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
Is Trump’s Presidio crackdown about efficiency — or revenge? San Francisco Standard Department of Defense, DOGE, Donald Trump, Lawbreaking, Nancy Pelosi, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Presidio Trust, San Francisco Standard, Gabe Greschler DOGE
DOGE By The Numbers The Onion DOGE, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), The Onion DOGE
What is DOGE? Here's what to know about the government group and how Elon Musk is involved Shelby Slade Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Shelby Slade, Executive Branch, Shelby Slade DOGE
What Trump’s order ignores about the Presidio: It’s a gem of government efficiency San Francisco Chronicle DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Jean Fraser, Marie Hurabiell, National Park Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Presidio Trust, San Francisco Chronicle, Shira Stein DOGE
Federal Workers Mobilize against Musk’s and Trump’s ‘Corporate Coup’ Labor Notes Army Corps of Engineers, Chris Dols, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, DOGE, Federal Unionists Network, Internal Revenue Service, Labor Notes, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Other), rally, Save Our Services, Social Security Administration, Spencer Gould, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Jenny Brown DOGE
Analyzing DOGE actions one month into Trump’s second administration Harvard Kennedy School (Venue) DOGE, Harvard Kennedy School (Venue), Harvard University, Incompetent, News and Analysis (Other), United States Treasuries, Executive Branch, Elizabeth Linos, John Donahue, Lawrence Summers, Linda J. Bilmes, Paul Peterson, Stephen Goldsmith, Steve Kelman DOGE
What is DOGE and what does it do? An explainer as Trump, Musk make changes NBC Bureau of the Fiscal Service, DOGE, Elon Musk, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payment system, Power Grab, Executive Branch, Associated Press, NBC Chicago Staff DOGE
DOGE representatives take adviser roles at CISA Politico Pro Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of State, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Kyle Schutt, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Northeastern University, Politico Pro, Executive Branch, Neuralink, John Sakellariadis DOGE
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them NBC Department of Agriculture, DOGE, Don Bacon, Food Safety and Inspection Service, mass firings, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Executive Branch, Allan Smith, Laura Strickler, Melanie Zanona DOGE
COMMENCING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY The White House (Venue) DOGE, Executive Order, Executive Order, Extra-Constitutional, The White House (Venue), EO 14217, Executive Branch DOGE
ENSURING LAWFUL GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” DEREGULATORY INITIATIVE The White House (Venue) DOGE, Executive Order, Executive Order, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Power Grab, The White House (Venue), EO 14219, Executive Branch, Donald Trump DOGE
Did DOGE Take Credit for Spending Cuts Related to President Carter’s Death? Lawfare Carter Center, D&G Support Services, DOGE, DOGE Adminstrator, Former Presidents Act, General Services Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jimmy Carter, Lawfare, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nick Bednar, White House Office DOGE
At least 11 lawsuits are taking on DOGE over data access and privacy laws NBC access, Agency for International Development, Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Internal Revenue Service, Kristi Noem, Michelle King, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Social Security Administration, Integrated Data Retrieval System, The Privacy Act of 1974, Kevin Collier DOGE
Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS: AP sources Associated Press Arrogant, Associated Press, DOGE, Harrison Fields, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Integrated Data Retrieval System, Fatima Hussein DOGE
Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said? Poynter DOGE, Eugene Steuerle, Ignorant, ISO 8601, Michael Collins, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Poynter, Social Security Administration, University of Wisconsin, Urban Institute, Louis Jacobson DOGE
Musk and markets: why Doge is not cutting through Financial Times bond vigilantes, bonds, DOGE, Financial Times, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Paul Krugman, Peter Tchir, stocks, the deficit, Treasuries, Academy Securities, Barclays, Katie Martin DOGE
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. New York Times DOGE, Incompetent, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Wall of Receipts, Aatish Bhatia, Executive Branch, Ethan Singer, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz DOGE
'Got the math all wrong': Pro-MAGA reporter slams White House over Social Security claim Raw Story DOGE, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Raw Story, Social Security Administration, Trish Regan, David Edwards DOGE
First IRS, Now DOGE Busts Its Way Into the Social Security Administration Talking Points Memo Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall DOGE
Trump, the state and the revolution Global Inequality and More 3.0 apparatchiks, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Global Inequality and More 3.0, Karl Marx, Marxism, N.S. Lyons, Nathan Levine*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Paris Commune, Professional-Managerial Class, revolution, the state, Vladimir Lenin, Branko Milanovic DOGE
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them NBC Department of Energy, DOGE, Incompetent, mass firings, National Nuclear Security Administration, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Executive Branch, Alexandra Marquez, Peter Alexander DOGE
Federal judge skeptical DOGE has authority to embed agents throughout federal government Courthouse News Aman George*, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Courthouse News, Data Exfiltration, Democracy Forward, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, DOGE, Elon Musk, John Bates, Michael Gerardi, News and Analysis (Mainstream), standing, PuTTY, The Privacy Act of 1974, Ryan Knappenberger DOGE
DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees NBC Adam Ramada, Data Exfiltration, Department of Labor, Derek Geissler, DOGE, Gautier Killian*, Jordan Wick*, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Personally Identifiable Information, Sam Beyda, Executive Branch, PuTTY, SQL Studio, David Ingram, SpaceX, Tesla DOGE
Adventures in Computing, Treasury Edition The Paul Story access, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, fear, Joseph Gioeli III, Marko Elez, Nathan Tankus, News and Analysis (Other), The Paul Story, Paul Guth DOGE
A Layman’s Explainer on Elon Musk’s Seizure of the Bureau of Fiscal Service, and Some Worst-Case Scenarios Progressive Change Institute (Venue) Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, Progressive Change Institute (Venue) DOGE
Vivek Ramaswamy’s High School Friend Is Working for DOGE at the Interior Department Public Domain Department of the Interior, DOGE, Doug Burgum, Extra-Constitutional, Matt Luby, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Policy, Management and Budget, Ohio State University, Public Domain, Tyler Hassen, Vivek Ramaswamy, Executive Branch, Jimmy Tobias DOGE
Everything we know about DOGE NBC access, Adam Ramada, Agency for International Development, Akash Bobba, Alliance for Retired Americans, Amanda Scales, Cameron Hamilton, Center for Biological Diversity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Christopher Young*, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Elon Musk, email, Environmental Protection Agency, Ethan Shaotran, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Fork in the Road, Gautier Killian*, Gavin Kliger*, Harrison Fields, John Bates, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NBC, Nikhil Rajpal*, Office of Personnel Management, Paul Martin, Round-Up, Russell Vought*, Scott Langmack, Thomas Krause*, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, University of California Student Association, waste, fraud, and abuse, American Federation of Government Employees, Administrative Procedure Act, Federal Advisory Committee Act, National Treasury Employees Union, Service Employees International Union, Freedom of Information Act, The Privacy Act of 1974, Cloud Software Group, Bruna Horvath, Meta, Palantir, SpaceX, Tesla.sexy, Twitter, X (Firm), xAI DOGE
The Use and Abuse of Administrative Leave Lawfare 5 U.S. Code § 6329a - Administrative leave, administrative leave, Agency for International Development, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, DOGE, Environmental Protection Agency, guardrails, Lawbreaking, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nick Bednar, Administrative Leave Act of 2016 DOGE
‘Agent of chaos’: Blue state AGs sue Elon Musk claiming unchecked power over federal government Courthouse News Courthouse News, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Ryan Knappenberger DOGE
Tracking the DOGE Treasury Raid The Revolving Door Project Dan Katz, David Lebryk, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Marko Elez, Nathan Tankus, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, Scott Bessent, The Revolving Door Project, Thomas Krause*, Kenny Stancil DOGE
Elon Musk denies 'hostile takeover' of government in surprise White House appearance BBC Arrogant, BBC, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Executive Branch, Max Matza DOGE
Viewpoint: After Resounding ‘No’ Vote, Letter Carriers Should Go on Offense Labor Notes Build a Fighting NALC, DOGE, Labor Notes, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Other), National Association of Letter Carriers, Rob Darakjian DOGE
What is DOGE? Here's what to know about Elon Musk's latest cost-cutting efforts. CBS Bureau of the Fiscal Service, CBS, Data Exfiltration, Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, Max Richtman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Social Security Administration, Aimee Picchi, Executive Branch DOGE
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System Wired Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, David Lebryk, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, fear, General Services Administration, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nicole Hollander, Thomas Shedd, Wired, Wired Staff, Executive Branch, Payment Automation Manager, Secure Payment System, Tesla DOGE
DOGE is at DOL: Here’s why that matters for the US economy. Politico American Statistical Association, Bureau of Labor Statistics, DOGE, Donald Trump, Erica Groshen, News and Analysis (Mainstream), norms, Politico, Sabotage, Steve Pierson, Victoria Guida, Executive Branch, Sam Sutton DOGE
Elon Musk’s assault on the US federal bureaucracy Financial Times Chuck Schumer, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Financial Times, impoundment, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payment system, Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Twitter DOGE
Dems rail on executive overreach as House convenes first DOGE hearing Courthouse News Courthouse News, Dawn Royal, DOGE, Haywood Talcove, House Committee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Committee, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), United Council of Welfare Fraud, waste, fraud, and abuse, Benjamin S. Weiss, LexisNexis DOGE
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1:25-cv-01237) Court Listener Court Document, Court Listener, Denise Cote, docket, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Administrative Procedure Act DOGE
The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time ProPublica DOGE, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Oligarch, ProPublica, Official, Annie Waldman, Christopher Bing DOGE
Trump admin faces additional lawsuits over DOGE 'hackers,' USAID dismantling Courthouse News Agency for International Development, Army Corps of Engineers, Courthouse News, Data Exfiltration, Department of Agriculture, Department of the Navy, DOGE, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Loren AliKhan, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, passport number, Social Security number, waste, fraud, and abuse, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Ryan Knappenberger DOGE
Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative The White House (Venue) DOGE, Executive Order, Executive Order, Power Grab, The White House (Venue), Donald Trump DOGE
Musk steals a billion dollars from low-income Americans and sends it to Intuit Pluralistic DOGE, Elon Musk, H&R Block, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pluralistic, Sabotage, tax returns, Direct File, Intuit, Cory Doctorow DOGE
Federal judge refuses to pause injunction barring DOGE access to Treasury data Courthouse News "take care" clause, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Courthouse News, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jeannette Vargas, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Paul Engelmayer, political appointee, separation of powers, Administrative Procedure Act, Josh Russell DOGE
“DOGE” Access to Treasury Payment Systems Raises Serious Risks Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Venue) Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Venue), Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Executive Branch, Jacob Leibenluft DOGE
Trump admin faces additional lawsuits over DOGE ‘hackers,’ USAID dismantling Courthouse News Agency for International Development, Army Corps of Engineers, Courthouse News, Data Exfiltration, Department of Agriculture, Department of the Navy, DOGE, Federal Bureau of Prisons, hacking, News and Analysis (Mainstream), security, Ryan Knappenberger DOGE
Treasury revoked editing access ‘mistakenly’ given to DOGE staffer Washington Post access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, David Lebryk, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Joseph Gioeli III, Marko Elez, Millennium Challenge Corporation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), payments system, Vona Robinson, Washington Post, Jeff Stein DOGE
Musk says DOGE has found some ‘excellent’ feds Politico Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Elon Musk, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Executive Branch, Robin Bravender DOGE
Privacy nonprofit sues Trump, DOGE over federal 'data breach' Courthouse News Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Charles Ezell, Courthouse News, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Electronic Privacy Information Center, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Scott Bessent, United States Digital Service, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Joan Hennessy DOGE
Understanding Taxpayer Privacy Protections Under Section 6103 and Related Statutes The Tax Law Center (Venue) access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, Marko Elez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), privacy, taxpayer information, The Tax Law Center (Venue), Tom Krause, 26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations DOGE
DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever Cyber-Intelligence Brief artificial intelligence, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Cyber-Intelligence Brief, Data Exfiltration, data security, Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Comptroller of the Currency’s Citrix NetScaler Gateway, E-Government Act of 2002, Federal Information Security Management Act, Shodan, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, The Privacy Act of 1974, Secure Payment System, Treasury Department Office of Inspector General’s Outlook Web login page, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration server DOGE