Weekly Update, March 12th
A Day Late Is Better Than Never; The Slow Decline of DOGE
Sorry, yesterday was a great day for being outside at times and watching tournament basketball at times! Now, on to our DOGE review. As always, older articles are at the bottom, and newer ones are at the top.
If you want a “DOGE tracker” keeping up with actual…not claimed…savings by DOGE, look no further.
You want a deep economic dive into how Trump and Musk’s chaos are in the process of driving us into a deep recession, here you go:
Meanwhile, Trump’s tariff chaos and his family’s crypto-corruption are de-stabilizing financial markets:
When House Republicans passed an “aspirational” budget that threatens severe cuts to Medicaid, and Musk making overtures against Social Security and Medicare, voices in MAGA-land started to shout, “Hey wait a minute!…”
Turns out that cutting funds to agencies helping to combat problems and crises is very unpopular with the public.
The growing awareness that Musk is VERY unpopular with the American public:
The growing realization that DOGE hasn’t found any fraud whatsoever:
While states upped their resistance, the revolt against Musk spread to Trump’s own government agency heads after Musk’s ridiculous “5 things you did last week” demand, a request that most agency heads ignored and Trump eventually had to rescind:
Consumer confidence started dropping rapidly:
Trump’s approval ratings began to plummet:
As more stories about DOGE and its increasingly shambolic efforts came to light, Musk and his little band of geeks had to start backtracking on a lot of their vastly overstated claims:
A good review of how the growing resistance against DOGE seems to have caught Trump and Musk by surprise…arrogance and stupidity, anyone?
Also, a good article on the negative impact DOGE has had on rural areas…again, Trump voters…is here from Barn Raiser.
Another stumbling block for Trump and Musk has been the growing awareness among Trump voters that they are often the largest beneficiaries of government assistance from agencies like FEMA:
Successful Democratic resistance began with state attorneys general blocking DOGE activities in court:
