DOGE Debunking

Running Xitter threads from Momentum Chaser

January 30: Fact Check: No evidence US spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza

January 30: FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

February 12: ‘Some of the things that I say will be incorrect’: Musk backs away from false claim of $50 million for Gaza condoms

February 17: No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits

February 18: Why DOGE’s ‘Receipts’ Show Elon Musk’s Math Doesn’t Add

February 18: DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.

February 19: New Social Security chief refutes claims of deceased people over 100 years old getting checks

February 19: DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn’t add up

February 19: Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

February 21: DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes

February 22: Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.

February 22: DOGE Claims It Has Saved Billions. See Where.

February 25: Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings

February 25: DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week

February 26: Dozens of DOGE ‘receipts’ saved no money and killed contracts meant to boost efficiency

February 26: DOGE releases updated “wall of receipts” with more discrepancies

February 26: Musk’s cost-cutting drive quietly deletes billions in claimed savings from website

February 26: A look at the misleading and incorrect claims on DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’

February 26: Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.

February 28: DOGE Said It Cut $232 Million From Social Security Budget. It Was Only About Half a Million.