Stephen Skeap

Many of the actions that Musk and Doge have taken are in court after running afoul of very particular and explicit set of rules and laws that govern the government.

And on the same day the White House acknowledged someone else is nominally running the U.S. Doge service, nearly two dozen people who worked for the precursor USDS say they're quitting instead of using their skills to, quote, compromise core government systems.

And on the same day the White House acknowledged someone else is nominally running the U.S. Doge service, nearly two dozen people who worked for the precursor USDS say they're quitting instead of using their skills to, quote, compromise core government systems.

And on the same day the White House acknowledged someone else is nominally running the U.S. Doge service, nearly two dozen people who worked for the precursor USDS say they're quitting instead of using their skills to, quote, compromise core government systems.

Finally, as we await more details about a planned reduction in force of the remaining workforce, last night the Merit Systems Protection Board issued a stay on the firing of six probationary employees.

Finally, as we await more details about a planned reduction in force of the remaining workforce, last night the Merit Systems Protection Board issued a stay on the firing of six probationary employees.

Finally, as we await more details about a planned reduction in force of the remaining workforce, last night the Merit Systems Protection Board issued a stay on the firing of six probationary employees.

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So Monday, a savings page on doge.gov went live. It says there's been savings so far of $55 billion. What's included in that? Doge says things like, quote, fraud detection, deletion, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings. Exactly how those changes fit into the overall savings estimate is still TBD. They promise to keep adding more information.

So Monday, a savings page on doge.gov went live. It says there's been savings so far of $55 billion. What's included in that? Doge says things like, quote, fraud detection, deletion, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings. Exactly how those changes fit into the overall savings estimate is still TBD. They promise to keep adding more information.

So Monday, a savings page on doge.gov went live. It says there's been savings so far of $55 billion. What's included in that? Doge says things like, quote, fraud detection, deletion, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings. Exactly how those changes fit into the overall savings estimate is still TBD. They promise to keep adding more information.

What we do have shared for now is a list of some of the government contracts Doge says were canceled in recent days, what they call a wall of receipts that adds up to about $16 billion in alleged savings.

What we do have shared for now is a list of some of the government contracts Doge says were canceled in recent days, what they call a wall of receipts that adds up to about $16 billion in alleged savings.

What we do have shared for now is a list of some of the government contracts Doge says were canceled in recent days, what they call a wall of receipts that adds up to about $16 billion in alleged savings.

The Doge website, Michelle, is actually less transparent about these contracts than other public government data sources. So I had to search through 130,000 plus contracts that have been changed from January 20th to Monday to see if I could match them up with what Doge shared. But the claims weren't off by just a little bit, but rather overstated by billions.

The Doge website, Michelle, is actually less transparent about these contracts than other public government data sources. So I had to search through 130,000 plus contracts that have been changed from January 20th to Monday to see if I could match them up with what Doge shared. But the claims weren't off by just a little bit, but rather overstated by billions.

The Doge website, Michelle, is actually less transparent about these contracts than other public government data sources. So I had to search through 130,000 plus contracts that have been changed from January 20th to Monday to see if I could match them up with what Doge shared. But the claims weren't off by just a little bit, but rather overstated by billions.

Half of the savings claimed in these receipts comes from what Doge said was actually a typo entered into the federal contract database a few years ago. that made a listing worth up to $8 million look like $8 billion. That typo was fixed in the system a few weeks ago, but only fixed on the Doge website yesterday.