Top 5 Government Spending Practices Highlighted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
- A government agency created under Elon Musk’s leadership reported eliminating over $160 billion in improper federal expenditures across various departments during 2024.
- This reduction followed a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office showing $162 billion in improper payments mostly concentrated in five major programs.
- DOGE also canceled over $233 million in diversity, equity, and inclusion grants, including 402 grants with agencies like the National Science Foundation and Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- Musk stated such grants were "wasteful," while Senate DOGE Caucus Chairwoman Joni Ernst highlighted agencies awarding millions for projects like a $20 million Sesame Street program in Iraq.
- These actions aim to increase federal spending oversight, promote merit-based systems, and set a goal of cutting $2 trillion in government waste.
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Top 5 most outrageous ways the government has wasted your taxes, as uncovered by Elon Musk's DOGE
As President Donald Trump celebrated his 100th day in office this week, Elon Musk's DOGE said it has cut at least $160 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.

DOGE Savings Now Over $160 Billion
DOGE has reached over $160 billion in savings. According to Breitbart, this comes down to about $993.79 savings per taxpayer. Breitbart reported: Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) savings have reached an impressive $160 billion, according to the latest update on the official DOGE website. DOGE currently has taxpayer savings — which include “asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion…
Damage Claims and Clawback are Needed to Stop the Climate Modeling Fraud
The Trump administration is starting to deal with the climate/net zero fraud by cancelling government contracts and rolling back government regulations. However, it has not yet addressed the root cause of the climate scam. This is the use of fraud...
How The Government Is Quietly Repurposing Everyone’s Data For Surveillance
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially sensitive data flowing out of the agency’s network in early March 2025 when staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, which goes by DOGE, were granted access to the agency’s databases. On April 7, the Department of Homeland Security gained access to Internal Revenue Service tax data. These seemingly unrelated events are examples of recent …
DOGE’s 100-day report card: $200 billion saved, ‘hundreds of thousands’ of fraud cases
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 2, 2025 It wasn’t easy but in the first 100 days of the second Trump Administration, Elon Musk said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that he heads has trimmed about one-fifth of the trillion dollars he envisioned cutting from the federal budget. “There are hundreds of […]
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