100 Days In The U.S. Is Weaker And Less Safe

 

About 6 Out Of 10 Adults Say Trump Has Made The Economy Worse

 The chart above is from the CNN / SSRS Poll -- done between April 17th and 24th of a nationwide sample of 1,678 adults, with a 3.3 point margin of error.

Say Thank You And Wear A Suit

Political Cartoon is by Dave Whamond at Cagle.com.
 

Trump Policies Causing Pessimism Among Consumers And Small Businesses

 

From Politifact.com.

Dropping Like A Rock

Political Cartoon is by R.J. Matson at Cagle.com.
 

The Dirty Secret Of Our Food Economy

 

Trump's 100-Day Approval Is Far Below That Of Obama And Biden

 

Two More Polls Show Trump Approval Dropping Like a Rock

The chart above reflects the results of the CNN / SSRS Poll -- done between April 17th and 24th of a nationwide sample of 1,678 adults, with a 2.9 point margin of error. 

The chart above is from the New York Times / Siena College Poll -- done between April 21st and 24th of a nationwide sample of 913 registered voters, with a 3.8 point margin of error.

All His Hot Air Is Not Helping

Political Cartoon is by Dave Granlund at davegranlund.com.
 

Musk/DOGE May Be Costing As Much As It Saves

 

The following is part of an article by Zeeshan Aleem at MSNBC:

We’ve watched as DOGE chief Elon Musk’s promised pot of savings from his “efficiency” operation has shrunk from $2 trillion to $1 trillion to what he now claims is $150 billion, or 7.5% the amount initially promised. Now new estimates suggest that the way Musk has gone about his cost-cutting crusade might cost nearly as much as — if not more — than what he claims to have saved taxpayers.

As The New York Times reports, DOGE hasn’t been cheap for the federal government:

The Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit organization that studies the federal work force, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that firings, re-hirings, lost productivity, and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year. At the Internal Revenue Service, a DOGE-driven exodus of 22,000 employees would cost about $8.5 billion in revenue in 2026 alone, according to figures from the Budget Lab at Yale University.

Put those two figures together and you’re approaching $145 billion in costs. And that’s not counting, as the Times notes, the legal fees the federal government is incurring to defend against dozens of lawsuits contesting DOGE’s authority. . . .

The estimates raise serious questions about DOGE's net savings — and that’s assuming Musk’s quoted savings numbers are reliable, which they often haven’t been. Moreover, the estimated lost revenue from the IRS cuts would be a recurring phenomenon. Musk’s degrading of the administrative state and social services while potentially saving nothing helps underscore how scammy the DOGE enterprise, and sheds light on how this whole operation is at its core not about fiscal discipline.

Musk and his team were perversely creative in devising ways to fire workers en masse. But as a group of cocky political outsiders who confused speed with efficiency, they weren’t equipped to anticipate the legal restrictions on what they could do. Their rash approach has resulted in lots of rehiring and back pay for people wrongly fired — and lost productivity along the way. Musk and his team put their faith in a kind of “shoot first, ask questions later” strategy, but that resulted in administrative whiplash. “Accidentally” canceled programs have had to be re-assembled. And blanket firings of “probationary workers” resulted in the squandering of expensive hiring and training processes for hyperspecialized positions that could cost up to $1 million for positions like spies, the Times notes.There is a possibility that Musk is delivering the opposite of taxpayer savings — a worse government at roughly the same cost.Social Security is under siege, foreign aid has been eviscerated, and the IRS is less equipped to stop tax cheats (which in turn means less government revenue). But, according to the estimates reported by the Times, no significant sum of money is being saved, and there’s no way the “savings” from what we’ve seen so far will net out to massive “DOGE checks” for the American public.

Aiding And Abetting

 Political Cartoon is by Clay Jones at claytoonz.com.

The Trump 2028 Merchandise Is Just Another Con To make Money

 

Severing America From The Globe

 

New AP/NORC Poll Has Trump Job Approval At Only 39%

 

The chart above reflects the results of the AP / NORC Poll -- done between April 17th and 21st of a nationwide sample of 1,260 adults, with a 3.9 point margin of error.