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TikTok posts
stated on February 8, 2025 in a TikTok post:

People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.

By Claire Cranford • March 27, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 in in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”

By Claire Cranford • March 26, 2025

Elon Musk
stated on February 28, 2025 in an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan:

“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2025 in Facebook posts:

DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 17, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2025 in a post on Facebook:

The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”

By Madison Czopek • March 14, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2025 in Facebook posts:

“DOGE discovers Louisiana man with 34 different names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. He was collecting $1,168,646 in (Social Security) per year.”

By Loreben Tuquero • February 28, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2025 in a post:

It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”

By Sara Swann • February 26, 2025

Social Media
stated on February 7, 2025 in a post:

“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”

By Sara Swann • February 21, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2025

Threads posts
stated on February 16, 2025 in a post:

“Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 20, 2025

Threads posts
stated on February 15, 2025 in a photo:

“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 18, 2025

Social Media
stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts:

“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 18, 2025

Elon Musk
stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post:

“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 14, 2025

Mario Nawfal
stated on February 9, 2025 in an X post:

Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s net worth “skyrocketed” from $6.7 million to $30 million in three years.

By Loreben Tuquero • February 14, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2025 in a Fox News interview:

The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're number one in cost per pupil."

By Caleb McCullough • February 13, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 13, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Elon Musk said, the Pentagon was spending $600 million a year on sushi.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 6, 2025

Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 in a press conference:

“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”

By Caleb McCullough, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 30, 2025

Department of Government Efficiency
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:

Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”

By Madison Czopek • December 19, 2024

Threads posts
stated on December 5, 2024 in a post on Threads:

Elon Musk wrote on X that “without CEOs, the world would not be able to function” and “America will be destitute without us.”

By Madison Czopek • December 6, 2024

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