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The acronym of the new department - DOGE - coincides with the name of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin that Musk promotes.

Oh my fucking god

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this was musk’s play all along, his ‘quid’ to the ‘pro quo’ of spending a couple hundred million of his money to put that shitstain back into power.

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I wonder how long he’s had this name in his head.

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At least 2 DMT trips ago

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I cringed so hard that I involuntarily did a kegel

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This mother fucker.

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The securities fraud is blatant.

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I can’t say 100% of america but 50% of america is actually watching and supporting a 2.0 version of my country 90 years ago.

This is CRAZY. in 100 years no one can say they didn’t know. They were just stupid.

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What is deutschland?

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Where the dutch live, duh

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That’s Pennsylvania.

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Yep, I’m an American, and also a history enthusiast with a particular interest in the 20th century, and I’m straight up losing my mind watching this happen dude

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WTF

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Fun fact, the US gov already has a government efficiency division and it’s called the Government Accountability Office. But I do enjoy the irony of Trump’s government having two efficiency departments.

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“TWO EFFICIENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE MORE EFFICIENT THAN ONLY ONE EFFIECIENCY DEPARTMENT.”

  • Every MAGA Trumper lol
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You can escape your dash so it doesn’t become a bullet.

- like so

\- you need only add a backslash beforehand.
Same for *other* formatting.

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Don’t forget: Math is science too!

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An efficiency department that apparently needs two leaders, as well. Sounds…inefficient.

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In NZ, David Seymour at least axed the old Productivity Commission (which his own ACT party founded) to create his new Ministry for Regulation.

Apparently they didn’t like the answers they got out of the previous version.

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Perhaps they kept asking questions that the irritated the PM.

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Apparently they kept saying things like ‘long-term investment is important and private companies are bad at that’, ‘worker productivity is harmed by poor health and education’, ‘strong urban planning is necessary’.

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Well that one has “accountability” in the name and Trump hates that word.

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Also I love that the efficiency department has two leaders. Can’t get more efficient than that

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Ah, so the Department of Redundancy Department…

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the end of all things, folks

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