[Aurornis]

Getting fired from DOGE by having your access spontaneously revoked without explanation is extremely on-brand for DOGE.

I think Sahil honestly wanted to do well, but writing like this makes it clear that he wasn't immune to the Elon Musk reality distortion field:

> Meanwhile, the public was seeing news reports of mass firings that seemed cruel and heartless, many assuming DOGE was directly responsible.

> In reality, DOGE had no direct authority. The real decisions came from the agency heads appointed by President Trump, who were wise to let DOGE act as the 'fall guy' for unpopular decisions.

This is lie. We've all heard the claim that Elon is just an "adviser", but when he's following Trump around and showing up in cabinet meetings everyone knows what's going on.

There are countless news articles, Elon Musk news clips, leaked e-mails sent to all federal workers from DOGE, and court cases ( https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/05/judge-exte... ).

Trying to claim that DOGE was just about efficiency and little stuff like improving websites at this point is attempting to rewrite history.

[jszymborski]

To add to this, Sahil's assessment that publishing DOGE code would allay public concerns of mass lay-offs speaks volumes of the disconnect between the ethos of DOGE and public interest.

Life is not an optimization problem, it's full of people who have hearts, souls, and minds.