What’s Going on at the IRS?
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Venue
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"Autocrats also do not want an effective tax system."
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People
April 2026
Our Privacy Act Lawsuit Against DOGE and OPM: Why a Judge Let It Move Forward
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“The complaint alleges concrete harms analogous to intrusion upon seclusion.”
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Amid Job Cuts, DOGE Accelerates Rollout of AI Tool to Automate Government Tasks
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Venue
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"They could use GSAi to draft emails, create talking points, summarize text, and write code."
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People
DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers
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Venue
One-liner
“It’s about as good as an intern."
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People
The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials
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Venue
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"...leveraging a soldier workforce to build experimental prototypes..."
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People
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine
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One-liner
"DOGE agents—a cohort of unelected, unqualified, and unaccountable goons recruited from Elon Musk and Peter Thiel’s orbit—have been given unfettered access to the internal machinery of federal agencies."
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People
‘Now We Know Why Trump Fired the Inspector General at Social Security,’ Says Watchdog Group
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Venue
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"According to that draft report, in 2025 total wait time averaged 46 minutes to over two hours."
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People
‘Dangerous Power Grab’ as Supreme Court Sides With DOGE on Social Security Data
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Venue
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"[T]he Supreme Court stayed a lower federal court’s ruling that said DOGE must 'disgorge' and 'delete' any of the data it accessed or downloaded."
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Democracy Watchdog Exposes ‘Heartbreaking Catalog of DOGE’s Depredations’
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Venue
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"[G]etting rich doesn’t require brains or judgment."
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Letter From Gary Peters, Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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One-liner
"An internal SSA risk assessment of this DOGE-initiated project determined that the likelihood of a data breach with 'catastrophic adverse effect' is between 35 and 65 percent."
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