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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomeone is auditing DOGE's receipts to prove he's over-inflating the numbers.
See, if he was a legitimate accountant, he would see immediate repercussions. But he's just a mouth with money in his pockets and no one will hold him accountable.
https://doge.muskwatch.com/
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Someone is auditing DOGE's receipts to prove he's over-inflating the numbers. (Original Post)
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2naSalit
(96,007 posts)1. Good thing...
Somebody should be doing this.
malaise
(281,839 posts)2. Muskrat and his goons are playing smart
but not being clever.
They will be exposed
Think. Again.
(21,843 posts)4. I think it might be the other way around...
They're being clever, as in "tricky", but certainly nothing they're doing is smart, not even for their own nefarious goals.
ms liberty
(10,043 posts)6. This. Aka, "too clever by half"
malaise
(281,839 posts)7. LOL
I was quoting Bob from Small Axe😀
kerouac2
(1,103 posts)3. How much does doge cost?
Where is their funding from and who is checking their expenses?
Think. Again.
(21,843 posts)5. Excellent question...
....the total cost of their activities should be figured into the balance sheet.
dalton99a
(87,263 posts)8. DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/us/politics/doge-errors-funding-grants-claims.html
DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
Elon Musks group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.
By David A. Fahrenthold and Jeremy Singer-Vine
March 13, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET
Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency has repeatedly posted error-filled data that inflated its success at saving taxpayer money. But after a series of news reports called out those mistakes, the group changed its tactics.
It began making its new mistakes harder to find, leaving its already secretive activities even less transparent than before.
Mr. Musks group posted a new set of claims to its website on March 2, saying it had saved taxpayers $10 billion by terminating 3,489 federal grants.
Previously when it posted new claims, DOGE, Mr. Musks government-restructuring effort, had included identifying details about the cuts it took credit for. That allowed the public to fact-check its work by comparing its figures with federal spending databases and talking to the groups whose funding had been cut.
This time, it did not include those details. A White House official said that was done for security purposes.
The result was that the groups new claims appeared impossible to check.
...
DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
Elon Musks group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.
By David A. Fahrenthold and Jeremy Singer-Vine
March 13, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET
Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency has repeatedly posted error-filled data that inflated its success at saving taxpayer money. But after a series of news reports called out those mistakes, the group changed its tactics.
It began making its new mistakes harder to find, leaving its already secretive activities even less transparent than before.
Mr. Musks group posted a new set of claims to its website on March 2, saying it had saved taxpayers $10 billion by terminating 3,489 federal grants.
Previously when it posted new claims, DOGE, Mr. Musks government-restructuring effort, had included identifying details about the cuts it took credit for. That allowed the public to fact-check its work by comparing its figures with federal spending databases and talking to the groups whose funding had been cut.
This time, it did not include those details. A White House official said that was done for security purposes.
The result was that the groups new claims appeared impossible to check.
...