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Ah yes. Of course. 'This was a bad faith effort, launched for the wrong reasons, staffed by incompetents and monsters, massively oversold, and with no hope of success... but Libs have to give credit where credits due, government waste does exist!'

substack.comPolicy Participation TrophiesWe need to get better at calling out an insane double standard in how policies are talked about.

The Economist@economist.com

DOGE was a huge missed opportunity

bit.lyHow Donald Trump made America’s government dumberDOGE was a huge missed opportunity

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@xiane.bsky.social

It's cute that the Economist thinks this regime is capable of anything worthwhile. When governmental reform comes, it won't come from the GOP. Don't be silly.

Blackbeardsghost

@blackbeardsghost.bsky.social

Is a Shashank J piece? I hope not, but he is their new DC chief

Dmitry Grozoubinski

@explaintrade.com

I mean, this was LITERALLY the example I invented. They're doing the thing!

Ihar Filipau

@ifilipau.bsky.social

Leave it to The Economist. Still not sure why they have so many fans. I've slowly started looking with suspicion at them.

Ihar Filipau

@ifilipau.bsky.social

The Economist is like Twitter under Musk, but for posh people.

Peter Principle

@peterprinciple.bsky.social

Centrist corporate media has had only nominal contact with reality for over a decade. But now it's floating off into pure fantasy.

theviewfromorbit.bsky.social

@theviewfromorbit.bsky.social

Meanwhile, at the Pentagon:

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@powervibe.bsky.social

The tell is that “waste” gets treated as a moral property of government, not a question of what was delivered, what it cost, and who had the authority to stop it.