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DOGE is mostly a messaging scheme to legitimatize keeping the Trump tax cuts

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Really it’s that’s simple.

Most of the waste, fraud and abuse found by DOGE is simply things that current administration does not support or is contracts already expired or soon to be expired.

Truth is most things government does is legitimate, at least to the constituencies it benefits. People elect representatives to bring home the bacon, they want their communities and interests to be supported by their tax dollars. That only makes sense.

Does that mean the tax cuts should go away? No, not necessarily. We pay a lot in taxes and we should have a discussion about the scope and size of government. The defense and police establishment seems particularly bloated, having expanded enormously since the 1990s. We would do better if we reduced the number of laws needing enforcing, and help law enforcement find jobs in the private sector.

The government can tax less and provide less unnecessary enforcement.

Nothing Wrong With Saying Good Things About the President.

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The conventional wisdom of the day says, never say anything good about President Donald Trump. He’s a man from the other political party, he must be wrong at all time. But I disagree. I think when he does good things, you should say good things about the President. Maybe he’s not perfect, and maybe there are better alternatives for 2020, but when he does good I think you should be positive towards him to the extent he’s doing good.

Not a conservative or a Trump supporter

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I never liked Trump as I didn’t think he was a serious candidate for president or even a serious president. He’s not somebody I think is willing to listen to facts or even understand complicated nuisanced issues. Most politicians like to toot their horns and be obnoxious ideologues by throwing red meat to their base, but I never got the impression that Trump goes any deeper than that.

I never got rallying around the flag or the support our police and military movement. Government workers have jobs and we expect them to do it competently for pay. It’s what I do too. But I don’t expect any parades in my honor. Government workers get paid, and many have unions and if they are concerned about low pay or unsafe working conditions – the solution shouldn’t be parades or medals given out – but better pay, benefits and working conditions. Government workers aren’t virtuous but they deserve fair working conditions.

Indeed, I’m deeply cynical about the government. I don’t think the government is out there to help but instead is motivated by a complex web of personal ambitions. Every government program after all is motivated by a desire of politicians to get reelected or a government employee to get a promotion and make more money. So if anything I’m a libertarian – regulate the corporations and big businesses but leave the little guy alone.

NPR

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Judge unseals new evidence about Trump’s actions around Jan. 6 Capitol Hill attack : NPR

In a newly unsealed court filing, special counsel Jack Smith provides the most detailed picture yet of his criminal case against Donald Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election and why the former president isn't immune from prosecution.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the case, released the filing, with minor redactions, on Wednesday.

The special counsel uses the 165-page document to make his case that Trump's actions around the election were made in a private capacity and not in his official role as president.

The filing comes after the Supreme Court ruled this summer that presidents enjoy broad immunity for official acts while in office, but not for unofficial acts as a candidate or a private citizen.