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In an initiative they described as a vital part of their effort to cut federal spending, officials at the Department of Government Efficiency reported Wednesday that they had dug up Arlington National Cemetery. “The American people gave the president a clear mandate to fight waste, fraud, and abuse by removing the freeloading corpses buried in these graves,” said acting administrator Amy Gleason, who argued that DOGE was simply cracking down on an “unpopular woke bureaucracy” when its fleet of bulldozers and excavators leveled the 400,000 white tombstones that marked the final resting place of armed service members and their immediate families. “Last week, we asked the U.S. Army to send us five things the bodies had accomplished recently, and we heard nothing back. [...]

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[–] artifex@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

Almost ate the onion until I read the blurb. The phrase "freeloading corpses" is normally used to talk about Republicans, not by them.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

The eternal flame remains because it burns clean natural gas.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t give them any ideas.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, they'd be removing only the black graves. The white graves would be left to inspire future generations to heroically die in war.