"The strategy is simple. Claim there’s fraud, dismantle the institutions that prevent fraud, and then capture public dollars for yourself." Policy experts @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social on DOGE operations:
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Don Moynihan
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
Musk and Trump are modernizing the fraud trope, using it in new ways:
*Targeting core programs in unprecedented ways
*Undermining the government’s capacity to address fraud
*Providing a veil of legitimacy for state capture 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
Musk and Trump are modernizing the fraud trope, using it in new ways:
*Targeting core programs in unprecedented ways
*Undermining the government’s capacity to address fraud
*Providing a veil of legitimacy for state capture 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/musks-frau...
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There is a shit-ton of fraud _against_ the government.