DOGE May Leave Behind Nothing But Stupidity and Chaos

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DOGE-watchers in Washington and around the desolated turf of the federal bureaucracy have been eagerly waiting for Elon Musk’s announced ramp-down of his destructive activities for Donald Trump, at the request of business associates and shareholders who would like him to pay more attention to his companies. It should be clear by now that DOGE’s nihilistic mission will endure insofar as its agents are now deeply embedded in federal agencies being run by...