Two DOGE twenty-something’s with no experience or expertise walked into the National Endowment for the Humanities in March 2025.

Neither had ever administered a grant. Neither had read a humanities proposal. Neither knew what the Administrative Procedures Act was. They were just two guys from Elon Musk’s world armed with ChatGPT and six weeks to gut a federal agency. By April 1st, $100 million in grants was gone. Sixty-five percent of the staff was fired.

#DOGE #NEH #USPol