The lovechild of #Trump and #Musk's torrid friendship-of-convenience, #DOGE was never about eliminating waste: Instead it was a fig leaf for the illegal slaughter of Congressionally mandated programs. But of course, DOGE managed to flush billions of #AmericanTaxPayer's dollars down the toilet in the process.
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DOGE’s “Efficiency” Theater: Wasted $21.7 Billion While Destroying Life-Saving Programs Based On #ConspiracyTheories | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/08/doges-efficiency-theater-wasted-21-7-billion-while-destroying-life-saving-programs-based-on-conspiracy-theories/

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DOGE’s “Efficiency” Theater: Wasted $21.7 Billion While Destroying Life-Saving Programs Based On Conspiracy Theories

We’ve talked plenty about how Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) was always more about performative cruelty than actual efficiency. But a new Senate report reveals…

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(#DOGE is a scam where #ElonMusk vacuums up Americans' data while faking fake "cost savings," and he's offended the #GAO won't play along.)

"This confrontation exposes two critical issues: first, DOGE’s constitutional illiteracy in attempting to assert executive branch authority over a congressional agency. Second, and perhaps more troubling, it reveals DOGE’s apparent strategy of trying to neutralize any meaningful oversight of its own activities."

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After GAO Started Investigating DOGE, DOGE Decided To ‘Investigate’ GAO | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/19/after-gao-started-investigating-doge-doge-decided-to-investigate-gao/

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After GAO Started Investigating DOGE, DOGE Decided To ‘Investigate’ GAO

In a brazen attempt to avoid oversight, Elon Musk’s DOGE team is now trying to “audit” the very agency tasked with auditing them. On Friday, NOTUS reported that DOGE officials sho…

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