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
A world without people Pluralistic DOGE, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pluralistic, science, Self-Destructive, Cory Doctorow DOGE
2025 Confined Space Year in Review Confined Space Confined Space, DOGE, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Robert Kennedy Junior*, Sabotage, social murder, Jordan Barab DOGE
DOGE says agencies cut $1.6B in federal contracts, flags spending on Somalia, HHS web services FOX Department of Health and Human Services, Department of State, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, FOX, Meretricious, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Somalia, State of Minnesota, Jasmine Baehr DOGE
Charted: The sharp decline in federal employment Axios Axios, DOGE, mass firings, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Reduction in Force, Scott Kupor, Emily Peck DOGE
‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge Guardian "Move fast and break things.", Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Clinton administration, DOGE, Donald Sherman, Elaine Kamarck, Guardian, National Performance Review, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Silicon Valley, Freedom of Information Act, Michael Sainato DOGE
DOGE was government contracting's biggest story of 2025 — and it's not close Government Executive DOGE, Federal Procurement Data System, gender, Government Executive, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Wall of Receipts, Leidos Holdings, Nick Wakeman DOGE
Murals in the Crosshairs: Trump’s Push to “Remake” Washington Could Erase Federal Art in 2026 Cultural Property News Cultural Property News, Dabney Friedrich, DOGE, General Services Administration, Mydelle Wright, New Deal, New Deal murals, News and Analysis (Mainstream), real estate, Seymour Fogel, Thuggish, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Kate Fitz Gibbon DOGE
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts New York Times DOGE, Goddard Space Flight Center, Jacob Richmond, library, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Thuggish, Eric Niiler DOGE
Deep cuts made 2025 a difficult year for National Park Service Roll Call Association of National Park Rangers, Bill Wade, Department of the Interior, DOGE, Frank Lands, Jessica Bowron, John Garder, mass firings, National Park Service, National Parks Conservation Association, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Roll Call, Sabotage, Mike Magner DOGE
We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did Guardian artificial intelligence, Cato Institute, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Democrats, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, General Services Administration, Guardian, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nikhel Sus, Sabotage, waste, fraud, and abuse, Nick Robins-Early DOGE
Affordability, DOGE and the language that captured American politics in 2025 FOX DOGE, FOX, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, semantics, Lee Hartley Carter DOGE
OSHA Wants to Cancel Protections for “Inherently Risky” Work Jacobin DOGE, General Duty Clause, Jacobin, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, social murder, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Brock Hrehor DOGE
‘I didn’t vote for this’: A revolt against DOGE public lands cuts, deep in Trump country E&E News DOGE, E&E News, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), public lands, State of Montana, Cassidy Randall DOGE
Ex-DOGE attorney joins Musk AI firm E&E News Corrupt, DOGE, E&E News, James Burnham, News and Analysis (Mainstream), xAI, Robin Bravender DOGE
DOGE promised to cut government spending. It went up under Trump, new report shows Independent Brookings Institution, Cato Institute, DOGE, Hamilton Project, Independent, mass firings, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Rhian Lubin DOGE
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? New York Times Department of Defense, Department of Energy, DOGE, Mendacious, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Alicia Parlapiano, David Fahrenthold, Emily Badger, Margot Sanger-Katz DOGE
Trump’s Tech Force treads familiar ground for former government tech leaders FedScoop Amy Paris, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, FedScoop, Internal Revenue Service, mass firings, Merici Vinton, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Scott Kupor, Tech Force, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, University of California, Berkeley, Direct File, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Madison Alder, Miranda Nazzaro DOGE
Big Balls Was Just the Beginning Wired Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, Don Moynihan, George Foote, Institute of Peace, J.D. Vance, Joe Gebbia, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nikhel Sus, Russell Vought*, Stephen Miller, unitary executive, University of Michigan, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Airbnb DOGE
Why Clearing Stormfall With a Chainsaw is a Lot Like Writing Prose Literary Hub deferred resignation, DOGE, Forest Service, Literary Hub, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), non-profits, True Confessions, writing, Claire Thompson DOGE
DOGE Done Right? Look to the States. Governing DOGE, Don Kettl, Governing, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Phil Joyce, The States, Katherine Barrett, Richard Greene DOGE
Charlamagne tha God reveals what surprised him most about politics in 2025 FOX Charlamagne tha God, DOGE, FOX, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), working class, Hanna Panreck DOGE
The year Trump broke the federal government Washington Post DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Washington Post, Hannah Natanson, Meryl Kornfield DOGE
Trump’s deregulatory sweep Geopolitical Intelligence Services administrative state, deregulation, Diane Katz, DOGE, Donald Trump, EO 14192, EO 14215, EO 14270, Executive Order, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Geopolitical Intelligence Services, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, Sackett v. EPA, SEC v. Jarkesy, West Virginia v. EPA, EO 14158, EO 14219 DOGE
House Democrats demand answers on IRS’s AI use to manage taxpayer data FedScoop access, artificial intelligence, COBOL, Danny Davis, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Don Beyer, Dwight Evans, FedScoop, Gwen Moore, Internal Revenue Service, John Larson, Judy Chu, Linda Sanchez, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Bessent, Steven Horsford, Suzan DelBene, Terri Sewell, Tom Suozzi, Internal Revenue Code, Individual Master File, Matt Bracken DOGE
Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes The Conversation AI Action Plan, artificial intelligence, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, Gold Standard Science, grants, Heritage Foundation, mass firings, Meretricious, Michael Kratsios, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Science and Technology Policy, Peter Thiel, Project Genesis, Russell Vought*, science, The Conversation, university, Kenneth Evans DOGE
FAQ: Executive Order Targeting IMLS American Library Association (Venue) American Library Association, American Library Association (Venue), DOGE, Institute of Museum and Library Services, library, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, EO 14238 DOGE
DOGE Produced the Largest Peacetime Workforce Cut on Record, but Spending Kept Rising Cato Institute (Venue) Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Cato Institute (Venue), Congressional Budget Office, DOGE, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Alex Nowrasteh, Krit Chanwong DOGE
James Burnham’s Post LinkedIn (Venue) Corrupt, DOGE, James Burnham, LinkedIn (Venue), News and Analysis (Mainstream), xAI, James Burnham DOGE
Fallout from DOGE cuts: How defunding derailed a federal microgrant strategy Government Executive Department of Justice, DOGE, Government Executive, grants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Amy Solomon DOGE
Letter from Gwen S. Moore and Suzan K. DelBene, Committee on Ways and Means House Committee on Ways and Means (Venue) access, COBOL, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Gwen Moore, House Committee on Ways and Means, House Committee on Ways and Means (Venue), Internal Revenue Service, Legislative Document, Mendacious, Suzan DelBene DOGE
US Institute of Peace officially renamed for Trump as White House moves to dismantle agency: 'Congratulations' FOX Anna Kelly, Beryl Howell, Democratic Republic of Congo, DOGE, Donald Trump, FOX, Institute of Peace, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Rwanda, Jasmine Baehr DOGE
Elon Musk predicts 12 years of Trump Vance Vance Politico Anthony Armstrong, Bombastic, cost-cutting, DOGE, flexian, Isaac Asimov, J.D. Vance, Kardashev Scale, Mars, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Robert Heinlein, Steve Davis, Sophia Cai DOGE
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Wired Akash Bobba, Anthony Armstrong, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Edward Coristine*, Ethan Shaotran, Executive Office of the President, Gavin Kliger*, General Services Administration, Joe Gebbia, John Solly, Marko Elez, National Design Studio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Sam Beyda, Scott Langmack, Social Security Administration, United States DOGE Service, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Yat Choi, Leidos, Morgan Stanley, SpaceX, xAI, Makena Kelly DOGE
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration Good Jobs First (Venue) Department of Labor, DOGE, Good Jobs First (Venue), mass firings, Miscreants, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, social murder, Think Tank Report, Wage and Hour Division, Siobhan Standaert DOGE
DOGE staffers exit enviro agencies E&E News DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, E&E News, Environmental Protection Agency, Erica Jehling, Gautier Killian*, Kathryn Loving*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Robin Bravender DOGE
Doge, crypto and the end of the lol era Financial Times DOGE, Elon Musk, Financial Times, lols, lulz, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Reuters, Scott Kupor, Self-Destructive, Jemima Kelly DOGE
Why America needs the GAO: DOGE done right Government Executive Arrogant, DOGE, Elon Musk, Government Accountability Office, Government Executive, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Donald Kettl, Philip Joyce DOGE
Elon Musk’s beloved DOGE has closed. But its legacy is deadly Salon DOGE, DOGE Legacy, Elon Musk, National Design Studio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Salon, Heather Digby Parton DOGE
See You In Hell, DOGE :) Wonkette Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Marcie Jones, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Wonkette DOGE
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says Government Executive DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Government Executive, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Russell Vought*, Scott Kupor, United States DOGE Service, Natalie Alms DOGE
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter Reuters Agency for International Development, artificial intelligence, Data Exfiltration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, DOGE, Jeremy Lewin, Joseph Gebbia*, National Design Studio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Naval Research, Office of Personnel Management, Rachel Riley, Reuters, Scott Kupor, Scott Langmack, Zachary Terrell, Airbnb, Courtney Rozen DOGE
Trump's main DOGE office shutters — but its war on government waste isn't over FOX DOGE, DOGE metastasis, Extra-Constitutional, FOX, Liz Huston, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Scott Kupor, waste, fraud, and abuse, Emma Colton DOGE
Everyone Has a Plan – Until You Step Into the Ring Office of Personnel Management (Venue) DOGE, DOGE Legacy, efficiency, Executive Document, headcount, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Personnel Management (Venue), Scott Kupor DOGE
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind Politico Authoritarian Followers, DOGE, Donald Park, flexian, General Services Administration, Joseph Gebbia*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Signal, Steve Davis, Airbnb, Daniel Lippman, Sophia Cai DOGE
How many people can the federal government lose before it crashes? Brookings Institution (Venue) Brookings Institution (Venue), disaster, DOGE, Donald Trump, efficiency, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, mass firings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Think Tank Report, USAJOBS, Elaine Kamarck DOGE
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Venue) Agency for International Development, Atul Gawande, Boston University, Brooke Nichols, DOGE, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Venue), Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Richard Rhodes, social murder, Karen Feldscher DOGE
What A Day: Return of the DOGE-Bag Crooked Corrupt, Crooked, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, MAGA, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tesla, Matt Berg DOGE
In the age of DOGE, new venture aims war chest at government efficacy FedScoop Anne Healy, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, FedScoop, Jennifer Pahlka, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Recoding America Fund, Colin Wood, Madison Alder DOGE
Defending Worker Safety: Responding to OSHA and MSHA’s Dangerous Rollbacks National Employment Law Project (Venue) DOGE, General Duty Clause, Meretricious, National Employment Law Project (Venue), News and Analysis (Mainstream), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, social murder, Doug Parker, Nicole Marquez DOGE
DOGE went ‘slash and burn’ on EPA grants. Scientists fear ‘grave’ impacts FedScoop animal testing, Carnegie Mellon University, Carrie McDonough, Covid, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, DOGE, Environmental Protection Agency, FedScoop, grants, Helen Nguyen, Ivan Rusyn, keywords, News and Analysis (Mainstream), pandemic, public health, Sabotage, Texas A&M, toxicology, University of Illinois, wastewater, Weihsueh Chiu, Matt Bracken DOGE