Digging into claim that Obama created DOGE and Trump just renamed it (www.snopes.com)

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

Obama created United States Digital Service (USDS) in 2014. It was meant as a bureaucratic patch job to fix the Obamacare website meltdown.

Fast forward to 2025. Trump rebrands it DOGE (United States DOGE Service). Keeps the acronym, keeps the funding, but gives it a whole new mission: Find the Receipts

So Obama created DOGE like socialism created the Nazis.

[-] A_norny_mousse@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks! First time I’m seeing this. One minute later, debunked (and yes I did click the snopes link). We’re getting better at this.

Also, still with Obama. Having a non-white president really broke some of them.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

More like Hitler built the Autobahn. It was a program started by his predecessor, but Hitler quickly realized that it would give him quick routes for his tanks and equipment to move through Germany.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

$5000.00 refund to every household? Or line their own pockets with it through graft.

Hmmm. I wonder which to expect...

Edit: if I do have to eat my words, $5000.00 will buy me a lot of ketchup...

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

To be fair, literally buying votes would be on brand for Donald.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

$5000.00 will buy me a lot of ketchup...

...or a dozen eggs.

[-] silentdon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Thanks Obama?

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