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DOGE Disappointment, Keynesian Degeneracy, and Cutting Off Harvardmises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/doge-disappointment-keynesian-degeneracy-and-cutting-harvard
105 sats \ 7 comments \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 2 Jun Politics_And_Law
This link leads to a very interesting podcast discussion amongst Austrian economists and commenters.
The political legacy of Elon Musk, the moral costs of Keynesianism, and the absurdity of Harvard and NPR as public goods.
Welcome back to the Power & Market Podcast, a weekly news recap from the Mises Institute’s editorial team.
This week, Ryan McMaken, Tho Bishop, and Connor O’Keeffe discuss the Department of Government Efficiency letdown, dissect the ongoing degeneracy of Keynesian economics, and explore the rising movement to defund elite universities like Harvard. Has the establishment finally overplayed its hand? What’s next for higher education?
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20 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Jun
It will be disappointing, but DOGE's impact still hasn't been fully felt. Many things are hung up by courts, but will ultimately go through, and many targets for automation have been identified.
I expect we'll end up in a state where everyone's pretty unhappy with the outcome, which is better than we usually get.
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 2 Jun
I think some of the log jam in the courts was cleared last Friday! SCOTUS made a ruling on the extent of district court injunction reach.
Why can’t we ever arrive at a place where everyone is happy? We can do it in the marketplace! Even, at the time, 10,000 BTC for two pizzas made both sides of the deal happy, didn’t it. (It may be a different story in retrospect, though.) :)
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Jun
My understanding is that they extended the injunction indefinitely and it will have to either go through Congress or up to the Supreme Court.
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 2 Jun
I think it went to SCOTUS and there was some sort of decision limiting the scope of the ruling.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Jun
Oh, I didn't see that.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 3 Jun
From Xwitter:
Mike Netter @nettermike · May 31 SCOTUS HANDS TRUMP FULL CONTROL OF FEDERAL AGENCIES — LAWFARE ERA IS OVER
The Supreme Court just detonated the Deep State’s last defense line. In a historic ruling, President Donald J. Trump has been granted full constitutional authority to remove the heads of all so-called “independent” federal agencies — without cause, delay, or interference.
The age of bureaucratic sabotage is over. The President is now back in full command.
This isn’t just a legal victory. It’s the collapse of an empire built in the shadows — the unelected regime of agency heads, Obama-era loyalists, and lawfare architects who thought they could rule from the back rooms while pretending Trump was just a figurehead.
Now he holds the sword. And the purge begins.
The Court’s decision confirms Trump can immediately terminate entrenched operatives like Gwynne Wilcox (NLRB) and Cathy Harris (Merit Systems Protection Board), along with anyone else weaponizing federal authority against the people. No hearings. No negotiations. Just direct executive power — as defined in Article II of the Constitution.
The implications are seismic.
For years, Trump’s presidency was bogged down not by political opposition — but by a lawless administrative state. Obscure boards, rogue departments, and legal “watchdogs” became the enforcement arm of the globalist agenda. Their mission: delay, derail, and destroy Trump’s America First policies from within.
Now, the illusion of “independence” is gone. Every federal action now flows through the President.
No more slow-walking directives. No more unsigned memos sabotaging the border. No more internal resistance using legal tricks to override elected leadership. With this ruling, Trump can fire, replace, and restructure every agency blocking the will of the people.
And he will.
The lawfare machine is collapsing.
This decision strikes directly at the administrative state — the fourth, unelected branch of government that has operated unchecked for decades. Trump can now do what he was elected to do: clean house. Permanently.
Expect mass terminations. Expect loyalty reviews. Expect restructuring on a scale this country has never seen.
This is not about two agency heads. This is about destroying the system that protected them.
“This was never about Wilcox or Harris,” said one insider. “It was about removing the Deep State’s last defense. And it’s gone.”
Under Trump’s restored authority, the bureaucratic strongholds that enabled censorship, open borders, economic sabotage, and globalist control are now wide open. And the people who’ve been hiding behind policy walls and HR protections are finally exposed.
The Deep State lost its shield. Now it faces the sword.
This ruling isn’t policy reform — it’s a reset of executive power. It’s the return of the Republic. And it’s the beginning of the greatest political purge in modern American history.
The President now commands the government. The war on lawfare is over. And Trump just won!!!!'
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 2 Jun
I didn’t see it until Saturday or Sunday, either. It was buried by the MSM, wasn’t it?
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