Originally published at: The DOGE Asterisk - TPM – Talking Points Memo
As I’ve argued in a few different posts, “DOGE” – the grandiosely and absurdly titled ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ – is merely an advisory panel which is probably best understood as a kind of memelord performance art. But there’s one part of this spectacle worth adding to – one separate conversation that is worth having…
The main thing is that any republican who does not do Musk’s bidding will have Musk giving enormous amounts of money to primary them. So if they want to keep their jobs they will do whatever he says. The only hope here is that Musk oversteps and Trump thinks he’s getting too much attention. But Trump can count money and Musk has an endless supply