Summary
Donald Trump appointed billionaires and major donors like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead his new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), aiming to cut $2 trillion from federal spending and dismantle regulations.
DOGE will operate outside federal oversight, focusing on slashing programs and weakening regulatory agencies, including the IRS and Department of Education.
Critics warn that DOGE and broader deregulatory measures will benefit wealthy corporations, aligning with Trump’s agenda to extend tax cuts for the rich and favor oligarchic interests over public welfare, further cementing U.S. plutocracy.
It bears repeating that the DOGE doesn’t exist and is unlikely to ever exist. A new federal agency can only be created by an act of congress and that’s just not gonna happen.
Therefore, the only power Musk and Ramaswamy possess is the same power any lobbyist with a lot of money possesses: the right to whisper in the ear of representatives who might be convinced to do their bidding.
According to who? And who is going to enforce that?
Elon and Trump are not bound by the law. They’ll do whatever the fuck they want and nobody is going to stop them. The GOP is full of spineless bitches we grovel at their feet.
Rule of law is dead. The Justice system is dead.
It doesn’t need to be an official government agency for it to exist. Trump will just rubber stamp anything they say.
This is mostly immaterial given the way Trump seems to want to operate this time around. DOGE does not need to exist; Trump will push for whatever Musk and Ramaswamy say.
This is not the time for suggestions of “well, he can’t do this because X, so we don’t need to worry about it.” We absofuckinglutely need to be worrying about all possibilities, even those which may seem impractical given the law.
The only savior would be if the courts were still legitimate… Which means we are screwed.