More great news just dropped for those watching the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) tear through government waste. The department announced that dozens of wasteful federal contracts, representing $237 million in savings, have been terminated, doing so DOGE highlighted several wasteful grants, including $10M for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace.”
For context, DOGE was established by an executive order to implement cost-efficiency measures across federal agencies, and has focused on reducing federal spending by terminating or renegotiating contracts and grants, particularly those involving waste, fraud, or abuse.
This trend was exemplified by the announcement DOGE made on March 26, 2025, which listed the historic cuts. Annoucing these massive cuts, DOGE said, “Great work today by @USDOL @SecretaryLCD @Sonderling47 cancelling $577M in “America Last” grants for $237M in savings, including: – $10M for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace”-$12.2M for “worker empowerment in South America.'”
DOGE continued to list off the bizarre woke grants. It said, “$6.25M for “improving respect for Worker’s rights in agricultural supply chains” in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador – $5M for “elevating women’s participation in the workplace” in West Africa – $4.3M for “assisting foreign migrant workers” in Malaysia.”
To conclude their post, DOGE explained even more cases of shocking waste. It posted, “$3M to “enhance social security access and worker protections for internal migrant workers” in Bangladesh – $3M for “safe and inclusive work environments” in Lesotho.”
In the comments section under the original post, users congratulated DOGE on their savings. One of the users said, “When you’re tossing around someone else’s cash instead of your own, there’s no drive to trim expenses since the fallout doesn’t hit you directly. Keep racking up those savings, DOGE!”
Others expressed their suspicion about US foreign aid. One of the comments said, “These third-world NGOs can never be audited. Once the money is gone, there’s no telling where it went. It’s nothing but a giant money laundering scheme with vague labels on it.” Another reply agreed, saying, “I am deeply disturbed by what is being found, and while albeit grateful it is being ended, I fear what is not being identified.”
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Many of the comments objected to spending taxpayer money on woke causes. One such comment said, “I want my 30k in taxes that I paid BACK. This is utterly ridiculous. I have been funding every pet leftist project it seems while I struggle to pay bills.” Another added, “Funding pet projects for the liberal agenda worldwide is not what I pictured our hard-earned tax contributions going to. I thought it was for America. This is absolutely ridiculous.”
Users said this woke spending comes at a steep cost to the American people. A reply read, “Calling it “America Last” couldn’t be more accurate! Even if we weren’t 36 TRILLION in debt, these would still be wasteful spending, but to spend money like that when we are in debt meaning we have to pay interest on it as well is truly an America Last act.” Users also, “Every dollar saved abroad is one that can be reinvested in American workers and communities. Efficiency isn’t just good governance — it’s common sense.”
Watch Doge’s progress here: