Summary

Elon Musk’s DOGE is facing scrutiny for significant accounting errors in its reported federal savings.

DOGE initially claimed an $8 billion ICE contract reduction, but the actual figure was $8 million—1,000 times less—an error traced to a faulty government database.

Despite correcting the ICE figure, DOGE did not adjust its overall $55 billion savings estimate, which lacks clear justification.

The ICE error wasn’t the only issue. CBS News found DOGE had triple-counted a $654.99 million savings on a single contract, overstating savings by as much as $1.96 billion.

  • Brosplosion@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Don’t think for one second that they aren’t achieving exactly what they set out to do. They are organized and have basically dismantled large sections of the government in the span of weeks.