We all know that the appeal to authority means nothing after those 51 former intelligence officials signed off on Antony Blinken's letter claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story showed all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. "Former" officials always have something to say. Lawrence Summers, who served as Bill Clinton's treasury secretary, rounded up four other former treasury secretaries to write an op-ed for the New York Times called "Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege." We know we certainly care what Janet Yellen has to say about DOGE cleaning house.

Elon Musk was not impressed.

They're going with the "it's the end of democracy" line if DOGE gets a look at the Treasury's books. Everything is the end of democracy.

Yep. He's really going to appeal to authority with Yellen, the treasury secretary who told us inflation was transitory. These are people we trust.