We just got a LOT of new details about the new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and how it will operate…

And perhaps biggest of all, how FAST it will operate!

The two biggest details contained in President Trump’s announcement of the creation of DOGE are:

ONE, the department will provide “advice and guidance from outside of Government and will partner with the White House and OMB to drive large scale reform.

TWO, it will conclude no later than July 4, 2026 (530 days from Inauguration).

See full announcement here:

I love this post which rightly points out that President Trump is giving Elon Musk (and Vivek) 530 days to get all of this done and wrapped up, and then ends with: “The math wonders what Elon will do with the remaining 502 days.”

Spot on!

There is now a new Twitter handle called @DOGE that already has over 500,000 Followers and growing fast.

Recommend following, the entertainment will be off the charts:

It has already posted to say “Working overtime to ensure your tax dollars will be spent wisely!”

It’s quite stunning that while most people believe 4 years will not be enough time to truly clean up Government, President Trump just cut that time down to basically a year and a half!

This could just be an example of “aim for the moon and even if you fail you’ll still land among the stars” but I think President Trump, Elon and Vivek really think they can do it!

I think they’re going to come in swinging and never let up!

Everyone doubted Elon and Twitter, and then….he was right!

He did it there, he can do it here!

I think BioClandestine on Telegram said it perfectly with this post:

I completely agree….

President Trump is sending the signal that he wants to have all the hard work done by America’s 250th Birthday and then turn the remainder of his Second Term into a big party!

Incredible!

Back to DOGE….

Elon and Vivek point out that what they are doing is not just to honor the Mandate from the American people in the 2024 Election but also the law of the land as recently noted in several Supreme Court cases (and they’re 100% right):

It probably goes without saying, but as you might expect from the man who owns Twitter, the entire operation of DOGE will be posted online, crowdsourced and public.

Full disclosure!

And I believe that will be their secret weapon.

Most of this garbage has been allowed to happen because it was hidden in the shadows, Americans too busy with their daily lives to know or care.  Not publicized by the “MSM”.

But now the MSM is dying and Elon is going to blast this out for the entire world to see.

They’re also going to turn it into a big of a game, with a Leaderboard for most waste exposed.

They’re not only going to clean up the USA but they’re going to have fun and laugh the whole while!

Incredible.

And now let’s end with some examples of some of the first things Elon and Vivek may be cleaning up.

Starting with no more $20,000 for Drag Shows in Ecuador — sounds like a good idea to me:

No more spending $1 million to decide whether GIN or TEQUILA makes a sunfish more violent:

No more spending $4.5 million to spray alcoholic rats with bobcat urine:

Folks….the Hammer of Justice is coming!

And it’s going to be glorious and highly entertaining!

I thought we’d end with a video for the visual learners out there.

As he often does, my friend Kevin “MeetKevin” Paffrath has done an excellent job summarizing everything into one video.

Enjoy:

FULL TRANSCRIPT:

MeetKevin:

We now have updates from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on what they’re going to do with Doge. I can’t believe this is happening so fast, and it comes at the same time CNBC just had this to say:

“New Treasury data out just now shows the government spent $882 billion on interest costs just in October alone. That was the first month of the new fiscal year, but that is actually an 8% decrease from the same month a year ago. It is a reflection of lower rates, not exactly of any progress made in reducing the nation’s debt load. Overall for the month, the Treasury ran up a deficit of $121 billion on an adjusted basis—not exactly a great start for the fiscal year. This was due to both lower revenues, down about 19% in part because of lower corporate taxes coming in, and higher spending, which was up an adjusted 8% overall. That higher spending was driven in part by the Department of Education, where costs for the month were up 19% from the same month a year ago. At Veterans Affairs, they were up 177%.”

Guys, I want to add, we get this glimpse at the Treasury’s budget every single month, but this one comes on the same day that we’re talking about Elon Musk and this new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to cut $2 trillion out of the $6 trillion federal budget. So, with spending up at Education and the VA last month, those are by no means the largest buckets of federal spending, but they are two areas where there’s been a lot of focus and discussion on cutting—or maybe even eliminating—the entire agency. If you want to cut a third of the budget, I guess you have to start somewhere.

Clean energy is preparing for a messy transition. The Department of Energy is racing to give out money for green projects before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Now, yeah, right—let’s rush to spend more money before Trump takes it away. It’s just such a disgrace and a mess.

So, some things that we really want to address here. First, Elon Musk gave the high-five emoji to suggesting that we will have “Open Gov.” That’s a reference to OpenAI, though hopefully that doesn’t go from a nonprofit to a for-profit. He also reiterated that Doge is only authorized for 21 months through July 4, 2026—that’ll be a few months before midterms. Worth noting, so they’ll probably need to wrap up and show some progress by then to go into midterms and hopefully brag about it.

Doge is designed to provide advice and guidance to the government from outside the government. That’s a quote from within the announcement of Doge. Now, this is actually interesting because it prevents Elon or Vivek from having to divest from any larger role with the White House. I think that’s fascinating because you don’t want Elon to have to divest from X, Tesla, or SpaceX. Now he can have substantial influence inside government without actually having to follow the limitations that government might put on him.

We’ve seen Elon Musk engage in wanting to get rid of wasteful spending, like what James Lankford in Congress has previously alleged. In fact, he publishes what he calls a “waste booklet,” and there’s an example where he references $20,000 getting funneled to the U.S. State Department in Ecuador. And that money was being used specifically for… well, take a listen yourself:

“Last year, the State Department did a grant to Ecuador to host 12 drag shows in Ecuador with American tax dollars.”

Yeah, so as usual, I like to fact-check these claims, and when I did, I found Newsweek had a pretty good breakdown on it. It’s true—12 drag shows, potentially even an advertisement for diversity, equity, inclusion, and money for posters and other information. Newsweek has the story on this titled, “Fact Check: Is the Biden Administration funding drag shows in Ecuador?” It’s all disguised as “we’re just sending money to our embassy over there,” but it’s not a good look.

Then, there’s $350,000 being funneled to “AI smart toilets.” Apparently, there are 35 to 37 “anal creases,” like an anal fingerprint, so we can identify different people and track their urine color, flow rate, and stool to measure health. Quote, “The data does not go down the sewer but up to a secure internet cloud.” I put my sources on this over at ec.com if you want to see it.

The National Science Foundation even joined in with a $1 million grant for internet-connected toilets that can do passive urinalysis testing. I’m trying to think of how this could be useful—maybe in a doctor’s office or hospital—but why not let Private Industry come up with something and actually prove it first? This whole thing just seems like a waste of resources.

Vivek also says they’re going to open-source their work. He’s been tweeting about this and how they’ll open-source all data for Doge. They’re even considering a potential leaderboard to showcase the biggest examples of government waste they’re able to catch. They’re not actually in government, so they won’t be able to implement these cuts but will be able to make recommendations.

Elon Musk mentioned in an interview, “We have 428 agencies in government. Why do we have more agencies than the years our country has existed?” Maybe we could cap government agencies at 99. It’s an interesting analogy—lots of agency growth. I mean, the government does have a lot to handle, but then again, money’s getting funneled to drag shows in Ecuador and AI smart toilets.

Another example: Germany was funding bike lanes in Peru through embassies and local grants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, spending over $20 million on these bike lanes to improve the global climate for Germans. The Department of Government Efficiency might help evaluate these things.

Elon also interacted with a chart about income-driven repayment programs. Most debt forgiveness seems to go to degrees like cosmetology, biology, music, fine arts, and liberal arts, while degrees in engineering and computer science receive the least. The concept makes sense because debt forgiveness is income-driven, but it skews towards lower-productivity degrees, which can distort the free market.

The Department of Government Efficiency will post all actions online for maximum transparency. If the public thinks we’re cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know. There will also be a leaderboard for the most ridiculous examples of tax dollar spending. This will be both tragic and entertaining.

Elon’s also been critical of the former CEO of NPR, who gave a TED Talk that went viral in a bad way. She suggested that our “reverence for the truth” might prevent us from finding consensus and getting things done. She used Wikipedia as an example, saying that being 100% committed to the truth can sometimes stop progress. But I disagree, and so does Elon. If consensus is prioritized over the truth, you risk silencing minority opinions that might actually hold the truth.

When I ran for governor, I noticed Wikipedia editors with a bias towards Newsom’s side. They curated what they saw as the truth, which sometimes wasn’t accurate. This issue is something Elon Musk has been keen on tackling with X, promoting a platform for free speech where people can read different perspectives.

Doge’s Department of Government Efficiency has already gained traction, and Elon posted today, “It begins,” working overtime to ensure tax dollars are spent wisely. It’s the second post on their mandate, and it already has thousands of followers. A humorous fake graphic has Elon at DOE.gov asking, “What did you get done this week?”—referencing the time he fired 80% of X’s staff but kept the platform running.

There’s also talk of a college exit exam. Trump suggested that if we have entrance exams, why not test if students have actually learned something before graduating? His proposed reforms aim to overhaul education and eliminate wasteful spending, targeting accreditors he believes let colleges drift too far from education’s core purpose.

With so many federal agencies, wasteful spending on things like drag shows in Peru or AI toilets might need explaining or reconsideration. The Department of Government Efficiency’s transparency could help reveal and address these issues. You can follow Doge for updates on this progress, and I think it’ll be fascinating to see how far they go with this approach.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

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