Topic: doge
Did the USAID Cuts 'Do Nothing'? Checking Musk's 'Not a Single Name'
Musk says no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts, and the 'millions' are false. A NYT columnist named four; models estimate hundreds of thousands of deaths already.
The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized
Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump's first and second terms, creating a…
The Guardrails: How America's Checks on Executive Power Compare to Every Previous Test
America's checks and balances survived Andrew Jackson, FDR, and Nixon — but the current stress test is dismantling oversight mechanisms faster than any predecessor attempted, and several of the…
Musk, America PAC, and DOGE: What Laws Were Broken and What Happens Next
The DOJ warned Musk the giveaway may violate federal law, his own lawyers admitted winners were preselected, and DOGE faces 200+ lawsuits — but no criminal charges have been filed yet.