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This article links to a longer, more detailed article: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/doge-elon-....

I cant get over who politico goes out of its way to portray them as sympathetically as possible, out of its way to downplay what went on as much as humanly possible ... while still making them sound bad. For example:

> All the cut contracts and purported savings were triumphantly (if at times misleadingly and inaccurately) itemized on a new DOGE.gov website.

Yeah, they lied openly and brazenly in those numbers. They were not "at times misleading and inaccurate", that is making it sound much better then it was.

Imagine politico would try to report on it fairly and accurately instead of playing the "how can I make these people sound as good as possible while not lying too much" game.

That's because politico reports on politics from an "inside baseball" perspective. The focus is much more on the mechanics of politics and government as it happens/operates, and less so on the actual policies. To do this effectively, they need access, and so will consistently softball or smooth over things.

As they say right at the start of their "About Us", "POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power".

This ia beyond insiders baseball. You can do insiders baseball without going out of your way to whitewash as much.They dont just softball. They defend and literally go out of their way to imply false things - all to protect republicans.

They are not illuminating powers. They are obscuring uncomfortable acts and behavior or republican party.

It is very much one sided defense too.

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