Wednesday, February 26, 2025

DOGE is working. And most Americans support it.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are right to cut government spending, and a new poll shows strong support among Americans for their efforts. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Today's Opinions

Wed Feb 26 2025

 
Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2025.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are right to cut government spending, and a new poll shows strong support among Americans for their efforts.

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills reacts after clashing with President Donald Trump, over his threat to withhold federal funds from states that allow transgender athletes to play in girls and women sports, at a meeting of governors at the White House on Feb. 21, 2025.
 

Democrats are finally pushing back on Trump. What took so long?

I want Democrats to have a steady drumbeat of anti-Trump words backed by action. Call him out to his face. And tell Elon Musk to go to hell.

Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025.
 

Trump goes after his own voters. What happens when Medicaid is cut?

Once Trump won the election and did away with his legal issues, he abandoned the 'forgotten men and women' he so sincerely promised to champion.

Billionaire Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), waves a chainsaw given to him by Argentine President Javier Milei at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) outside Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2025.
 

Musk is heavy-handed, but US needs DOGE to cut deficit

Elon Musk's demand should have been an easy requirement for federal workers. Most private sector employees could answer such a request in minutes.

Elon Musk with a chainsaw at his feet at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 20, 2025, outside Washington, D.C., in Oxon Hill, Md.
 

A case for Musk: Biden's internet expansion moves at snail's pace

Blame bureaucracy and special-interest carve-outs for a boondoggle that hasn't connected anyone in Michigan − or all of America − to the internet.

Among the executive orders President Donald Trump signed soon after Inauguration Day was one calling on all federal agencies to
 

Trump wants to ban DEI, but Americans say diversity strengthens us

Everything seemed headed in the anti-DEI direction until Friday, when U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson temporarily blocked Trump's executive order.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump meet in New York City on Sept. 27, 2024.
 

US voted against condemning Russia. That's a mistake.

President Trump's friendliness toward Russia has spooked our allies. And there are better ways to spur change within NATO than undermining security.

President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, Feb. 22, 2025.
 

Even some Republicans know Trump is spewing lies. I met them.

During a rambling 73-minute speech at CPAC, President Trump pitched phony polling numbers and lied about his popularity.

Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 11, 2025.
 

Trump, Musk are horrible moral examples for young Republicans like me

It's no surprise the Republican Party has deviated from social conservatism. But young Republicans deserve better role models than Trump and Musk.

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