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"We’ve talked plenty about how Elon Musk’s “Department of Government
Efficiency” (DOGE) was always more about performative cruelty than actual
efficiency. But a new Senate report reveals just how spectacularly DOGE failed
at its supposed core mission while causing immeasurable human suffering in the
process. The entire concept blew up more spectacularly than one of Musk’s
Starships.
The numbers are damning. The report from the Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations shows that DOGE wasted at least $21.7 billion in just six
months—between January 20 and July 18, 2025. But hey, at least they got to feel
like they were “draining the swamp,” right?
As Senator Richard Blumenthal put it in the report’s release:
“This report is a searing indictment of DOGE’s false claims. At the very
same time that the Trump Administration is cutting health care, nutrition
assistance, and emergency services in the name of ‘efficiency’ and
‘savings,’ they have enabled DOGE’s reckless waste of at least $21.7 billion
dollars.”
To recap the “efficiency”: Musk promised to save trillions, actually wasted
over $21 billion. That’s some galaxy-brain efficiency right there."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
