Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen has launched a meme contest to find and highlight the Department of Defense's (DOD) worst waste.
With the inauguration of President Trump and the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Cohen announced:DOGE vs. Blob” Initiative.
“Department of Defense bureaucrats burn $2 million in taxpayer money every minute. In honor of @DOGE, @dogevsblob is a meme contest highlighting the government's biggest spenders and wasters. We're giving away 1,000 @dogecoin every day. If anyone can cut the Pentagon budget, @elonmusk can do it. Support him,” Cohen wrote.
Cohen said Americans will be able to enter up to nine times a day for the next 100 days after Inauguration Day, and the best two memes will each receive a grand prize of 10,000 Dogecoins.
“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington are burning through $2 million of taxpayer money every minute, fueling endless wars, lining their own pockets, and plunging the country into debt. More than $6 trillion in debt. are being used in disastrous war operations, weapons system malfunctions, and nepotism deals. That's over,” the Doge vs. Blob website states.
“Elon created DOGE to dismantle the Pentagon's bloated budget, nicknamed the Blob, from spreading out of control. Facts that inform, shock, and move the needle on Washington's most wasteful farce. Join the coalition of blobslayers by spreading the word and accumulate Dogecoin while you’re at it,” the website continued.
Cohen said in a statement to Fox Business: highlighted Bipartisan interest in curbing wasteful spending.
“I support an issue and am happy to work with anyone else who supports that issue…The key to getting anything done in this country is to bring together all political beliefs with common ground. “I think it's about working with people who have.'' And that's what I'm trying to do,'' he said.
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Cohen is not the only progressive supporting the DOGE initiative. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) also expressed support for cutting wasteful Pentagon spending in December.
“Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with an $886 billion budget, has failed seven consecutive audits. Billions are missing. Last year, the military-industrial complex and waste Only 13 senators voted against a defense budget that is riddled with fraud. That has to change,” Sanders said.
There is plenty of room for DOGE and lawmakers to uncover waste, fraud, and abuse at the Department of Defense. The Pentagon failed its seventh consecutive audit last November. The Department of Defense can't do it The $824 billion budget must be fully accounted for.
But with the confirmation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, there is more momentum than ever to streamline the Department.
During his confirmation hearing, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) pressed Hegseth to commit to a complete audit of the Pentagon by 2028; He said he has long supported thorough audits.
“Audits are a matter of national security and, frankly, a matter of respect for American taxpayers. We give over $850 billion to the Department of Defense, and we expect to see where that money is spent.” Hegseth said he wrote an op-ed in 2013 calling for an audit of the Pentagon.
“I am committed to making that a priority,” he added.
Sean Moran is a policy reporter at Breitbart News. Follow him on X @SeanMoran3.
