Summary
A lawsuit filed within minutes of Donald Trump’s swearing-in challenges the legality of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge), alleging it violates federal transparency rules.
The suit claims Doge functions as a federal advisory committee but lacks balanced representation, public meeting access, and record-keeping.
Doge, which reportedly operates from SpaceX offices and uses encrypted communication, aims to streamline government by cutting programs and jobs.
Critics argue the project is shrouded in secrecy, while supporters label it a branding exercise for Trump’s government reform efforts.
There is a stream of thought that political theatre has no value on its own. I’m not sure that’s true. If you can make a big hullabaloo about a few critical issues you drive the news cycle. Just look at the way the republicans weaponised Benghazi.
Dems massive failures to put on a big song and dance about the supreme court scandals of the last term is what you give up when you only go after cases you know you can win. They also failed to make any substantive efforts to enforce the law which is the other side of the equation. So I guess I’ll admit that in a lot of cases you can’t have one without the other.
Those who think political theater has no value have no understanding of politics. If it had no value, they wouldn’t do it because it would be a waste of time. It’s not that Dems don’t do it, it’s that they’re amateurs at it, especially compared to the GOP.