Noah - what are we doing here? What DOGE is doing when they "stop payments" to groups that Elon Musk personally dislikes, this isn't "a good idea" - it's *a crime*. DOGE is committing crimes. The crime is called impoundment, and it's in violation of Article I of the US Constitution. The executive branch has no authority to choose which parts of federal statues they want to follow. You can find plenty of scholarly articles by legal experts who can explain this.

If you want "singaporean style effi…

Great point. Though Josh is right and many pundits are right about the Left, they still have some leverage. Even though they need to be stood up against, you can either make your life worse or better by the way you react.

I don’t think being nice to the Left will make it much better, but it won’t make it worse. They just need to be told “No. We need to focus on winning and getting back to the median voter’s priorities. We’ll listen and take into account your concerns and opinions, but you’re not…

Definitely true. I think even though public opinion is generally on Trump's side for things like cutting foreign aid, sentiment will shift when people fully grasp the concrete impacts and how much it's hurting the extreme poor.

The Musk poll just shows that people's top concerns when they hear about cutting spending is whether it'll impact their government benefits.