DOGE or Dodge?—The Weekly Roundup

To unlock Politicology+ visit politicology.com/plus This week, we discuss DOGE’s complicated story, why we do need to cut spending, and whether they’re being realistic about what that will take Then, we talk about the Trump plan to dismantle the federal Department of Education  After that, we talk about the European speech laws that are in the spotlight after a 60 Minutes segment and a speech from Vice President Vance Finally, we head to Politicology+ where we’ll talk about Democrats job approval tanking—with Democrats—and what they should be doing as an opposition party and  to position themselves for the future Joining Ron Steslow on this week’s panel:  Billy Binion (Reporter at Reason) Zack Czajkowski (Fmr. Lincoln Project Political Director) James Lynch (Communications Strategist)   Segments this week: (03:03) DOGE  (22:53) Department of Education  (40:48) Free Speech in Europe  Not yet a Politicology+ member? Don’t miss all the extra episodes on the private, ad-free version of this podcast. Upgrade now at politicology.com/plus. Send your questions and thoughts to podcast@politicology.com or leave a voicemail at ‪(202) 455-4558‬ Follow this week’s panel on X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/RonSteslow https://x.com/JamesGLynch https://x.com/ZackCz https://x.com/billybinion Related reading: Segment 1:  Reason - DOGE's complicated story AP - A comprehensive look at DOGE's firings and layoffs so far | AP News Axios - Musk says he'd look into DOGE stimulus checks Segment 2:  Reason - Kill the federal Department of Education AP - Trump's pick for education chief sketches a roadmap for dismantling the department Segment 3:  FIRE - 60 Minutes and Vice President Vance put Europe’s worrying speech restrictions into the spotlight CBS - Posting hateful speech online could lead to police raiding your home in this European country - CBS News AP - JD Vance rails against 'excessive' AI regulation in a rebuke to Europe at the Paris AI summit | AP News Lookaheads  Reason - Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices