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   https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/bernie-sanders-commends-doge-and-   
   elon-musk/   
      
   Apparently, you can teach an old DOGE new tricks.   
      
   Lefty Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) turned heads Sunday with his support for   
   President-elect Donald Trump’s planned new Department of Government   
   Efficiency (DOGE) — providing it takes aim at the Pentagon’s cushy budget.   
      
   “Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just   
   failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions,” the 83-year-   
   old Vermont senator posted on X.   
      
   “Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex   
   and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change,” the   
   independent pol added.   
      
   Trump had announced shortly after winning last month’s election that tech   
   mogul Elon Musk, 53, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, 39, would   
   serve as co-heads of DOGE until it concludes its work by July 4, 2026.   
      
   Despite the planned new agency’s cryptocurrency- and meme-inspired name,   
   DOGE is not actually a government department but instead an outside   
   organization that will coordinate with the White House and Office of   
   Management and Budget to root out waste.   
      
   Sanders, along with many progressives, has long been an outspoken critic   
   of US defense spending, which he has panned as “bloated and wasteful”   
   while calling for more resources toward social spending.   
      
   Last month, the Department of Defense announced it had failed its seventh   
   independent audit in a row, which has troubled both Republicans and   
   Democrats. The department had been authorized to receive $824.3 billion in   
   government money during the 2024 fiscal year.   
      
   Mike McCord, the Pentagon’s chief financial officer, has told reporters   
   that no significant fraud was uncovered and that the department is working   
   toward a “clean” audit, which will likely be possible several years from   
   now.   
      
   Last week, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) echoed Sanders in suggesting that   
   Democrats are willing to collaborate on attacking potentially wasteful   
   spending — at least in the DOD.   
      
   “When it comes to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse and opening the 5 primes   
   to more competition, there are Democrats on [the House Armed Services   
   Committee] who will work with @elonmusk and @DOGE,” Khanna posted on X.   
      
   Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) recently mused that DOGE should take a look   
   at re-evaluating the structure of the Department of Homeland Security,   
   too.   
      
   Trump, 78, has long expressed interest in expanding the military’s   
   capabilities, which could mean increases in defense spending.   
      
   Musk, who has spent much of his post-election time at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago   
   estate in Florida, replied to Sanders’ post with several American flag   
   emojis.   
      
   “Sensible spending is not a partisan issue. The general public supports   
   @DOGE holding government accountable to spend taxpayer money more wisely,”   
   Musk’s America super PAC wrote in response.   
      
   Sanders’ post drew attention from some of his longstanding adversaries.   
      
   “Welcome home, Bernie,” former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) chided.   
      
   The End Wokeness X account quipped, “Has hell frozen over?”   
      
   Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trending Politics, added on X, “Glad you realized   
   Elon Musk is not the problem.   
      
   “The problem is the federal government which has wasted and lost trillions   
   of dollars of taxpayer money,”   
      
   Ramaswamy and Musk have teased their plans for DOGE in a Wall Street   
   Journal op-ed, which entail pushing for executive actions to slash   
   government and then relentlessly fighting foes in court.   
      
   The two bombastic entrepreneurs have predicted that DOGE also will take a   
   sledgehammer to government red tape and help spur more robust economic   
   growth.   
      
      
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