Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Elon Musk Launches Race to Support Government Efficiency: ‘DOGE vs Blob’
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen behind Elon Musk and the Government Efficiency Initiative (DOGE) launched a new meme contest Monday.
On the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and DOGE’s founding, Cohen announced on X that he would launch a “DOGE vs. Blob” website to support the department.
“Pentagon bureaucrats burn $2 million in taxpayer money every minute. In honor of @DOGE, I’m starting a meme contest called @dogevsblob highlighting the biggest spender + waste of government money. We’re giving away 1,000 @dogecoin a day. If anyone can cut the Pentagon budget, @elonmusk can support him. ,” Cohen wrote.
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Cohen told his followers that they could log in up to nine times a day for free for the next 100 days by linking to the website. He wrote that he would choose the two best memories for a grand prize of 10,000 doge coins each.
The “DOGE vs. Blob” website highlighted several examples of government waste in the Pentagon, emphasizing how the DOD was. The seventh consecutive audit failed. in a row.
“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington are burning through $2 million in taxpayer money every minute – fueling endless wars, lining their pockets, and sinking the nation into debt. More than $6 trillion has gone into a disastrous war effort, broken weapons, and phony contracts. Stop now.” says the website.
President Donald Trump created Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after his inauguration on Monday. (Getty Images / iStock / Getty Images)
He continued, “Elon created DOGE to bring down the Pentagon’s depleted budget, nicknamed Bloom for its out-of-control expansion. Join a coalition of blob killers spreading facts that inform, shock, and move the needle on Washington’s most wasteful farce—and stack some. When you live Dogecoin.
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Speaking to Fox Business, Cohen said, “I’m supporting a cause and I’m happy to work with anyone who supports the cause… I think the key to getting anything done in the country is working with the people.” Any political persuasion where you have common ground and that’s what I want to do.
Cohen and his company supported progressive politicians and causes like Ben and Jerry’s Controversial 4th of July tweet. In the year He called for the US to return “stolen indigenous lands” by 2023.
However, Cohen has previously called for US intervention in Ukraine’s war with Russia and for peace talks, which Musk has supported.
Ben & Jerry’s founder Ben Cohen launched the “DOGE vs. Blob” website. (Photo illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/Lightrocket via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“In the end, money won,” Cohen said in 2023, “and today, not only are they giving weapons to all the new NATO countries, they are giving weapons to Ukraine.”
“I don’t support Russia, I don’t support Ukraine,” he added. Instead of providing more weapons to continue the war, I am supporting negotiations to end the war.