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
To Beat DOGE, Democrats Must Learn From DOGE Newsweek Cory Booker, Democrats, Derek Thompson, DOGE, Ezra Klein, Meretricious, NewDEAL Leaders, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Newsweek, The Next 50, Christopher Hale DOGE
The White House has evaded for weeks on saying who is leading DOGE. Here’s who it is. Politico Amy Gleason, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, Karoline Leavitt, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, United States Digital Service, Executive Branch, Ben Johansen, Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing DOGE
Miami Invites Florida DOGE to Look for Waste in City Spending Governing City of Miami, DOGE, Emulation, Governing, Joe Carollo, Miguel Angel Gabela, News and Analysis (Mainstream), State of Florida, Tess Riski DOGE
What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too New York Times Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, Kevin Carroll, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Partnership for Public Service, probation, Sabotage, The Budget Lab at Yale, Yale University, Elizabeth Williamson DOGE
100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency Reuters DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Reuters, Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Tim Reid, Alexandra Alper, Nathan Layne DOGE
Elon Musk leaves legacy of self-destruction at DOGE NPR DOGE, Jessica Riedl, Manhattan Institute, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NPR, Self-Destructive, Executive Branch, Independent Agencies, Zachary Basu DOGE
Steve Bannon says Elon Musk should provide ‘specific accounting’ of fraud uncovered by DOGE Semafor Ben Smith, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Elon Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Semafor, Steve Bannon, Operative, Republican, Executive Branch, Allison Prang DOGE
Sources for DogeZone FAQ The Yes Men (Venue) DOGE, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Other), The Yes Men, The Yes Men (Venue) DOGE
Don’t Believe DOGE When It Says It Isn’t an Agency — It Is, and That’s Important American Oversight (Venue) American Oversight, American Oversight (Venue), DOGE, Executive Office of the President, Extra-Constitutional, Press Release, Signal, Signal, Federal Records Act, Freedom of Information Act, Presidential Records Act DOGE
Steve Bannon Rips DOGE's Accounting—'None of This Makes Sense' Newsweek Data Exfiltration, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Newsweek, Steve Bannon, Operative, Republican, Executive Branch, Andrew Stanton DOGE
Elon Musk forced back to the boardroom as Doge ‘blowback’ pummels Tesla Financial Times DOGE, Elon Musk, Financial Times, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), protest, Scott Bessent, Tesla, Joe Miller, Kana Inagaki, Rafe Uddin DOGE
The DOGE ZONE FAQ The DOGE ZONE democracy, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, monarchy, neo-reaction, News and Analysis (Mainstream), parody, The DOGE ZONE, The Yes Men DOGE
Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board NBC Daniel Berulis*, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, National Labor Relations Board, NBC, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Whistleblower, Executive Branch, David Ingram, Megan Lebowitz DOGE
DOGE's Anti-Democracy Strategy "Leaked" by (Fake) DOGE Fans The Yes Men (Venue) artificial intelligence, Curtis Yarvin, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Jim Haugen, News and Analysis (Other), The Yes Men, The Yes Men (Venue), Federal Unionists Network, Federal Workers Against Doge DOGE
Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match Axios Axios, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Bessent, Marc Caputo DOGE
DOGE’s Social Security Cuts Create Chaotic ‘Day of the Dead Living’ Daily Beast Daily Beast, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Rennie Glasgow, Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Master Death File, Michael Daly DOGE
Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data Krebs on Security Daniel Berulis*, Data Exfiltration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Krebs on Security, Marko Elez, National Labor Relations Board, News and Analysis (Other), Whistleblower, GitHub, Brian Krebs, SpaceX, X (Firm), xAI DOGE
DOGE loses its biggest advocate as Musk exits Washington Politico Antonio Gracias, DOGE, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, fear, General Services Administration, Millennium Challenge Corporation, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Scott Bessent, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, waste, fraud, and abuse, Musk Alums and Associates, Tesla, Paul McLeary, Rachael Bade, Sophia Cai DOGE
West Virginia senators fight DOGE cuts that hit coal miners Axios Authoritarian Followers, Axios, DOGE, Jim Justice, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Robert Kennedy Junior*, Shelley Moore Capito, social murder, Stef Kight DOGE
Under Hegseth, Chaos Prevails at the Pentagon New York Times Department of Defense, DOGE, Elon Musk, Miscreants, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pete Hegseth, Executive Branch, Greg Jaffe, Helene Cooper DOGE
Trackers Help the Public Follow DOGE’s Chaos The Revolving Door Project DOGE, Miscreants, Press Release, Revolving Door Project, The Revolving Door Project, tracker DOGE
Bruceton Research Center – Protecting Workers for 110 Years LinkedIn (Venue) Bruceton Research Center, DOGE, entrepreneur, LinkedIn (Venue), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), occupational safety, Sabotage, small business, Metrosonics, Dave Yantek DOGE
Demystifying DOGE The Hindu African Development Foundation, Alliance for Retired Americans, Brehm v. Marocco, Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Institute of Peace, J. Does v. Musk, Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk, National Park Service, New Mexico v. Musk, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pippenger v. DOGE, Public Citizen v. Trump, State of Maryland v. United States Department of Agriculture, The Hindu, United States Institute of Peace v. Kenneth Jackson, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Hindu Visual Story team DOGE
DOGE team meets with National Gallery of Art leaders Washington Post DOGE, museum, National Gallery of Art, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Tobi Raji, Washington Post, Samantha Chery DOGE
DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status Bloomberg Bloomberg, Darren Walker, David Rubenstein, DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Ford Foundation, Indra Nooyi, Kaywin Feldman, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Luis Baquedano, Mitchell Rales, museum, National Gallery of Art, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, Bloomberg, Carlyle Group, Danaher Corporation, Pepsico, Kriston Capps DOGE
DOGE is building a ‘master database’ of sensitive information, top Oversight Democrat says NextGov Center for Democracy and Technology, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Electronic Privacy Information Center, John Davisson, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NextGov, Whistleblower, The Privacy Act of 1974, Natalie Alms DOGE
What to Know About Trump’s Strategy Targeting Colleges’ Grants and Contracts Inside Higher Ed Chris Rufo, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, DOGE, Inside Higher Ed, Lawbreaking, New College of Florida, News and Analysis (Mainstream), university, Executive Branch, Jessica Blake DOGE
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants Wired American Civil Liberties Union, Cody Venzke, Customs and Immigration Services, Data Exfiltration, data lake, Department of Homeland Security, DOGE, immigration, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, repository, Social Security Administration, Vittoria Elliott, voting data, Wired, Customer Profile Management System, Foundry, Executive Branch, myUSCIS, Databricks, Palantir, Makena Kelly DOGE
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION, et al., v. RUSSELL VOUGHT United States District Court, District of Columbia (Venue) "Alex Doe", Adam Martinez, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Court Document, DOGE, Gavin Kliger*, Lawbreaking, Mark Paoletta, mass firings, Reduction in Force, Russell Vought*, United States District Court, District of Columbia (Venue), National Treasury Employees Union, Executive Branch DOGE
Firing the tax collectors is no way to reduce the national debt Saporta Report artificial intelligence, audits, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, Internal Revenue Service, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Saporta Report, tax audits, Tom Baxter, waste, fraud, and abuse DOGE
You Don’t Have to Be a Creative Genius to Imagine Why Elon Musk Might Want Access to the NLRB System Esquire Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Esquire, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Executive Branch, Charles Pierce DOGE
Letter from Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Venue) Data Exfiltration, Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, Gerald Connolly, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Venue), Internal Revenue Service, Legislative Document, Social Security Administration, sternly worded letter, Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, The Privacy Act of 1974, Gerald Connolly DOGE
DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group Washington Post Department of Justice, DOGE, Nate Cavanaugh, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NGOs, Nick Turner, Power Grab, Vera Institute of Justice, Washington Post, Perry Stein DOGE
At least 26 states have launched their own version of DOGE Economic Policy Institute (Venue) DOGE, Economic Policy Institute (Venue), Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, States, David Cooper, Jasmine Payne-Patterson, Nina Mast DOGE
Judge grants CREW discovery in DOGE FOIA suit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Venue) agency, Amy Gleason, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Venue), DOGE, Extra-Constitutional, Press Release, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Federal Records Act, Freedom of Information Act DOGE
Doge tried to embed staffers in criminal justice non-profit, says group Guardian DOGE, Elon Musk, Guardian, Insha Rahman, Justin Aimonetti, Nate Cavanaugh, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NGOs, Power Grab, Vera Institute of Justice, Nick Robins-Early DOGE
DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice Reuters DOGE, Justin Aimonetti, News and Analysis (Mainstream), NGOs, Nick Cavanaugh, Power Grab, Reuters, Kanishka Singh DOGE
Whistleblower Who Exposed DOGE Raid of NLRB Data Finds Threats Taped to His Door Truthout Data Exfiltration, DOGE, National Labor Relations Board, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Truthout, Executive Branch, Sharon Zhang DOGE
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data National Public Radio backdoor, Daniel Berulis*, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Jordan Wick*, National Labor Relations Board, National Public Radio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Roger Sollenberger, Journalist, Whistleblower, Jenna McLaughlin DOGE
Whistleblower says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at labor watchdog USA Today Daniel Berulis*, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, National Labor Relations Board, News and Analysis (Mainstream), USA Today, Whistleblower, AJ Vicens, Executive Branch, Raphael Satter DOGE
As NOAA shrinks under Trump’s cuts, employees speak out Public Broadcasting Service DOGE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Public Broadcasting Service, Sabotage, Federal Government, Joshua Barajas DOGE
Will Musk and DOGE fund the tax cuts? The Paul Story DOGE, Elon Musk, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Other), The Paul Story, Paul Guth DOGE
Here’s how the DOGE-related cuts reach down into our lives Minnesota Star-Tribune DOGE, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Minnesota Star-Tribune, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), respirator, Sabotage, silica, social murder, State of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, 3M, Adam Moskowitz DOGE
Can the President Appoint Principal Officers Without the Senate? Lawfare African Development Foundation, Appointments Clause, DOGE, Inter-American Foundation, Lawbreaking, Lawfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, Anne Joseph O'Connell DOGE
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress New York Times American Enterprise Institute, DOGE, Mendacious, Nat Malkus, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), David A. Fahrenthold, Jeremy Singer-Vine DOGE
John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job Wired API, Aram Moghaddassi, Chuck Borges, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, John Solly, Leland Dudek*, Michael Russo, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Special Counsel, Personally Identifiable Information, Seth Waxman, Social Security Administration, Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General, Todd Blecher, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Consent Based Social Security Number Verification, Enterprise Data Exchange Network, Master Death File, NUMIDENT, Leidos, Makena Kelly DOGE
Gracias goes All-In on Social Security! The Paul Story Antonio Gracias, asylum, DOGE, immigration, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Other), non-citizens, Social Security Administration, Social Security number, The Paul Story, Paul Guth DOGE
Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems New York Times Courtney Parella, Department of Labor, DOGE, Elon Musk, Ignorant, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, waste, fraud, and abuse, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, Emily Badger DOGE
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project Wired Application Programming Interface, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, federated data, information silo, Internal Revenue Service, interoperability, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sam Corcos, Scott Bessent, waste, fraud, and abuse, Wired, Palantir, Makena Kelly DOGE
Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries Guardian data, database, DOGE, Guardian, Institute of Museum and Library Services, library, Mississippi Library Commission, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Mississippi, State of Washington, EO 14238, Adria Walker DOGE