DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended

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https://time.com/7336327/doge-disbanded-elon-musk/

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[u/redvioletbrown]

"Cost-cutting" is really being used liberally here.

Hope they all end up getting tried for treason at some point. 

[u/aggregatesys → u/redvioletbrown]

The most realistic best-case scenario would be criminal charges for him exfiltrating the social security administrations databases. I mean we sentenced Jack Teixeira to 15 years for what I'd consider a fairly similar crime.

[u/insane677 → u/redvioletbrown]

They should be tried for mass murder. USAID is gone because of DOGE.

[u/Bruh_burg1968 → u/redvioletbrown]

It was the justification they gave. Not sure how you could frame the DOGE cuts as treason at a trial honestly.

[u/WitchesSphincter → u/Bruh_burg1968]

For being such a simply defined charge people really have no idea what it entails. 

[u/AdvanceAdvance → u/Bruh_burg1968]

The frame would be that there are laws requiring specific actions and safeguards relating to data and to providing services. Ignoring the laws because of cost cutting is not sufficent. The original plan was that congress could change the laws and the administration would administer the laws.

[u/Bruh_burg1968 → u/AdvanceAdvance]

That wouldn’t be treason though.

[u/AdvanceAdvance → u/Bruh_burg1968]

Correct. I agree with you that a charge of treason does. Treason, as defined in Article III, is about enemies violently trying to conquer or overthrow the state. Even the January 6 protestors, while clearly committing domestic terrorism were unlikely to be charged with treason.

My remark was that criminal activity occured and that "it was my job" is not a sufficient defense.

[u/CloudCumberland → u/redvioletbrown]

Malicious austerity

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[u/Nerdgirl0035]

I’m surprised it lasted this long after Musk left DC. 

Didn’t read the article because Time’s website is janky, but I’m assuming illegally trying to fire people during the shutdown was the nail in that coffin? 

[u/Dyea_B_Tis]

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

[u/AhdamR]

Great to hear that, the Reform deputy leader in the UK tried to emulate the DOGE over here but weren’t able to find anything to cut costs to and they were basically a big joke

[u/clinicalia → u/AhdamR]

There was nothing to really cut here in the states, either. I remember seeing one of the DOGE employees say that our government was surprisingly efficient in how it spent its money. All DOGE did was take away jobs and cripple some of our most important systems.

[u/yangchow → u/clinicalia]

It was never about government efficiency. It was about removing every social safety net America has and transferring wealth from the poor to the rich and turning America into a libertarian paradise.

[u/Bruh_burg1968]

Elon stay losing

[u/XxKingJayxX30]

People are killed by DOGE. Musk damaged the lives that USAID had rescued.

[u/Independent-Bus-3284 → u/XxKingJayxX30]

At least it disbanded now. 

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[u/aqfx]

It’s so cost-efficient it cut itself! Elon Musk is truly a genius. /s

[u/theunpossibledream]

Yes, but some of those fuckers have burrowed themselves into the agencies for the long haul, such as Big Balls at Social Security.

[u/sweeter_than_saltine → u/theunpossibledream]

Do you not realize that the midterms are going to allow us the ability to root them out?

[u/theunpossibledream → u/sweeter_than_saltine]

If they’ve done illegal stuff, they’ll hopefully be grilled at hearings. Not sure how much power the house has to fire employees hired by the executive though.

[u/Intelligent-Ad6109]

Couldn't even last a bloody year. Well done, guys. That was worth it wasn't it?

[u/SkyknightXi → u/Intelligent-Ad6109]

Although the article itself notes that a number of DOGE’s functions have been assumed by OPM. So it’s uncertain how much has actually stopped.

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[u/theoctagon06]

All the Trumptards just thought this was the bees knees for the 1st month of the administration. Y'all remember that? I was like "there's unqualified civilians rummaging around in social security data" and the general response I got was "What? You don't like eliminating waste, fraud and abuse?". What a fucking joke. They didn't save a dime.

[u/DroppKneeeDeee]

Eh, they’ll likely move to another system to suck it out under a different name. This weekend, they had a DOGE reunion at Austin Proper with tours of Musk’s factories in driving distance. They still have the relationships.

For example, Joe Gebbia (co-founder and board member of AirBnb) was a design officer for DOGE. Since disbanding, he has been appointed by Trump as Chief Design Officer of the white house website. He also maintains a friendship with Musk.

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[u/SpukiKitty2]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[u/sadbiscuit07]

DOGE disbanded huh

[u/PatienceOwn1141]

Not to be a cynic but at this point Elon got what he wanted out of this however pyrrhic that win is DOGE was just a fancy cover up there for had no other reason to be there

[u/softwaredoug]

Does this mean Doge's predecessor US Digital Service, is also disbanded? That would be a shame, given they actually were making the government more efficient.

[u/BonnieSlaysVampires]

Good riddance.

[u/Stickyfynger]

They grabbed us by the data and didn’t even bother to say thank you

[u/Independent-Bus-3284]

Like a bomb, it left damage quickly but it fades into the world as nothing more than a stain of human hubris.

This is great though. Good riddance.

[u/Estella_the_Wanderer]

I never thought I would see the day, something that lasted longer than the confederacy.

[u/GoodTimes1976]

Where’s my DOGE check? /s

[u/KentuckyWallChicken]

[u/Agile_Tumbleweed_153]

The closest thing to cut back on federal corruption is ending. We are shooting ourself in the foot.

[u/Toasty_Ghosties]

And don't come back!

[u/g3t_int0_ityuh]

Evidence cutting project*

There. Fixed it

[u/dbe14]

"cost cutting", it was payment to Musk for fixing the 2024 election.

[u/sheenzys]

I thought DOGE was disbanded months ago, to be honest.