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.

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'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook The Nerd Reich Curtis Yarvin, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, libertarianism, News and Analysis (Mainstream), RAGE, The Nerd Reich, Gil Duran DOGE
Did DOGE really ‘delete’ the tech division that helped create the IRS Direct File free tax filing service? CNN CNN, DOGE, Elon Musk, Incompetent, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Bessent, Direct File, Executive Branch, Jeanne Sahad DOGE
Who is Akash Bobba? The 22-year-old Indian-origin prodigy joining Elon Musk's DOGE Hindustan Times Akash Bobba, artificial intelligence, Charis Zhang, data analytics, DOGE, financial modeling, Hindustan Times, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tuhin Das Mahapatra, University of California, Berkeley, Software Engineer, Executive Branch, Bridgewater Associates, Meta, Palantir DOGE
Elon Musk Weaponizes the Government Lawfare Abraham L. Newman, access, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, choke points, Data Exfiltration, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, General Services Administration, Henry Farrell, Jennifer Pahlka, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, payment systems, Ron Wyden, SWIFT, Payment Automation Manager, Secure Payment System DOGE
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi Wired artificial intelligence, chatbot, DOGE, FedRAMP, General Services Administration, GSAi "AI First", Incompetent, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, Wired, EO 14179, Makena Kelly, Paresh Dave, Zoë Schiffer DOGE
DOGE is making major changes to the federal government. Is it legal? National Public Radio Chuck Schumer, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, National Public Radio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Executive Branch, Joe Hernandez DOGE
Trump Advisers Stopped Musk From Hiring a Noncitizen at DOGE The Atlantic Baris Akis, contractor, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, flexian, Mar-a-Lago, FL, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, The Atlantic, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer DOGE
Northeastern student identified as engineer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency The Huntington News Authoritarian Followers, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Other), Northeastern University, The Huntington News, Zoe MacDiarmid DOGE
DOGE Is A Cybersecurity Crisis Unfolding In Real-Time Forbes Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Forbes, General Data Protection Regulation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tony Bradley, Executive Branch, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, The Federal Information Security Management Act, The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, The PCI Data Security Standard, The Privacy Act of 1974 DOGE
When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too TechDirt access, civil action, DOGE, Lawbreaking, News and Analysis (Mainstream), TechDirt, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Cathy Gellis DOGE
Elon Musk is officially an employee of the US government — but he's not getting a paycheck Business Insider Business Insider, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Special Government Employee, Bryan Metzger, SpaceX, Tesla, Jack Newsham DOGE
Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff ‘AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency Wired artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, data repository, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), startup, Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, Wired, Makena Kelly DOGE
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government New York Times artificial intelligence, Chuck Schumer, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Donald Trump, Douglas Brinkley, doxxing, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, General Services Administration, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Signal, Theodore Schleifer, Thomas Shedd, United States Digital Service, Signal, Tesla, Jonathan Swan, Kate Conger, Madeleine Ngo, Maggie Haberman, Ryan Mac DOGE
‘Filled With Unmitigated Terror’ The American Prospect Arrogant, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, David Dayen, Do Not Pay, DOGE, edge case, efficiency, Interview, The American Prospect, Nathan Tankus DOGE
Elon Musk and his DOGE: Fixing government or dismantling the Constitution? Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor, deep state, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Faith Williams, MAGA, News and Analysis (Mainstream), norms, Project on Government Oversight, Ronald Reagan, Caitlin Babcock, Simon Montlake, Story Hinckley DOGE
How Elon Musk & Peter Thiel-aligned inexperienced tech bros took over the federal government Advocate Advocate, DOGE, Don Moynihan, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Oligarch, Peter Thiel, Thiel Fellowship, Thiel Alums and Associates, Christopher Wiggins DOGE
Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous Notes on the Crises Bureau of the Fiscal Service, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, impoundment, News and Analysis (Other), Notes on the Crises, payment system, Automated Standard Application for Payments, Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, Executive Branch, Secure Payment System, Treasury Check Information System, Nathan Tankus DOGE
Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems Reuters Amanda Scales, beds, Brian Bjelde, Charles Ezell, DOGE, Katie Malague, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Power Grab, Reuters, Riccardo Biasini, Tim Reid, Enterprise Human Resources Integration, SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company DOGE
Musk has autonomy 'almost no one can control' as he oversees unprecedented overhaul of federal workforce Independent DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Independent, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Katie Hawkinson DOGE
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Wired Akash Bobba, DOGE, Don Moynihan, Edward Coristine*, Ethan Shaotran, flexian, Gautier Killian*, Gavin Kliger*, Harvard University, Luke Farritor, McGill University, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), OpenAI (NGO), Thiel Foundation, Tim Marchman, University of California, Berkeley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Software Engineer, Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Musk Alums and Associates, Thiel Alums and Associates, Palantir Alums and Associates, Bridgewater Associates, Databricks, Jump Trading, Meta, Neuralink, Palantir, SpaceX, xAI, Zoë Schiffer DOGE
Will DOGE Rein in Spending? Manhattan Institute (Venue) Brian Riedl, deficit reduction, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, government spending, Manhattan Institute, Manhattan Institute (Venue), Think Tank Report, Jeffries, Jessica Reidl DOGE
Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired access, artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Ethan Shaotran, fear, flexian, General Services Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nicole Hollander, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Cursor, Google Gemini, Neuralink, Twitter, xAI DOGE
Donald Trump’s administrative self-coup Financial Times administrative state, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Financial Times, Georgetown University, impoundment, Matt Glassman, News and Analysis (Mainstream), unitary executive, Vivek Ramaswamy, The Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Martin Sandbu DOGE
Vast carelessness Eating Policy Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, Eating Policy, grants, Head Start, Indian Health Service, LIHEAP, Medicaid, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Pell grants, Robert Gordon, Sabotage, SNAP DOGE
Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management Wired Amanda Scales, America First Policy Institute, Charles Ezell, DOGE, flexian, James Sherk, Joanna Wischer*, Joe Wilson, McLaurine Pinover*, Michael McCaul, Miscreants, National Rifle Association, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Noah Peters*, Office of Personnel Management, Riccardo Biasini, Schedule F, Scott Kupor, Steven Kelman, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Andreessen Horowitz, Anduril, Human Capital, Kalshi, Neuralink, Palantir, Tesla, The Boring Company, Uber, xAI DOGE
It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually Pluralistic contractors, Corrupt, DOGE, Elon Musk, federal contractors, Medicare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pluralistic, waste, fraud, and abuse, Cory Doctorow DOGE
DOGE has an official government website The Verge DOGE, Incompetent, News and Analysis (Mainstream), The Verge, Jay Peters DOGE
ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” The White House (Venue) DOGE, Executive Order, Executive Order, Power Grab, The White House (Venue), EO 14158, Federal Government, Donald Trump DOGE
IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” COST EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE The White House (Venue) DOGE, Executive Order, Executive Order, Power Grab, The White House (Venue), EO 14222, Executive Branch, Donald Trump DOGE
RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE The White House (Venue) accountability, civil service, DOGE, Executive Order, Power Grab, Schedule F, The White House (Venue), EO 14171, Donald Trump DOGE
Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs New York Times Baris Akis, Bill McGinley, Brad Smith, Chris Gober, DOGE, Elon Musk, James Burnham, Jared Kushner, Joanna Wischer*, Marc Andreessen, Matt Luby, Miscreants, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Peter Thiel, Rachel Riley, recruiting, Shaun Maguire, Signal, Steve Davis, Steve Roberts, Theodore Schleifer, Vinay Hiremath, Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk Alums and Associates, Thiel Alums and Associates, Loom, Madeleine Ngo DOGE
White House budget request includes $45 million in additional DOGE funding NextGov banality of evil, Buddhism, budget, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NextGov, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization, Natalie Alms DOGE
Musk and Ramaswamy Meet With GOP Lawmakers About DOGE Plans NTD News DOGE, Ignorant, Mike Johnson, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NTD News, waste, fraud, and abuse, Elected, Republican, Legislative Branch, Rachel Acenas DOGE
How Argentinian president’s reg killing inspired DOGE E&E News Argentina, Cato Institute, DOGE, E&E News, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Federico Sturzenegger, Ian Vásquez, Javier Milei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Vivek Ramaswamy, Jean Chemnick DOGE
DOGE Can’t Do It All. Here’s What It Can Do. Politico DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Social Security, Victoria Guida, Vivek Ramaswamy, Executive Branch DOGE
Bringing Elon to a knife fight Eating Policy billionaires, cert, Democrats, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, Eating Policy, efficiency, government efficiency, government reform, Jennifer Pahlka, News and Analysis (Mainstream), respect for the law DOGE
'You should never bet against Elon': Peter Thiel says Musk understands risk-taking completely differently from other people Business Insider Business Insider, DOGE, Elon Musk, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Peter Thiel, Piers Morgan, risk, Spook, SpaceX, Tesla, Polly Thompson DOGE
The Counter-Revolution Begins The Upheaval DOGE, managerialism, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Other), Professional-Managerial Class, Richard Nixon, The Upheaval, The Impoundment Control Act of 1974, N.S. Lyons DOGE
How Peter Thiel’s network of right-wing techies is infiltrating Donald Trump’s White House Fortune Bari Weiss, David Sacks, Department of Defense, DOGE, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Election 2028, Elon Musk, Fortune, J.D. Vance, Jim O’Neill, Michael Kratsios, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Oligarch, PayPal Mafia, Silicon Valley, The Stanford Review, Trae Stephens, Anduril, Thiel Alums and Associates, Founders Fund, MIthril Capital, Narya Capital, Neuralink, Palantir, PayPal, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Thiel Capital, Jessica Mathews DOGE
Marc Andreessen helps to recruit staff for Elon Musk’s US cost-cutting body Financial Times DOGE, Financial Times, Marc Andreessen, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), recruiting, Silicon Valley, Andreessen Alums and Associates DOGE
The truth about maximising efficiency Financial Times DOGE, efficiency, Financial Times, Jules Dupuit, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), redundancy, Guru Madhavan DOGE
Peter Thiel-backed entrepreneur says DOGE should use AI to ‘refactor’ the U.S. legal system Fortune Aron Ping D’Souza, Arrogant, artificial intelligence, Code of Federal Regulations, DOGE, Fortune, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Peter Thiel, Thiel Alums and Associates, Aron Ping D’Souza, Enhanced Games DOGE
The DOGE strategy is a cop-out Eating Policy DOGE, Eating Policy, Elon Musk, Incompetent, Jennifer Pahlka, News and Analysis (Mainstream), State of California, unions, Vivek Ramaswamy DOGE
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government Wall Street Journal DOGE, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Oligarch, Power Grab, Vivek Ramaswamy, Vivek Ramaswamy, Wall Street Journal, Federal Government, Elon Musk DOGE
'DOGE' meets Congress: GOP lawmaker launches caucus FOX Aaron Bean, DOGE, FOX, Ignorant, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Elected, Republican, Legislative Branch, Charles Creitz DOGE
The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient The American Prospect DOGE, Elon Musk, Federal budget, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), The American Prospect, Timi Iwayemi, Vivek Ramaswamy, waste, fraud, and abuse DOGE
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda ProPublica Center for Renewing America, DOGE, Environmental Protection Agency, fear, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Project 2025, ProPublica, Russell Vought*, Thuggish, Republican, Executive Branch, NGOs, Andy Kroll, Molly Redden, Nick Surgey DOGE
Undercover in Project 2025 Centre for Climate Reporting (Venue) Center for Renewing America, Centre for Climate Reporting, Centre for Climate Reporting (Venue), DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Micah Meadowcroft, Project 2025, Russell Vought*, Video (Long Form), Republican, Executive Branch, NGOs, Freedom of Information Act DOGE
Hidden-camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term CNN Center for Renewing America, Centre for Climate Reporting, Christian Nationalism, CNN, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, MAGA, Micah Meadowcroft, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Project 2025, Russell Vought*, Republican, Executive Branch, NGOs, Freedom of Information Act, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Kyung Lah DOGE
A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term Associated Press Associated Press, Center for Renewing America, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Project 2025, Russell Vought*, Steve Bannon, NGOs, Richard Lardner DOGE