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The Hippocratic oath tells the doctor to do first no harm. Yet that is what a surgeon has to do. Sometimes we need to do harm to do good. The trick is to balance the harm and good, so the good far outweighs the harm.
Suddenly, Democrats and their union bosses say there are winners in a government shutdown. There always have been. Most federal employees get a paid vacation out of it.
The media has hyped and fueled American partisan conflicts since the birth of the Republic. That was one reason that instigated the infamous Alien and Sedition Acts.
For years, the U.S. government has quietly been conducting genetic experiments on mice, changing their DNA in ways that would make even Mary Shelley raise an eyebrow.
Is DOGE a thief, a thieftaker (modern usage: bounty hunter) or a diversion? With all the contradictory reports and poor information, it is hard to tell what they are. Both judicial review and thieftaking are rooted in English Common Law, but those that use judicial review are loath to employ thieftaking. To make matters even more complex and muddled, DOGE has not taken a single thief yet, but stories abound about Musk companies getting sweetheart deals. What is the truth? Few know for sure since most of DOGE’s work is done behind shuttered windows with maybe a few slats left open to tantalize the populace. We need open windows and actionable information.
DOGE appears to be taking a short-term approach to change. Audits are rearward looking and point-in-time. While important, they will not systematically change the federal government.
Now what is the President’s DOGE Agenda? I have yet to find a clear, written statement that lays out this agenda. Yes, there is a lot of talk, but perhaps still no written policy statement and objectives.
A series of critical inflection points led us to the point where we currently are with a strong central government with several corrupt and potentially criminal acts. If it was not the federal government, elements of the central government could be subject to RICO. The key inflection points center around the Progressive Era in the early 20th century and include the Wilsonian bureaucratic reforms, the 16th Amendment and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution. Real reform must address these areas. Otherwise DOGE may save some money this year, but will not fundamentally change how the government is structured or operates.
Still reeling from the breakneck pace and audacity of President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office, The New Republic’s Michael Tomasky made an intriguing comparison. “Trump 1.0,” he observed, “was a Jackson Pollock—splat splat all over the place. Trump 2.0 is painting within very precise lines. It’s terrifying.” Tomasky was right. In his first …
Successful natural predators attack their prey with speed, stealth and cunning looking for a meal, that’s all.
Eliminate USAID and you eliminate a worldwide, totalitarian government run out of DC by the Democrat Party. Hoo boy.
If federal agencies were held to the same standards as U.S. corporations, heads would be rolling by now. And if they were subjected to the same legal contortions that New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg used to indict and convict President Donald Trump, some government employees would already be behind bars. This is especially …
Giving taxpayers a $5,000 cut of that trillion dollars in savings would go a long way in assuring the public that this is a fight worth waging—that the outcome does affect us—and that we can win it.
For many Federal agencies and many in the Federal workforce, the arrogant attitude is that we work for them at their pleasure. It is time for large swaths of the Federal government to be defunded and abolished.
It’s time for DOGE’s next big project—fixing the tangled, messy, and possibly illegal funding streams running through Michigan’s Army and Air National Guard.
As one might expect, the media is publishing and televising sob sister stories about federal workers departing the government voluntarily and involuntarily.
Elon Musk and his tiny, intrepid Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team are ripping through DC like a small herd of bulls through a cheap Chinese tchotchke shop. It is magnificent to watch.
Though a number who work at USAID have good intentions and do good work, the agency has become corrupt, partisan, and ideological particularly the end of the Cold War.
Elon Musk and his tiny, intrepid Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team are ripping through DC like a small herd of bulls through a cheap Chinese tchotchke shop. It is magnificent to watch.
Thanks to DOGE, I learned the media’s coverage of Trump’s two presidencies was not based on talking points but on marching orders from the deep state.