Episode 42: Doge Style

What is DOGE? Hint: It's not the crypto or dog meme. What is Elon Musk doing in the government? Why are we hearing about him so much? What's happened to the federal government departments? Maggie and WTFIM have you covered with all the bullet points of what you need to know going on with the government spending cuts taking over headlines next to Mr. Tesla himself. 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-doge-regulations.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/trump-presidency-news-speech/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/whistleblower-org-says-doge-may-have-caused-significant-cyber-breach-us-labor-2025-04-15/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-doge-social-security-omalley-1235292652/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/musk-doge-social-security 

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/social-security-fraud-discovered-doge/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/11/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-federal-workers.html?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2.19%2012:30%20Report%20EM

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/doge-elon-musk-report-people-staff-what-we-know-news-rcna191260