The ruling, a win for the Trump administration, means that DOGE will be able to access data on millions of Americans as part of what it has described as an effort to rout out fraud and "modernize outdated systems," but that critics say appears to be a fishing expedition.
BREAKING: DOGE given access to Americans' Social Security data by Supreme Court
-- Axios (@axios.com) Jun 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The people who made it illegal for the government to create a list of gun owners are okay with this?
The unelected Politburo-for-life whose members enjoy excellent salaries, easy work schedules, and 24/7 security has spoken for the masses: img.sputnikimages.com
In a second unsigned order on Friday the court handed DOGE another victory, ruling that, for now, the organization does not have to turn over internal records to a government watchdog group as part of a public records lawsuit.
The court's three liberal members " Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson " dissented from both rulings. [LINKY]
How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending?
www.bbc.com
I summarize the excellent chart presented in the article...
...
Initial pledge: $2 trillion
Revised pledge: $1 trillion
Current estimated savings: $160 billion
Itemized savings: $61.5 billion
Savings with receipts attached: $32.5 billion
...
So, DOGE seems to have failed miserably.
(and I'm being kind.)
If a US federal government department had shown such a failure in it's purpose, what might the GOP have said?
Yet, there seems to be an eerie silence from the GOP about DOGE not meeting the goals it had set.
Why?
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