During a deposition, former DOGE member Justin Fox refused to define DEI and admitted to using ChatGPT to scan government contracts for terms like "Black" and "homosexual" to identify grants for cutting. He justified slashing a grant for a documentary on Black civil rights, initially calling it "not for the benefit of humankind" before retracting the statement.
The deposition reveals the methods and thinking within DOGE, a group described as reckless and inexperienced, which caused widespread damage. DOGE is linked to significant harm, including 300,000 deaths from its cuts and major data breaches, while failing to reduce the government deficit.
Fox, who had no prior government experience, helped cut hundreds of millions in grants at the National Endowment for the Humanities. He used an AI prompt to flag projects focused on specific groups, equating that focus with DEI.
The main topics covered are the deposition testimony of Justin Fox, the operational methods of DOGE including the use of AI, the impact and consequences of DOGE's grant-cutting actions, and the scrutiny of how DEI was defined and targeted.