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demmiblue

(39,039 posts)
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 08:57 AM Nov 23

Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash the government's size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings.

"That doesn't exist," Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about DOGE's status.

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It is no longer a "centralized entity," Kupor added, in the first public comments from the Trump administration on the end of DOGE.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

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Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 23 OP
Well, that's a surprise, not. Biophilic Nov 23 #1
So they looted all the money and stole all our personal data travelingthrulife Nov 23 #2
I want a refund for every cent spent on that pack of assholes. Martin68 Nov 23 #3
Stole all the data and installed backdoors everywhere IronLionZion Nov 23 #4
Every comment above me recaps every thought I had about it. mdbl Nov 23 #5
It won't work, Dems will still investigate DOGE when they gain the majority. SunSeeker Nov 23 #6
So no refund Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 23 #7

travelingthrulife

(4,026 posts)
2. So they looted all the money and stole all our personal data
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 09:51 AM
Nov 23

ProPublica has identified many of these DOGE Rats.

IronLionZion

(50,506 posts)
4. Stole all the data and installed backdoors everywhere
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:48 PM
Nov 23

fired lots of workers without saving much costs. Badly weakened important services that American taxpayers depend on.

SunSeeker

(57,354 posts)
6. It won't work, Dems will still investigate DOGE when they gain the majority.
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 05:19 PM
Nov 23

Evidence of DOGE's crimes are everywhere.

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