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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:

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March 06, 2025 • 10:13 AM

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Government Conceals Which Airports Are Most at Risk
By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, February 05 2025
Federal investigators have recovered the black boxes from the passenger jet that crashed into the Potomac River last week. These boxes – actually orange in color to improve the likelihood they can be found in wreckage – will help get to the truth behind the worst U.S. aviation disaster since 2001. But federal officials are hiding the truth about where the next air disaster is likely to occur. This government coverup should outrage the traveling public. Less than two months ago, the Senate held a hearing on "aging" air traffic control systems. The hearing…
 
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Trump's Gaza Proposal Makes Complete Sense
President Donald Trump recently floated a fantastic idea: Arab nations, he said, should accept large…
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Trump Begins Draining the Swamp, and the Public Approves
Donald Trump isn’t just draining the swamp.  In some cases, he’s prosecuting it.  …
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The Shame of Failing Schools
The Left would rather cage poor kids in failing schools than give them a better choice. New York spends…
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Disoriented Democrats Still Don't Know What Hit Them
On Feb. 1, the Democratic National Committee will gather in suburban Maryland to elect a new chair. Every…
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A Smart Way to Pay for the Trump Tax Cut: Auction Federal Assets
The federal government owns multiple trillions of dollars of federal assets – from land…
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How Biden's Pardons Normalize Abuse of Power
As expected, Joe Biden handed out 10-year blanket pardons to his corrupt family, which had profited in…
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Biden’s Parting Insult: More Killer Drug Price Controls
In its reckless departure from the White House amid a flurry of unseemly pardons and executive orders…
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Renewing Trump Tax Cuts Crucial to America's Economic Strength
The Trump tax cuts are set to expire later this year, and that poses a real challenge for policymakers…
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Good riddance to the World Health Organization – more aptly called the Woke Health Oligarchy.…
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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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