DOGE

DOGE stands for “Department of Government Efficiency.” Like the Holy Roman Empire, it is neither a Department, nor about Government, nor Efficient. It sets a cancerous precedent for the separation of powers. Naturally, the Democrats have failed to oppose it in any meaningful way.

This table lists all the reports that contain this term: DOGE.

Published (in media) Report Post Venue All terms Timeline
Musk and Rogan talk Social Security! The Paul Story California, DOGE, Elon Musk, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Other), Social Security Administration, Social Security number, The Paul Story, unemployment benefits, waste, fraud, and abuse, Paul Guth DOGE
Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings New York Times DOGE, Incompetent, Jessica Riedl, Manhattan Institute, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Wall of Receipts, Executive Branch, David A. Fahrenthold, Jeremy Singer-Vine DOGE
Postal Workers Brace for Trump’s Wrecking Ball Labor Notes DOGE, general strike, Howard Lutnick, Labor Notes, News and Analysis (Other), PATCO, Sabotage, United States Postal Service, American Postal Workers Union, Amazon, National Association of Letter Carriers, Alexandra Bradbury DOGE
Young scientists were elated to work at NOAA. Now, they're devastated by DOGE cuts. USA Today Andrew Hazelton, DOGE, Fork in the Road, mass firings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), probation, Sabotage, USA Today, Federal Government, Dinah Voyles Pulver DOGE
General Services Administration cuts tech unit Politico 18F, DOGE, General Services Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Sabotage, Executive Branch, Danny Nguyen DOGE
Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus Paul Krugman (Venue) Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, impoundment, Interview, Marko Elez, Nathan Tankus, Paul Krugman, Paul Krugman (Venue), payments system, Rowan Grey, Social Security Administration, Treasury Account Symbol, Automated Clearing House, SpaceX, Nathan Tankus, Paul Krugman DOGE
DOGE Agent: Akash Bobba The Revolving Door Project Akash Bobba, Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, DOGE, General Services Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, The Revolving Door Project, Software Engineer, Executive Branch DOGE
DOGE Agent: Brian Bjelde The Revolving Door Project Brian Bjelde, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Social Security number, The Revolving Door Project, Enterprise Human Resources Integration, Government-Wide Email System, Executive Branch, Musk Alums and Associates, Rain, SpaceX, Twitter DOGE
DOGE’s ‘god-tier’ access to CFPB data opens door to market manipulation, experts say The Record access, Adam Rust, banks, Chi Chi Wu, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Elon Musk, Erie Meyer, market manipulation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Russell Vought*, Suzanne Smalley, The Record, Executive Branch DOGE
DOGE Agent: Scott Langmack The Revolving Door Project artificial intelligence, Corrupt, Department of Housing and Urban Development, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Langmack, The Revolving Door Project, Executive Branch, Kukun, Microsoft, Pepsi Cola International DOGE
DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes New York Times DOGE, Incompetent, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Wall of Receipts, Aatish Bhatia, Executive Branch, David Fahrenthold, Emily Badger, Ethan Singer, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz DOGE
DOGE Agent: Riccardo Biasini The Revolving Door Project Autosteer, DOGE, Incompetent, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Riccardo Biasini, The Revolving Door Project, Automated Reduction in Force, Software Engineer, Andreessen Horowitz, Executive Branch, Musk Alums and Associates, Comma.ai, Tesla, The Boring Company DOGE
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details—Even Domestic Violence Talking Points Memo access, American Civil Liberties Union, Cody Venzke, Data Exfiltration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, DOGE, Electronic Privacy Information Center, John Davisson, Michael Mirski*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Talking Points Memo, Americans With Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act, HUD Enforcement Management System, Violence Against Women Act, The Privacy Act of 1974, Jesse Coburn DOGE
Who is Doge's official leader? White House says it's not Musk BBC Amy Gleason, Appointments Clause, BBC, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, DOGE, Elon Musk, Executive Order, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Special Government Employee, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, William Resh, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Kayla Epstein DOGE
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts Associated Press Associated Press, Craig McLean, DOGE, mass firings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), probation, Sabotage, Executive Branch, Seth Borenstein DOGE
Trump’s Dollar Phenomenal World DOGE, DOGE Legacy, Federal Reserve Board, Kevin Warsh, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Phenomenal World, the dollar, Steffen Murau DOGE
Republican uses GOAT Committee authority to investigate local government diversity efforts Wisconsin Watch Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, DOGE, GOAT Committee, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Shae Sortwell, State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Watch, Jack Kelly DOGE
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE Associated Press Associated Press, DOGE, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), resignation, United States Digital Service, Brian Slodysko, Byron Tau DOGE
DOGE administrator is named – and it’s not Musk. How this ‘department’ works. Christian Science Monitor Amy Gleason, Cato Institute, Christian Science Monitor, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Special Government Employee, Thomas Berry, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization, Caitlin Babcock DOGE
Who Is Running the U.S. DOGE Service? Lawfare Appointments Clause, Bradley Humphreys, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (794, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Lawfare, Ryan Wunderly, Scott Bessent, Tanya Chutkan, Thomas Krause*, Transcript, ultra vires, United States DOGE Service, EO 14222, Anna Bower DOGE
A Little of the Pre-History of DOGE/USDS Talking Points Memo DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Executive Office of the President, General Services Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Talking Points Memo, Technology Transformation Services, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, Josh Marshall DOGE
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers Wired DOGE, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Power Grab, Reduction in Force, Riccardo Biasini, Wired, AutoRIF, GitHub, Tesla, The Boring Company, Makena Kelly DOGE
US Treasury Brings In Two Members From Musk’s DOGE Team Bloomberg access, Bloomberg, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payments system, Rutgers University, Tom Krause, Viktoria Dendrinou, Broadcom Inc., Citrix Systems, Cloud Software Group, Elliott Investment Management, SpaceX, Tibco Software, Vista Equity Partners, X (Firm), Gregory Korte, Jake Bleiberg DOGE
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence ProPublica Data Exfiltration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, DOGE, Michael Mirski*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), ProPublica, Executive Branch, HUD Enforcement Management System, Jesse Coburn DOGE
Letter from Lois Frankel, Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on House Foreign Affairs Committee National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (Venue) DOGE, House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (Venue), Lawbreaking, Legislative Document, Lois Frankel, sternly worded letter, P.L. 118-47, Lois Frankel DOGE
Resources for Federal Employees Environmental Protection Network (Venue) Digital Security Hotline, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, doxxing, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Environmental Protection Network (Venue), News and Analysis (Mainstream), personal network, Public Service Alliance, Signal, DeleteMe DOGE
Before DOGE, the debt ceiling used to be the only quick way political extremists could cause a financial crisis Economic Policy Institute (Venue) debt ceiling, DOGE, Economic Policy Institute (Venue), Elon Musk, impoundment, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, Josh Bivens DOGE
DOGE firings smack more of payback than efficiency Saporta Report DOGE, Federalism, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Project 2025, Sabotage, Saporta Report, Tom Baxter DOGE
Doge versus business Financial Times access, Business for America, Data Exfiltration, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, DOGE, Elon Musk, Financial Times, Food and Drug Administration, journalism, News and Analysis (Mainstream), on background, Patent and Trademark Office, robber baron, Sarah Bonk, Rana Foroohar DOGE
Elon Musk Holds Office-Wide Contest To Guess How Many Sperm In Cup The Onion Arrogant, DOGE, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), The Onion DOGE
Doge could make funds vulnerable to front-running, Democrats warn Financial Times Brad Sherman, Corrupt, DOGE, Elon Musk, Financial Times, front-running, Maxine Waters, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Securities and Exchange Commission, Consolidated Audit Trail, Form N-Port, David Isenberg DOGE
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email NBC artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Large Language Model, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Executive Branch, Courtney Kube, Dareh Gregorian, Julie Tsirkin, Laura Strickler, Yamiche Alcindor DOGE
Recording reveals new details on controversial DOGE employee CNN CNN, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, fear, Marshal Webb, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Path Network DOGE
‘Big Balls’ on Top of the World New York Magazine Andrew Morris, Angad Sethi, Authoritarian Followers, Charles Coristine, DOGE, Larchmont, NY, New York Magazine, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Rye Country Day School, William Bredderman, Discord, GreyNoise Intelligence, LesserEvil, Pilar Meléndez DOGE
Understanding the Tax System’s Protections Against Political Interference in the Tax Code The Tax Law Center (Venue) access, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Harry Truman, Internal Revenue Service, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, The Tax Law Center (Venue), 26 U.S. Code § 7212 - Attempts to interfere with administration of internal revenue laws DOGE
DOGE Agent: Chris Young The Revolving Door Project America PAC, Chris Young, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, The Revolving Door Project, Lobbyist, Operative, Executive Branch, Musk Alums and Associates DOGE
DOGE Staffer Behind Racist Posts Reinstated at Social Security Bloomberg Bloomberg, DOGE, Donald Trump, eugenics, J.D. Vance, Marko Elez, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), racism, Social Security Administration, Dana Hull, Emily Birnbaum, Jake Bleiberg DOGE
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration Court Listener AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Court Document, Court Listener, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Unions DOGE
Trump moves to eliminate agency managing SF's historic Presidio park, calling it 'unnecessary' ABC7 ABC7, DOGE, Jim Wunderman, Lawbreaking, Nancy Pelosi, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Presidio Trust, Gloria Rodríguez, J.R. Stone DOGE
DOGE Agent: Nikhil Rajpal The Revolving Door Project Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nikhil Rajpal*, The Revolving Door Project, University of California, Berkeley, Software Engineer, Executive Branch, Musk Alums and Associates, Google, Tesla, Twitter DOGE
Federal judge extends block on DOGE access to Treasury payment system Courthouse News Courthouse News, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Jeannette Vargas, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Paul Engelmayer, Nika Schoonover DOGE
Why Should We Care If the Trump Administration, and Musk’s DOGE, are Acting Unconstitutionally? Notes on the Crises Bureau of the Fiscal Service, DOGE, Donald Trump, Extra-Constitutional, impoundment, News and Analysis (Other), Notes on the Crises, unitary executive, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Nathan Tankus DOGE
DOGE Access to Tax Data and Systems Creates Major Risks for Taxpayers — and May Carry Criminal and Civil Penalties for Anyone Violating the Laws Protecting Taxpayers The Tax Law Center (Venue) access, anonymized, Charles Rettig, DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Panopticon, political appointee, The Tax Law Center (Venue) DOGE
DOGE’s Attack on the Treasury Department Lawfare Agency for International Development, Brookings Institution, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, China debt, DOGE, Donald Trump, Extra-Constitutional, Hamilton Project, Internal Revenue Service, Jacob Leibenluft, Jen Patja, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, payment systems, political appointee, Quinta Jurecic, Social Security Administration, United States Treasuries, Wendy Edelberg, Wendy Edelberg, Jacob Leibenluft DOGE
Elon Musk sets up clash with Republican deficit hawks over ‘Doge dividend cheques’ Financial Times DOGE, DOGE dividend checks, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Financial Times, James Fishback, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Joe Miller DOGE
DOGE Agent: Jeremy Lewin The Revolving Door Project Agency for International Development, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, DOGE, General Services Administration, Jeremy Lewin, News and Analysis (Mainstream), The Revolving Door Project, Thuggish, Lawyer, Executive Branch, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Tesla DOGE
Adventures in Computing, Social Security Edition The Paul Story DOGE, Elon Musk, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Other), Social Security Administration, Social Security number, The Paul Story, DMF, MBR, NUMIDENT, Paul Guth DOGE
Wondering what DOGE is up to? Check the court docs. Politico Data Exfiltration, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Kyle Cheney DOGE
What's Elon Musk doing with your data? Politico artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Elon Musk, Karoline Leavitt, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Adam Wren, Grok, Grok 2, Grok 3, xAI, Holly Otterbein DOGE
Advocacy Groups File Four Lawsuits Against Musk-Led DOGE Lawfare American Public Health Association, Center for Biological Diversity, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, DOGE, Lawbreaking, Lawfare, National Security Counselors, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Public Citizen, VoteVets Action Fund, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Freedom of Information Act, Anna Bower DOGE