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BumRushDaShow

(168,942 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:50 AM Saturday

2 DOGE staffers say 'no' regrets for people losing income, didn't reduce the deficit: Depositions

Source: ABC News

March 14, 2026, 5:04 AM


One year after Elon Musk began an unprecedented attempt to eliminate swaths of the federal government, newly released deposition videos are providing a never-before-seen look at two of the people responsible for the largest mass termination of federal grants in the National Endowment for the Humanities' history.

According to the depositions and other materials released as part of a civil lawsuit related to the funding cuts, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) relied on ChatGPT to identify more than $100 million in grants related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that were later cancelled.

When President Donald Trump returned to office last January, he empowered Musk to slash federal spending as a lead adviser in the newly created DOGE. Within days, all agencies were directed to put DEI staff on leave and related programs were shuttered. In lengthy depositions, two DOGE employees -- Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh -- defended the effort to cut "useless agencies" as part of DOGE's attempt to reduce the federal deficit.

"You don't regret that people might have lost important income ... to support their lives?" an attorney asked Cavanaugh about the grant cancellations. "No. I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close to zero," Cavanaugh said. "Did you reduce the federal deficit?" the attorney asked. "No, we didn't," Cavanaugh said.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-staffers-regrets-people-losing-income-reduce/story?id=131050170



Bunch of fucking insane brainwashed zombie jackasses. They should be in prison.
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2 DOGE staffers say 'no' regrets for people losing income, didn't reduce the deficit: Depositions (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
The fact that they are not tells me what I need to know about this nation and what is going on. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #1
The concept has gone on for millenia BumRushDaShow Saturday #3
That does not remove the propaganda that has convinced us to keep pursuing this as a political fight. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #16
Education and media have failed them ...nt Jarqui Saturday #9
Media have failed them certainly, but education has been dismantled in this country. travelingthrulife Yesterday #17
ChatGPT and other AI aps only have one purpose - to spy on Americans FakeNoose Saturday #2
You can bet... GiqueCee Saturday #4
Yep. Birds and humans. Same behaviors. paleotn Saturday #7
It seems like it has been years nwduke Saturday #5
Prison? I can think of several more appropriate punishments right off the top of my head. paleotn Saturday #6
Most of the agencies targeted were investigating Musk companies RainCaster Saturday #8
LOCK THEM UP!! 2naSalit Saturday #10
Musk should be held accountable jfz9580m Saturday #11
They need to be made movie star famous, and then let nature take its course. OGBuzz Saturday #12
So two rich post teens who who have no social skills Javaman Saturday #13
Bookmarking. yellow dahlia Saturday #14
Not legal Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday #15
And our Congress and courts let it happen. Republicans cheered it. travelingthrulife Yesterday #18
Were we expecting apologies from these vandals? JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #19

OldBaldy1701E

(11,018 posts)
1. The fact that they are not tells me what I need to know about this nation and what is going on.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:16 AM
Saturday

It is a shame that so many people cannot see what is going to happen.

Which is nothing. The rich comprise both parties and the rich are the ones perpetuating this money grab in the name of politics.

Why can't we see this?

Talk about abject despair...

BumRushDaShow

(168,942 posts)
3. The concept has gone on for millenia
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:31 AM
Saturday

I.e., the "wealthy" vs the "poor". It's human nature and how people survive is to try to carve out their own little existence and create a little bubble around themselves and their communities in order to move on in life.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,018 posts)
16. That does not remove the propaganda that has convinced us to keep pursuing this as a political fight.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:16 AM
Yesterday

They are doing this on purpose to keep us from realizing what needs to be done.

The concept keeps happening because we keep letting it happen. Greed is a powerful and easily manipulated emotion and the fact that the rich have repeatedly done so for so long just removes any real hope for a change that might actually be a change. Add to that the manipulation and 'tweaking' that has been done to our laws to favor those same rich people.

Oh well...

travelingthrulife

(5,079 posts)
17. Media have failed them certainly, but education has been dismantled in this country.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

Deliberately so as to produce little monsters like this.

FakeNoose

(41,312 posts)
2. ChatGPT and other AI aps only have one purpose - to spy on Americans
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:28 AM
Saturday

I've made certain to keep these intrusive aps off my computer and phone .... They always offer free, and supposedly "helpful" services. Yeah it sounds nice and innocent, BUT once they get on your computer they are like an undercover TSR spy "phoning home" your activities so the owners can keep their eyes on you. Musk was in on this from the get-go and he used it to his advantage. And that's what made the DOGE activities so insidious.

GiqueCee

(4,024 posts)
4. You can bet...
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:59 AM
Saturday

... your life that each and every one of the malicious little shitstains in DOGE was specifically chosen for their sociopathic tendencies, not in spite of them.
Everything that a Republican touches is poisoned. Even if those Republicans with the temerity to disagree with Trumpty-Dumpty have any hope of redemption in the eyes of their countrymen, they must reject, utterly and completely, everything about the Republican Terrorist Organization. Or better yet, in this age of rampant acronyms, let's call it the RTO, to keep it simple.
It shouldn't take long for that to catch on.

nwduke

(505 posts)
5. It seems like it has been years
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:59 AM
Saturday

But it’s only been one year since the orange buffoon wreaked havoc on our democracy and fomented hate and division throughout our country in his attempt to destroy our democracy!

RainCaster

(13,648 posts)
8. Most of the agencies targeted were investigating Musk companies
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:52 AM
Saturday

Purely coincidental I'm sure...

jfz9580m

(17,060 posts)
11. Musk should be held accountable
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:08 AM
Saturday

Lack of accountability for the wealthy and powerful coupled with draconian policing and surveillance of activists etc is the issue.

Privacy International sent me this the other day about how embattled those who are fighting for abortion rights etc are.
I cannot find the link. But it is a decent group:
https://privacyinternational.org/

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