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You're being funny, right? You know what Congress is today. Do you really think they will check the power of the Felon?
Not unless it's going to cost them their seats.
But we may get there yet. Trump doesn't realize it, but he's placing a really big bet on the traditional right-wing theory of government. Namely, the idea that most government resources are just a big waste, and that no one would miss it if you cut a third or more of what the government does away.
If you imagine a federal government worker as a faceless bureaucrat pushing paper in DC, it's easy to believe that. If you visualize a federal government worker as the radiologist in the VA clinic, or a prison guard at a federal penitentiary, or the cook at the Army mess hall, or a border patrol agent, or the TSA security guard working the line at the airport....well, suddenly you can begin to see how cutting all those people out might have real effects on voters that might get them upset.
The truth is, most federal workers are doing things that are appreciated and valued by some constituency of voters. Most of them are doing jobs that aren't the least bit ideological. They're just performing the functions of making sure veterans get health care, or that the national parks are usable for visitors, or that the logistics of Army bases work.
If the Muskovites are right, then few of these services will be affected. This was what Musk took away (I think) from his Twitter experience - he fired 80% of the people or so, but the site still works. But if he's wrong, then Congressbeings will be inundated with unhappy constituents that are upset that government services they like were found to be wasteful by DOGE.
