Trump/Musk are now trying to strong-arm *states* into coughing up datasets to DOGE using federal funding as leverage. Of course this has zero to with "fraud" and "abuse" at federal agencies and everything to do with tightening their grip on democratic institutions. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/