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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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Biden Apologists Ignore the Damage Already Done
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 25 2024
Three years into the Biden presidency, the federal government’s estimated annualized interest payments on the national debt now exceed $1 trillion.   For purposes of comparison, the Biden Administration requested just $773 billion for the Department of Defense for 2023.   That worrisome development isn’t bad luck or coincidence.  It’s a direct consequence of Biden’s policy choices since entering office.   Specifically, Biden campaigned in 2020 on a soothing theme of restoring normalcy and moderation to the nation.  In office, however…
 
Embracing Economic Freedom: Lessons from Javier Milei's World Economic Forum Address
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The REAL Story of the Two Americas
For the past 30 years or so, the Left has invented a narrative that there are two Americas: a group of…
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Pro-migrant Dems Playing Russian Roulette With Our Safety
If you're rushing to the airport and forget your photo ID, good luck being allowed on the plane. …
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Supreme Court Confronts Anti-Democratic Administrative State
Increasingly alarmed by Joe Biden’s record-low presidential approval ratings that somehow continue…
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Candidates: Don't Let Interest Costs Derail Your Presidential Plans
Remember when Republicans on the campaign trail would talk about how they would make sure to put the…
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Homeless People Do Not Have a 'Right' to Camp in Squalor
Tired of stepping over needles and human waste, and navigating around half-conscious addicts and homeless…
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Explaining Trump's Big Win
Des Moines – Even though it was the first time Republicans had voted in this presidential…
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New Bank Regulations Will Hurt Small Businesses and Middle-Class Borrowers the Most
The rapid succession of bank failures last spring clearly spooked federal regulators at the FDIC, the…
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Biden Economy Slowing, Not Accelerating
“Most Homes for Sale in 2023 Were Not Affordable for a Typical U.S. Household.”  …
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Trump Co-Defendant Alleges Georgia Prosecutor Corruption
At this stage of things, most of the developments in the criminal cases against former President Trump…
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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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