What a softball article. It's mind blowing to me (living outside US) how journalism in the US is soft with people in power.<p>This was supposed to be the biggest (+ all the other great adjectives one can think of) change in US government history, hence the unprecedented and mostly illegal powers that were given to DOGE.<p>6 months later the results are :<p>- first DOGE pillar (Vivek) quit the job before even starting<p>- second DOGE pillar (Musk) quit the job just now<p>- Musk installed a lot of his loyalist at very influential government jobs<p>- 20 years old or something, with very questionable past, were given close to root access to pretty much most of government data. Nobody knows what they were able to extract and give to Musk<p>- Countless people working for US agencies (like USAID) were fired without notice<p>- Courts are busy trying to restore order and block most of what was done, but in many cases it's too late<p>- estimated "savings" are maybe 1% of what it was supposed to be, and that's being generous<p>- and lastly, not a single person was convinced of fraud !<p>WOW.