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    RobF

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    I think this topic deserves its own thread, both to discuss generally the topic of government efficiency, and specifically the so-called 'Department of Government Efficiency' and the incoming Trump administration's aims to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Agencies".

    The announcements have been covered in the The Trump Cabinet and key post thread, but to recap, Trump has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will work together on a not-actually-an-official-government-Department of Government Efficiency, which is intended to work with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to "drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before," with the 'Department' to conclude its work "no later than July 4, 2026."

    Musk has previously said that the federal budget could be reduced by "at least $2 trillion", and Ramaswarmy, during his presidential campaign, said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and disband agencies including the Department of Education and the FBI.
     
    MT15 said:
    Turns out DOGE had/has read/write access to Treasury. Not “read-only” at all. And they’ve been careless with it.


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    Above is clearly a crime, if it is not pursued and prosecuted then there is zero accountability.....I worked with PII for years, there are strict guidelines for handling it and some fairly stiff consequences for breaching those guidelines.....hopefully this starts the downfall of DOGE, it should but not sure it will....
     
    Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency.

    The organization's CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our building.”

    USIP employees called the Metropolitan Police Department and reported it as a break-in. Police cars were outside USIP headquarters in Northwest D.C. Monday evening.

    Moose said they have been in talks with D.C. police ever since Trump issued the executive order Feb. 19, stressing the headquarters is a private building with the same rights as any other private building owner.

    “The employees of our building are not federal employees, executive branch employees,” Moose said. “They are employees of the institute. We have our own, separate board; we have our own bypass authority to go directly to Congress in order to get our money. Somehow, all of those arguments have not prevailed.”

    The DOGE workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts Monday and after having been turned away on Friday, a senior U.S. Institute of Peace official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

    It was not immediately clear what the DOGE staffers were doing or looking for in the nonprofit's building, which is across the street from the State Department in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

    While Moose said he believes the entry into headquarters is unlawful and inappropriate, he also feels it was inevitable.

    President Donald Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order that aims to shrink the size of the federal government. The administration has since moved to fire and cancel programs at some of those organizations.

    DOGE has expressed interest in the U.S. Institute of Peace for weeks but has been rebuffed by lawyers who argued that the institute’s status protected it from the kind of reorganization that is occurring in other federal agencies.

    On Friday, DOGE members arrived with two FBI agents, who left after the institute's lawyer told them of USIP’s “private and independent status,” the organization said in a statement.……

    www.nbcwashington.com

    US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building

    Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organization’s CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our...
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    Optimus Prime said:
    Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency.

    The organization's CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our building.”

    USIP employees called the Metropolitan Police Department and reported it as a break-in. Police cars were outside USIP headquarters in Northwest D.C. Monday evening.

    Moose said they have been in talks with D.C. police ever since Trump issued the executive order Feb. 19, stressing the headquarters is a private building with the same rights as any other private building owner.

    “The employees of our building are not federal employees, executive branch employees,” Moose said. “They are employees of the institute. We have our own, separate board; we have our own bypass authority to go directly to Congress in order to get our money. Somehow, all of those arguments have not prevailed.”

    The DOGE workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts Monday and after having been turned away on Friday, a senior U.S. Institute of Peace official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

    It was not immediately clear what the DOGE staffers were doing or looking for in the nonprofit's building, which is across the street from the State Department in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

    While Moose said he believes the entry into headquarters is unlawful and inappropriate, he also feels it was inevitable.

    President Donald Trump targeted the organization and a few others in a Feb. 19 executive order that aims to shrink the size of the federal government. The administration has since moved to fire and cancel programs at some of those organizations.

    DOGE has expressed interest in the U.S. Institute of Peace for weeks but has been rebuffed by lawyers who argued that the institute’s status protected it from the kind of reorganization that is occurring in other federal agencies.

    On Friday, DOGE members arrived with two FBI agents, who left after the institute's lawyer told them of USIP’s “private and independent status,” the organization said in a statement.……

    www.nbcwashington.com

    US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building

    Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organization’s CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our...
    www.nbcwashington.com www.nbcwashington.com
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    DOGE is doing this without any real consequences for the lawless actions they've taken. The courts can't stop them and neither will Congress, which is where the real guardrails are supposed to exist. Unfortunately, we have a Congress unwilling to push back and a Court unwilling to make the hard rulings. The WH is becoming a dictatorship.
     
    DaveXA said:
    DOGE is doing this without any real consequences for the lawless actions they've taken. The courts can't stop them and neither will Congress, which is where the real guardrails are supposed to exist. Unfortunately, we have a Congress unwilling to push back and a Court unwilling to make the hard rulings. The WH is becoming a dictatorship.
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    Those actions are not lawless because the President is above the law.
     
    DOGE employees are going to find their lives are going to be less than pleasant if anyone finds out. they have forked their futures for sure.
     
    Just when you think they can’t do anything more stupid than they have already done from a security standpoint, they go ahead and top themselves. Unsecured satellite coms on the roof of the WH. JFC.

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    I have hit my limit of free articles and cannot read it, but a post in the thread above says that one of the Muskies went on the roof of the WH to install the StarLink and the Secret Service didn’t know he was there, which led to a confrontation. So ridiculous and stupid.
     
    This from the people who think Clinton should go to jail for using a private server, and then used WhatsApp in the WH on unsecured phones during their first term.
     
    Good points on efficiency. The cruel joke is that DOGE isn’t even efficient at all at doing their horrible things.

     
    SFIDC3 said:
    Above is clearly a crime, if it is not pursued and prosecuted then there is zero accountability.....I worked with PII for years, there are strict guidelines for handling it and some fairly stiff consequences for breaching those guidelines.....hopefully this starts the downfall of DOGE, it should but not sure it will....
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    laws are only for normies like us.
     

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