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DOGE Cuts Off Government PACER Access Because They Are The Dumbest People On The Planet
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DOGE Cuts Off Government PACER Access Because They Are The Dumbest People On The Planet
They have no idea how lawyering works.
By Joe Patrice on March 04, 2025
(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Elon Musk and his “CoD waiting room-cum-audit team” continue their clumsy speedrun through the federal government. Each day brings another comical cockup from DOGE’s teenaged staff, from firing all the people in charge of nuclear weapons to casually spawning a whole army of foreign intelligence assets.
A couple of weeks ago, the DOGE team proudly-yet-accidentally canceled the SEC’s Westlaw subscription while trying to punish Reuters—never bothering to check if they were even the same thing, let alone realizing that Westlaw access is, you know, kind of essential for the SEC’s job.
Crackerjack work, guys!
While chaste by virtue of women with self-respect, the DOGE team was unchastened by the SEC experience and followed up by cutting off government access to another essential legal resource:
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DOGE Cuts Off Government PACER Access Because They Are The Dumbest People On The Planet
They have no idea how lawyering works.
By Joe Patrice on March 04, 2025
(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Elon Musk and his “CoD waiting room-cum-audit team” continue their clumsy speedrun through the federal government. Each day brings another comical cockup from DOGE’s teenaged staff, from firing all the people in charge of nuclear weapons to casually spawning a whole army of foreign intelligence assets.
A couple of weeks ago, the DOGE team proudly-yet-accidentally canceled the SEC’s Westlaw subscription while trying to punish Reuters—never bothering to check if they were even the same thing, let alone realizing that Westlaw access is, you know, kind of essential for the SEC’s job.
Crackerjack work, guys!
While chaste by virtue of women with self-respect, the DOGE team was unchastened by the SEC experience and followed up by cutting off government access to another essential legal resource:
{snip}