DOGE Is the Deep State
A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
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DOGE won't get broad access to IRS personal taxpayer info, agreement states
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Trump ambassador pick: United Nations 'a deep den of antisemitism'
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