Some of this is plausible or even correct, but the framing—the most unhinged critics were wrong—sets a very low bar. DOGE supporters themselves set much more ambitious goals than “the apocalypse will not materialize.” As a result the article doesn’t address obvious DOGE failures: — Spending is up meaningfully; — Corruption at the highest levels of government is up dramatically; — Certain departments (DHS, DoJ, and State most obviously) now perform at third world levels; — The biggest personnel cuts in absolute terms were to what the author refers to as the “Department of War,” which proceeded to lose a war.