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Episode 15: Project 2025 in Action: How Musk and DOGE Are Breaking the System by Design
Season 1 Episode 15
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE—has become the engine behind a hostile takeover of the U.S. federal government. Guided by the radical Project 2025 blueprint, Musk and Trump are orchestrating a full-scale dismantling of America’s public institutions under the guise of "efficiency."
In Part Three of our six-part Musk series, Bella Goode unpacks how DOGE operates as a power-consolidation machine—firing career public servants, shuttering agencies, and replacing civil governance with political loyalty and chaos. From AI-generated layoff lists to Starlink-run air traffic control, this episode shows how Musk's Silicon Valley playbook is being used to break democracy—by design.
In This Episode:
- The DOGE Workforce Purge – How Russell Vought and the Project 2025 plan created the legal and ideological framework to fire civil servants and replace them with Trump loyalists.
- Musk’s Government Takeover – Why Musk was the perfect disruptor to lead DOGE—and how he used startup tactics and unchecked power to reshape Washington.
- The DOGE Team Leads – A rogue squad of under-30 technocrats and crypto-bros now enforcing loyalty tests and mass layoffs inside federal agencies.
- Privatizing the Bureaucracy – The FAA under Starlink, budget cuts by crowdsourcing, and government functions handed over to Musk’s allies and corporate interests.
- Blue Choir Voices – Everyday Americans reflect on Musk’s growing control. Is he a genius—or a threat to democracy?
- Real Lives, Real Fallout – Visits to communities hit hardest by DOGE, including Social Security office closures and the collapse of essential services.
Next Episode
Episode 16 – The Aftermath: Fallout from Musk’s Government Takeover
We track the chaos unleashed by DOGE—lawsuits, institutional collapse, and rising public resistance. What did Musk and Trump break—and can it be undone?
Bella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned Democrat advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle class parents in Pennsylvania. I’m a former marketing executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in Psychology from Penn. I spent decades telling stories in the business world; now I use those skills to connect the dots in American politics.
I’m here because the truth matters — and because the stakes have never been higher. Surviving Trump isn’t lighthearted. It’s clarity, evidence, and a fight for the future of our democracy.
Follow my blog on Substack bellagoodepodcast.substack.com
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago