Dodging DOGE

By Terry Payne Published on March 26 in The Cherokee Scout 

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Liberals are railing against many of President Trump’s policies. They describe him as a “bully and authoritarian.” Criticisms span from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to Ukraine, and finish with the Gaza Strip. Following President Donald Trump’s joint address to both houses of Congress, many liberals were nicknamed the Dour O’Crats.

President Trump leads a de facto third party rising from the rotting corpses of the Democrat and Republican Parties, or if you prefer, the Washington D.C. Uniparty. President Trump is destroying these party brands forever. It’s cooler to be a proctologist than a Democrat and Republican Uniparty member nowadays.

Criticisms of Donald Trump and DOGE are simply fine. In a republic, everyone who holds public office, runs for public office, or exercises any form of public responsibility is fair game. As Elon Musk has acknowledged, DOGE has made some mistakes, while trying to take aggressive action in the face of nearly $37 trillion in federal debt. The DOGE audits have uncovered government waste, fraud, and abuse that affects our national security. DOGE has confirmed one universal fact:

“When you trim the fat, pigs squeal.”

However, ad nauseum, in a constant stream of hysterical hand wringing, the absurd anti-Trump “resistance” sounds pointless desperate alarms. The cabal of nitwits expressing trepidation that President Trump is a fascist because he’s “single handedly rewriting the US foreign policy” and simultaneously wailing in unison that Trump is “seizing control of the military” are intentionally ignoring the U.S.

Constitution’s, Executive Branch, Article II powers of the president. One of the worst offenders is The View, which Wall Street Journal’s Andy Kessler recently called:

“a gaggle of Greek mythology’s human-tormenting screeching harpies with a TV show.”

DOGE, inferior officer Elon Musk’s, appointment has been ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court under the U.S. Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Congressional approval or legislation isn’t required for Elon Musk’s temporary 18-month appointment by the chief executive. DOGE teams at federal agencies aim to identify spending cuts and “modernize federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” DOGE is not coming after your money, they’re coming after the people that are “stealing” your money. Those people are squawking the loudest against DOGE audits.

As we acclimate and tune out this meaningless gibbering, President Trump becomes insulated from criticism. Are they both an Ostrich Party and unconscious? No one is making Donald Trump more untouchable than his “critics.” Here’s a quick poll:

1. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who deceitfully claimed serving in Vietnam.
2. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who lied about an FBI informant’s account that Vice President Joe Biden accepted a five-million-dollar bribe.
3. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who fabricated evidence to destabilize a duly elected president, CNN.
4. The Atlantic warns the Trump administration has done something deeply troubling. 

Who takes notice? Or are you so bored that you roll your eyes so hard that you nearly pass out? Imagine you pay for car insurance every month. Then one day, someone rear-ends you, but the insurance company doesn’t help you pay for damages, and instead buys a Rolls Royce for someone who doesn’t have insurance. That’s how we get treated as the American taxpayer. And then the cheaters will call you a racist, fascist, or worse for noticing. DOGE has already identified over $100 billion in wasteful spending and has until July 4, 2026, to conduct its mission.

Let’s review the politicians, policies and programs that liberals voted for on November 5th: · Voted for the worst presidential candidate in history – dishonest, lazy, and incompetent. Kamala Harris was a walking neon sign for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

1.  Voted for a political party which is anti-woman, anti-American, anti-peace, and delusional. · Allowed fraud and embezzling of funds for Covid relief aid totaling 10 percent of the disbursed $4.2 trillion by the U.S. government.
2.  Allocated $42.5 billion to connect people to high-speed internet; but, no one was configured to high-speed internet.
3.  Allocated $22 billion to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for free housing and cars for illegal aliens.
4.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted $20 billion in subsidies to green energy charlatans.
5.  Allocated $12 billion to the Navy for submarines but not one submarine was built.
6.  A “popup NGO shell” company, “Climate United Fund,” linked to Democrat Party activists, was awarded with a whopping $6.97 billion grant.
7.  Allocated $101 million for DEI contracts at the Department of Education.
8.  Allocated $60 million for Indigenous peoples and Afro-Caribbean empowerment in Central America.
9.   Allocated $59 million for illegal alien hotel rooms in New York City.
10.  Allocated $45 million for DEI in Burma.
11.  Allocated $42 million for social and behavioral change in Uganda.
12.  Allocated $40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion for sedentary migrants.
13.  Allocated $32 million for left-wing propaganda in Moldova.
14.  Allocated $20 million for Arab "Sesame Street" in the Middle East.
15.  Allocated $14 million for improving public procurement in Serbia.
16.  Allocated $10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique.
17.  Allocated $8 million for LGBTQI+ promotion in Lesotho, South Africa.
18.  Allocated $8 million for making mice transgender.
19.  The Veterans Administration paid $56,000 to have a “plant contractor” water eight potted plants.
20.  Hired more than 85,000 new IRS agents to extort money from conservative voters.
21.  Removed restrictions on billions of Iranian assets and regime sanctions -- the biggest funder of terrorism in the world. 

Liberals now control only 20 big hellhole crime ridden cities. The reason they are going the way of the dinosaur is President Trump and his sidekick Elon Musk are killing their income streams.

Tip O’Neill said it best: “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Without money a political party or candidate is finished. Democrats, or if you fancy, Dour O’Crats, have just lost all their best sources of income because of President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE.