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What We’re Reading: DOGE Vs. Dems, Trump’s Traction, The Lawfare Weapon . . . And More

News, commentary and stories that caught our eye.

DOGE Keeps Finding Massive Waste, Driving Dems Crazy

DOGE discovers $4.7T in untraceable U.S. Treasury payments — MXM News

Social Security Fraud: Nearly 1.5 Million Americans Listed as Over 150 Years Old, 1,041 Over 220 Years Old — Western Journal

Acting head of Social Security Administration resigns after dispute with Elon Musk’s DOGE: report — New York Post

DOGE Fired Thousands of Government Employees Over the Weekend — Hot Air

Musk brings the receipts as polling shows Trump and DOGE have public backing — Just The News

Massive Fraud In Social Security? — Elon Musk, X

DOGE says it has saved government $55B so far — The Hill

Trump, Vance Score Big In First Three Weeks Of White House Action

Did You Catch What the Latest Polls Also Revealed About the Trump Agenda? — Townhall

CNN Pollster Says Says Clinton Voters Who Flipped to Trump ‘Lovin’ It’ — Hot Air

3 Pages That WH Staff Gave Reporters Right Before Press Briefing — Gateway Pundit

J.D. Vance’s Munich Wake-Up Call: Democracy, Censorship, and the Will of the People — American Greatness

Donald Trump Is About to Strike a Devastating Blow to the Deep State — Townhall

Dems Use Lawfare To Bash Trump Administration, DOGE

Democrats’ Lawfare Threatens To Sideline Musk And DOGE — The Federalist

Federal judges are illegally seizing power by blocking Trump’s policies — Frontpage

Trump Admin Brings First Major Appeal To Supreme Court — Daily Caller

Trump Need Not Bend To The 19-State Lawfare Coup Trying To Thwart His Treasury — The Federalist

ā€œConstitutional Crisisā€? Dems Lost, Now They’re Trying To Govern from the Courtroom — Legal Insurrection

The Eastman Dilemma: John Eastman vs. the Left — American Thinker

Border Under Control After Years Of Lawlessness

Border arrests hit lowest mark since last time Trump was in office, White House says — Fox News

Illegal migrant ā€˜gotaways’ who evade arrest after crossing border dropped 93% during Trump’s first month in office — New York Post

Illegal border crossings hit record lows after Trump’s swift crackdown — and could be on track for levels not seen in 60 years — New York Post

Numerous Reports Show Immigration Crisis Sapping US Economy — The Daily Signal

Trump Admin Reforms ā€˜Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Policy to Prevent Trafficking — Breitbart

Open Border Fanatics vs. the Trump Administration — American Thinker

Egg Prices? Blame Biden

Who’s Responsible For Surging Egg Prices — Andrew Ferguson, FTC, via X

Hamas: ‘Freedom Fighters’ Or Murderers?

Hamas says it will release bodies of four hostages, including Bibas children, on Thursday and six living hostages on Saturday — CNN

Bibas Babies Were Healthy When Kidnapped — Times Of Israel, via Citizen Free Press

Regrets, Dems Have A Few

Democrats Fear They Are Missing the Moment to Remake the Party — New York Times, via Archive.today

Obama Aides Praise DOGE – ‘We Should Have Done This’ — Unleash Prosperity

More Democrats Favor Party Moderation Than in Past — Gallup Poll

The Coming Democratic Baby Bust — The Atlantic, via Archive today

Is Europe Going Down The Drain?

The Berlin Reckoning — TIPP Insights

Stabbing Spree in Villach Another Wake-Up Call for Austria — European Conservative

Europe is on the brink of another financial crisis, German front-runner Merz warns — Politico

US Energy Secretary attacks ‘sinister’ net zero goals, singling out Britain — Reuters, via Yahoo News

Hungary’s Prime Minister Issues Warning To Rest Of Europe — X

Germany Is Self-Imploding — Zero Hedge

Snarky Europeans Scowl At Truth-teller Vance — Victor Davis Hanson, X, via Instapundit

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