"Cut, Elon, Cut!"

 We live in a red part of a blue state, and yesterday we drove up past this one house that always has massive painted political signs in their front yard. Very Trumpy. Currently there is one sign hating on our Senators, and the other says "Cut Elon Cut.'

Yeah. About that.

Richardson aggregates some of the really troubling signs from DOGE-world. Basically, what they are doing is largely indistinguishable from a malicious hack. The craziest thing we've seen is someone trying to log into federal systems using DOGE credentials from Russia. Meanwhile...<waves in the direction of Pete Hegseth>.

As Krugman points out, there are two principle drags on the US markets right now. The first is the actual Trump policies - notably the insane tariffs. The second is the policy "process" which seems to be whatever Grampa Shoutypants is tweeting from the shitter at 2am. 

That moron with his signs is actually the problem with American politics and he always has been. His idea of how the government works is incredibly flawed. He's the sort of idiot who thinks that 30% of the federal budget if foreign aid and that government should be run "like a business." He thinks illegal immigrants are coming here to sponge off Social Security benefits and half the athletes on the local girl's lacrosse team are actually men. He thinks crime is the worst it's ever been and also that Trump will keep us safe. If Trump says that Ukraine caused the war, then that must be so. He hopes the next pope will actually be a Catholic.

It is an open question what sort of institutions we will have left by 2028. The thing, though, about institutions is that they are very "sticky." They don't change easily, because they have accrued wisdom and practices over time. Trump's war on our institutions are neatly encapsulated by DOGE and cheered on by that freaking idiot and his yard signs. 

We are entering the "find out" part of FAFO and it won't be pretty.