Elon Musk’s “nerd army” has officially stormed the Department of Education—and they’re not just moving in, they’re tearing it down.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Trump’s high-powered cost-cutting task force led by Musk, has already slashed over $900 million in wasteful spending at the DOE, including eliminating 89 federal contracts worth $881 million and terminating 29 DEI training grants, saving an additional $101 million.
And that’s just the beginning.
DOGE operatives Akash Bobba and Ethan Shaotran, both 22, have already secured direct access to the agency, according to NBC News. As many as 16 DOGE team members are now inside the DOE headquarters, aggressively reviewing contracts, cutting unnecessary programs, and actively dismantling the department—something President Trump explicitly promised to do.
Democrats, predictably, are losing their minds.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) described the sheer panic inside the DOE as Musk’s team moves forward with Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency and return education funding to the states.
“They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts,” she told HuffPost.
“It’s not legal. They know it’s not legal. But they’re doing it anyway.”
And then she dropped a bombshell:
“I expect the agency to be dissolved in the coming days.”
Let that sink in.
The Department of Education—the same bloated, activist-run bureaucracy conservatives have wanted gone for decades—could soon be history.
Trump is all in on Musk’s efforts, signing a new executive order Tuesday directing all federal agencies to fully cooperate with DOGE and align with its “workplace optimization initiative.”
Despite protests from Democrats that Musk is “an unelected billionaire,” Trump isn’t backing down. The White House is standing firm, and Speaker Mike Johnson has fully endorsed Musk’s work:
“What Elon and the DOGE effort is doing right now is what Congress has been unable to do in recent years because the agencies have hidden some of this from us,” Johnson said at a press conference.
“Their efforts are good, and right for the American people. Stay tuned, there is a lot more to come.”
Faced with the total collapse of their control over federal agencies, Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to fight back.
On Friday, several Democrats were denied entry to the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., and let’s just say…they did not take it well.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)—never one to keep her cool—aggressively demanded to see identification from a mystery individual blocking her access. But he refused to answer her questions or identify himself, leaving Waters furious.
The White House’s response?
“This deranged behavior is like a scene ripped straight out of Flowers in the Attic,” said White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung, calling Waters “annoying AF.”
Knowing that the DOE is just the first domino to fall, House Democrats have announced a special task force to combat Trump and Musk’s plans to gut the bureaucracy.
The group, co-chaired by Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), is vowing to fight Trump’s reforms and protect the bloated federal workforce at all costs.
“We are engaged in a multifaceted struggle to protect and defend everyday Americans from the harm being inflicted by this administration,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a letter announcing the task force.
