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DOGE After Musk; Grok in the Government; Institute of Peace Un-DOGED?; Stormy Weather, Fewer Forecasts

WatchCats Weekly News Roundup for Friday, May 23 2025

May 23 •

16:58

Costly Hunt for Social Security Fraud Comes Up Empty; Checking the "Wall of Savings"; Conflicts of Interest Galore; and more

WatchCats Weekly News Roundup for May 16, 2025

May 16 •

29:08

Jessica Riedl: A Fiscal Conservative Critique of DOGE

WatchCats Episode 13, with the Manhattan Institute's Senior Fellow & Economic Policy Expert

May 13 •

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58:20

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

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

May 12 •

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52:21

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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1:12:28

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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26:56

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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45:20

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

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