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Saturday, August 02, 2025

US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) released a Minority staff report unveiling that Elon Musk's brainchild, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has generated at least $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government between 20 Jan 2025 and 18 July 2025. The report, "The $21.7 Billion Blunder: Analyzing the Waste Generated by DOGE," follows a months-long investigation into Elon Musk and DOGE and is the most comprehensive effort to date to quantify taxpayer dollars squandered by DOGE despite its ostensible goal of eliminating government waste. Source: Full Report

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"This report is a searing indictment of DOGE's false claims. At the very same time that the Trump Administration is cutting health care, nutrition assistance, and emergency services in the name of efficiency' and savings,' they have enabled DOGE's reckless waste of at least $21.7 billion dollars," said Blumenthal. "As my PSI investigation has shown, DOGE was clearly never about efficiency or saving the American taxpayer money. I urge Inspectors General to take up our investigation's findings and initiate a comprehensive review of DOGE's careless actions."
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No. F*&^ing. S(*&.

I'm sure the exact dollar amount isn't 100% accurate. Probably inflated for dramatic effect.

But DOGE was never about efficiency, fraud, waste or abuse.

It was about getting the idiots to learn that mantra while accessing massive amounts of citizen data that had been siloed by law and by people who actually gave a s*&^ in their jobs, not matter what worthless cucks like lfthndcuck, fistedp^&&$ and ballwringer believe.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-02 12:22 AM | Reply

Besides this investigation of DOGE, through the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) can hold hearings and investigate Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. As a minority member though, Senator Blumenthal can only invite witnesses to testify without subpoena power, such as the AUSA and FBI agents who investigated Ghislaine Maxwell (see names in first link).

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is the Committee's chief investigative subcommittee and has the responsibility of studying and investigating the efficiency and economy of operations relating to all branches of the government. The Subcommittee is also tasked with studying and investigating the compliance or noncompliance with rules, regulations and laws, investigating all aspects of crime and lawlessness within the US which have an impact upon or affect the national health, welfare and safety, including syndicated crime, investment fraud schemes, commodity and security fraud, computer fraud, and the use of offshore banking and corporate facilities to carry out criminal objectives.

Links:

www.justice.gov

www.hsgac.senate.gov

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-02 12:23 AM | Reply

Elon? Elon who?

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-08-02 12:27 AM | Reply

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