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 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
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health KFF Health News Amy Maxmen, apportionments, budgets, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Columbia University, Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, Gillian Metzger, grants, Heritage Foundation, Joe Carlile, KFF Health News, National Alliance to End Homelessness, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, power of the purse, Project 2025, Russell Vought*, Sabotage, Steve 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
Teens who assaulted former DOGE staffer slapped with federal charges: 'Need for accountability' FOX Anthony Taylor, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, FOX, Jeanine Pirro, Laurence Cotton-Powell, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Peter Pinedo DOGE
Two more arrested in attempted carjacking of DOGE staffer in Washington, D.C. Reuters Anthony Taylor, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Jeanine Pirro, Laurence Cotton-Powell, militarization, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Reuters, Jana Winter DOGE
Teens who assaulted former DOGE staffer get no jail time with probation-only sentences FOX DOGE, Edward Coristine*, FOX, Jesse Watters, Logan Circle, DC, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream) DOGE
Urgent Times Call for Something Old And Something New from the Labor Movement Labor Notes DOGE, Elon Musk, Labor Notes, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Other), resistance, Stephen Lerner, Tesla Takedown, union movement, Tesla, Peter Olney, Rand Wilson DOGE
Teens who jumped ex-DOGE staffer Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine avoid jail, sentenced to probation New York Post DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Kendra Briggs, Miscreants, New York Post, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Anthony Blair, David Propper DOGE
Doge has failed; bring on the anti-graft bounty hunters Financial Times bounties, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, Federal Trade Commission, Financial Times, Government Accountability Office, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Securities and Exchange Commission, whistleblower, Antifraud Company, Lex DOGE
Sierra Club sues DOGE for docs E&E News DOGE, E&E News, Lawbreaking, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sierra Club, Freedom of Information Act, Robin Bravender DOGE
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda New York Times Alliance for Retired Americans, Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent, American Association of People With Disabilities, American Association of People With Disabilities v. Dudek, American Association of Physics Teachers, American Association of Physics Teachers v. National Science Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies v. McDonald, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Ezell, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. U.S. Department of Labor, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, American Federation of Teachers v. Bessent, American Oversight, American Oversight v. DOGE, Andrea Danziger, Andrea Gribbon, AVIEL v. GOR, Brehm v. Marocco, California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Interior, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Center for Taxpayer Rights v. Internal Revenue Service, Charles Ezell, Child Trends, Child Trends v. U.S. Department of Education, Citizens Against Donald Trump, Citizens Against Donald Trump v. Trump, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. DOGE, Danziger v. United States, Denise Carter, Denise Nemeth-Greenleaf, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Doe 4 v. Musk, Doe v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, DOGE, Donald Trump, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Elon Musk, Gribbon v. Musk, Internal Revenue Service, Japanese American Citizens League, Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk, Jerald Lentini, Lawbreaking, Leland Dudek*, Lentini v. DOGE, Michael McDonald, National Job Corps Association, National Job Corps Association v. Department of Labor, National Science Foundation, Nemeth-Greenleaf v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, New Mexico v. Musk, New York Times, New York v. Trump, Office of Personnel Management, Peter Marocco*, Pippenger v. DOGE, Project on Government Oversight, Project on Government Oversight v. Trump, Sara Aviel, Sasha Pippenger, Scott Bessent, Social Security Administration, State of California, State of New Mexico, State of New York, Tracker, University of California Student Association, University of California Student Association v. Carter, Ward Brehm, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Alex Lemonides, Camille Baker, Isabelle Taft, Lazaro Gamio, Mattathias Schwartz, Minho Kim, Sarah Goodman, Seamus Hughes, Steven Moity DOGE
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions Just Security DOGE, Just Security, Lawbreaking, Tracker, Just Security DOGE
The government’s embrace of Palantir is years in the making FedScoop Akash Bobba, Allan Mangaser, Anthony Jancso, blanket purchase agreement, Clark Minor, COVID-19, David Sacks, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, FedRAMP, FedScoop, Frank Bisignano, General Services Administration, Gregory Barbaccia, Internal Revenue Service, Leland Dudek*, Michael Kratsios, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Criminal Investigations, Office of Information Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Peter Thiel, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Sam Corcos, Social Security Administration, Foundry, Palantir, Madison Alder, Miranda Nazzaro, Rebecca Heilweil DOGE
HHS has a new DOGE-affiliated technology chief FedScoop Clark Minor, Data Exfiltration, Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, FedScoop, General Services Administration, grants, Kansas State University, mass firings, National Science Foundation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Zachary Terrell, ChatGPT, Coinbase, OpenAI, Spindl, Wager, Madison Alder DOGE
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers Wired Aarian Marshall, AmeriCorps, artificial intelligence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colin O’Brien, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOGE, Donald Trump, Edward Coristine*, Elon Musk, Ethan Shaotran, fear, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, Institute of Peace, Internal Revenue Service, Josh Gruenbaum, Katie Miller, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, National Civilian Community Corps, National Endowment for the Humanities, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nicole Hollander, Office of Personnel Management, Panopticon, passive resistance, Peter Navarro, resistance, Scott Bessent, Scott Turner, Silicon Valley, Social Security Administration, Steve Davis, Technology Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, Thuggish, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Musk Alums and Associates, David Gilbert, Jake Lahut, Kate Knibbs, Leah Feiger, Makena Kelly, Molly Taft, Paresh Dave, Zoë Schiffer DOGE
Trials of the Trump Administration Lawfare AFL-CIO v. Department of Labor, African Development Foundation, Agency for International Development, Alliance for Retired Americans, Alliance for Retired Americans v. Treasury Department, American Federation of Government Employees v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees v. Social Security Administration, American Federation of Teachers v. Bessent, American Oversight, American Oversight v. Department of Government Efficiency, American Public Health Association, American Public Health Association v. Office of Management and Budget, Appointments Clause, Brehm v. Marocco, California v. Trump, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Interior, Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Center for Taxpayer Rights v. Internal Revenue Service, Charles Ezell, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. CFPB, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. DOGE Service, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Democracy Forward, Democracy Forward Foundation v. U.S. Marshals Service, Denise Carter, Denise Nemeth-Greenleaf, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Does 1-26 v. Musk, DOGE, Donald Trump, Election Assistance Commission, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Elon Musk, Gribbon v. Musk, In re: Elon Musk, In re: U.S. DOGE Service, Institute of Peace, Internal Revenue Service, Japanese American Citizens League, Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk, Lawbreaking, Lawfare, Lentini v. Department of Government Efficiency, Marshals Service, National Student Legal Defense Network, National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Nemeth-Greenleaf v. United States Office of Personnel Management, New Mexico v. Musk, New York v. Trump, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Oregon Council for the Humanities, Oregon Council for the Humanities v. DOGE, Peter Marocco*, Pippenger v. U.S. DOGE Service, Project on Government Oversight, Project on Government Oversight v. Trump, Public Citizen, Public Citizen, Inc. v. President Trump, Rural Development Innovations Limited, Rural Development Innovations Limited v. Marocco, Russell Vought*, Scott Bessent, separation of powers, Social Security Administration, Social Security Administration v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, State of California, State of New Mexico, State of New York, State of New York v. President Trump, The Intercept v. Dept. of Government Efficiency, Tracker, Treasury Department, United States Institute of Peace v. DOGE, United States Institute of Peace v. Jackson, University of California Student Association, University of California Student Association v. Acting Secretary Carter, Vishnu Kannan, Ward Brehm, Washington v. Trump, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Administrative Procedure Act, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, National Treasury Employees Union, Service Employees International Union, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Federal Records Act, Freedom of Information Act, Anna Hickey, Caroline Cornett, Cayleigh Soderholm, The Intercept (Firm), Matt Salavitch, Nicole Anselmo, Niharika Vattikonda., Zoe Kern DOGE
ALL EMPLOYEES MEETING Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Venue) 5 CFR § 5801.102 - Prohibited securities, agency, agency independence, Chris Hanson, Corrupt, David Wright, Department of Energy, DOGE, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Venue), Prohibited Securities Rule, Transcript DOGE
Asheville mayor says DOGE is causing delays on FEMA cash WLOS Asheville,NC, Department of Homeland Security, DOGE, Esther Manheimer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Josh Stein, Kristi Noem, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, State of North Carolina, WLOS, “Defend the Spend”, Kimberly King DOGE
Department of Education watchdog to probe DOGE access to sensitive data ABC ABC, access, Data Exfiltration, Department of Education, Department of Education Office of Inspector General, DOGE, Elizabeth Warren, Federal Student Aid, Government Accountability Office, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security number, National Student Loan Data System, Arthur Jones DOGE