Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s plans to protect taxpayers from wasteful spending will take a scalpel to Planned Parenthood funding, reasserting Americans’ financial autonomy by removing federal funds from the nation’s largest abortion chain.
The pair outlined their vision for the forthcoming Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, specifically underscoring plans to enact a host of policies long supported by pro-life advocates and government efficiency experts alike.
“DOGE will help end federal overspending by taking aim at the $500 billion plus in annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended, from $535 million a year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $1.5 billion for grants to international organizations to nearly $300 million to progressive groups like Planned Parenthood,” wrote Musk and Ramaswamy.
Planned Parenthood received $699.3 million in taxpayer funding fiscal year and carried out 392,712 abortions in its 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to its most recent annual report.
Taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood surged $65.9 million since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, even as inflation and a slow economic recovery from the artificial COVID-19 shutdowns eroded Americans’ real income.
Some of Planned Parenthood’s spending has been blatantly political. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Planned Parenthood announced plans to spend $140 million on supporting Democratic candidates who support abortion (and abortion funding) and to launch a long-term campaign to expand abortion in all 50 states. Their policy outline included $40 million on door-to-door canvassing, TV and online advertising, phone banks, and direct mail targeting voters in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the 2024 presidential election. It also joined other left-wing organizations to launch a 10-year, $100 million campaign aimed at “securing access to abortion care in every state.”
From the Washington Stand
According to federal government figures this month, you (and each of your children and every American) owe a debt of $106,661 to the federal government. Cutting federal spending may not be easy, but it is necessary. And, cutting Big Abortion and the Liberal Government Broadcasting System are no brainers.
Good.
Planned Parenthood is an eye sore wherever they operate their evil killing machine right across America.. De-fund Planned Parenthood immediately because it’s a horrible plan. End Abortion Now! Adoption is the option.
The Dems are ready to start World War III to stop them.
Does a thumb up to this post mean you want the war to start?
Wonderful news! I am cautiously optimistic!
About WW3 starting? Why?
All of that “Baby Murder Money” should go to establishing maternity homes and clinics for out-of-wedlock, pregnant girls, adoption services, and school programs for decent dating, chastity before marriage, and upholding and supporting Marriage and Family– to Make America Great Again!
For Dems, there is nothing more sacred than killing unborn babies.
We’ve got bigger fish to fry. Before January 20th, Ukraine’s President Zelensky and the US deep state will BOMB the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, then blame it on Russia. Bomb will be either dirty (radioactive) or nuclear, and it will be blamed on Russia’s new medium-range missile Oreshnik platform, just demonstrated.
This will thwart any peace possibility and plunge Trump into a nuclear-tainted war from day one, as NATO troops are routed through Germany and into Ukraine for a long-term war footing with Russia.
This is a Russian bot!
No self-respecting American would write such a thing.
Russia is the enemy, not Ukraine.
t hurts to admit faults and failures in something or someone you love, but this election, and the role Catholics played in its outcome, forces me to acknowledge the fact that my country in general, and my religious denomination in particular, is racist and misogynistic to the extreme. People I theoretically have something in common with are more comfortable with a racist, rapist felon in the White House than a black woman a thousand times more accomplished and intelligent.
How to fix this trend of fanatical fascism is beyond me. The only comfort I can offer is that the hope of Heaven and meeting Christ is greater than the disgust at sharing a country and religion with the supporters of the racist, rapist felon.
” is greater than the disgust at sharing a country and religion with the supporters of the racist, rapist felon.” Dear sir/madame, you impute to those of us who voted for Trump very base motives, as if we were mired in the sins you mentioned and in short, preferred evil to good. I assure that this is not the case. I for one chose Trump because I thought him the better candidate than Harris to lead this country. That is my studied opinion, and not one based on racist and/or misogynistic commitment. You are guilty of rash judgment in the worst possible way. The only way out of your immense anger is to discover the real reasons so many of us preferred Trump to Harris. In doing so you will replace irrationality with understanding, even if in the end you disagree with those of us who voted for Trump.
Did you support the 25 aborted children at Planned Parenthood, partnered with Harris-Walz’ evil Democratic National Convention? False “rights” for sinful, promiscuous women to murder their poor, helpless unborn children, was the highlight of the Harris-Walz campaign. I have always rejected and laughed at so-called radical, sick “feminism,” started by sick, radical lesbian misfits. I do not use their concocted, stupid, made-up terms, such as “misogyny,” viewing women as somehow “victims” of the gender of men– whom these sick lesbians say they “hate,” as their “enemies.” These sick-minded lesbians wish to belittle and destroy the gender of men, their “enemies.” Now, do the “victimized men,” trashed by the laughable lesbian Women’s Libbers have a name for themselves, equal to “misogyny?” I also reject the stupid transgender pronoun terms of “he/she/they/it” — or whatever babyish garbage they made up. It does not belong in our English vocabulary. What a joke! As for politicians– who among them is truly virtuous? Very frustrating. I do not like it either. We need a huge reform in our country, and a return to Christian Morality and decency. You can always write-in your preferred candidate– or leave that section blank– you don’t have to choose what’s on the ballot. There are prominent people in the Republican Party today, working to bring people back to Christ and Christian Morality. They are working very hard on that. There are many 100% Pro Lifers, who uphold Traditional (man-woman) Marriage and Family. They can work with Trump and the Republicans despite Trump’s faults. But to work with the Harris-Walz Democrats was a total impossibility. They are completely Anti-Christian and Anti-Catholic, too– no exceptions. They wish to force abortion, transgender surgeries and etc. for kids, and many other evils on all Americans– force them to pay their tax dollars, and force them, on-the-job at hospitals, clinics, etc. to fully cooperate with their sick, immoral Democrat agendas. No exceptions. A Pro Life doctor, nurse or other medical worker– and all Catholic hospitals and clinics — will be forced to comply with demonic Democrats’ demands– or lose their jobs– and lose their Catholic hospitals, clinics, etc., too. Kamala Harris herself also made it clear that “Christians are not welcome.” President Trump may end up getting some excellent Republican leaders together, who are dedicated Christians and Catholics, and all together, may do some good things. There is hope in many areas, to improve our country. Hope for ridding our schools of radical, liberal leftist indoctrination evils, too.
Jesus had many devoted women followers who loved Him, and Mary Magdalene was the first to see Him, after His Resurrection. There have been many holy women saints, all through history. And Christ’s holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the highest Saint in Heaven, beloved by all. She leads souls to her Divine Son, Jesus. The religion established on earth by Christ is not evil or “misogynistic.” It is Divine, and was established by Christ, to lead and prepare all souls for Eternal Life in Heaven, in union with Him. Christ loves all people, and died to save us all. He wants all of us, men and women, to enter Heaven.
Did you vote for Bill Clinton?
I’ve voted for a woman for president before as well as a Black candidate. Ms. Harris simply was a bad candidate. It seems many were voting against her; her extreme pro-abortion, gender-confused, anti-woman, anti-child, pro-criminal, economically foolish, anti-Christian (among other) positions and her unwillingness or inability to answer simple questions. Look at the growing number of Blacks and Latinos who knew she wasn’t their candidate. Are they racists too? You are free to leave the U.S. (if you can find another country with an open border). I pray you don’t leave the Church founded by Jesus (a Church that exalts a woman above any created man).
racist and misogynistic: For once Catholics got it right this time by a margin of 56% to 41%. The American people saw through the fake lawfare against Donald Trump and gave him a resounding election victory Even the fake news media and the Hollywood stars couldn’t help. It had nothing to do with with racist or misogynistic reasons. Simply put the Democrats ran a horrible candidate and a lousy campaign. After the Democrats raised over 1 Billion dollars they ended up being $20 Million in debt. It’s about policies and a solid candidate. The Democrats failed miserably in both counts. There is always a next time!
To Poly Sigh: I too have ALREADY voted for a woman for President, long before 2024. She even qualified for Secret Service protection back in the day. Also voted for a black candidate for President – long before 2024.
Got to admit that I’m politically to the right of Atilla the Hun but for the right candidate, I would even vote for a Black Woman for President.
BTW, long long ago in college I majored in Poly Sigh.
Kamala Harris and her team blew through $1 billion, with a huge chunk of those funds going to production costs associated with celebrity-studded events and endorsements.
Let’s just pretend for a moment that she won the election. Can you imagine Harris and her inept staff in charge of this country’s economy — the same people who couldn’t control their spending impulses over the last six months? We dodged that disaster.
Honey, did you ever come to the wrong place.
Providence Health and Services, originally founded by the Sisters of Providence– one of the largest Catholic hospital chains in the country– has reportedly allowed 76 transgender surgeries to be performed on children. One of these Catholic hospitals is located in Oakland. Today, I signed a petition to urge them to end this evil medical practice, and to obey the USCCB and comply with Catholic teaching. Shame on them! Hope they have never allowed abortions! The Catholic Church needs good discipline and good supervision, and strong requirements for all to obey and uphold Catholic teachings– as in the pre-Conciliar era. This will make a much stronger Church and stronger countries, with faith and family and Christian Morality beliefs and practices more strongly supported and upheld, for the good of all. Renegade, heretical Sister Simone Campbell, who publicly supported Obamacare (ACA) and abortion, should have been long ago excommunicated by the Vatican.
California forces them to do it.
Here is a link to an Oct.
10 article from the “National Catholic Register,” about 150 Catholic hospitals that have provided transgender surgeries or drugs to children:
https://www.ncregister.com/news/database-hospitals-perform-transgender-surgeries
Immoral Catholic hospitals: Catholic hospitals need to be Catholic or cease calling themselves Catholic.
One out of two isn’t bad. I like PBS.
I like tacos, but I don’t ask you to buy them for me.
The Deep State is not going to go away that easily. They tried to assassinate Trump twice to prevent him from being elected because they knew he would try to purge them from government offices. I agree with the posters above who say that Democrats and the Deep State are going to start World War III before Trump takes office as a way to hamstring him. You can’t cut government budgets when there’s a war to fight. Money will be printed to pay for it.
Bitcoin will soar to over $500,000 per coin.
All through human history, many nations and ethnic and religious groups have realized that they cannot allow corruption, immorality and foolish liberal tolerances for serious sins and crimes. They get to the point of terrible damages and destructions to family, community, religion and nation. And then what? You cannot ever be passive and neglectful about foolish liberal tolerances and permissiveness, and corruption and evils, seeking an easy life for yourself, foolishly thinking that there are no worries, and the prosperity you are enjoying is somehow endless– “all is well.” Not true. You always have to keep a look-out for the “wolf at the door,” ready to destroy your homeland, your family, and your church– either from without– or worse– by corruption from within. Strong, responsible men with good character, along with strong, alert, responsible, trustworthy women, are the ones who “meet the wolf at the door,” always ready to do battle with evils, even to lay down their lives for God, family, church, community and country. Many have fought all sorts of evils, and have shed their blood for both Christianity and for our great country, America. We have to now firmly stand for God, family and country, and fight our battles, just as our ancestors did. A new tradition was recently initiated, in which prominent Christian religious statues, churches, and shrines, worldwide, are being lit up and illumined in red light, to signify the red color of martyrdom, all through the month of November, to commemorate modern Christian martyrs. Christians are now the most persecuted religious group, worldwide.
There has been an uptick in Catholic bloggers predicting the apocalypse. The antichrist, an antipope, WW3, American Civil War 2, natural disasters, all of it. Are we living in the last days? God, get me to the church on time. St. Jude, patron of impossible, make possible my salvation in heaven. Mary Virgin and Mother, pray for me/us/they/them all of us/them/we. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. I can’t think of anything more to say or pray to stop the end of the world. It’s not fair. I didn’t get to live my life. If I get to heaven I hope it has lots of kittens because I like them a lot. And fruit smoothies. If there aren’t long lines, it might actually be better off for the world to just end. But I’m scared.
Uptick– It was far worse, in the time of Christ. The Romans occupied Israel, and life was very hard. When Mary was about to give birth to Baby Jesus, there was “no room for them at the Inn.” Mary and Joseph had to stay at a humble stable, with their sweet little donkey, and sleep with the dear stable animals– who were the first to behold Baby Jesus, when He was born, bless them! Then, evil King Herod ordered the Massacre of the Holy Innocents– a horrific event! And Joseph took his wife, Mary, and Baby Jesus, and went to Egypt to live for three years, until King Herod’s death, when it was safe to return to their homeland. Jesus was not safe during His brief three years of ministry, either. He had many enemies among the Pharisees and Jewish leaders– and His own disciple, Judas, finally betrayed Him to die– on one of the holiest Jewish feast days, the Passover– for greedy money, 30 pieces of silver. That, along with the actual, totally unjust Crucifixion of Christ, is one of the most vile crimes in all human history! So, today, we still have a world full of darkness and sin. But Christ is still here, and will always be here, to help us. We are never alone. Our souls are meant to prepare for Heaven, by our struggles in life.
PP claims that the bulk of their business is women’s health care, such as birth control, HIV services and cancer screening. That is a big LIE. Most of their business is destroying innocent human life in the womb. This is demonic. . It certainly should be defunded. I would not be sorry to see PBS defunded.
Deportations will be like illegal immigrant abortions.
Why?
It probably means they are removed from the country’s “womb” like a fetus is removed from a uterus. Our country, our choice, sort of thing. It’s actually kind of clever. Abortion supporters say an unwanted, unborn child is a trespasser and doesn’t have a right to be in the womb, so it can be removed. Well, illegals don’t have a right to be in the country, so they can be removed. I agree: deportabort them.
President Trump is like our Nation’s Willy Wonka. A good and eccentric man who will give generously to the benefit of all of us. Chocolate for everyone except the illegals. You don’t need a golden ticket, but you do need to be a citizen.
It has astounded me to hear fellow parishioners during donuts after Sunday Mass comment how they were glad Trump won and that that a dumb (insert vulgar reference to a female here) didn’t win. I keep wondering what we are teaching our younger people, I’m referring to those under 50. Somewhere along the line we have done something wrong. It seems that so many of our under 50 people seem to have replaced Faith, Hope and Love with Doubt, Fear and Hate. I’m 72, the kindness I was taught by my parents and religious educators of all stripes seems to be just an anachronism.
I’ve noticed via reading articles and comments that the most conservative, not only the rad trads, but also those who follow very conservative Catholic media and websites, are younger. Many of we old Vatican II Catholics have left – pushed out, especially after the JPII/Benedict priests started running the parishes and our generation of priests retired or died. So there are fewer and fewer Catholics in the pews who focus on kindness, mercy, justice, love rather than on the pelvic issues and very conservative political views. The “nones” are young, the “dones” are older.
Radical liberal leftist, “public service” education indoctrinator, PBS, has for decades needed to be completely defunded and shut down. Over many years, I have contributed my views to them, with stern objections to their radical feminist, pro promiscuity, birth control and abortion, LGBT and gender garbage, etc. programs, tearing down and destroying good, solid, American (man-woman)Traditional Marriage and good family values. They are not a “public service”– just like the degenerate, debauched, immoral, post-1960s ALA (American Library Association)– they serve Satan.
Los Angeles, the second largest U.S. city, has foolishly just declared itself to be a “sanctuary city” for immigrants. L.A. is loaded with immigrants,
including thousands of illegal undocumented imnigrants. The city needs a sane, realistic understanding and an effective plan of action, to take care of these problems. Plus, the Los Angeles schools have likewise stated that they are a “sanctuary” for undocumented illegal immigrants and LGBT students. Very foolish. Hopefully, the new “Border Czar” nominee–Tom Homan– can correct these problems with an effective and sane plan of action. To deliberately hide undocumented, illegal aliens– especially, those who are criminals– is against the law. “Make America Safe Again.”