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Related: About this forumRachel Maddow says we finally know what's behind Trump admin's 'inexplicable rummaging' - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
What are DOGE and the Trump administration actually up to - and why?? - Aired on 04/15/2025.
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Rachel Maddow says we finally know what's behind Trump admin's 'inexplicable rummaging' - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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Orrex
(65,068 posts)1. Any chance of a hint for those of us unable to watch the 9 minute vid?

FuzzyDicePHL
(725 posts)3. From Raw Story...
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-2671776432/
"Maddow said after four months of observing DOGE as Musk and his team gain access to data inside government agencies, 'it's not a pointless rummaging that they are doing there.'"
'Its not just rummaging around in there and flipping switches and seeing what breaks. Part of what is now emerging is that they've been in these government systems because they're trying to use the government to hurt people as much as they can,' the MSNBC host said Tuesday."
(emphasis mine)
The story describes a few examples.
"Maddow said after four months of observing DOGE as Musk and his team gain access to data inside government agencies, 'it's not a pointless rummaging that they are doing there.'"
'Its not just rummaging around in there and flipping switches and seeing what breaks. Part of what is now emerging is that they've been in these government systems because they're trying to use the government to hurt people as much as they can,' the MSNBC host said Tuesday."
(emphasis mine)
The story describes a few examples.
TheRickles
(2,709 posts)4. Thank you.