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[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 77 points 1 year ago

Department of Obvious Grift and Extortion perhaps?

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Dumb Oligarch Gets Everything

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 year ago

Department Of Grifty Edgelords.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 38 points 1 year ago

Die Of Gonorrhea, Elon

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

Department of Oligarchy, Graft, and Edgelords

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year 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 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

Department of Government Extermination.

[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Don’t Oligarchs Get Everything?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago

Department of Goebbels Employees

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Donald Openly Gargles Erections

[–] zebbb@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Destroying Our Goverment Entirely 👀

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

Doofus Operating Goverent Entity

Dicks Organising Gorvernment's End

Don't Overexplain, Greed Everywhere

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I really like the first one

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 1 year ago

Department of Government Extermination

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Best I saw was department of greedy elon

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Dickhead Oligarch Getting Enriched

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

Dicks Out Government Enemies

Dicking Over God’s Exceptionals

Dicking Over Generally Everything

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Dicks Out, Get Eating

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago

Dumbass Overlooking Governmental Existence

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

Dickish Orangutans Grifting Everyone

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Deftly Obfuscating Grotesque Exploitation

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

Department of Government Enshittification

[–] Panda@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

It's a Shiba Inu.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Duplicitous Orange Guy Expires

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 year ago

Department of Gratuitous Elonery

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

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

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

MFABT != DOGE