Jon Stewart dives into Trump':s new Department ofGovernment Efficiency, a.k.a. DOGE, and how the Elon Musk-ledproject masks its allegiance to corporate overlords andnegligence to the American people under the guise of slashingthe government's budget. "We shouldn't livein a world where the only programs that get saved are the onesRepublicans are willing to put their stamp of approvalon". Jon Stewart joins Georgetown Law's RupaBhattacharyya, former Special Master of the September 11thVictim Compensation Fund, to discuss how Elon Musk and theDOGE project's reckless budget cuts are affectingvaluable programs like the one she used to oversee.Bhattacharyya explains how federal agencies and programs weretypically non-politicized until Trump's secondadministration, how similar uncertainty is affecting the WorldTrade Center Health Program, and why these roles are what thegovernment exists to provide.
