Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday to outline what they styled “The DOGE Plan to Reform Government.” DOGE is, of course, an acronym for the prospective Department of Government Efficiency…
The demand to clean the swamp is picking up in volume. Examples? Over there in The Hill is a swamp history lesson that reaches all the way back almost 120 years to the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt in the White House. Penned…
For someone destined to be such an indispensable man in the incoming Trump administration, it’s remarkable how few Americans outside of Washington know anything about Russ Vought. Remarkable, but perhaps unsurprising. Vought isn’t a politician. He’s a thinker. And the…
The main difference between the public and private sector is the assumption of responsibility. Imagine that, after watching a lively YouTube tutorial, you decide to go and do your first prostate operation with no prior knowledge. In the public sector,…
Trump’s transition into his second term is in full swing, and he has been announcing members of his Executive Cabinet this week. In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay discuss Trump’s selections for his Cabinet and…
Many news stories that once seemed important have been drowned out by the Trump election tsunami. Looming large among these is the story of the Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor who directed her personnel to bypass the homes of hurricane…
Over the weekend, the internet was ablaze with posts about a squirrel in a cowboy hat. Even big names and political players like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. were posting about “P’nut.” For those unfamiliar with the story, New…
During recess, I was invited to speak to three congressional staffs in Washington, D.C.: one from a dark-red district, one from a light-blue district, and one from that rarest of all artifacts from our gerrymandered age, a deep-dyed purple district….
Sen. J.D. Vance and Rep. Michael Cloud introduced the Dismantle DEI Act on Wednesday, which would eliminate all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and funding. Though the bill’s passage would be a significant legislative victory for Republicans, Democrats would…
