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Elon Musk’s DOGE Promised Savings, But It’s Cost Us a Fortune

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By Michael Mechanic Verified
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The US government doesn’t have many watchdogs left. Donald Trump fired a whole bunch of them shortly after returning to power, and many others have been pushed out since. We do still have a Government Accountability Office (GAO), for what it’s worth, and one week ago, that office published a report detailing the remarkable lack of transparency in how Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency conducted its affairs and how the savings DOGE reported fell far short of its claims.
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Does the Washington Post Want Democracy to Die in Darkness?

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By Michael Mechanic Verified
| Mother Jones Verified
The Washington Post sure seems bent out of shape over wealth taxes.
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America is 250 Years Old. Have You Ever Read the Declaration of Independence?

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By Michael Mechanic Verified, Thomas Jefferson
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On a glorious morning walk about a week before America’s 250th birthday, I was listening to Jon Stewart’s podcast on that theme. I recommend it. One of the things he discusses with his historian guests, Yale’s David Blight and Harvard’s Annette Gordon-Reed, is the Declaration of Independence, which both historians called a “dangerous document” in terms of its focus on the right of the people to overthrow an unjust ruler.
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