Many of you are wondering, what is DOGE— and when did it get invented

On his first day back in office (January 2025), Trump created DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) through an executive order. The acronym nods to Elon Musk’s endorsement of Dogecoin, the joke cryptocurrency two software engineers created in 2021. DOGE aims to modernize government technology and software to boost efficiency and cut waste.

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It makes me viscerally angry that Musk has grabbed up cute memes like Doge and cool sayings like Grok and ruined them for the rest of us.

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That’s what the Inspector Generals were for. And Trump fired them because they were independent.

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