[simianparrot]

I also think the way DOGE has gone about their business is the only way that'd work in a systemically corrupt environment. If you give these institutions ample warning they'll bury or destroy any and all evidence, because that's how it's been done for decades. That doesn't work.

[allturtles]

Ample warning of what? Evidence of what? If the goal is to, say, shut down USAID, to do so legally you just need to get Congress to pass a law shutting down USAID. No "evidence" is required, and warning is irrelevant. What is a shut down agency going to do with "warning" that it has been shut down?

[goatlover]

Why should we trust DOGE to get it right? They're not elected, and Elon has serious conflicts of interest with his business ventures.

[simianparrot]

They're appointed by your president to do the job. What do you mean, "not elected"?

[craftsman]

They are unelected in exactly the same way that anyone appointed by the President--namely the entire Executive Branch--is unelected.