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GOP's sole purpose in Congress: disinfo

Do taxpayers need to pay 218 full-time GOP representatives whose only job is making up hysterical lies?

Salon

State department removes word ‘Tesla’ from $400m US armoured vehicles list

Earlier procurement forecast had suggested Elon Musk’s company would be a beneficiary of planned purchases

The Guardian - UK

Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government

Musk’s task force wants to cut tens of thousands of federal workers, and now it’s aiming at people he thinks are too rich.

Fortune

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‘Who the hell voted for Big Balls?’ Former Clinton adviser rages at Musk’s teenage DOGE hire

Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist, criticized the teenage adviser working for Elon Musk known by a controversial nickname

The Independent UK

DOGE Is Good. It's Not Enough.

Even if the Department of Government Efficiency eliminates all improper payments and fraud, we'll still be facing a debt explosion—which requires structural reform.

Reason

State Department might buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas from DOGE head and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Elon Musk, head of the DOGE and CEO of Tesla simultaneously, has said he will police his own conflicts of interest.

Fortune

Musk's DOGE Team Raises Major Cyber Security Concerns

Young engineers deployed across the US government as part of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have triggered alarm throughout Washington's security establishment.

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Elon Musk savaged as SpaceX gets new $40m defense contract amid his cutting of federal spending

‘Hey, @elonmusk, I found some corruption for DOGE to take a look at,’ on X user quipped

The Independent UK

Musk Reportedly Set to Land $400 Million State Department Contract for 'Armored Teslas' as DOGE Continues 'War on Waste'

Elon Musk's Tesla is set to secure a $400 million federal contract for armored vehicles as his role in the Trump administration raises conflict-of-interest concerns.

Latin Times

Trump website monitoring ‘government waste’ is a placeholder about a made-up architectural firm

Democratic lawmakers have accused Department of Government of Efficiency of providing little transparency about efforts to drastically reduce size and spending of federal government

The Independent UK

If your bank rips you off, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets your money back. Elon Musk is killing it

The CFPB has returned more than $17 billion to Americans — and dozens of its workers were laid off on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency site adds data from controversial rightwing thinktank

Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’

The Guardian - US

Trump just made his boldest move yet in an attempt to cut down the federal workforce

Everything you need to know about an executive order trying to put the Department of Government Efficiency in charge of massive federal workforce reductions.

Fortune

Elon Musk Implausibly Claims 'Competence and Caring' Can Cut the Federal Budget Deficit in Half

The DOGE director wildly exaggerates what can be accomplished by tackling "waste, fraud, and abuse" in government spending without new legislation.

Reason

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The Independent UK

DOGE staffer accused of racist posts was ‘mistakenly’ given power to alter federal payments system

Marko Elez resigned from DOGE after unearthing of racist social media posts

Fortune

DOGE—tasked with trimming federal spending—has more than doubled its budget already, disclosures show

The group’s funding grew from $750,000 to $6.75 million and then $14.4 million in less than two weeks.

The Guardian - UK

If you thought Elon Musk was bad, look at his dreadful mini-mes and shudder for America

They are young and seizing the reins of government on their master’s behalf with an imperial swagger. It will end in many tears, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Latin Times

Democratic Rep. Says He'll Show a 'D-ck Pick' At DOGE Hearing, Pulls Up a Photo of 'President Elon Musk'

Rep. Robert Garcia said Musk is "leading a power grab also abided by and encouraged by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene"

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Salon

Trump cedes hiring power to Musk

An executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday purports to grant DOGE the power to veto new government hires

Fortune

Trump's small business department fired staff and said it was an accident—then emailed the next day re-firing them

Probationary staffers reportedly received a series of emails relating to terminations amid widespread headcount cuts in department agencies.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit describes Musk's DOGE teams overseeing the killing of hundreds of USAID programs abroad

Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. aid and foreign assistance programs abroad this week

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Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Ernst Collaborates With Elon Musk

Republican Senator Joni Ernst collaborates with Elon Musk to reduce government spending, sparking praise and criticism.

Reason

Elon's 'Daily Proctology Exam'

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