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Lever Time

Is This the End of DOGE?

Lever Time

The Lever

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8560 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

He came in with a bang but is going out with a whimper. After his 24/7 role on Trump’s election stage and his high-profile rampage through the federal government, billionaire Elon Musk says he’s scaling back his work for the administration and ramping down his political spending. With his image tarnished and businesses facing turbulence, is Musk down for the count — or planning his return as America’s most infamous oligarch? Today on Lever Time, David Sirota talks to Michael Scherer, a reporter for The Atlantic who has the inside scoop on what happened to Musk and what kinds of ticking time bombs he and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency may have left inside the federal government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to the free ad-supported version of our podcast. For an ad-free experience,

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visit levernews.com slash upgrade. When Donald Trump was inaugurated like all presidents, he swore

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an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. Instead, Donald Trump has decided

0:16.9

to swerve, deflect, and append the Constitution and treat it like a terms and conditions

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page. I'm Professor Corey Brett Schneider. And I'm deeply unqualified comedian John Fugleson.

0:27.3

We'd like to invite you to listen to the Oath in the Office podcast where every week we interpret

0:32.1

the Constitution and hold Trump accountable to his oath. It's a podcast that offers real insight on how to take action against tyranny and mayhem,

0:41.2

because despair is not a strategy.

0:43.8

We'll hold him to his pledge, despite his threats to democracy and the law itself.

0:49.3

It's a podcast that's all about hope for what a real democracy should look like from an esteemed, respected

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constitutional scholar and a deeply neurotic comedian who thought the emoluments clause was a breakfast item.

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