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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,099 posts) Mon Apr 13, 2026, 05:43 AM 6 hrs ago

New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked

Source: Washington Post

New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked

Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk’s group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they slashed agencies with little oversight.

April 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT 39 minutes ago
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Elon Musk oversaw the U.S. DOGE Service, a government cost-cutting operation, for more than four months. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg News/Getty Images)

By Meryl Kornfield
Members of the U.S. DOGE Service spoke regularly over Signal, the encrypted chat service that can auto-delete messages. They were informally recruited by people they knew. And other government employees didn’t know who was “DOGE.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/doge-musk-trump-deposition-videos-chatgpt/

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New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago OP

Well, I am shocked beyond belief. OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #1

Yeah. But look at all the $$$ they saved us taxpayers. 3Hotdogs 4 hrs ago #2

paywall blocked. :( nt Javaman 4 hrs ago #3

working link justaprogressive 1 hr ago #6

You mean a gang of unsupervised 19 year old bros high on power did a really bad job? Shocked, I tell you. Scrivener7 2 hrs ago #4

Working link :) TomWilm 1 hr ago #5

I recently received a new Medicare card though I had not ordered it. Lonestarblue 53 min ago #7

Ummm.....that sounds kind of suspicious to me Bayard 1 min ago #8

OldBaldy1701E

(11,247 posts)

1. Well, I am shocked beyond belief.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 07:42 AM

4 hrs ago

3Hotdogs

(15,403 posts)

2. Yeah. But look at all the $$$ they saved us taxpayers.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:07 AM

4 hrs ago

Javaman

(65,838 posts)

3. paywall blocked. :( nt

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:18 AM

4 hrs ago

justaprogressive

(6,970 posts)

6. working link

Reply to Javaman (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:04 AM

1 hr ago

https://archive.ph/5H6QZ]

Scrivener7

(59,713 posts)

4. You mean a gang of unsupervised 19 year old bros high on power did a really bad job? Shocked, I tell you.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:34 AM

2 hrs ago

TomWilm

(1,965 posts)

5. Working link :)

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:47 AM

1 hr ago

jump this

Lonestarblue

(13,512 posts)

7. I recently received a new Medicare card though I had not ordered it.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:29 AM

53 min ago

The accompanying letter indicated that my account had been compromised so a new number was being issued. I don't need any guesses as to who compromised my account. Have any of you received a new card? Musk and his DOGE delinquents need to be prosecuted.

Bayard

(29,867 posts)

8. Ummm.....that sounds kind of suspicious to me

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:20 PM

1 min ago

I think I'd verify with SS.

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