Badlands Daily: Feb. 14, 2025 – Musk Raids the IRS, Trump’s Trade War, and the Bureaucrats’ Breakdown

CannCon and Chris Paul break down the deep state’s latest legal temper tantrum as 14 state attorneys general sue Elon Musk, claiming his oversight of the federal bureaucracy is unconstitutional. The same people who had no problem with shadowy government agencies running unchecked for decades are suddenly very concerned about "authority." Meanwhile, USAID employees are panicking as another judge tries and fails to protect their taxpayer-funded slush funds, with billions in foreign aid drying up overnight.

On the world stage, Trump just flipped the trade table with his reciprocal tariff policy, meaning the U.S. will now charge the same rates on imports as other countries charge on American goods. The EU, India, and China are already reeling as they realize their days of taking advantage of America’s open markets are over. Meanwhile, the meltdown over Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hits new levels of absurdity, with the IRS next in line for a full audit and mass layoffs already underway at the Small Business Administration and Department of Education.

With Trump cutting the deep state’s financial pipeline, exposing regulatory overreach, and taking a wrecking ball to globalist trade deals, the swamp is running out of lifelines.