The DOGE deposition videos a judge ordered removed from YouTube on Friday after they had gone massively viral have since been backed up across the internet, including as a torrent and to the Internet Archive. The videos included DOGE members unable or unwilling to define DEI; discussing how they used ChatGPT and terms such as “black” and “homosexual” to flag grants for termination but not “white” or “caucasian,” and acknowledgements that despite their aggressive cuts they failed to achieve the stated goal of lowering the government deficit.

The news shows the difficulty in trying to remove material from the internet, especially that which has a high public interest and has already been viewed likely millions of times. It’s also an example of the “Streisand Effect,” a phenomenon where trying to suppress information often results in the information spreading further.

“DOGE deposition videos in Depositions for MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit About the NEH,” the title of the page on the Internet Archive reads. The page says the files were uploaded on Saturday. On the Data Hoarder subreddit, multiple users said they had downloaded a torrent of the videos. Once a torrent of files has been shared, it becomes much harder to fully delete off of the internet because its distribution has been decentralized. 404 Media verified that the torrent did contain the DOGE deposition videos.

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[–] 107 points 7 months ago (11 children)

what are the "DOGE Deposition Videos"?

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  • [–] 160 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

    Basically some videos were posted of the DOGE goons being interviewed under oath by a judge, and throughout the entire videos they act and look like complete fucking sociopaths swearing they didn't do anything wrong and straight up confessing they didn't know what they were cutting money for, just that Elon told them it had to go so they did it.

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  • [–] 101 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    They just seemed like incredibly stupid criminals. The most fallible idiots that musk could muster from le twtiter armie. It was wholly expected, at least by me. Hitler did the same thing with the brown shirts. Just take some prospectless doofuses, make them feel important, and point them in a direction.

    I hate everything so goddamn much.

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  • [–] 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    These little shits are too young and dumb to realize that they are just patsies for Elon Musk and Trump. I hope to see everyone involved with DOGE behind bars some day. I hope Elon sees much worse.

    We haven't even seen the worst ramifications yet of what DOGE has done.

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The depositions come from a lawsuit the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association brought against the National Endowment for the Humanities and others over its cutting of hundreds of millions of grants. DOGE members Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh were a driving force behind those cuts. The deposition videos, which the MLA uploaded to YouTubeearlier this month, included depositions of Fox, Cavanaugh, and NEH officials Adam Wolfson and Michael McDonald.

    The videos went viral when 404 Media and other outlets reported on their contents and clipped certain segments. Those included Fox not being able or unwilling to define DEI.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Seems so fucking obvious you are the asshole and on the wrong side of history when the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association are coming after you.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That's a nice unintended pun for a publisher named "404media" to talk about removed stuff being backed up

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Anyone got a link to the videos, the YouTube link in the article didn't work for me

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  • [+] 18 points 7 months ago* (4 children)
  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    In case anyone doesn't want to visit Reddit, here is the magnet link. The Reddit link is from the 404Media article, and here is a non-login-wall link to the 404Media article. It's also on the Internet Archive.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    How bout that magnet link, friend?

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:GSP4QPJ2YFYNFXDJ7BFS2TLKOI2XW4UC&dn=Depositions%20for%20MLA-ACLS-AHA%20Lawsuit%20About%20the%20NEH&xl=6810123378&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.stealth.si%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftorrent.tracker.durukanbal.com%3A443%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fwepzone.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.wepzone.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3A451%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.theoks.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.srv00.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.filemail.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.dler.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.alaskantf.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker-udp.gbitt.info%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ft.overflow.biz%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.dstud.io%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fbittorrent-tracker.e-n-c-r-y-p-t.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=https%3A%2F%2Ftracker.zhuqiy.com%3A443%2Fannounce

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago

    GOOD! Nothing may happen to the turds until Trump is out of office but when the axe falls, I hope every lqst one of the little shits loses their heads.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I know I can probably find this specific link if I go hunting for it, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a community/tracker/source where these sort of videos and torrents tend to get posted. I'm curious about lots of political data dumps and leaks, particularly Epstein related stuff, and even conspiracy stuff sometimes, even though I'm not super into conspiracies sometimes it's interesting, and goddamn does Youtube get tiresome for that sort of content with its 'unaliving' and bleeping out 's**cide' and all the tedious censorship. The post mentions the data hoarder subreddit, which I've lurked around before but a) reddit sucks and b) I'm wondering if there are alternatives.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    I have watched portions of the that have been put on YouTube. They hurt my brain. These idiots are actually destroying the Constitution and taking over... THESE idiots.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago*

    odd thing is i don't even care about it but i'm downloading and seeding it just to spite the government and elon.

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    [–] 29 points 7 months ago

    "The videos included DOGE members unable or unwilling to define DEI; discussing how they used ChatGPT and terms such as “black” and “homosexual” to flag grants for termination but not “white” or “caucasian,” and acknowledgements that despite their aggressive cuts they failed to achieve the stated goal of lowering the government deficit."

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Anybody got a magnet so I can do my part?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Guy 1 looks like a rapist guy 2 some how has a more punchable face.

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