The corporate media is running with a new narrative that 21 federal technology staffers with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have resigned over proposed cuts to “critical” services. Corporate media outlets like the Associated Press—currently barred from White House press briefings and the press pool on Air Force One—are running headlines claiming, “Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE.” However, the truth of the matter paints a very different picture.
“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”
Notably, the 21 technology staffers who resigned from DOGE predate the department’s creation under President Donald J. Trump. All 21 individuals were employed by the United States Digital Service—the entity renamed as DOGE—which was created by former President Barack Obama. These federal civil service staffers are not political appointees, and their employment predates President Trump’s election.
As for the supposed demands that they use their expertise to “dismantle critical public services,” thus far, DOGE has predominately focused on employment redundancies—recommending the firings of probationary employees to prevent duplicative work. Additionally, DOGE has gone after the federal government’s use of American taxpayer dollars to fund wasteful overseas projects through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that often undermine U.S. interests abroad. Neither of these instances reflects what most Americans consider “critical public services” like Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
The National Pulse has previously reported that the Elon Musk-led DOGE has found billions in savings for American taxpayers in a little over a month of its existence.
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