DOGE Is Dead. It Promised $2 Trillion. Senate Democrats Say It Wasted $21 Billion.
Remember DOGE? You’re gonna love this update! You probably heard that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was going to save us $2 trillion. Then it was $1 trillion. Then $150 billion. What you might not have heard is that it’s already dead - eight months before its charter was supposed to end - and…
Trump’s $300 Million White House Ballroom Works Out to $3,333 Per Square Foot
I just read a post on FB that got my spidey senses tingling. An architect named Andrew Kerr just laid out why Trump’s White House ballroom project is basically bullshit. And his math checks out. Here’s the deal. Trump’s now saying this 90,000 square foot ballroom will cost $300 million. Do the math on that…
The Shutdown’s Real Purpose Is Gutting Everything You’re Not Watching
The government shutdown standoff is supposedly about health care subsidies. Republicans won’t extend them. Democrats won’t budge. The media frames it as a principled fight over Affordable Care Act funding that helps about 22 million people afford insurance. That’s real, but it’s not the whole story. The subsidy fight is useful cover for gutting everything…