Is DOGE a government Agency or Not?

[Daleuhlmann]

If DOGE is indeed a government agency, then Musk can't have things both ways by accepting the safety that comes with that status while rejecting the required oversight and control that go with it.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/musks-data-access-hinges-on-doge-status-as-government-agency-48

[Initech]

1. No! And Elon Musk is a psychotic bully.

[Bluethroughu]

2. No. It was not created by Congress.

It is illegal and all the people should be arrested for theft of government money, classified info. Made public, and PUBLIC exposure of PII.

[Wuddles440]

3. Everything you stated is...

true and reflects historical norms, but I don't think that applies anymore. They do as they please because there are no longer any guardrails.

[Bluethroughu]

6. No, there is no enforcement. Our law enforcement failed this country.

They took an oath to serve and protect the citizens and the Constitution, and LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILED.

[Frasier Balzov]

4. He had to hijack the "D" to make the acronym work.

It had to mimick the name of the Doge coin, a cryptocurrency project with which he is associated.

[struggle4progress]

5. DOG E is a cryptocurrency Musk likes

[Bluethroughu]

8. That Dog would piss on him in real life.

[pimpbot]

7. they renamed an existing executive branch service

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service

Technically doge only makes recommendations, which the dept heads then execute.

[Bluethroughu]

9. Breaking their own rules of the nothing they are.

While law enforcement allows forgein adversaries riffle through our classified info and steal from bank accounts.

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. The ambiguity is deliberate

Power without accountability.