DOGE State

The media love to use the words of former “experienced diplomats” and “experts” to attack the Trump Administration. In reality, these people are partisan hacks who failed miserably during their time in government. Let’s take a look at these so-called experts… 🧵

Head of agency: “defund this agency; it’s irredeemably corrupt” The Uniparty: “Nah, it might upset the Democrats and possibly even jeopardize our billions of dollars in earmarks”

Fake asylum claims for illegals is a multibillion industry funded by taxpayers (via NGOs). Virtually 100% of illegals arrested in the interior will file fake asylum claims. This in turn creates permanent employment and income for the left’s most extreme and radicalized attorneys.

This is what Trump is up against just from Norm Eisen’s lawfare: 1. Venue Shopping ∙78% of Eisen-affiliated cases filed in D.C. District Court or other Democrat-heavy jurisdictions (S.D.N.Y., N.D. Cal., D. Mass.) ∙This is strategic: D.C. and S.D.N.Y. have highest concentration of Obama/Biden-appointed judges 2. Preliminary Relief Focus ∙In 18 of 21 active cases, plaintiffs sought preliminary injunction/TRO ∙Strategy: Block implementation immediately, worry about final merits later ∙Creates “status quo” bias against Trump policies even if ultimately upheld 3. Coalition Plaintiffs ∙No case has single plaintiff; average is 4.3 organizational plaintiffs ∙Builds appearance of broad opposition ∙Provides backup standing arguments if one plaintiff fails 4. Coordination Across Organizations ∙SUDC focuses state-level election cases ∙CREW handles federal ethics/emoluments ∙Protect Democracy takes constitutional structure ∙Minimizes appearance of single entity driving all litigation 5. Media Synchronization ∙Court filings coordinated with CNN appearances, op-eds, Congressional testimony ∙Litigation as public narrative tool, not just legal remedy 6. Scholarly Credibility ∙Eisen’s Brookings affiliation provides academic veneer ∙Papers cited by plaintiffs give appearance of neutral scholarly consensus ∙Contrast with Elias, who’s openly partisan operative The Funding Question Total spending by Eisen-affiliated organizations (2025 fiscal year): ∙States United Democracy Center: $32.4M ∙CREW: $28.7M ∙Protect Democracy: $24.1M ∙Democracy Forward: $15.8M ∙Combined: $101 million This doesn’t include: ∙Outside law firms working pro bono or reduced rates ∙Individual donor funding of specific cases ∙Dark money pass-throughs (Sixteen Thirty Fund, others) Where money comes from (aggregated from tax filings): Major Foundation Support: ∙Open Society Foundations (Soros): ~$12M across orgs ∙Wyss Foundation: ~$8M ∙Democracy Fund: ~$6M ∙Sixteen Thirty Fund: ~$15M (itself funded by undisclosed donors) Individual Mega-Donors (disclosed contributions >$100k): ∙Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder): ~$4M ∙Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs widow): ~$3M ∙Pierre Omidyar (eBay founder): ~$2M ∙Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook co-founder): ~$2M A bunch of billionaires control everything that’s going on because they file a lawsuit every single time Trump does something. I guarantee you this is not how our founding fathers envisioned our country to operate and the only reason is possible is because of NGOs.

Lots of factors including intangible “animal spirits” drive crime, but policy levers still matter — about in the way you’d expect.

Important thread to read through