DoGE, alligators, public land and Mamdani mania
Despite Elon and Trump’s public fallout, DoGE is still slashing away at the federal workforce
Department of Government Efficiency
Tuesday
Friday
Texas’s Hail Mary pep talk
Plus: Our newest ‘alpha male’ ambassador
Tuesday
Can America afford the Big, Beautiful Bill?
Forget the Trump-Musk psychodrama: it’s American taxpayers who will pay the price
Wednesday
Why you should fear the post-DoGE right
Musk is a brilliant man, but he didn’t know Washington. Imagine if he did
Tuesday
Elon Musk is right: America’s spending is out of control
It turns out, there is no political will for shrinking the size of government
Can anyone balance America’s books?
Modern governments like to imagine that their spending helps to boost growth, thereby easing the burden of debt. Yet the opposite is true
Friday
Trump bids Elon ‘the DoGEfather’ farewell
While Musk will no longer be a special government employee, he will remain a ‘friend and advisor’ to the President
Friday
Has King Trump lost his jester?
What happens when the king tires of someone else having the spotlight?
Monday
French politician calls for return of Statue of Liberty
Trump’s White House says, ‘non monsieur’
Wednesday
Steve Bannon blames Gavin Newsom for creating Elon Musk
‘You guys loved all the oligarchs, in particular Elon, until they flipped’
Tuesday
Musk and Rubio make up after USAID funding clash
The DoGE chief had singled Rubio out for firing ‘nobody’
Tuesday
Trump bulldozes through joint address to Congress
The president provided a detailed inventory of his initiatives
Tuesday
What’s behind the vicious attacks on Elon Musk?
He’s doing big things, but he’s also a way to attack a popular president
The economic blackout movement trying to stop capitalism in its tracks
If these companies are evil now, then they were evil five months ago when Joe Biden was president
Thursday
Elon Musk wields chainsaw at impromptu CPAC appearance
‘I am become meme,’ Musk said early on
VP Vance touts border security, energy and humor at CPAC
‘We’re just getting started’
Friday
Cost-effectiveness can’t trump everything
Dare we hope that the all-seeing, unforgiving eye of DoGE does not entirely eliminate all the little oddities and wrinkles from the federal government?
Wednesday
DoGE will only work when government agencies compete
Besides creating sluggish, inefficient workflows, government monopolies make bad outcomes more likely
Sunday
The deeper meaning behind Trump’s blizzard of actions
He has two overriding goals: to build a lasting MAGA movement and to roll back the bureaucratic state
Friday
DEI still rules the Dems
Plus: Who works for Victoria Spartz?
