The waste in Washington? We all know it’s there. We see it every time the debt clock spins like a slot machine. President Trump didn’t just talk about it—he acted. He created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and put Elon Musk in charge with one mission:
👉 Find the waste. Cut the fat. Modernize the swamp.
💥 Swamp Counterattack
When you try to drain the swamp… it fights back.
Who? Unions, activist groups, and their Senate cheerleaders — Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Ron Wyden.
Their move: The “Pick Up After Your DOGE Act” — a not-so-subtle jab at Trump’s agency.
Warren’s scare line: DOGE was seizing “huge troves of sensitive personal… information” (no evidence provided).
Result? A lower court bought it. Judge blocked the audit, calling it “seemingly unfettered.” Even at SCOTUS, the 3 liberal justices sided with the bureaucrats.
⚖️ The Turnaround
Now — game changer.
In a 2–1 Court of Appeals ruling, Trump’s DOGE project is greenlit again.
Judge Julius Richardson (majority opinion): Asking DOGE to specify exactly what it needs before it looks is like “requiring [a consultant] to specify the precise records she needs to improve the library before she knows what improvements are needed.”
Translation: Warren & Co. had their argument backwards.
Richardson again: “To insist DOGE affiliates explain in advance the exact information they need and why is to demand something just short of clairvoyance.”
🐊 Why It Matters
Blow to the Deep State: Bureaucrats and their political protectors just lost a major shield.
Momentum for Trump: Accountability efforts are back on track.
Political optics: Warren and friends? Now holding a carton of political egg.
For now, the swamp lost this round. The audit is rolling forward — and Washington’s waste has reason to sweat.