Got examples of fraud and waste DOGE got rid of to cite? Like, actual examples? I've been paying attention and I haven't seen anything vetted and verified yet, but I've seen lots of examples of them firing critical people - like from that one nuclear management agency, or the bird flu people they're trying to hire back - or cancelling contracts that are actually needed, like canning a Thomson Reuters Westlaw deal because they hate Reuters [1]. Or misreading a $8m deal and calling it 8 billion dollars of fraud/waste because they (or the AI they're using) can't count zeroes or tell the difference between a decimal point and a comma [2]...
At this rate they're going to need to find a whole lot of fraud and waste to make up for the havoc they've created.
EDIT: Added a couple links for the harder to find examples.
How about 226M for DEI bullshit that's just incomprehensible word salad: https://x.com/doge/status/1892350446456500349. Just for starters. Is that "building" or "fraud" in your opinion?
DOGE saying "we saved 226m by cutting 18 contracts" isn't very convincing given the 8 billion example I provided. I'd love to see someone dig into those contracts they cut - or even exactly one of them - and explain what it was for and why it's wasteful.
Because what I've seen is a lot of keyword searches that cut stuff that's actually important.
For example, "transition care" for disabled kids getting cut because it contains a naughty transgender keyword. Or the word "inclusion" getting grants or contracts cut even though it's regular-ass english used in areas that have nothing to do with DEI.
I want to see actual rigor and substance, not Elon Musk or one of his reports coming out on stage and telling me they saved 50 billion dollars and that I'm going to get a $5000 check any day now. The guy's been saying robotaxis are a few years away for over a decade now, hasn't he? Why should I take him at his word?
Got examples of fraud and waste DOGE got rid of to cite? Like, actual examples? I've been paying attention and I haven't seen anything vetted and verified yet, but I've seen lots of examples of them firing critical people - like from that one nuclear management agency, or the bird flu people they're trying to hire back - or cancelling contracts that are actually needed, like canning a Thomson Reuters Westlaw deal because they hate Reuters [1]. Or misreading a $8m deal and calling it 8 billion dollars of fraud/waste because they (or the AI they're using) can't count zeroes or tell the difference between a decimal point and a comma [2]...
At this rate they're going to need to find a whole lot of fraud and waste to make up for the havoc they've created.
EDIT: Added a couple links for the harder to find examples.
1: https://bsky.app/profile/bradheath.bsky.social/post/3lijt5eh...
2: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/doge-canceled-contra...
How about 226M for DEI bullshit that's just incomprehensible word salad: https://x.com/doge/status/1892350446456500349. Just for starters. Is that "building" or "fraud" in your opinion?
"DEI bullshit" such as teaching kids English.
DOGE saying "we saved 226m by cutting 18 contracts" isn't very convincing given the 8 billion example I provided. I'd love to see someone dig into those contracts they cut - or even exactly one of them - and explain what it was for and why it's wasteful.
Because what I've seen is a lot of keyword searches that cut stuff that's actually important.
For example, "transition care" for disabled kids getting cut because it contains a naughty transgender keyword. Or the word "inclusion" getting grants or contracts cut even though it's regular-ass english used in areas that have nothing to do with DEI.
I want to see actual rigor and substance, not Elon Musk or one of his reports coming out on stage and telling me they saved 50 billion dollars and that I'm going to get a $5000 check any day now. The guy's been saying robotaxis are a few years away for over a decade now, hasn't he? Why should I take him at his word?
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