Well, well, well... just when I thought the DOGE saga couldn't get any more fucking bizarre, new court documents have pulled back the curtain on who's actually running this digital demolition squad. Our previous article took a stab at identifying her. Turns out, Amy Gleason isn't just some random bureaucrat who materialized out of thin air – she's officially confirmed as DOGE's acting administrator, and the reporting structure is way more interesting than anyone realized.
The Real Chain of Command
In a court filing that dropped last week, Gleason herself made it crystal clear: "Elon Musk does not work at USDS. I do not report to him, and he does not report to me. To my knowledge, he is a Senior Advisor to the White House."
This revelation is fucking mind-blowing when you consider the public perception. Musk has been prancing around as the face of DOGE for months, with Trump gleefully celebrating the supposed billions in savings they've achieved by gutting federal programs. But according to these court documents, Musk "has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself" – he's just an advisor to Trump, not the DOGE kingpin everyone assumed.
So who does Gleason answer to? None other than White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. That's right – Gleason has a direct line to one of the most powerful figures in the administration. This isn't some mid-level technocrat; she's operating at the highest echelons of executive power.
The DOGE Empire Explained
The court filing also sheds light on the Byzantine structure of this government-slashing operation. Gleason actually oversees two entities: the United States Digital Service (which got rebranded as the "United States DOGE Service") and a temporary organization with an expiration date of July 4, 2026 (how patriotic).
But here's where it gets interesting – Gleason revealed that under Trump's executive order, agency chiefs were required to create their own DOGE teams to hunt down "waste." These agency-level DOGE teams don't report to Gleason; they report to their respective agency heads. Even when USDS staff get detailed to these agency DOGE teams, they fall under agency supervision, not Gleason's.
This creates a fascinating power dynamic: Gleason runs the central DOGE operation but has limited direct control over the agency-level purges. It's a classic Trump administration move – create competing power centers, encourage internal competition, and let the strongest survive. Gleason isn't so much the DOGE czar as she is the coordinator of a distributed wrecking crew.
The "Apolitical" Administrator
Perhaps the most laughable revelation from these documents is how former colleagues describe Gleason – as "world-class talent" who is supposedly "apolitical." This characterization strains credulity to the breaking point. Nobody survives multiple administrations, including two Trump terms, by being truly apolitical.
The notion that someone can oversee an operation that has reportedly axed $115 billion in government spending – including cuts to diversity initiatives, LGBTQ+ programs, and various social services that Trump mocked in his address to Congress – while remaining "apolitical" is a fucking fantasy. These aren't just budget line items; they're policy choices with profound implications for marginalized communities.
If Gleason is implementing these cuts while maintaining her position as the "apolitical" administrator, it suggests either a disturbing level of moral flexibility or a fundamental agreement with the administration's priorities. Either way, the "apolitical technocrat" label doesn't hold water when you're signing off on decisions that are explicitly driven by ideological agendas.
The Protest Target Shifts
Now that Gleason has been officially identified as DOGE's acting administrator, it raises an interesting question: Will the protests that have been directed primarily at Musk now shift their focus to her? Democrats and federal employees have been rallying against DOGE's mass terminations and investigations, staging demonstrations outside federal buildings and specifically targeting Musk.
But if Musk is just a figurehead without actual authority, and Gleason is the one with her hands on the levers of power, shouldn't she be facing more scrutiny? The court documents have lifted the veil on who's actually making the decisions, and it's not the billionaire tech bro who's been soaking up all the attention.
This revelation fundamentally changes our understanding of DOGE's operation and raises serious questions about accountability. If Gleason is the actual administrator making these cuts happen, she deserves far more public attention – and criticism – than she's received so far.
For someone who started as an emergency room nurse and built a career on improving healthcare coordination, Gleason's current role dismantling government services represents either a profound betrayal of those principles or a disturbing revelation about what she actually believes. Either way, with these court filings, she can no longer hide in the bureaucratic shadows while Musk takes all the heat.
Citations
Colton E. 2025 “DOGE chain of command revealed in court filing, showing Musk is not the boss” AOL News
Reducing pressure in EM would be a mistake since he funding the Trump campaign and is still influencing domestic and international elections. He uses x for diainfo and has many online followers. He needs to lose much of his assets and be held accountable . I do not trust that he does not have a finger in DOGE since he inserts himself everywhere
21st Century Nazis ALWAYS claim they are "Apolitical" while they brush off genocide and corruption as "just Politics".