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QUICK HIT: Who Is In Charge? A Necessary Debrief On The "Dogefather"

SmartHERNews

Jenna Lee

News, Education

4.9664 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Misconceptions and constitutional questions swirl around the role of "DOGE" in light of the latest Trump administration job cuts and cost cutting measures. We cover the lesser known facts about DOGE that may become major factors in future legal battles; Did you know DOGE has no official executive leader? And that it actually replaced another "start up" launched under President Obama? Facts that will matter as we cover one of your most asked about stories.

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Layoffs, legal fights, and lazy record-keeping.

1:03.2

You have likely heard a lot of these storylines related to Doge,

1:06.1

but we have a few angles no one is talking about

1:08.1

that will really provide some much needed context for these headlines.

1:12.1

I'm Jenna, and this is smarter news.

1:20.7

For clarity, here's three facts. Number one, Doge may appear like a cabinet-level department,

1:26.0

but it's not officially a cabinet-level department.

1:28.9

It replaced another group, the United States Digital Service or USDS, that was created under

1:34.9

President Obama. That existed under the executive office of the president. And President Obama

1:40.3

once referred to this group as a startup. And perhaps we could use the same language for Doge, a startup under the umbrella of the president. In fact, the executive order to create

1:49.1

Doge uses the same acronym, the USDS, United States Doge service. That's the official title.

1:56.3

And this brings us to fact number two. Doge is not a cabinet level department and therefore does not have an

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