How Elon Musk is Reshaping Politics

He’s one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in American politics, wielding influence over media, technology and every corner of the federal government. “Yes!” In just a few short weeks since the inauguration, Elon Musk has taken a sledgehammer to the federal workforce and injected his companies into the center of the White House. […]

Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge | Elon Musk

In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution, the world’s richest person issued a series of online attacks against the American judiciary, offered money to voters to sign a petition opposing “activist judges”, and called on Congress to remove his newfound legal opponents from office. “This […]

The Greatest Threat To Our Republic Will Always Come From Within

Authored by Thomas W. Smith via RealClearPolitics, For most of the past six decades, the United States has been facing the threat of implosion from a growing federal budget deficit. Today, that threat is no longer lurking. It is here. The annual federal budget deficit has left Americans saddled with unimaginable debt. It has increased […]

Inside the Now-Shuttered Federal Agency Where Employees Lived ‘Like Reigning Kings’

Employees of DOGE’s latest target spent taxpayer money on exotic vacations, portraits, and more DAILY WIRE – One of the seven small federal agencies that President Donald Trump ordered downsized or eliminated on Friday was rife with corruption, with its employees hiring friends and relatives, commissioning paintings of themselves, and using government credit cards to indulge in […]

Meet Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE

Elon Musk declared last month that the federal government was engaged in “utterly insane” activity, claiming without evidence that it had distributed $100 billion to people without Social Security numbers. Two days after Mr. Musk’s comments, one of his key lieutenants, Steve Davis, began pressing the Social Security Administration for information. Mr. Davis called the […]

Does South Carolina need an Elon Musk-style DOGE commission?

COLUMBIA — When Republican leaders in the General Assembly first announced plans to pursue a state-level commission similar to billionaire Elon Musk’s federal Department of Government Efficiency, nobody seemed quite sure what it would do.  It would contain appointees from outside of government, House Speaker Murrell Smith told reporters. It would “eliminate, consolidate or otherwise restructure” […]