DOGE cancels contract to build Dr. Fauci museum exhibit

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) canceled a $168,000 contract to build an exhibit honoring Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The contract was originally signed in October 2024 at the end of the Biden administration. However, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created by President Donald Trump, put it on the chopping block.

 

The funds for the Fauci exhibit would have paid for project management, design consultation, samples and fabrication. 

Dr. Fauci spent 54 years at NIH and retired in December 2022. He was a controversial figure during the COVID-19 pandemic as he tried to guide the country’s response. Many Republicans accused him of providing inconsistent guidelines for social distancing, masking and vaccinations. He has been a target for oversight ever since. 

News about the canceled exhibit came in a larger DOGE announcement about 62 canceled contracts at HHS totaling $182 million. It’s unclear exactly how much money that will save the government, given that some payments on active contracts have already been made. 

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Oh my soul, that’s ridiculous, I’m glad they canceled doing something so stupid.  

2 Corinthians 10:17-18.  Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.  

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.  Indeed Amen Thanks 

Ps OP, good luck Sunday.  

[seafoam1 3,403]

Who the actual f*** wants a fauci exhibit? How stupid can liberals get? 

Cancel that shlt. And then give us an exhibit for voting for Trump. 

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46 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Cancel that shlt. And then give us an exhibit for voting for Trump. 

That would be an exhibit of monkeys flinging poo.

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3 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

Who the actual f*** wants a fauci exhibit? 

Not me. I would much prefer a statue and monument…along the lines of the Lincoln Memorial. 

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2 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

Not me. I would much prefer a statue and monument…along the lines of the Lincoln Memorial. 

You’re weird man 

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My batshit crazy narcissistic MIL wears a Fauci hoodie.  She would be the first in line to go see something so stupid.

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Oh, darn...and I was so looking forward to seeing that on my next visit to the National Institutes of Health. 

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Those funds can be patriotically re-purposed to support the proposal in this house bill

SECTION 1. ADDITION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

[seafoam1 3,403]

20 hours ago, Tebok said:

That would be an exhibit of monkeys flinging poo.

Ok pimpledoosh. 

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18 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

Not me. I would much prefer a statue and monument…along the lines of the Lincoln Memorial. 

So jerking off to just pictures of Fauci aren't enough for you now?  

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2 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

So jerking off to just pictures of Fauci aren't enough for you now?  

He's hoping there is a glory hole built into the statue for his primal needs. Complete with lube.

[The Real timschochet 7,385]

In all seriousness, I think the conservative disparagement of Fauci is shameful. I don’t think he did anything wrong, I don’t think he’s responsible for any deaths, and I think his work during both the AIDs crisis and Covid saved millions of lives. I honestly believe this, and I think he should go down in history as one of our greatest Americans. Whether he will or not depends on whether conservatives and MAGA win the messaging war. I think they’re spreading falsehoods about him as an alternative to the real villains of the Covid era; starting with Donald Trump and ending with anyone who urged people not to take the vaccine. 

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5 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

In all seriousness, I think the conservative disparagement of Fauci is shameful. I don’t think he did anything wrong, I don’t think he’s responsible for any deaths, and I think his work during both the AIDs crisis and Covid saved millions of lives. I honestly believe this, and I think he should go down in history as one of our greatest Americans. Whether he will or not depends on whether conservatives and MAGA win the messaging war. I think they’re spreading falsehoods about him as an alternative to the real villains of the Covid era; starting with Donald Trump and ending with anyone who urged people not to take the vaccine. 

As usual, you're wrong.

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3 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

In all seriousness, I think the conservative disparagement of Fauci is shameful. I don’t think he did anything wrong, I don’t think he’s responsible for any deaths, and I think his work during both the AIDs crisis and Covid saved millions of lives. I honestly believe this, and I think he should go down in history as one of our greatest Americans. Whether he will or not depends on whether conservatives and MAGA win the messaging war. I think they’re spreading falsehoods about him as an alternative to the real villains of the Covid era; starting with Donald Trump and ending with anyone who urged people not to take the vaccine. 

MAGA has always been on the lookout for things to demonize.

Fauci is an American hero, and MAGA has amazing stretchy pants when it comes to bulking up on new conpiracy theories.

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Wonderful to see cuts on needless and wasteful spending