If you redefine "waste" to mean "the government has employees we don't like, implements policies we don't like, and gives money to people we don't like", everything DOGE does suddenly looks coherent. That's not the normal definition of the word, of course, and DOGE is exploiting that confusion.

What glimmers of hope can a long-suffering Bulls fan look for from this season?

There is a good article from Bridgespan on this: www.bridgespan.org/insights/pol... "we analyzed 10 major, national policy advances in the United States over the past century—progressive to conservative...On average, those big policy victories came from at least 40 smaller wins over 25–30 years."