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“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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[–] BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 4 points 49 minutes ago* (last edited 48 minutes ago)

The videos were pulled from YouTube via court order.

Magnet link in this reddit thread

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 61 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

what are the "DOGE Deposition Videos"?

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 70 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 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.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 hours ago

Ah, the "I was just following orders" defence.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 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.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago

One of 3 things will happen in the future, and none of the 3 things will involve putting a wealthy man in any state of duress. The doge kids might see courtrooms, though!

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 7 points 2 hours ago

thank you for the explanation!

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Mfs thought MLA was just a citation format from 8th grade English, but they fucked around and now theyre gonna find out

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 hours 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.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 7 points 3 hours ago

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