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Memeonomics has begun. Elon’s first DOGE salvo is profoundly dumb not-even-wrongness to entertain some intersection of fanboys, maga, and… idiots? 

I thought it would be faux-serious advisory input theater. I don’t know what this is supposed to be 🧐

For those wondering about provenance and whether it might be fake, it was tweeted by Elon's PAC's @america handle and sourced from Rand Paul's "Festivus" report (which seems to be some sort of government spending report thing he puts out... it's on a senate dot gov url)

Here’s what the U.S. Government wasted $900 Billion of your tax dollars on in 2023.

The Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) will fix this.

America deserves leaders that prioritize sensible spending. https://t.co/uKmNmAF4yk

America

Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

For those wondering about provenance and whether it might be fake, it was tweeted by Elon's PAC's @gmworld.eth handle and sourced from Rand Paul's "Festivus" report (which seems to be some sort of government spending report thing he puts out... it's on a senate dot gov url)

https://x.com/america/status/1857228761915412814
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Festivus-2023.pdf