Just how much has DOGE exaggerated its numbers? Now we have receipts (opens in new tab)

(politico.com)

72 pointspulisse7mo ago22 comments

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So we should finally start seeing legal repercussions for all involved, and a great undoing of everything they’ve done?

Legal repercussions for all involved lowest rank technical staff and a great worsening of all they have done and even more. Just like it happens after every other govt blunder :)

headinsand7mo ago

I think it is insincere to call what doge and its employees did a “blunder”.

Their actions were intentional and malicious.

That’s like calling deciding to deny a same sex couple a marriage certificate a bureaucratic “blunder“ when it is in fact a targeted act using your position to supplant existing law to malign others based on your own interests.

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meheleventyone7mo ago

To be fair it's not like the script is any different outside of government either.

alistairSH7mo ago

Unsurprising. Saving money/deficit reduction was never the primary goal.

k3107mo ago

IMO, DOGE's main goal and legacy was/is to grab government agency code and plant trojans.

When the time is "right", seize it all. We are just about there.

We have secret police, concentration camps, and now, federal occupation of a city.

Does anyone see a pattern?

Ylmaz7mo ago

I built a simple tool to download all their data a few month ago (https://dogedownloadtool.pages.dev/). It uses their API and creates a CSV file for the user. It's interesting to do some data analysis with it.

Finnucane7mo ago

But the damage and destruction of valuable Federal services: priceless.

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headinsand7mo ago

So we should finally start seeing legal repercussions for all involved, and a great undoing of everything they’ve done?

Yizahi7mo ago

Legal repercussions for all involved lowest rank technical staff and a great worsening of all they have done and even more. Just like it happens after every other govt blunder :)

headinsand7mo ago

I think it is insincere to call what doge and its employees did a “blunder”.

Their actions were intentional and malicious.

1 more reply

meheleventyone7mo ago

To be fair it's not like the script is any different outside of government either.

alistairSH7mo ago

Unsurprising. Saving money/deficit reduction was never the primary goal.

k3107mo ago

IMO, DOGE's main goal and legacy was/is to grab government agency code and plant trojans.

When the time is "right", seize it all. We are just about there.

We have secret police, concentration camps, and now, federal occupation of a city.

Does anyone see a pattern?

Ylmaz7mo ago

Finnucane7mo ago

But the damage and destruction of valuable Federal services: priceless.

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