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March 10, 2025
DOGE Agent: Christina Hanna
Musk Connections: 8 years at SpaceX, currently the Senior Human Resources Manager
Other Corporate Connections: HR at Amazon from 2013 to 2016; 1 year in HR at Target
DOGE Deployments: OPM
March 10, 2025
DOGE Agent: Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski
Musk Connections: HR Director at SpaceX
DOGE Deployments: OPM
Other Affiliations:
She appears to own a metal working company called MB Custom Metal LLC. The Better Business Bureau lists her as a “managing member”.
March 07, 2025
Trump’s Attacks on Weather and Climate Science Put Us All In Danger
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the backbone of climate and weather research and information in the United States. Its annual budget is under $7 billion, and the value of the weather information that it shares with the public is estimated to be over $100 billion annually. That means the American taxpayer gets a more than fourteen-fold return on investment. (Now that’s government efficiency, contrary to the claims of DOGE and its sympathizers about eliminating government bloat.)
March 06, 2025
Former Schumer Staffer Spins Crypto Revolving Door
Jen Brown, Senator Chuck Schumer’s former Banking Counsel, joins the cryptocurrency investment firm Paradigm in a clear conflict of interest.
March 04, 2025
DOGE Agent: Greg Hogan
Musk Connections: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Andreessen Horowitz-backed start up Comma.ai, Dupont Pioneer
DOGE Deployment: Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Management
March 04, 2025
Louisiana AG: Targeting Reproductive Healthcare, Ignoring Rampant Corruption
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading the state’s fight to prosecute a New York doctor for providing reproductive healthcare while ignoring Gov. Landry’s corruption.
March 04, 2025
In Trump 2.0, Kirsten Gillibrand trades resistance for capitulation
In 2017, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led Congressional Democrats by having the highest rate of opposing votes to Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. Eight years later, however, the New York senator seems to have lost any interest in reprising that role.
March 03, 2025
Trump Taps (Former) Alleged Drunk Driver To Lead Fair Housing Office
Trump’s FHEO pick, Craig Trainor, is a Republican operative who has been dispatched to HUD to undo years of progress.
March 03, 2025
FAQ On Crypto's Impact and Influence
As the crypto industry continues to jockey for prominence in the second Trump administration this FAQ explains crypto’s impacts and influence.
March 03, 2025
Mark Paoletta’s Illegal Orders Are Before His Close Friend, Clarence Thomas
On Wednesday, February 26, Chief Justice John Roberts gave the first indication of the Supreme Court becoming involved in the ongoing legal battles over the Trump administration’s federal spending freeze. Roberts temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling that ordered the release of nearly $2 billion in foreign aid assistance, opening the door for the full Court to weigh in on the issue.
February 28, 2025
Why We’re Skeptical About The “Energy Abundance” Agenda
Over the past few years, a cohort of neoliberal pundits from Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson to Matt Yglesias and Eric Levitz have increasingly problematized the modern regulatory state, framing the government’s many environmental and labor standards as an impediment to “abundance.” Multiple books advancing this argument are slated to be published in the first months of 2025, from Marc Dunkelman’s Why Nothing Works to Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.
February 28, 2025
DOGE Agent: Riccardo Biasini
Musk Connections: Former engineer at Tesla, Director of Electrical and Software Engineering at the Boring Company
Other Corporate Affiliations: Driver assist technology startup Comma.ai
DOGE Deployment: Office of Personnel Management
February 28, 2025
DOGE Agent: Brian Bjelde
Musk Connections: 21 years at SpaceX, currently Vice President of Human Resources. Previously occupied a number of management positions. Described as a “Musk insider,” Bjelde was one of the first employees at SpaceX.
Other Corporate Connections: Bjelde is an investor in a self-piloting drone company called Rain.
February 28, 2025
DOGE Agent: Akash Bobba
Corporate Connections: Intern at Meta, intern at Palantir, engineering intern at Bridgewater Associates Hedge Fund
DOGE Deployments: OPM, GSA, Education