You might assume that those celebrating Sunshine Week 2025 had been shouting” Hallelujah” because Americans have learned more about how the federal government spends their revenue dollars since Jan. 20 than ever before.
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Keep your mouth, please.
Not familiar with Sunshine Week? The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors ( FSNE), which was established in 2002 with a declaration from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, followed by the American Society of Newspaper Editors ( ASNE), which was a major sponsor in 2005. James Madison’s holiday is on March 16, which is Sunshine Week’s formal occasion.  ,
The Bill of Rights, which includes the First Amendment, which guarantees the straight of a free press, was written by James Madison, of training. The fact that Madison properly encouraged the development of an independent news media as a strong responsibilities tool in American government is less frequently mentioned.
A little bit of my personal history is appropriate for this: While growing up as a Reagan liberal in Oklahoma and therefore serving for eight centuries on Capitol Hill and in the Reagan administration, I soon realized that clarity is Big Government’s Biggest Army.
And for that reason, I was delighted to join Sunshine Week as a fervent supporter after my news job was in full swing. In support of more transparency in state, I’ve testified as a practicing blogger before both the Senate and House of Representatives. I adore and was honored in 2006 when I was elected to the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame.
However, since Donald Trump became the country’s 47th President, anything bad has happened during Sunshine Week. Only four words are required to explain why Sunshine Week is being politicized: DOGE.
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When Sunshine Week first started, the majority of major editors were democrats. However, as a democratic creature with traditional ink, I was pleased to support liberal journos as long as we were supporting and supporting initiatives to improve accountability in authorities.  ,
That shared responsibility to bringing light into every black bureaucracy is no longer. Ponder what DOGE has done since January 20 for nothing less than to reveal how much national government money is being wasted, defrauded, and abused.
Everyone is aware of the dramatic stories of Latin American men who want to be viewed as women, such as paying for genital transitional procedures. However, did the Department of Interior inform you of this DOGE product?
The Federal Consulting Group (FCG), where one government office charges another for consulting arrangements, is disbanded this year, according to  , @Interior . For instance, FCG attempted to honor$ 830 million to do similar surveys after breakingred a$ 75 million contract to design a website customer satisfaction surveys. The former deal was discovered by DOGE, @Interior, and  , and was later cancelled.
Only one of the thousands of examples that DOGE has provided, and it has only been operational for a few weeks! With such a report, one would anticipate that the government transparency boom DOGE is initiating do sway passionate attention from Sunshine Week snobs.
One would be mistaken because Sunshine Week is politicized, as shown by this statement released by Sunshine Week partner Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government ( CREW ) recently:” One would be wrong.
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President Trump is continuing his clean of any separate authorities tasked with holding him and his leadership accountable to the laws and social norms by firing the mind of the Office of Government Ethics. Following his firing of the Office of Special Counsel’s chief executive and 17 inspectors standard,
Together, these steps will optimize any efforts he and his administration produce to install loyalists, reduce corruption, and prevent waste and corruption. According to what all the rumors, Trump intends to run a violent administration, and these unheard-of first steps constitute an unsettling first step toward implementing those plans.
Why did Trump include created DOGE if he is determined to “run a violent administration”? Had the bank robber make a phone call to the police to let them know when and where his next holdup will take place so they can be on the picture when it happens?
Another OpenTheBooks Success for the Government Revolution’s Clarity
Or take a look at David Cullier’s speech, which makes the case that the Democrat and Republican administrations have also frequently worked to suppress information about authorities activities:  , to , Federal News Network, and  .
We have statistics that dates back decades that confirms this backslide. Regardless of who is chairman or which political party is in charge. Party politicians are not the focus here. Energy is the topic here. In the end, accountability boils down to that. Knowledge is the source of power.
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Cullier is absolutely correct in saying that the wish in government to keep secrets from the public to evade accountability is a nonpartisan crime. But consider anything you may on Trump, and as a Reaganaut, I am not at all Trump’s biggest supporter, how could you not praise him for bringing about the biggest level of transparency in American story?
However, no. This speech, which was quoted in the same FNN content that also referenced Cullier, appears to express the most common attitude among Sunshine Week participants:
The entire executive branch has been covered in this veil of secrecy, according to Patricia McDermott, Sunshine Week lover OpenTheGovernment. .org, reported FNN.
One thing is sure about Trump and DOGE’s potential actions: the veil of secrecy that has suffocated clarity in the federal government has existed for a long time. And now it’s being completely wiped away, like never before, owing to DOGE.
Shouldn’t that be a way to commemorate Sunshine Week?
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