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Over 100 Executive Orders and Extreme DOGE Finds Ashley Husbands
In my everyday conversations I am hearing a lot of fear, uncertainty and shock regarding many of the changes and recent findings in the government. The song this week is an acapella version of a song I think can be good for “recentering”. In my view as a bible believing Christian, it is a needed reminder to me sometimes that: God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and He loves His children. He knows the number of hairs on your head, do you think any of this is a surprise to the Almighty? Rest in His peace. EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
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Since Donald Trump’s first day in office, it has been a whirlwind of changes for the country. The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Elon Musk has been particularly in the spotlight. In a Fox News interview Tuesday night, Trump and Musk spoke about their relationship. Musk stated, “I love the president, I think president Trump is a good man. The president has been so unfairly attacked in the media, it has been so outrageous. At this point I have spent a lot of time with the president and not once have I seen him do something, mean or cruel or wrong, not once.” Trump and Musk spoke to the moderator’s reference to the job of Musk in the DOGE position. “The way to think of me is I am a technologist, and I try to bring technology to improve the world. I am here to provide the president with technology support.
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That may seem like it is a silly thing but actually it is a very important thing because the president will make these executive orders which are very sensible and good for the country but they don’t get implemented. For example, pulling the funding for the migrant hotels. The president issued an executive order saying we
need to stop taking taxpayer money and paying for luxury hotels for illegal immigrants. It makes no sense obviously people don’t want their tax dollars to go to funding high end hotels for illegals and yet they were still doing that as late as last week. So, we went in there and said this is in violation of a presidential executive order, it needs
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to stop. One of the biggest functions of the DOGE team is to make sure the presidential executive orders are actually carried out. I just want to point out this is a very important thing because the president is the elected representative of the people, he is representing the will of the people. If the bureaucracy is fighting the will of the people and preventing the president from
implementing what the people want then what we live in is a bureaucracy and not a democracy.” Regarding the role of DOGE and executive orders, after listing many of Musk’s impressive scientific advances he is responsible for, Trump stated, (Continued on Pg. 19)
Freezing Weather Cancels Local Events Ashley Husbands
Howe ISD
President Trump and Elon Musk with one of his children
On Tuesday of this week frigid temperatures took over the city of Howe and surrounding areas. The City Council meeting was scheduled for Tuesday night but was cancelled.
The Title 1 Parent Involvement meeting at
Howe ISD was cancelled, along with many events at local churches both Tuesday and Wednesday night. Any parents interested in the information that was to be presented at the Title 1 Parent Involvement meeting can find the presentation here.
da were listed here. A special meeting has been scheduled for March 4th. The agenda will be released the few days prior to the meeting.
The School Board of Trustees meeting had already been moved to Thursday night of this week and was unaffected The items to be disby the weather. The agencussed at the City Coun- da for that meeting can be cil meeting per the agen- found on page 4.
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