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karaswisher.bsky.social • 40 days ago

Important read

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.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-dange...

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george.borkbork.ca•39 days ago

After today one probably has to see more nefarious reasons for its existence…

hum2.bsky.social•40 days ago

Lawsuit incoming
Gift link:
https://wapo.st/4h1ekDA

madstash.bsky.social•40 days ago

Apparently WaPo gift links now cost you your email address. Fuck you @washingtonpost.com, you ain't gettin' shit from me. I hope you die in the darkness you helped create.

Thank you for trying @hum2.bsky.social.

kpronn.bsky.social•39 days ago

Caudillos save money by "privatizing" things with friends as buyers. DOGE will be no different.

inquiring-mind.bsky.social•40 days ago

Andreeson has a sad legacy.

inquiring-mind.bsky.social•40 days ago

Andreeson's views are especially disingenuous given he lived off the 2.4 billion Gore bill money for years as well as considerable PR, vision, and support of the Clinton Administration and actually didn't do much to earn the wealth he initially acquired. He then just hung out with the Valley bros.

macewhite.bsky.social•40 days ago

They want to play this country/world like a big game of The Sims.

lizziemaer.bsky.social•39 days ago

Thanks for posting. I listened to that Andreessen interview & found his entitlement, arrogance & complete divorce from the concerns of non-billionaire Americans very disturbing. DOGE is basically a vehicle for government capture. Glad there’s a lawsuit already in progress

occupydc.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wall Street has a problem - an overinflated market. The only other place to grab money from are taxpayers via federal government. It’s a money grab. We all know it.

msmmedia.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thanks, worth a read. Andreessen's view on kids with disabilities in public schools is disgraceful. Take one disability group; cerebral palsy, could happen to ANYONE. These kids have physical challenges & most often great minds & loving hearts. Rarely see these kids in private or charter schools.

sborztron10.bsky.social•39 days ago

Agreed!

ggegan.bsky.social•40 days ago

It should be called Douche, not DOGE.

communitycafe.bsky.social•40 days ago

🤍

communitycafe.bsky.social•40 days ago

‘Beyond a certain point, money becomes a means of keeping score rather than a motivator. The motivation is personal, not societal.’

tombussanich.bsky.social•40 days ago

The taxpayers are not a separate group from the users of government services- unless you’re quite rich and don’t want to pay taxes

dardenne.bsky.social•40 days ago

DOGE is Musk’s version of the classic Trump Grift.

ronduritsch.bsky.social•39 days ago

Fuck these guys. They write some web code in the early days and think this entitles them to run the country. They better start asking Trump for their pardons about now. FAFO

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