LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel is popping champagne this week after a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from sharing Medicaid data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Nessel insists it’s all about protecting “vulnerable” residents from Trump’s political agendas. But the truth? The Democrats don’t want the federal government swapping data because it might help the Trump administration find illegal immigrants – and it would most likely expose years of governmental incompetence and misconduct.
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So their plan is to keep the feds from connecting the dots. Because if HHS and DHS – or the IRS, or any other agency – start comparing notes, they might uncover a smorgasbord of waste, fraud, abuse, and taxpayer-funded mismanagement that’s been quietly simmering for years and years. And on purpose.
The old software trick.
Anyone who’s ever dealt with government tech knows it’s about as modern as a dial-up modem. Databases that can’t talk to each other. Outdated security protocols. Systems still running on ancient software. But the truth is that it’s not always just bureaucratic incompetence – it’s bureaucratic strategy.
The less the systems communicate, the easier it is to bury corruption in the digital equivalent of a locked file cabinet labeled “Don’t Open.” When agencies don’t swap info, Medicaid fraud stays hidden, immigration enforcement stays clueless, and billions in wasted tax dollars stay unaccounted for.
As I wrote back in my 100 Days of DOGE piece, tech dinosaurs in government aren’t just slow – they’re dangerous and they hold America back from greatness. And Democratic politicians like it that way.
Selective outrage.
Democratic AG Nessel’s press release language is giddy about scoring a win against a president that the left likes to call fascist, Hitler and the Orange Menace: “I am relieved that the Court has recognized that the Trump Administration cannot abandon longstanding policies to personal healthcare data to advance a political agenda.”
Let’s be real: If this were about President Trump shutting down data-sharing that might expose Republican failures or a Jeffrey Epstein client list, Democrats would be storming the steps of the courthouse with “Transparency Now!” signs. Instead, they’re fighting to keep silos locked tight – because the potential political agenda they’re terrified of is not Trump’s… it’s the truth.
Follow the money (if you can).
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Just imagine if the IRS, Medicaid, DHS, and the Social Security Administration all shared data in real time. We’d spot double-dippers, identity thieves, and people milking multiple programs faster than you can say “audit.” But that kind of efficiency would also make it harder for political machines to look the other way when allies and pet projects dip into the till.
Keeping government blind to its own corruption is the ultimate job-security and wealth generating plan for career politicians and their supporters. And in the meantime, illegal immigrants remain in the shadows, our infrastructure keeps crumbling, our welfare programs hemorrhage money, and our national security takes a backseat to partisan lawfare.
Nessel’s victory lap over blocking interagency communication isn’t about protecting your privacy – it’s about protecting illegal immigrants – and the system itself. Not the system that keeps America safe. The system that keeps the right people’s mistakes and intentional corruption buried deep in bureaucratic rubble.
