Is Russell Vought the most powerful person in America?

Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Vought holds one of the most powerful positions in Washington that few outside the Beltway understand. The OMB oversees every penny of the nearly $7 trillion annual federal budget before it is spent, serving as a critical choke point for all government funding:

· Control Regulations: Reviews all regulations and workplace policies for over 2 million federal employees.

· Vet Orders: Vets all executive orders before the President signs them.

· Plan Strategy: Coordinates agency strategy across the government, ensuring alignment with the president's agenda.

He holds this role alongside other key positions, further concentrating his influence:

· Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he has aggressively tried to shut down the agency.

· Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) during a major restructuring.

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u/GrowFreeFood — 2 days ago

Why Doesn't Biden and Mexico get credit for minimizing border crossings *before* trump took office?

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/02/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-are-at-their-lowest-level-in-more-than-50-years/

"In April 2024, then-U.S. President Joe Biden and then-Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced an agreement to step up immigration enforcement. Mexico’s increased enforcement reportedly has played a significant role in reducing migrant flows to the U.S.

In June 2024 and again in September 2024, the Biden administration imposed new restrictions on migrants seeking asylum in the U.S."

u/GrowFreeFood — 3 days ago

Without looking, can you tell me about the Finding Dory conspiracy?

For science please don't read comments. Until you tell me what you recall.

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u/GrowFreeFood — 6 days ago

Now that we have mass surveillance, are conservatives safe from those pesky free-thinkers?

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. In a September 2024 financial analyst meeting, he said: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on".

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u/GrowFreeFood — 7 days ago

Why is right-wing ideology so fragile?

They get so upset with BASIC policy questions. Like they never thought the about the effects of their policies in any way. So if you ask about any details they rage quit.

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u/GrowFreeFood — 16 days ago