2 DOGE staffers say 'no' regrets for people losing income, didn't reduce the deficit: Depositions

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

March 14, 2026, 5:04 AM


One year after Elon Musk began an unprecedented attempt to eliminate swaths of the federal government, newly released deposition videos are providing a never-before-seen look at two of the people responsible for the largest mass termination of federal grants in the National Endowment for the Humanities' history.

According to the depositions and other materials released as part of a civil lawsuit related to the funding cuts, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) relied on ChatGPT to identify more than $100 million in grants related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that were later cancelled.

When President Donald Trump returned to office last January, he empowered Musk to slash federal spending as a lead adviser in the newly created DOGE. Within days, all agencies were directed to put DEI staff on leave and related programs were shuttered. In lengthy depositions, two DOGE employees -- Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh -- defended the effort to cut "useless agencies" as part of DOGE's attempt to reduce the federal deficit.

"You don't regret that people might have lost important income ... to support their lives?" an attorney asked Cavanaugh about the grant cancellations. "No. I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close to zero," Cavanaugh said. "Did you reduce the federal deficit?" the attorney asked. "No, we didn't," Cavanaugh said.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-staffers-regrets-people-losing-income-reduce/story?id=131050170

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Bunch of fucking insane brainwashed zombie jackasses. They should be in prison.

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. The fact that they are not tells me what I need to know about this nation and what is going on.

It is a shame that so many people cannot see what is going to happen.

Which is nothing. The rich comprise both parties and the rich are the ones perpetuating this money grab in the name of politics.

Why can't we see this?

Talk about abject despair...

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The concept has gone on for millenia

I.e., the "wealthy" vs the "poor". It's human nature and how people survive is to try to carve out their own little existence and create a little bubble around themselves and their communities in order to move on in life.

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. That does not remove the propaganda that has convinced us to keep pursuing this as a political fight.

They are doing this on purpose to keep us from realizing what needs to be done.

The concept keeps happening because we keep letting it happen. Greed is a powerful and easily manipulated emotion and the fact that the rich have repeatedly done so for so long just removes any real hope for a change that might actually be a change. Add to that the manipulation and 'tweaking' that has been done to our laws to favor those same rich people.

Oh well...

[Jarqui]

9. Education and media have failed them ...nt

[travelingthrulife]

17. Media have failed them certainly, but education has been dismantled in this country.

Deliberately so as to produce little monsters like this.

[FakeNoose]

2. ChatGPT and other AI aps only have one purpose - to spy on Americans

I've made certain to keep these intrusive aps off my computer and phone .... They always offer free, and supposedly "helpful" services. Yeah it sounds nice and innocent, BUT once they get on your computer they are like an undercover TSR spy "phoning home" your activities so the owners can keep their eyes on you. Musk was in on this from the get-go and he used it to his advantage. And that's what made the DOGE activities so insidious.

[GiqueCee]

4. You can bet...

... your life that each and every one of the malicious little shitstains in DOGE was specifically chosen for their sociopathic tendencies, not in spite of them.
Everything that a Republican touches is poisoned. Even if those Republicans with the temerity to disagree with Trumpty-Dumpty have any hope of redemption in the eyes of their countrymen, they must reject, utterly and completely, everything about the Republican Terrorist Organization. Or better yet, in this age of rampant acronyms, let's call it the RTO, to keep it simple.
It shouldn't take long for that to catch on.

[paleotn]

7. Yep. Birds and humans. Same behaviors.

[nwduke]

5. It seems like it has been years

But it’s only been one year since the orange buffoon wreaked havoc on our democracy and fomented hate and division throughout our country in his attempt to destroy our democracy!

[paleotn]

6. Prison? I can think of several more appropriate punishments right off the top of my head.

[RainCaster]

8. Most of the agencies targeted were investigating Musk companies

Purely coincidental I'm sure...

[2naSalit]

10. LOCK THEM UP!!

[jfz9580m]

11. Musk should be held accountable

Lack of accountability for the wealthy and powerful coupled with draconian policing and surveillance of activists etc is the issue.

Privacy International sent me this the other day about how embattled those who are fighting for abortion rights etc are.
I cannot find the link. But it is a decent group:
https://privacyinternational.org/

[OGBuzz]

12. They need to be made movie star famous, and then let nature take its course.

[Javaman]

13. So two rich post teens who who have no social skills

Have no regrets.

How surprising

[yellow dahlia]

14. Bookmarking.

I am glad to see MSM media covering this.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Not legal

And for all intents and purposes, these people do not know WTF they are doing.

[travelingthrulife]

18. And our Congress and courts let it happen. Republicans cheered it.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. Were we expecting apologies from these vandals?

I'm sorry my chainsaw ran out of gas.