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Image of the Day: The Vast Federal Bloat That DOGE Targets

In this week's Liberty Update, we highlight how the Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is finally confronting the bloated federal workforce, which includes malfeasant officials like former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent Lois Lerner.  In that vein, our friends at Unleash Prosperity offer a visual today on just how vast and bloated that federal workforce has become:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="541"] What DOGE Confronts[/caption]

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March 06, 2025 • 10:13 AM
The FDA Can Save Lives by Keeping Copycat Drugs Off the Market

The FDA Can Save Lives by Keeping Copycat Drugs Off the Market

The FDA should cut off access to these fake and unsafe drugs and allow the normal patent process to work to protect our intellectual property.

Alarming: Public Support for Israel Falls Below 50%

Alarming: Public Support for Israel Falls Below 50%

Terrorist organizations and rogue regimes thrive on any perception that Israel is losing global support, especially from the strongest nation on Earth in the United States.

Invest in Education, Not the Department of Education

Invest in Education, Not the Department of Education

A system that prioritizes paperwork and consultants over classroom instruction is destined, even designed, to fail.

CFIF Launches New Ad Highlighting Trump Administration’s Support for Certificate of Need Repeal

CFIF Launches New Ad Highlighting Trump Administration’s Support for Certificate of Need Repeal

CON laws ‘represent one of the worst’ anti-competitive healthcare regulations.

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Encouraging Healthcare Competition and Lower Costs: Antiquated State CON Laws Must Go

Jaimie Cavanaugh, Legal Policy Counsel at the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses what states can do to create more competition and drive down the rising cost of healthcare, how Certificate of Need (CON) laws impede access to care and block competition while limiting consumer choice and stifling innovation, and[more]
Peace Through Strength: U.S. Foreign Policy

Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Congressman and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses foreign policy in President Trump’s second term, U.S. relations with China, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Canada and Greenland, and what a policy of America First might mean for diplomatic relations[more]
Key Takeaways from President Trump’s Address to Congress

William J. Conti, an Attorney from Washington, DC, discusses the winners and losers following President Trump’s address to Congress, the enhanced transparency of the Trump administration, and why the first six weeks of President Trump’s second term look so different from those of his first term[more]
Corporate Taxes, IRS Modernization, Tariffs, and more

Pete Sepp, President of the National Taxpayers Union, discusses why IRS enforcement funding should be reallocated to agency modernization, why Congress should keep the corporate tax rate stable, and other areas of concern relating to taxes and the economy, including Medicare, Medicaid and tariffs[more]
What Makes a Jurisdiction a Judicial Hellhole?

Tiger Joyce, President of the American Tort Reform Association, discusses the latest Judicial Hellholes report, the economic impact of lawsuit abuse, the ramifications of third-party litigation funding, and the looming legal battle over plastics[more]
Second Amendment, Telecom, IP Protection and More

Timothy Lee, CFIF’s Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recent decision regarding handgun sales, what it means for outstanding challenges to the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and advancements that may be made with the new administration[more]
The Trump Administration and Push for a Smaller, More Limited Government

Phil Kerpen, Founder and President of American Commitment, discusses top of the agenda items for the new Trump Administration, how deregulation can drastically improve the lives of Americans and promote economic growth, and why the federal government should be firing and not hiring[more]
Greenland: President Trump’s Foreign Policy Target

Quin Hillyer, Newspaper Columnist, Writer and Editor, discusses the rationale behind President Trump’s efforts to “purchase” Greenland from Denmark, the strategic importance of the island, whether Trump’s success sends a message to Canada and/or the Panama Canal, and how the media and citizenry both are[more]
Notable Quote   
 
"Few things are so unhelpful as the journalist who buries the lede.There has been a lot of that lately, especially insofar as the Trump administration's mmigration crackdown is concerned.Take, for example, the case of the Georgetown University researcher arrested in Virginia last week over his alleged ties to terrorism. Badar Khan Suri reportedly spread Hamas propaganda online while having 'close…[more]
 
 
— Becket Adams, Program Director for the National Journalism Center
 
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