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[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 76 points 2 weeks ago

Department of Obvious Grift and Extortion perhaps?

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 weeks ago

Department Of Grifty Edgelords.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

Dumb Oligarch Gets Everything

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 38 points 2 weeks ago

Die Of Gonorrhea, Elon

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Department of Oligarchy, Graft, and Edgelords

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

graft /grăft/ noun

Deceitful or fraudulent use of one's position, especially in public office, to obtain personal profits or advantages. Money or advantage obtained by such means. 

intransitive verb

To gain money or advantage through deceit or fraud. 
[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm pretty sure they mean grift, since graft's most well known meaning is transplanting living tissue.

Your meaning is exists only in the US and it's not that universal.

I was making a joke given the most well known meaning.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Department of Government Extermination.

[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t Oligarchs Get Everything?

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Doofus Operating Goverent Entity

Dicks Organising Gorvernment's End

Don't Overexplain, Greed Everywhere

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I really like the first one

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago

Department of Goebbels Employees

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Donald Openly Gargles Erections

[–] zebbb@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

Destroying Our Goverment Entirely 👀

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 2 weeks ago

Department of Government Extermination

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

Best I saw was department of greedy elon

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Dickhead Oligarch Getting Enriched

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Dumbass Overlooking Governmental Existence

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dicks Out Government Enemies

Dicking Over God’s Exceptionals

Dicking Over Generally Everything

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Dicks Out, Get Eating

Delivering Orders from our Greatest Enemy (putin)

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Dickish Orangutans Grifting Everyone

[–] Ryura@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Department of Government Enshittification

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Deftly Obfuscating Grotesque Exploitation

[–] Panda@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's a Shiba Inu.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

Department of Gratuitous Elonery

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Duplicitous Orange Guy Expires

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

DOGet the fuck out of the US government...

I'm not even American but I feel like the joke fits... Unlike DOGE

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Move fast and break things (hopefully they follow court orders)

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

MFABT != DOGE