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[–] Ryura@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Department of Government Enshittification

[–] zebbb@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Destroying Our Goverment Entirely πŸ‘€

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Dickish Orangutans Grifting Everyone

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 76 points 3 days ago

Department of Obvious Grift and Extortion perhaps?

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago

Dumb Oligarch Gets Everything

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 43 points 3 days ago

Department Of Grifty Edgelords.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 37 points 3 days ago

Die Of Gonorrhea, Elon

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Department of Oligarchy, Graft, and Edgelords

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days 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 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Dickhead Oligarch Getting Enriched

[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Don’t Oligarchs Get Everything?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Department of Government Extermination.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Deftly Obfuscating Grotesque Exploitation

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Donald Openly Gargles Erections

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 14 points 3 days ago

Department of Goebbels Employees

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Doofus Operating Goverent Entity

Dicks Organising Gorvernment's End

Don't Overexplain, Greed Everywhere

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I really like the first one

Delivering Orders from our Greatest Enemy (putin)

Department of Government Extermination

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

Best I saw was department of greedy elon

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Duplicitous Orange Guy Expires

[–] Panda@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

It's a Shiba Inu.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago

Dumbass Overlooking Governmental Existence

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dicks Out Government Enemies

Dicking Over God’s Exceptionals

Dicking Over Generally Everything

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Dicks Out, Get Eating

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 3 days ago

Department of Gratuitous Elonery

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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

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

MFABT != DOGE