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You have no real handle on the scale of damage being done and DOGE is a real department as it was merged into the US Digital Service through executive order.
by 9283409232 2y ago
You have no real handle on the scale of damage being done and DOGE is a real department as it was merged into the US Digital Service through executive order.
- kelnos 2y agoWho is running USDS, though? If it's now Musk, doesn't that require Senate confirmation?
- 9283409232 2y agoYou would think so but the legality of it all is very disputed.
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoNo, USDS is an organization within the President's executive staff. The constitutional requirement is that "Officers of the United States" need Senate confirmation unless Congress has provided otherwise. The precise contours of this have never been super well defined, but it doesn't sound like Musk is exercising sovereign power under his own authority, at least not yet.