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BumRushDaShow

(154,461 posts)
Fri May 30, 2025, 07:51 AM May 30

Top DOGE officials are already fleeing as Musk leaves government

Source: Yahoo! News/The Independent

Thu, May 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM EDT


Top officials at the Department of Government Efficiency are set to leave their roles following the departure of DOGE head Elon Musk. Three officials – adviser Steve Davis, adviser and spokesperson Katie Miller, and attorney James Burnham – are leaving the administration, a White House official told The Hill.

Davis served in a leadership role at DOGE and has worked with Musk at several of his companies, including the Boring Company, SpaceX, and X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Serving as DOGE’s “chief operating officer,” Davis spoke to Fox News in March, calling the work an “inspiring mission” that was “worth doing.” Davis also appeared at a briefing alongside Musk at the White House with a small group of reporters, when Musk spoke about DOGE’s work and its future.

Miller is the wife of Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller and was also part of the first Trump administration. She was named to the DOGE advisory board in December. Burnham was DOGE’s general counsel. He’s also the president and founder of Vallecity Capital LLC and earlier served as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-doge-officials-already-fleeing-001023470.html

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Top DOGE officials are already fleeing as Musk leaves government (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 30 OP
dog-e is a total fuck up.................. Lovie777 May 30 #1
yeppers and i remember when the pre$$ made a big deal about the boeing spacecraft to the point of embarressment. AllaN01Bear May 30 #14
And, Mr. Evil May 30 #24
As expected Deminpenn May 30 #2
These guys all got their mitts into the inner machinery of our Wingus Dingus May 30 #3
You are one of the few people here who get it. gab13by13 May 30 #5
I, too, think it's stupid that anyone is portraying this as some kind of win. Wingus Dingus May 30 #8
'Businessmen' don't accept the purpose of government is to provide services society needs to function & prosper Attilatheblond May 30 #28
By 'Businessmen' I assume you mean greedy psychopaths... ananda May 30 #29
It was just to get rid of things that tRump and the GOP didn't like, never about saving money. They're gonna spend more OverBurn May 30 #38
Exactly. hamsterjill May 30 #22
Take the money and run. yardwork May 30 #23
i look forward to charges been bought against all 3 some day Mr. Sparkle May 30 #4
Yeah, maybe the new president will give Merrick Garland another chance? gab13by13 May 30 #6
No, hopefully to someone who have them. republianmushroom May 30 #26
I hope their enablers are charged 4catsmom May 30 #41
They better hope for a pardon. cstanleytech May 30 #7
Run you fuckers. When we take power again and, we will. You will go to prison. nt Hotler May 30 #9
Pardons will be issued k_buddy762 May 30 #11
Maybe so but, the seed of prison time has to be planted in the back of their mind. Hotler May 30 #13
What about "Big Balls"? Fiendish Thingy May 30 #10
how many of them r druggies, too? mopinko May 30 #12
Katie Miller is Stephen Miller's wife IronLionZion May 30 #15
He's got a helluva lot more money (including some of yours and mine stolen from the Treasury) BumRushDaShow May 30 #16
Steve Miller Band - Go On Take The Money And Run IronLionZion May 30 #19
LOL BumRushDaShow May 30 #20
good riversedge May 30 #17
Better go back to Russia. travelingthrulife May 30 #18
Before Abstractartist May 30 #21
...and we are gonna stalk them... samnsara May 30 #25
Davis is the guy who was really running DOGE. He seems to be Musk's #2. hedda_foil May 30 #27
Long knives coming out - It is the way of the Beltway Bluetus May 30 #30
"Run away!!!! Martin68 May 30 #31
Burglars don't usually stay around for long after they've looted the joint. Midnight Writer May 30 #32
How Do You Suppose This Delightful Session of Baking in Power Will Eventually Be Depicted on Their CVs? The Roux Comes First May 30 #33
Thats nice Figarosmom May 30 #34
Musk's departure from government marks the first time he's pulled out of anything that he screwed. Efilroft Sul May 30 #35
They should be Tarred and Feathered. N/T tonekat May 30 #36
"our work here is done." barbtries May 30 #37
That 3 out of 60 still leaves a lot of Dogers to do the long term jobs. They're highly paid by Musk to stay offsite ancianita May 30 #39
Except Elon isn't leaving... New Breed Leader May 30 #40
DOGE was a TOTAL FAILURE because it utterly failed to find enough waste, fraud or abuse Warpy May 30 #42
They finally found out how many former Trump people have ended up in prison or bankrupt. kerry-is-my-prez May 30 #43
Good Riddance To All Of Them COL Mustard May 30 #44
I'm assuming all the 20-year-old hacker brats are still staying on as the baton passes to Comrade Krasnov. Karasu May 30 #45

AllaN01Bear

(25,625 posts)
14. yeppers and i remember when the pre$$ made a big deal about the boeing spacecraft to the point of embarressment.
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:15 AM
May 30

Mr. Evil

(3,314 posts)
24. And,
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:01 AM
May 30

he still gets billions in no-bid gov't. contracts to have his regular fireworks show over the southeastern US.

Wingus Dingus

(9,087 posts)
3. These guys all got their mitts into the inner machinery of our
Fri May 30, 2025, 07:55 AM
May 30

systems and data, and now they're leaving, to do WHO KNOWS WHAT with it.

gab13by13

(28,426 posts)
5. You are one of the few people here who get it.
Fri May 30, 2025, 08:16 AM
May 30

Musk and his cyber-punks' work is done. Russia has access to all our government agencies and Democrats are celebrating.

No wonder we lose. No one pushed what happened at the NLRB when 15 minutes after the cyber-punks left, Russians tried to gain access to the NLRB using the correct user names and passwords. That means that Musk gave Russia that access.

How long was NLRB Gate in the news? 2 or 3 days? Democrats let it go away.

Yay, Musk never cut 3 trillion dollars, but he and Krasnov fired all of the honest workers and replaced them with Magats.

Yay, Democrats are winning, Musk is moving to a different office.

Wingus Dingus

(9,087 posts)
8. I, too, think it's stupid that anyone is portraying this as some kind of win.
Fri May 30, 2025, 08:34 AM
May 30

Cutting budgets and saving money was never the goal, just the cover story. On edit--plus "Big Balls" and those other little punks are still there as the guys on the inside following orders, unless anyone has heard anything different.

Attilatheblond

(6,280 posts)
28. 'Businessmen' don't accept the purpose of government is to provide services society needs to function & prosper
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:12 AM
May 30

They don't grasp that government is not a for-profit enterprise. Oh, they understand that government is a source of income for them, but refuse to see the connections between well functioning society where people's needs are addressed and the profitability of the marketplace is possible because of THE PEOPLE.

The high rollers with the fat egos think they are the reason for success. They fail to acknowledge the workers' and consumers' as the root of all profits. Too many think government spending on anything that isn't their project is waste.

ananda

(32,145 posts)
29. By 'Businessmen' I assume you mean greedy psychopaths...
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:20 AM
May 30

who, like all of Trump and co., don't really care about anyone
but themselves.

That of course is, eventually, a self-defeating prospect, though
profitable in the short term.

OverBurn

(1,229 posts)
38. It was just to get rid of things that tRump and the GOP didn't like, never about saving money. They're gonna spend more
Fri May 30, 2025, 03:23 PM
May 30

than any administration ever has in a 4 year period, breaking his first 1st term record.

hamsterjill

(16,011 posts)
22. Exactly.
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:41 AM
May 30

Mission accomplished. Their work is done and they can all go sit on the Riviera and smile.

4catsmom

(645 posts)
41. I hope their enablers are charged
Fri May 30, 2025, 03:59 PM
May 30

or at least ostracized in their communities and never again re-elected to office. Imagine letting one or two people break the law so flagrantly and standing around doing nothing

 

k_buddy762

(638 posts)
11. Pardons will be issued
Fri May 30, 2025, 08:51 AM
May 30

Most will never see the inside of a courtroom unless it is to testify against someone who wasn't lucky enough to get a pardon.

Hotler

(13,200 posts)
13. Maybe so but, the seed of prison time has to be planted in the back of their mind.
Fri May 30, 2025, 08:57 AM
May 30

Just to gnaw at them a little each day.
Be well.

BumRushDaShow

(154,461 posts)
16. He's got a helluva lot more money (including some of yours and mine stolen from the Treasury)
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:19 AM
May 30

and lots of babies (and baby-mamas) around!

travelingthrulife

(2,632 posts)
18. Better go back to Russia.
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:25 AM
May 30

These people need to be tried and punished for what they did. They made millions screwing us over.

Abstractartist

(249 posts)
21. Before
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:47 AM
May 30

Before they go, democrats must insist all their desktop computers, laptops, emails, jump drives, disks, 8 track tapes, cassettes, cd roms, LP albums, 45 single records, and Atari games be turned in and accounted for.

All kidding aside, this needs to be a must.

samnsara

(18,548 posts)
25. ...and we are gonna stalk them...
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:06 AM
May 30

...names, locations, etc.......they will all be called in by congress. That oughta be fun to watch..wait til a doggy kid is grilled by Jasmine!

hedda_foil

(16,748 posts)
27. Davis is the guy who was really running DOGE. He seems to be Musk's #2.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:09 AM
May 30

If he's gone, DOGE, may disappear. At least I hope so.

Bluetus

(1,147 posts)
30. Long knives coming out - It is the way of the Beltway
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:40 AM
May 30

Everybody hates Trump. Everybody hates Musk. But they bide their time. Now that Musk isn't around to protect his people, there will be a lot of "F off. This is my grift you are stepping on. Get outta here. Go back to Tesla and run your grifts there."

The Roux Comes First

(1,723 posts)
33. How Do You Suppose This Delightful Session of Baking in Power Will Eventually Be Depicted on Their CVs?
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:21 PM
May 30

Efilroft Sul

(4,041 posts)
35. Musk's departure from government marks the first time he's pulled out of anything that he screwed.
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:56 PM
May 30

ancianita

(40,637 posts)
39. That 3 out of 60 still leaves a lot of Dogers to do the long term jobs. They're highly paid by Musk to stay offsite
Fri May 30, 2025, 03:23 PM
May 30

to stay burrowed in and use those back doors to keep feeding data to his AI, which he will later use to contract out right back to the U.S.government he had his Dogers steal it all from.

Warpy

(113,543 posts)
42. DOGE was a TOTAL FAILURE because it utterly failed to find enough waste, fraud or abuse
Fri May 30, 2025, 05:06 PM
May 30

to come anywhere near the number King Puspocket had pulled out of his big, fat ass. They failed to find it because it wasn't there, most of it enriches guys like Musk.

They're jumping off that particular ship before it sinks under the weight of warrants, injunctions and lawsuits because most of their big dollar cuts were things they eliminated illegally, like USAID and VOA, among so many others.

Musk will skate away on his remaining billions, one hopes to a very discreet clinic somewhere in Europe to clean up and dry out for a year or so.



kerry-is-my-prez

(9,995 posts)
43. They finally found out how many former Trump people have ended up in prison or bankrupt.
Fri May 30, 2025, 05:39 PM
May 30

Trump Associates sentenced to prison:
Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro,
Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, Roger Stone, Rick Gates,
Allen Weisselberg, 800 Jan. 6 rioters.

Trump Lawyers disbarred, sanctioned, censured, indicted or sued:
Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Michael Cohen, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, James Troupis, Christina Bobb, Jeffrey Clark, Alina Habba, Cleta Mitchell, Ray Smith, Robert Cheeley, Boris Epshteyn, Lin Wood, Howard Kleinhendler, Gregory Rohl, Stefanie Lynn Junttila, Emily Newman, Julia Haller, Brandon Johnson and Scott Hagerstrom.

Karasu

(1,346 posts)
45. I'm assuming all the 20-year-old hacker brats are still staying on as the baton passes to Comrade Krasnov.
Fri May 30, 2025, 07:33 PM
May 30
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