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
‘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
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
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
‘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