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  1. Collage of a large DOGE logo smashing into clippings of Lady Justice, the White House, fired employees, a computer displaying data, and a "page not found" error message.
    Analysis

    What’s Wrong With DOGE? Its Disregard for the Law

    The pattern is clear: When it comes to data, personnel, agencies, and record-keeping, DOGE and those in its orbit demonstrate a disregard for the rule of law.

  2. Analysis

    Mass Deportations Will Rely on Authoritarian Surveillance

    Surveillance will be supercharged under the auspices of immigration enforcement.

  3. Collage of a big hand and scissors cutting a photo in half. Top half: U.S. President Donald Trump and the White House. Bottom: A crowd of people.
    Analysis

    Nothing to See Here

    The Trump administration is moving to cut the public out of key decisions.

  4. Collage of the DOGE logo, money, cryptocurrency, obscured employees and financial disclosure clippings.
    Analysis

    What’s Wrong With DOGE? Its Glaring Conflicts of Interest

    For an entity ostensibly focused on cost cutting, Elon Musk and those associated with DOGE may in fact be reaping big rewards.

  5. Collage of angular puzzle pieces that contain photos of the Capitol building, a crowd of people, money, a judge, and U.S. President Donald Trump signing an executive order. A second layer of shapes of the DOGE seal, Elon Musk, and obscured employees don't align with the puzzle pieces.
    Analysis

    What’s Wrong with DOGE? Its Structure, for One

    Opacity helps block DOGE’s personnel and actions from judicial review, congressional oversight, and public accountability. 

  6. Collage of a giant wrench looming over the Pentagon building in a sea of money.
    Analysis

    How Right-to-Repair for the Pentagon Can Save You Money

    Pentagon contractors keep service members from repairing their own equipment — it’s damaging military readiness and costing taxpayers money. 

  7. Collage of a balance scale. In the right cup of the scale, the White House building is weighed down and cracking into the ground; in the left, an outline of the U.S. Capitol building and a question mark float.
    Analysis

    Where Is Congress?

    The legislative branch has abdicated its duty to serve as a check on the executive.

  8. Collage of a giant, looming hand pointing; underneath, a queue of fired workers hold cardboard boxes with danger symbols scattered around them.
    Analysis

    The Dangers of Trump’s Schedule Policy/Career Executive Order

    Schedule F attempted to replace nonpartisan federal workers with partisan lapdogs. Schedule Policy/Career is even worse.

  9. Collage of the U.S. Capitol, people in business suits in front of a government building, and the White House.
    Analysis

    Abuses of the Vacancies Act

    Vacancies Act abuses allow the president to circumvent the Senate

  10. Collage of the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and between them, square bits and pieces cut up from a flat hundred dollar bill.
    Analysis

    The Power of the Purse and Congress’s Fiscal Responsibility

    Congress must reclaim fiscal responsibility, from inception to execution.

  11. Collage of a three person committee, a handshake, a magnifying glass, and the U.S. House floor.
    Analysis

    Congressional Oversight and Investigations

    Investigations from the 118th Congress show the promise and pitfalls of congressional oversight.

  12. Collage of police in riot gear, a political figure on a podium, and the U.S. Capitol.
    Analysis

    The Sweeping Presidential Powers Allowed by National Emergencies

    There are no checks on when a president can declare an emergency and invoke sweeping powers. Congress can and should pass reforms to change that.

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