization. Trump signed an executive order last week to pull the U.S. out of WHO.

“So that is what this pause is focused on, being good stewards of tax dollars,” she added.

Elon Musk, who now heads DOGE, wrote on X that the finding was just the "tip of [the] iceberg.”

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[–] Toldry@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Site censored in eu.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

You could say they prefer it RawDoge

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

When we said "it's a fucking genocide in Gaza", they might have misunderstood which word was meant to be emphasized.

[–] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I don’t believe that for a second.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I miss when doge was just a good boy

[–] oyo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

They ruin everything. Pepe, Doge, Tesla; fucking Tolkien rolling over in his grave over Anduril and Palantir.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

DOGE? Like......the 2012 dog meme/cryptocurrency? I'm so confused what is happening here.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's the idea

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Department of Government Efficiency. Headed by Elon Musk, the guy responsible for sending that crypto coin to the moon with a single tweet. This is America now. One big meme.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

You somehow gave a complete answer that answered my question, and still left me even more confused.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

DOGE as in musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The, uh, illegal and unconstitutional “advisory” board that was set up to give oligarchs a seat at the table.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The, uh, illegal and unconstitutional “advisory” board that was set up to give oligarchs a seat at the table.

Gonna get a LOT of mileage out of that one sentence.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You could say that's pretty... efficient

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 27 points 1 month ago

Surely this will improve government efficiency!

[–] coherent_domain@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The title plus the thumbnail makes it looks like a snl sketch, only more ridiculous.

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