We have arrived at the stage of DOGE derangement wherein the media are now poring over the words President Donald Trump uses in describing the ongoing program cuts across several government agencies. Quite frankly, we haven’t seen this much analysis over the definition of a word since Bill Clinton tried to question the meaning of what is is.
Watch the report’s intro and open, and haggling over “fraud” (click “expand” to view transcript):
CBS EVENING NEWS
2/18/25
6:35 PM
JOHN DICKERSON: A federal judge in Washington refused today to block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data. The judge said states suing Musk and DOGE had failed to demonstrate “clear evidence of imminent irreparable harm.”
MAURICE DUBOIS: Musk and President Trump say DOGE’s mission is to root out fraud, waste, and abuse. And…
