After calling out suspicious data access by DOGE, one whistleblower suddenly found himself in the crosshairs of the world's wealthiest man a
After calling out suspicious data access by DOGE, one whistleblower suddenly found himself in the crosshairs of the world's wealthiest man and his fans.
BY JUSTIN CAFFIER
PUBLISHED JUNE 2, 2026, 9:05 PM ET
One of the more pernicious features of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is that, in choosing to name it after that stupid shiba inu, Elon Musk accidentally created something so blindingly lame that it’s difficult to stare at it long enough to clock all the harm it continues to do. But make no mistake, beneath its TheChive.com humor surface, DOGE is and has been one of the most malevolent government-led forces in modern history.
From day one, the DOGE team acted as a self-described sledgehammer to any and all facets of the federal government the administration took issue with. Pitched as a way to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, DOGE instead was used as Trump’s personal cudgel. They fired tens of thousands of federal employees. They cut humanitarian aid around the globe, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths so far, with many more to come. DOGE also mishandled Americans’ private data, resulting in multiple congressional investigations into the department—investigations other federal agencies in the administration refuse to cooperate with.
