Well, ladies and gentlemen, Trump is inaugurated, has assumed office and the era of the bureaucrat

is over. The age of the doge has begun. And that is what we're going to be talking about on this

episode, because here at making the argument, we decided that over the next two years, one of the

most important things that's going to be going on for our country is some of the structural changes that need to take place within the federal government, and the Doge

is going to be at the forefront. And we may have had quite a few people, both in the government

and Doge, ask us if we would be interested in doing some regular programming. And so, thus,

the concept of Doge Watch has begun. And this is the episode

where we actually introduce its existence. Talk a little bit about what it's going to feature

and then kick off into a whole series of bonus episodes that we're going to be doing throughout

the year as we track what Doge is doing, what it should be doing, what it might be doing, how Congress is going

to interact with it. We're going to have guests on discussing exactly what sort of impact

it can have and hopefully will have. And so we're going to be discussing all of that today on this

episode of making the argument. I am your host, Nick Freitas, member of the Virginia House of

Delegates. In fact, I'm in Richmond right now because we are in legislative session.

In the studio, my beautiful bride, Tina, Queen of the Bees.

Hello, everyone. And then, of course, we have our resident historian, political prognosticator

dubbed the Oracle of Virginia by X. Christian Heinz.

How are you doing, Christian?

I'm doing well, and I'm super excited for this episode.

No, I am as well because I can't emphasize this enough.

The reason why I am so excited about the Trump administration part due is because I do think that they're actually serious about

pushing back against federal overreach and making necessary structural changes.

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