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Jessica Riedl: Video Interview with Manhattan Institute's Budget Expert

Early Access for WatchCats Subscribers: Video of our Interview for Episode 13

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WatchCats at The Unpopulist

Noah & Julian Talk with Aaron Ross Powell

May 9 •

Mass Layoffs? DOGE has an App for That; DOGE's "Zombie Contracts"; DOGE Taking Fire from the Right; and more...

WatchCats Weekly News Roundup for Friday, May 9, 2025

May 9 •

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32:53

Nathan Tankus: Tracking the Treasury Payments System Crisis

WatchCats Episode 12, with the author of Notes on the Crises

May 5 •

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Congress Skittish on Cuts; How Much is DOGE Costing?; Gutting NSF; Conflicts of Interest Abound

WatchCats Weekly News Roundup for May 2, 2025

May 2 •

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April 2025

John Davisson: Taking DOGE to Court to Protect Privacy

WatchCats Episode 11, with the Electronic Privacy Information Center attorney who's trying to keep Elon Musk's hands off your data

Apr 25 •

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DOGE Designing Databases for Immigration Crackdown; Hollowing Out Federal Cybersecurity; and much more

WatchCats Weekly News Roundup for April 22, 2025

Apr 22 •

37:13

Emily Badger: What DOGE Knows About You

WatchCats Episode 10, featuring The New York Times' Emily Badger on DOGE's access to federal databases—and why they're not saving as much as they claim

Apr 15 •

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1:06:32

WatchCats News Roundup, April 14, 2025

Judge allows DOGE staffer to access Treasury databases; DOGE far short of savings goals, and still exaggerating; more mass firings to come; and much…

Apr 14 •

19:51

WatchCats News Roundup, April 11, 2025

Revoking migrants' social security numbers, DOGE hunting "voter fraud", lowering DOGE's savings goals, and much, much more...

Apr 11 •

18:58

WatchCats News Roundup, April 10, 2025

Senior officials at Interior fired for opposing DOGE plans; Social Security phone service is back; Humanitarian grants from USAID to end; and much more

Apr 10 •

10:30

WatchCats News Roundup, April 9, 2025

IRS sharing tax data with ICE, prompting IRS head to resign; what DOGE knows about you; SCOTUS blocks order to rehire federal workers; a mini-DOGE for…

Apr 9 •

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