“DOGE deposition videos in Depositions for MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit About the NEH,” the title of the page on the Internet Archive reads. The page says the files were uploaded on Saturday. On the Data Hoarder subreddit, multiple users said they had downloaded a torrent of the videos. Once a torrent of files has been shared, it becomes much harder to fully delete off of the internet because its distribution has been decentralized. 404 Media verified that the torrent did contain the DOGE deposition videos.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 101 points 2 days ago (2 children)

what are the "DOGE Deposition Videos"?

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 143 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Basically some videos were posted of the DOGE goons being interviewed under oath by a judge, and throughout the entire videos they act and look like complete fucking sociopaths swearing they didn't do anything wrong and straight up confessing they didn't know what they were cutting money for, just that Elon told them it had to go so they did it.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 89 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They just seemed like incredibly stupid criminals. The most fallible idiots that musk could muster from le twtiter armie. It was wholly expected, at least by me. Hitler did the same thing with the brown shirts. Just take some prospectless doofuses, make them feel important, and point them in a direction.

I hate everything so goddamn much.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah, the "I was just following orders" defence.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Aka the “Nuremberg Defense”

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

AKA time to take matters into public hands defense.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago

thank you for the explanation!

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The depositions come from a lawsuit the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association brought against the National Endowment for the Humanities and others over its cutting of hundreds of millions of grants. DOGE members Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh were a driving force behind those cuts. The deposition videos, which the MLA uploaded to YouTubeearlier this month, included depositions of Fox, Cavanaugh, and NEH officials Adam Wolfson and Michael McDonald.

The videos went viral when 404 Media and other outlets reported on their contents and clipped certain segments. Those included Fox not being able or unwilling to define DEI.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago

Seems so fucking obvious you are the asshole and on the wrong side of history when the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association are coming after you.