Summary

The White House has named Amy Gleason as the acting administrator of DOGE, ending weeks of speculation.

Gleason, a former Obama-era “Champion of Change” and digital services expert, previously worked in Trump’s and Biden’s administrations. However, her appointment raises legal concerns since she has not been confirmed by the Senate.

Critics argue she is a figurehead while Elon Musk, whom Trump publicly put “in charge” of DOGE, wields real power.

Lawsuits challenging DOGE’s authority continue as Musk prepares for Trump’s Cabinet meeting.

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    The problem they’re going to run into is that everything has been coming from Musk, while Amy was in Mexico. So they’re not covering themselves, they committing perjury.

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        Or a judge starts asking how she was administrating her department from the hotel bar.

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          I mean, my company has had people work from cruise ships, and my boss regularly works from the middle of the woods.

          Her working from out of the country on vacation really isn’t a gotcha.

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            Except that’s where she found out about it.

            EDIT: I should also add the administrator of DOGE has made decisions based on classified information. Which makes remote work a bit of a problem.

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    God I hope this backfires and she absolutely fucks them in court during the hearings challenging all the bullshit they’ve done.

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    1. Republicans enact cruel and stupid policy.

    2. Democrats refuse to reform cruel & stupid policy because it benefits their backers. In fact, Dems may even brag about how THEY are even better at it.

    3. Cruel & stupid policy predictably backfires - and gets blamed on Democrats who pretend they had no control over anything.

    What I suspect is happening is that Trump is attempting to give Democrats an opportunity to get in on DOGE while it still polls well.

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      how do you think this is not the voters. because trump just now threw someone once hired by a democrat??? I have no idea what you think is funny or incongruous. Everyone who voted for trump or did not vote against him should be damned to live through his administration and unfortunately so will the people who voted harris who don’t deserve it.