Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online

DOGE tried to memory‑hole those depositions because nothing says “serious governance” like a bunch of right‑wing book‑burners admitting under oath they used ChatGPT to hunt for the words “Black” and “homosexual” but somehow forgot “white,” then staring into the camera like stunned carp when asked to define DEI. A federal judge basically had to explain kindergarten civics to these clowns: if you’re a public official tearing up humanities, history, and sustainability programs, the public gets to see you do it, including every um, uh, and “I don’t recall” you dribbled into the transcript. These guys set out to destroy knowledge and ended up documenting, on video, that they don’t understand the words they’re waging war on, and now those tapes are permanent public record, the dumbest self‑own in the long, rich history of right‑wing crusades against thinking. And for this, Elon Musk should do some serious time in prison. And not Prisoneyland like where Ghislaine Maxwell gets to summer camp. The piece of shit should be sent to . . . CECOT? Liberia? Hell?

These DOGE depositions were interesting because they exposed how really ridiculously inept they were. They were given carte blanche to destroy whatever they wanted on a whim.

I love the logic that a Holocaust documentary is discriminatory because it focuses on a specific group. Next up: defunding the Fire Department for being biased toward people whose houses are on fire.

I've been seeding those torrents since they were pulled.

On Monday a judge said videos of recent depositions from DOGE members can be published online once again. The ruling is something of an about face for Judge Colleen McMahon, who originally ordered plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit “claw back” the videos they had published to YouTube. The videos were already massively viral at the time of that ruling, in part because they showed DOGE members Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh unable or unwilling to define DEI, admitting their use of ChatGPT to filter contracts to potentially axe based on words like “Black” and “homosexual” but not “white,” and were broadly one of the first times the public has directly heard from people inside DOGE. “This decision validates our position that the publication of the videos, which document a process to destroy knowledge and access to vital public programs, was indeed in the public’s interest,” Joy Connolly, president of the American Council of Learned Societies, said in a statement shared with 404 Media. “We look forward to continuing the pursuit of justice in reclaiming government support for important humanities research, education, and sustainability initiatives.” The American Council of Learned Societies is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, along with the American Historical Association and the Modern Language Association. The organizations are suing Fox, Cavanaugh, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and others for their role in cutting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts they perceived as being DEI-related. In her ruling McMahon wrote, “\[T\]he testimony in the videos concerns the conduct of public officials acting in their official capacities—a context in which the public interest in transparency and accountability is at its apex \[. . .\] The subject matter of this testimony—how government officials carried out their official responsibilities—falls squarely within that core public interest.” Sarah Weicksel, executive director of the American Historical Association, added in the joint statement, “We are pleased that this evidence, which documents the workings of DOGE and the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will remain part of the publicly accessible historical record.” Paula Krebs, executive director of the Modern Language Association, said, “We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans.”  Read more: [https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/](https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/)

You think that guy lacks the self awareness of his actions? …Or has he offed himself?

As it should be!

Based.