After a reported hack, DOGE website is live with ‘receipts coming soon’

[Karah Rucker]

THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY OFFICIALLY HAS ITS WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING.

“DOGE DOT GOV.”

WHILE PROBLEMS WERE initially REPORTED at launch –WITH TWO REPORTED HACKING MESSAGES POSTED ON ITS SITE BY THIRD PARTY CODERS –

THE ISSUE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

WE’LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT’S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC NOW –

AND WHAT’S TO COME –

AS ELON MUSK – HEADING THE DEPARTMENT – HAS PROMISED “OPEN TRANSPARENCY” WITH THE PUBLIC OVER DOGE DISCOVERIES.

THESE ARE TWO SCREENGRABS TAKEN FROM THE HOMEPAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

ONE READS “THIS IS A JOKE OF A GOVERNMENT SITE.”

AND THE OTHER – “THESE EXPERTS LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN.”

MUSK AND THE DOGE TEAM HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MEDIA COMMENT OVER THE ALLEGED HACKS AS OF THIS RECORDING.

BUT TECH NEWS outlet“404 MEDIA” REPORTED THAT DOGE WAS “PULLING FROM A DATABASE THAT COULD BE EDITED BY ANYONE” – ACCORDING TO TWO CODERS WHO FOUND “VULNERABILITIES.”

DESPITE ITS NAME – DOGE IS TECHNICALLY **NOT A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT – BUT RATHER A TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION **ASSISTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN SIFTING THROUGH FINANCIAL RECORDS WITH THE GOAL TO EXPOSE AND CUT GOVERNMENT WASTE.

THERE’S BEEN SOME OPPOSITION LARGELY FROM DEMOCRATS – RAISING CONCERNS OVER DOGE ACCESSING SENSITIVE AND PERSONAL DATA –

WITH THE COURTS EVEN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTING SOME OF DOGE’S ACCESS TO TREASURY RECORDS WHILE LAWSUITS OVER DOGE’S ACCESS PLAY OUT.

DESPITE SOME COURT HANG UPS –

DOGE’S TEAM IS STILL FULL STEAM AHEAD – 

POSTING DAILY “GOVERNMENT CONTRACT UPDATES” TO ITS X FEED –

HIGHLIGHTING CONTRACT CANCELLATIONS –

SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH.

THAT X FEED –

IS NOW DOGE’S HOMEPAGE.

UNDER ITS HEADING “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” – IS THE WORDS “THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR MAJOR REFORM.”

AND THEN – A SCROLL OF X POSTS. 

DOGE ANNOUNCING THURSDAY 167 CANCELLATIONS WITH SAVINGS OF 115 MILLION DOLLARS – INCLUDING A 2 MILLION DOLLAR “EQUITY ASSESSMENT” CONTRACT FROM  “HUMAN HEALTH AND SERVICES”.

A POST ANNOUNCING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GRANTS WORTH 33 MILLION NIXED.

A POST SHARING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EPA ADMINISTRATOR’S ANNOUNCEMENT CANCELLING A 50 MILLION DOLLAR “ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT”.

AND A POST HIGHLIGHTING OTHER DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANTS CUT –

LIKE A 3 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT “TO WRITE A REPORT THAT SHOWED PRIOR REPORTS WERE NOT BEING UTILIZED.” –

DOGE WRITING IT “VERIFIED” THE CONTRACTS HAD BEEN CANCELLED.

WHILE THIS IS THE FEED OF DOGE’S HOMEPAGE – A LITTLE BAREBONED IN ITS INITIAL DEBUT –

IT’S PROMISING MORE FEATURES TO COME.

THAT INCLUDES A TAB TITLED “SAVINGS.”

A SPOT ON THE SITE DEDICATED FOR “DOGE DOCUMENTATION” –

WITH A MESSAGE SAYING “RECEIPTS COMING SOON, NO LATER THAN VALENTINE’S DAY.”

ANOTHER TAB –

TITLED “WORKFORCE” –

DETAILS VARIOUS STATS OF EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS AND SALARIES BROKEN DOWN BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  

UNDER “REGULATIONS” –

A TABULATION OF “RULES AND REGULATIONS” THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE CREATED – COMPARED TO LAWS CONGRESS HAS PASSED –

SHOWCASING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – OR “UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS” AS DOGE HAS LABELED IT – EXERCISED THE PEN 18 TIMES MORE OFTEN THAN CONGRESS DID IN 2024.  

AND ANOTHER PORTION OF THE NEWLY LAUNCHED SITE

REVEALS DOGE – IS STILL HIRING.

LOOKING FOR “software engineers and other technology professionals.”

IT’S BEEN A BUSY NEWS CYCLE –

WITH DOGE CONSUMING MUCH OF THE OXYGEN IN THE SPACE.

IT’S CREATED ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR PARTISAN DIVIDES IN CONGRESS –

WITH A DOGE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING HAPPENING EARLIER THIS WEEK.

DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS – RAISING CONCERNS DOGE IS ILLEGALLY OVERREACHING –

WHILE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TOUTED DOGE AS A KEY ELEMENT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PLAN IN ELIMINATING WHAT THEY CALL GOVERNMENT WASTE.

“While we’re sitting here, donald trump and elon musk are recklessly and illegally dismantling the federal government, shuttering federal agencies, firing federal workers, withholding funds vital to the safety and well-being of our communities and hacking our sensitive data systems

“The whole dc swamp is freaking out that the unelected officials from DOGE were allowed access to these systems. That makes no sense. Federal judges were not elected. The Treasury bureaucrats were not elected, and they have failed to fix the problem that is enabling American taxpayers to be robbed.”

THANKS FOR WATCHING OUR NEWS UPDATE.

FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS I’M KARAH RUCKER.

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