by Noah Kunin and Julian Sanchez
Who watches the watch DOGEs? WatchCats is dedicated to fact-checking and analyzing the new US Department of Government Efficiency Service, aka DOGE. Noah Kunin and Julian Sanchez have a combined 40 years of holding the government accountable. We chat with a broad range of experts to help create a smart blueprint to make government more efficient and effective while giving you an insider-look on everything DOGE. Want to support us? Sign up for our Substack! https://watchcats.substack.com/
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May 13, 2025
<p>If you’d expect anybody to be enthusiastic about the Department of Government Efficiency, it would be <a href="https://manhattan.institute/person/jessica-riedl">Jessica Riedl</a>, a senior fellow and economic policy expert at the <a href="https://manhattan.institute/">Manhattan Institute</a>. A fiscal conservative of unimpeachable credentials, she’s worked as a policy scholar at the <a href="https://www.heritage.org/">Heritage Foundation</a>, as chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), and as staff director of the U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth. She’s a regular on Washingtonian’s <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/05/02/washington-dcs-500-most-influential-people-of-2024/#economicpolicy">annual list of the 500 most influential policy professionals in D.C.<br></a><br></p><p>Despite her commitment to smaller government and fiscal discipline, however, she’s been conspicuously unimpressed by the results produced by DOGE to date, documenting its faults in a <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/28/opinion/despite-faux-fanfare-and-outrage-doge-hasnt-even-scratched-the-federal-budget-monster/">New York Post op-ed</a>, a long essay in The Atlantic, and (most recently) a <a href="https://reason.com/2025/05/12/why-doge-failed/">roundup of expert takes on DOGE in the libertarian magazine Reason</a>.</p><p>We spoke to her about why DOGE’s efforts to reduce government spending are leaving many fiscal conservatives cold—and what a smarter and more serious effort might look like.</p><p><br>~~~</p><p>Want to support the podcast, get early episodes, and jump into our community Discord?<br>Join our <a href="https://watchcats.substack.com/">Substack</a>!</p><p>--<strong>FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS</strong>--</p><p><a href="https://x.com/WatchCatsShow">X</a><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/watchcatsshow.bsky.social">BlueSky</a></p>
May 6, 2025
<p>If you’ve been trying to follow the nitty-gritty details of DOGE’s efforts to seize control of the Treasury Department’s payments system—and why it’s so important—then odds are you’ve already heard of <a href="https://www.crisesnotes.com/aboutnathantankus/">Nathan Tankus</a>. An independent journalist and researcher, his newsletter <a href="https://www.crisesnotes.com/">Notes on the Crises</a> has become essential reading for anyone seeking to untangle the workings of an abstruse but vital piece of financial infrastructure that most of us had never given much thought—or even heard of—before January. (How essential? <a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/musk-in-your-computers-an-interview">Tankus is the guy Paul Krugman calls up</a> when he needs an explainer.)</p><p>In our latest episode of WatchCats, Tankus walks us through what the Treasury payments system is, why it’s so important—and why he thinks DOGE’s insistence on controlling its levers has set the stage for a constitutional crisis. We also explore how the Musk team’s meddling may imperil the Social Security system millions of older Americans rely on to make ends meet.</p><p>~~~</p><p>Want to support the podcast, get early episodes, and jump into our community Discord?<br>Join our <a href="https://watchcats.substack.com/">Substack</a>!</p><p>--<strong>FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS</strong>--</p><p><a href="https://x.com/WatchCatsShow">X</a><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/watchcatsshow.bsky.social">BlueSky</a></p>
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Who watches the watch DOGEs? WatchCats is dedicated to fact-checking and analyzing the new US Department of Government Efficiency Service, aka DOGE. Noah Kunin and Julian Sanchez have a combined 40 years of holding the government accountable. We chat with a broad range of experts to help create a smart blueprint to make government more efficient and effective while giving you an insider-look on everything DOGE.
Want to support us? Sign up for our Substack!
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