Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcast it, and by the time it reaches everybody,

millions have seen it.

Doge talking points are taking a familiar route across the right-wing web.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Michael Loinger.

Also on this week's show, Silicon Valley has often been considered a liberal force,

but its reactionary roots go way back. Oh, quasi-authoritarian politics have been there all along.

The idea that technology can bring us into the future by restoring an older social order

through these charismatic, powerful men.

Plus, as the new administration cuts federal funding for museums, archives, and libraries,

a look at the untold history of how scholars helped win World War II.

The library is full of stories about spies, but none of those stories are about spies in the library.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Michael Onger.

For weeks now, Democrats in Congress, in state houses, and at rallies, have repudiated the actions of this new administration.

Are you guys watching this?

We have a private takeover of the federal government that is being labeled reform.

It is clearly in violation of a number of federal laws.

Elon Musk is seizing the power that belongs to the American people.

We are here to fight back.

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