Ben & Jerry’s co-founder launches contest to support Elon Musk’s Dept of Government Efficiency: ‘DOGE vs Blob’
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen has expressed his support for Elon Musk and his back Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with the launch of a new meme contest on Monday.
On the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and DOGE’s creation, Cohen posted on X that he would launch a “DOGE vs. Blub” website as a way to support the department.
“Pentagon bureaucrats are burning $2M of taxpayer money every minute. In honor of @DOGE, I’m launching a meme contest highlighting the biggest waste of government. We’re giving away 1,000 @dogecoin a day.” Pentagon budget, @elonmusk can support him,” Cohen wrote.
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Cohen linked to the site and told followers that they could enter for free up to nine times a day for the next 100 days. He wrote that he would choose the two best memes for the grand prize of 10,000 DOGE coins each.
“DOGE vs. The Blob” website highlighted numerous examples of government waste at the Pentagon, highlighting how the DOD failed its seventh consecutive audit consecutively.
“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington burn $2 million in taxpayer money every minute, lining their own pockets and drowning the nation in deeper debt. More than $6 trillion is spent on disastrous war efforts, malfunctioning weapons systems, and ending friendly contracts.” now” says the website.
President Donald Trump created Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) after his inauguration on Monday. (Getty Images/iStock/Getty Images)
It continues. “Elon created DOGE to bring down the Pentagon’s bloated budget, nicknamed ‘The Blob’ for its out-of-control proliferation. Join the Coalition of Blob Killers, spreading facts that inform, shock and move the needle on Washington’s worst farce and collect some : dogecoin while you’re at it.”
In the comment Fox Business:Cohen said: “I support an issue and I’m happy to work with someone else who supports that issue… I think the key to getting anything done in the country is to work with people of any political persuasion where you have common ground. And that That’s what I’m looking to do.”
Cohen and his company have often supported progressive politicians and causes such as Ben & Jerry’s A controversial 4th of July tweet In 2023, calling on the US to return “stolen indigenous lands”.
However, Cohen has also expressed his disdain in the past US involvement in the Ukrainian war with Russia and called for peace talks, which Musk approved.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen launched the DOGE vs. Blob website. (Photo illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“In the end, money won,” Cohen said in 2023. “And today they are not only providing weapons to all the new NATO countries, but they are also providing weapons to Ukraine.”
“I do not support Russia, I do not support Ukraine,” he added. “I support negotiations to end the war instead of providing more weapons to continue the war.”
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