A Free Now Foundation Exclusive

In what feels like the plot of a long-awaited conspiracy movie, President Donald Trump’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established by executive order on January 20, 2025, has begun the herculean task of slashing through the thicket of government waste with a truth-seeking machete. From shadowy funding in Wuhan to cozy media deals that suppressed our movement, DOGE is exposing the Deep State playbook. With every chop, they’re not just saving taxpayer dollars; they’re proving that those of us who’ve been skeptical of the vaccine narratives pushed by the mainstream media might just have been onto something all along. Buckle up, because what we’re seeing is the beginning of the end for the bureaucratic swamp that’s been holding us back.

Just three weeks in, DOGE has already made waves by slashing billions of dollars in what it deems to be wasteful government spending. With a brash, no-nonsense approach, DOGE has targeted everything from DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs to underutilized federal office leases, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. While DOGE’s work spans all agencies, here’s a roundup of what our medical freedom-loving readers care about most.

Sit This One Out, EcoHealth

It turns out that our tax dollars were not just funding international sensitivity training but also bankrolling what some might call a “pandemic starter kit” at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). The DOGE team highlighted EcoHealth Alliance’s mismanagement of funds and lack of accountability, including their failure to properly monitor research activities at the WIV, failure to report on high-risk experiments, and failure to hand over required records like lab notebooks. Over $65 million went from USAID through EcoHealth Alliance straight to WIV, which was apparently playing God with viruses in a lab that wouldn’t pass safety inspection at a community college. And now, even the CIA has come around to admitting that the lab leak hypothesis might not be just a conspiracy theory after all.

Despite EcoHealth Alliance claiming they’re the good guys, preventing pandemics while their research likely started one, HHS formally debarred EcoHealth just days before Trump took office; cutting off their cash flow and suggesting they take a five-year timeout in the corner.

Funding Our Own Censorship

DOGE discovered that taxpayer dollars were being siphoned off to fund Politico professional subscriptions and put the kibosh on it immediately, likely causing Politico to miss payroll. Are we correct in assuming these media outlets were offering their professional subscriptions to the US government in exchange for a cozy relationship that included tight control over narratives, especially the COVID narrative, and the silencing of dissent? Because that’s the reality we’ve been living through. According to fact-checking done by Newsweek, over the last five years, U.S. government agencies spent approximately $1.6 million on subscriptions to The New York Times. NASA alone had been shelling out half a million for this, while the Associated Press has been raking in millions from the government for years. Hopefully with the expensive subscriptions out of the way, NASA can finally prove they can send astronauts to the moon again. 

The NIH Overhaul

On February 7th, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) saw a massive restructuring of its allowable indirect costs within grants, reducing the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions could charge from over 60% to just 15%. This change, effective immediately, was claimed to save more than $4 billion annually, exhibiting DOGE’s impact on even the most entrenched federal programs. Typical institutional indirect costs include but aren’t limited to administrative staff, office supplies, heating bills, phone bills, and the costs of the depreciation of building the research is conducted in.

And in a move that would make even the most ego-inflated bureaucrat blush, the DOGE team decided to cancel an upcoming $168,000 vanity project at the NIH Museum – an exhibit dedicated to Dr. Anthony Fauci, our Patron Saint of Self Promotion.

States Fight Back

A whopping 22 states, led by the usual suspects like California and New York, are suing NIH over the changed rules. They claim the new NIH policy is not only illegal but would force them to shut down labs and lay off staff. These states seem to forget that taxpayers are footing this bill, and perhaps there should be a wee bit of accountability for how those dollars are spent.

Joining the fray are private universities and hospitals, along with higher education associations, who’ve run to the courts faster than you can say “payday.” They’re crying foul over the potential loss of funds that they’ve grown accustomed to using for everything from fancy coffee machines to gold-plated beakers–just kidding, don’t quote me on that. A federal judge slapped a temporary restraining order on the policy, giving these institutions a breather while they prepare to argue in court on February 21st. 

The Gavi Gravy Train

In the midst of all this fiscal surgery, it turns out USAID has been shoveling billions to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a pet project of Bill Gates, which some might call a “charity” but others might see as a glorified piggy bank for the elite’s pet causes. With $4.88 billion in taxpayer money flushed down the drain, you’d think we were funding a new space station. While the grants were still active this week, we’re hoping DOGE leaves not-a-doctor Gates to fund his own work– dumping HPV vaccines on the world’s poorest citizens. 

A Little Snark, A Lot of Action

While the actions of DOGE have sparked debate, with some lauding the aggressive cost-cutting as necessary to streamline government operations, others criticize the approach as shortsighted or ideologically driven. The snark in DOGE’s X posts adds a layer of entertainment to what is otherwise a serious overhaul of governmental spending.

In conclusion, under President Trump’s leadership, DOGE has not only aimed to make the government leaner but has done so with a flair that captures both the public’s attention and its ire. Whether this will lead to lasting efficiency or just a temporary reshuffle remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: DOGE is not here to make friends; it’s here to make change.