Yesterday, in a fascinating combination of stories, the New York Times first reported on the troubling trend of Trump hiring “loyalists” to the government, which is to say the president hired people who don’t hate him. Then, in an op-ed, editors introduced me to the incredible phrase “a brutal week for democracy,” which was presented with zero self-awareness in reference to actions taken by our democratically elected executive against unelected bureaucrats. We’ve seen this for a while, but rarely with such honesty: leftists throughout the media and government truly do conceive of “democracy” as getting everything they want, even when they lose elections. This is why, according to the ACLU, the bureaucracy exists. Reflexively, one wants to call such notions crazy. But the scary thing about our government is the ACLU is right. For decades, this is how government worked. And if DOGE fails? This is how government will always work.

Wikipedia editors are still refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “the Gulf of America,” and so we face the time-old question: is this just an earnest defense of the truth, or is it batshit crazy activism? In trying to tease this one out, it’s worth revisiting the case of Mount McKinley. For decades, Alaska petitioned to restore the mountain’s alleged ancestral name, Denali, as Congress blocked its efforts. Then, in 2015, Obama sidestepped the process with an executive order, and Wikipedia immediately acquiesced. “Mount McKinley” was demoted to a footnote — no debate, no hesitation, just blind obedience to the correct political authority. Now that Trump’s back in office, however, Wikipedia has rediscovered restraint, and not only on the topic of the Gulf. Incredibly, following Trump’s EO on Mount McKinley (reversing Obama’s decision), editors are also now refusing to ditch “Denali.” Altogether? Come on, folks. We always knew it wasn’t integrity.

This week, just days after DOGE zoomers yeeted their way into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s HR infrastructure like it was a Minecraft server, dozens of CFPB staff were terminated — the latest sign that the agency is on its last legs. And while I love bureaucrats getting fired as much as the next guy (especially when the agency in question is the brainchild of “Pharma’s Favorite Native American” Liz Warren) I can’t help but feel like there’s a wasted opportunity for Republicans here. Yes, Democrats abused this agency, but conservatives are consumers, too — and as we’ve seen through things like crypto debanking, there are still areas where financial protection could be needed. So maybe don’t shut down this agency entirely, zoomers: let’s reform it from the inside. In fact, we could do the same for a lot of these agencies. Abolish NPR? Or… let Pirate Wires plunder it? New podcast episode, coming soon to AM radio.

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