# I can't believe how long ago DOGE seems to have been! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 18, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803 "2026-01-18T18:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/1 "2026-01-18T18:34:25Z")
Today’s Doonesbury is spot on about DOGE. Wasted money instead of saving any, broke many aspects of our public services, demoralizing the federal workforce in the process, and caused many deaths. [Read Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau on GoComics](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury) But perhaps the saddest thing to me is how remote that seems. Freaking ancient history, replaced by ICE outrages, Venezuela, threats against Greenland/NATO…. Goddamned Epstein. Not to mention countless other outrages large and small. It has only been 1 year. He has truly succeeded in flooding the zone, and proven he excels at breaking things. Apologies - not really a debate. Just realizing that it has only been a year, and for the life of me, I’m not sure I could even identify which of his outrages is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/2 "2026-01-18T18:39:08Z")
That’s a great point, he has done a shotgun blast of unbelievably bad things in the past year. It is impossible to keep up with it all. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/3 "2026-01-18T19:14:08Z")
And contrast today’s strip with [that of March 16, 2025](https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/2025/03/16) which reminded us of the [National Partnership for Reinventing Government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Partnership_for_Reinventing_Government) led by Al Gore during the Clinton administration, which reduced government employment by 426,000, consolidated 800 agencies and eliminated 640,000 pages of rules, all without getting sued or disrupting public services. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/4 "2026-01-18T21:33:33Z")
I agree. It’s impossible to keep up. That’s why we need to do the one most important thing. Impeach him and start cleaning up his mess. And then put the VP on notice. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/5 "2026-01-18T21:49:35Z")
One of those ugly Teslas passed us today. I said to my wife “Seems like just yesterday they were getting firebombed.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/6 "2026-01-18T23:13:50Z")
It’s never going to not seem weird how they just fucking surrendered power to this guy with no oversight. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/7 "2026-01-19T13:47:10Z")
Which one? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-how-long-ago-doge-seems-to-have-been/1026803/8 "2026-01-19T14:05:25Z")
> **[President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html)** > > Track the latest approval rating and polls on Americans’ approval of President Trump. Trump approval/disapproval polls. Viewed positively, approval has dropped 10% over the course of 1 year. Viewed negatively, 42% still approve?! 😲 That is 2 out of every 5 of your fellow countrymen.