Just getting to this @nytimes.com article about what a jawdropping bullshit factory, failure and fraud DOGE is. Musk is an historic disgrace, and what they've done is an incredible national scandal. Gift link. READ IT. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u... - ThreadSky

simonwdc.bsky.social • 71 days ago

Just getting to this @nytimes.com article about what a jawdropping bullshit factory, failure and fraud DOGE is.

Musk is an historic disgrace, and what they've done is an incredible national scandal. Gift link. READ IT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.68lW.rZjoLXBZbcRQ&smid=url-share

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bettypf.bsky.social•70 days ago

It's frightening because we have no idea of the extent of the damage or how or when it can be repaired. I despair.

muddles1968.bsky.social•70 days ago

We just know Democrats will have to fix it then will be accused of reckless spending, so ppl will vote in Rs again. I don’t have faith in the American voter to smarten up much.

muddles1968.bsky.social•70 days ago

Did anyone truly think he would be successful at this? Bc I know I did not believe it for a single second.

khaiserkf.bsky.social•71 days ago

📌

radtek58.bsky.social•71 days ago

What a Clown Show.

carlenemgadapee.bsky.social•70 days ago

They broken all the systems, they've demoralized hardworking professionals and the citizenry, and now it'll take just as much money to fix the things they broke. In the meantime, they've pocketed millions weekly. And Congress, at least the ones with the majority, have done nothing to stop it.

oldfrank999.bsky.social•70 days ago

musk is the foreigner the billionaire administration brought in to wreck our government. They have plausible denyability. He has the means to skate away after. That's the plan.

stef47.bsky.social•71 days ago

Cut taxes on the rich.
Run the debt to outer space.
Reduce the debt by skinning the hides of children, elderly, sick, poor.
Rinse and repeat.

halfpint.bsky.social•70 days ago

NO SHIT

naitruc.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thanks for gifting this!

gene47.bsky.social•48 days ago

Wonder how much $$ Oligarch Elmo and $$Trump have "reallocated" to their pockets??
It will takes years and legions of forensic analysts to uncover all that has been stolen..

ej617.bsky.social•71 days ago

Elon lies.

feralis.bsky.social•70 days ago

The douche from doge.

rollamichael.bsky.social•71 days ago

My foxzombie dad is hook line and sinker in belief that doge is finding 100s of billions in actual fraud. I’ve tried everything, even made him listen to @walshfreedom.bsky.social and nothing has worked.

By the way, I have no bedside manner so probably do the exact opposite of extracting a cult mbr.

mrmike1962.bsky.social•71 days ago

Prediction: the total savings DOGE will ultimately announce will be…

lindavt.bsky.social•70 days ago

It’s going to be a catastrophe for millions of people.

jvarrige.bsky.social•71 days ago

The damage this group has done to our government, institutions and safety is enormous. I have constant anxiety over the fact that they have access to our private personal data. Also, has anyone tallied the gov’t contracts that Elon Musk has awarded himself as well as the ones he already had?

bradketcher.bsky.social•71 days ago

Please check out our effort to drive Musk out of Missouri (and other states) with a simple state law change once embraced by the GOP! #unplugmusk
https://www.unplugmusk.com

mk561.bsky.social•71 days ago

Saving the govt money was never the goal

hopelaughlove.bsky.social•70 days ago

HE and his 60 employee DOGE are Fraudsters needs to be dragged outta of gov immediately! Stealing billions of our taxpayers $ with their salaries and our data - this is insane

ifindkarma.bsky.social•67 days ago

DOGE is not saving money.

DOGE is stealing our data.

It’s a digital coup.

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains the digital coup:

ifindkarma.bsky.social•67 days ago

“The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS …”
@amiberger.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/amiberger.bsky.social/post/3lhepeczmz22s

smspencerauthor.bsky.social•58 days ago

Just like everything else trump is ever involved with … lies, lies and more lies

Hope you are happy you friggin idiots who voted for this administration of incompetence… do you feel like “winners”?

cje17.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thanks for sharing the article.

clwaryas.bsky.social•71 days ago

saepurusass.bsky.social•70 days ago

Doge is not to cut waste etc, they are to cut, waste etc.

someguy2024.bsky.social•70 days ago

Wow, just wow. 2 numbers to remember: $65 a day (your average Social Security recipient) and $8 million a day (Elon's cash from US Govt. Contracts).
https://youtube.com/shorts/i5PDUS33M6s?si=TKkwywe8Q1wb97pk

blake105.bsky.social•70 days ago

This is the least surprising outcome ever.

sciantixo.bsky.social•71 days ago

1. missing is how much he took for all of this
2. he is not giving any evidence of 'waste, fraud, abuse'-even those who voted for them wanted that cut, not just everything ruined to save some money on paper

strumpetlily.bsky.social•71 days ago

Data theft and the hollowing out of the federal civil service were the real goals. Firing low-level workers and Park Rangers doesn't result in huge savings. I didn't hear anything about DOGE knocking on doors at the Pentagon demanding to see their records.

iftahayounak.bsky.social•70 days ago

They did. They are. And the intelligence agencies.

It should scare everyone that the uncleared DOGE morons are hooking into our national intelligence agencies to... do whatever they want.

julianbene.bsky.social•71 days ago

The destruction of key public capabilities is far worse than DOGE's lies about how much they've "saved."
Wrecking air traffic control, hurricane monitoring, food & drug safety, cybersecurity, veteran care and all the rest are NOT savings, FFS.

rlab53.bsky.social•71 days ago

They were only ever after the DATA, anyway.

leerysnail.bsky.social•71 days ago

DOGE is a data extraction vehicle that Elon’s using to steal American’s personal info so he can setup privatized Federal programs such as Social Security on his own platform X.

tildabin.bsky.social•71 days ago

Exactly. Cost cutting was never the driver. Our data was their goal.

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•71 days ago

Feed thr Palantir surveillance operation is the objective.

chrissync.bsky.social•70 days ago

📌

zibilith.bsky.social•71 days ago

Why does the NYT accept at face value what DOGE said its goal was? They should try reporting DOGE’s actions and inferring its goals based on them.

faith54.bsky.social•71 days ago

Is 15% his upfront fee for phuking the US?

nalanidesjard.bsky.social•71 days ago

#democracyisdying
Truly an amazing feat... idiot.
https://apple.news/ACY8Tfs0_QnibGArPCBfT4w

ronchica.bsky.social•71 days ago

Of course Musk is a fraud. He stole our data and our money. That is the story. The only story. It is still a FIRE.

colleenski.bsky.social•71 days ago

It’s about personal data mining for profit, not taxpayers’ savings.

moon4841.bsky.social•71 days ago

That whole party lies and gaslights nonstop

schatzkin.bsky.social•71 days ago

Unmitigated chaos, lost jobs, lost data, confusion, fear and utter fuckery. For what?

Enriching Elon? Gratifying Trump’s nihilistic plan to become dictator for life? Eroding Congressional power?

All because a Black POTUS

I hate this country

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•71 days ago

And misinformation + propoganda on steroids.

mgishere.bsky.social•71 days ago

All because a Black POTUS, “they’re eating the dogs,” and pronouns. Fucking despicable.

jedigarcia.bsky.social•71 days ago

They're fascists & nihilists that hate Freedom & happiness.

They were going to do it no matter fucking what.

That's what makes listening to their meaningless bullshit so infuriating.

mgishere.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yes to all this. Infuriating for sure 🤬

blueshirt47.bsky.social•70 days ago

DOGE was never really there to create savings. Their theory is is if you can't eliminate regulations decimate the regulators so that the regulations have been emasculated and cannot be enforced.

nywonk.bsky.social•70 days ago

That hustler belongs in prison.

mytfinn.bsky.social•71 days ago

Only solution to this is taxing the 1%. A lot. And they will still be obscenely wealthy.

timplex.bsky.social•71 days ago

Federal spending in February was up 6% from a year ago

csubversivepie.bsky.social•71 days ago

A family member posted a clip from 2014 of Elon saying he paid back some government loan early out of respect for the US taxpayers as “evidence” that he has our best interests at heart today. That’s the kind of analytical skill that too many have. And why we are in this mess.

caborose.bsky.social•71 days ago

The vast amount destruction they have caused our nation… and for what? Just so disgusting! Thanks for the gift link.

redcordialmarx.bsky.social•69 days ago

SpaceX has cut $27B from its Mars mission via bold cost innovations and strategic trajectory recalibration. The rocket won’t land on Mars but will pass nearby—delivering proximity-driven value at scale. Mars is no longer a destination. It’s a mindset.

barbaraloo5.bsky.social•71 days ago

Its never been about saving money. Its about dismantling the agencies to stop the investigations into Musk and his companies. How could he survive if his taxpayer funded corporate welfare was canceled?

kath9.bsky.social•71 days ago

He got the data. That was the real reason he did all of this. He and his minions are creating the Big Brother we always worried about.

stayscathed.bsky.social•71 days ago

📌

surfesq.bsky.social•44 days ago

Yes. DOGE is a fraud and a national embarrassment. I submit that its purpose was to destroy the federal government and not to address massive fraud, waste and abuse. I knew that it was not going to find what in good faith it was not looking for.

raittafan.bsky.social•70 days ago

What they’ve done is Project 2025.

bossya.bsky.social•70 days ago

Which is still ongoing.

panthersfan-afr.bsky.social•71 days ago

📌

karmasdad.bsky.social•58 days ago

Republicans are protecting this fiasco!

lizziepi.bsky.social•70 days ago

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. It was an ultra nefarious scheme dreamed up by two massively greedy, corrupt con artists to defraud America and Americans by stealing their money,hard earned benefits and rights while infiltrating protected information for further corruption.
Thieves! Prosecute them!

canopyguy.bsky.social•71 days ago

They spent how much to save 150B? This organization can’t save shit to save their lives.

atl6.bsky.social•71 days ago

They succeeded in wreaking havoc , stressing everyone out and shifting scrutiny away from all the other shit drumpy is doing

maisiemao.bsky.social•71 days ago

Elon helps tank the US economy, fires people, tanks Tesla, gets Goverment contracts payouts is an all round fraudster who needs to be stopped

dapdenie.bsky.social•71 days ago

As of July 2024 the IRS had collected one billion dollars in past due taxes. Now that they have fired so many IRS agents, I think DOGE has now cost us almost one billion dollars...great job Elon! Make America Broke Again.

jobycatjville.bsky.social•71 days ago

DOGE is the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse! It's all a fraud on the American People to destroy our Democracy to replace it with a Kleptocracy.

noyouhush.bsky.social•70 days ago

kerryflynn.bsky.social•70 days ago

Fuck the times, even free.

thurstonhowellv.bsky.social•71 days ago

Is Elon Muck still prattling about the “missing” gold in Fort Knox?

annemumswordllc.bsky.social•70 days ago

"I assume the gold is still there," he said. "It would really be quite a movie if we walked in and there was no gold."

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/fort-knox-vault/

atcdee.bsky.social•71 days ago

It was never about waist fraud & abuse! It’s been about collecting our data to build his Al. And getting rid of any and all people and entities that question him or his companies.

bossya.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thank-you for the link. Anyone who's ever read The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis knew the accusations against "lazy" government workers was a lie.

kittiehouse.bsky.social•70 days ago

He learned from the best worst: egg prices are higher, gas prices are higher, stock market is down, Russia war of aggression in Ukraine is still going, Hamas still putting people in danger. But yeah, day one.

laney502.bsky.social•70 days ago

💥⚠️👊 “Unless the spectacular earthquakes are dwarfed by new abuses… Trump regime will start to wither & dissipate. It cannot stay at its current level of power—which is too high to sustain, but too low to succeed... As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls & explodes.”
-Yarvin

studentsdemocracy.bsky.social•71 days ago

a jawdropping bullshit factory, failure and fraud DOGE is

wbfmorningstar.bsky.social•71 days ago

And COSTS. My god the costs of dealing, plus shoveling of the cost of the work to states (NC and GA didn't get federal help after the tornados!) I see discussions that fed taxes will not go down +/- the bribe from our pockets, & state taxes could go up 30%+ to replace the pooled resources we pd for

kathleenchance.bsky.social•70 days ago

Of course he failed ! Musk like Trump he’s a fraud with money who has no clue how to run a business or government.

ayallgood.bsky.social•70 days ago

Buy they've vacuumed up 335M citizens' private data.

champagnecrone.bsky.social•71 days ago

📌

richgers.bsky.social•71 days ago

They got what they wanted.

tom2050.bsky.social•71 days ago

nplindaberry.bsky.social•71 days ago

This hasn't been dated lately but I'm betting not too much has changed - https://doge.muskwatch.com/

darkmather.bsky.social•71 days ago

Just as Trump, Musk is known to be a seasoned liar, one that just keeps lying whatever happens. The scary part is that a lot of people doesn't seem to care

grainsofsand.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thank you for the article.

jamea.bsky.social•71 days ago

Our enemies list

juliekroberts.bsky.social•71 days ago

And let’s talk about the money this Administration and DOGE are really costing the taxpayers. Trump doesn’t care about waste fraud or abuse. $100 m on new ballroom $88 m on travel to his property and that is only a couple things.

iftahayounak.bsky.social•70 days ago

Nah. Musk did exactly what he set out to do, which was to destroy govt functions, get rid of whole agencies MAGA doesn't like, steal Americans' private data, hook himself into the entirety of the US Treasury system, & get this country many steps closer to technocrat/oligarch rule. Smashing success.

bossya.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yep.

sunyasue.bsky.social•71 days ago

I’d like to see a total of all of the money that was awarded to Musk during this time in payments and contracts.

voltairesrage.bsky.social•70 days ago

He is hacking every system installing his AI so their is no way to dig him out of the grift unless the entire country fails.

pspicerwensley.bsky.social•70 days ago

The entire team of Dogeshits should be tried and fried.

timmyhecta.bsky.social•70 days ago

its a scam

kerekata.bsky.social•71 days ago

thanks for the 🎁article!

musk + his minions are incompetent idiots, not mention egregious liars. of course, the primary purpose is more probably theft of data &💰, disruption of all those investigations into musk & his companies, plus the crippling or destruction of federal govt agencies & services

pb48.bsky.social•71 days ago

Yes and how I still wish ALL of them were arrested and in jail with dt. Criminals.

radicalrhymes.bsky.social•71 days ago

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•71 days ago

Damn

sandraeb.bsky.social•71 days ago

Trump and Musk are grifters

fullyawakeandout.bsky.social•71 days ago

It's sole purpose was to collect data from every agency not save money that is perfectly obvious.

melissahbuckner.bsky.social•70 days ago

“DOGE is a bullshit factory.”

ellz.bsky.social•71 days ago

Already knew and I don't NYT but appreciate the mention

nerdynomad.bsky.social•70 days ago

It’s shocking I know, that MuskRat is a liar and total fraud, who could’ve seen this coming; Everyone!!! So frustrating to see Trump and Musk, two criminal con men in charge of our government institutions. There never was a plan to fix anything. Fraudsters.
#ChaosCorruptionAndCruelty

annie38.bsky.social•70 days ago

Remove this pos from our government!

lauratck.bsky.social•70 days ago

Overstating?
Lying.
They're lying.
Let's call it what it is.

capecodcountry.bsky.social•71 days ago

Elon, another conman, cannot save the government $$$, but he can ruin all the goodwill accumulated over the last 80 years or so around the globe within months, along with his fellow grifter, tRump & company.

This is not the government I want and neither did my ancestors who fought for the US.

wvdogma.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thank you for sharing!

allyhartwell.bsky.social•71 days ago

sarahinitaly.bsky.social•70 days ago

DOGE is Musk’s smokescreen as he weasels accommodations and exceptions for his businesses from the Class A moron in the White House

sassiesmom.bsky.social•71 days ago

Nobody needs to read this to know that🙄

planetruth.bsky.social•71 days ago

jennie5309.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thanks for sharing. It’s articles like this that should not have a paywall. We need to come up with a new way for news orgs to make money. The people who really need to see it, won’t.

godless2.bsky.social•71 days ago

Boycott, De-advertse, Unsubscribe: https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/

dano1961.bsky.social•70 days ago

He didn't fall short! He did exactly what he wanted. Get rid of departments that hurt his business and change government contracts to use his businesses and line his pockets more with our tax $'s