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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

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New Legal Analysis Supports Constitutionality of Innovative Policing Technologies Helping Solve Crimes in America
By CFIF Staff
Monday, March 17 2025
"When appropriate guardrails are in place, License Plate Reader (LPR) technology does not violate Fourth Amendment rights and is a valuable tool for making our communities safer."   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) released a new primer analyzing the legal basis behind law enforcement’s use of license plate recognition (LPR) technology. Known for their accuracy, swift crime-solving capabilities and crime-deterring effectiveness, LPRs have occasionally come under misplaced critique from privacy activists. CFIF’s new primer…
 
Good Riddance, Mahmoud Khalil
On the same day that Islamic State terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar murdered 15 Americans by plowing a car…
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Coldest Winter in Over Ten Years Further Erodes Climate “Expert” Credibility
The same sort of “experts” who assured us that Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian…
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Will Defense Spending Avoid the Scalpel Again?
Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political…
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Want to Soak the Rich? Tax University Endowments.
Republicans are searching for ways to "pay for" their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to…
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Don't Fall for Democrats' Zany Decarceration Plans
There's trouble ahead for New Yorkers distressed about crime levels. New York City's Democratic establishment…
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Elon Musk's Talking Problem
Polls have repeatedly shown that majorities of voters support the work President Trump's Department of…
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Virginia S.B. 1252 Would Punish the Consumers It Claims to Help
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government…
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Architects of Disastrous Obama and Biden Foreign Policies Shamelessly Malign Trump
Whatever your foreign policy views – isolationist or neocon, pacifist or paleocon – ask yourself…
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Grappling with DOGE: Why Cutting Waste and Fixing Entitlements Are Both Essential
The Department of Government Efficiency draws two extreme reactions from budget-focused observers. On…
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The Truth Behind the Medicaid Melodrama
Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish paid ads and Democratic politicians warning about grandmothers…
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Notable Quote   
 
"While the legacy media often reports that the world is rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new report from J.P. Morgan shows that narrative is simply not correct. Since 2010, $9 trillion has been spent globally on wind, solar, electric vehicles energy storage, electrification and power grids, but despite this expensive effort -- mostly at taxpayer expense -- the share…[more]
 
 
— Kevin Killough, Just the News
 
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