New, from me: as the Trump administration begins, I try to make sense of what, exactly, DOGE is.
Journalists and policymakers should be skeptical of its claim to be a govt reform commission, and more willing to see it as a form of oligarchic state capture.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-dangerous-oligarchs-grab-everything
Journalists and policymakers should be skeptical of its claim to be a govt reform commission, and more willing to see it as a form of oligarchic state capture.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-dangerous-oligarchs-grab-everything
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As Trump begins his second presidency, Claire Jones writes for West England Bylines on what it signifies -
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/trumps-second-coming-the-world-kisses-the-ring/
As Trump begins his second presidency, Claire Jones writes for West England Bylines on what it signifies -
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/trumps-second-coming-the-world-kisses-the-ring/
Money 🔄 Power
The closer they get, the more #democracy degenerates into an #oligarchy, and when they merge, into a fascist #mafia_state.
(Proto-)fascist media zillionaires play a central role in this.
Once the tax cuts are in, DOGE becomes a culture-wars enabler. It doesn't have to save any money - just annoy libs and toss bones to MAGA.
https://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3lg57era4is2q
The horrid lie that "taxpayers" fund the government is one of the central recruiting tools of the fascist movement, and it must be challenged everywhere.
We let this happen, and it must stop.
https://jamesarobichaux.substack.com/p/the-tax-to-spend-myth-fuels-hatred
We already have a legitimate gov't institution for that work...its called the GAO.
We have to clearly tell this story and how it will affect all Americans, red or blue.
We have to keep the hope in our system of govt alive among all our fellow citizens.
The DOGEniks are hiding behind “efficiency” while trying to make life more effective for only them, not all of us.
Take governmental power away from people and institutions to place it within the grip of non-government (and thus unaccountable) groups and individuals.
It's the natural end-result of Reagan/Thatcher-style politics made manifest.
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They should, but most aren't even remotely skeptical.
That pretty much covers it.
I don't understand why reporters do not see this.
https://bsky.app/profile/karaswisher.bsky.social/post/3lg5acddptk2h
They have succeeded in laying off one employee: Vivek Ramaswamy got booted before they even started.
I saw today she will not be going to the inauguration...
hmmmm.... what's that all about?
An intractable problem for DOGE is that to deliver on their proposed policies they need to make big and unpopular cuts. Andreessen's answer is billionaires will use social media to make the public misunderstand these programs the way they do.
I do like the part where the biggest cheerleaders of this idea are all "This will cause immense harm in the short term" and "Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't" ringing endorsements.
Maybe it's Stephen Miller's politicized Federal Protective Service (FPS) I need to worry about.
https://youtu.be/vpMN8-t_BN8?si=sjQqadz3JV4zsDt0
The Power of the Purse 👜
Americas checkbook ✅
Belongs to CONGRESS
Is Congress going to give Trump
their power and our money? 🤑
No! Tell your representative no to Doge.
5calls.org
As a somewhat recent HS grad, the system is NOT being abused like this. One of my close friends in elementary school (~2014) was the first person I knew to get an IEP. (1/3)