Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen tossed his assistance behind Elon Musk and the Department of Federal Government Effectiveness (DOGE) with the launch of a brand-new meme contest on Monday.
On the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the facility of DOGE, Cohen published on X that he would be introducing the “DOGE vs. Blob” site as a method of backing the department.
” Pentagon bureaucrats torch $2 countless taxpayer cash every minute. In honor of @DOGE, I’m introducing @dogevsblob, a meme contest highlighting the most significant gov’ t spender + waster. We’re handing out 1,000 @dogecoin a day. If anybody can slash the Pentagon budget plan, @elonmusk can. Let’s support him,” Cohen composed.
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Cohen connected to the site and informed fans that they might get in free of charge approximately 9 times a day for the next 100 days. He composed that he will pick the 2 finest memes for the grand reward of 10,000 DOGE coins each.
The “DOGE vs. Blob” site highlighted numerous examples of federal government waste at the Pentagon, worrying how the DOD had actually failed its seventh successive audit in a row.
” Unelected bureaucrats in Washington are torching $2 countless taxpayer cash every minute– sustaining unlimited wars, lining their pockets, and drowning the country deeper into financial obligation. Over $6 trillion has actually gone to dreadful war efforts, malfunctioning weapons systems, and crony agreements. That ends now,” the site states.
It continued, “Elon developed DOGE to remove the Pentagon’s puffed up budget plan, nicknamed the Blob for its unmanageable sprawl. Sign up with the union of Blob slayers by spreading out realities that notify, shock, and move the needle on Washington’s the majority of inefficient farce– and stack some dogecoin while you’re at it.”
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In a remark to Fox Organization, Cohen stated, “I’m supporting a problem and I enjoy to collaborate with anybody else who supports that problem … I believe the secret to get anything performed in the nation is to deal with individuals of any political persuasion where you have commonalities. Which’s what I’m seeking to do.”
Cohen and his business have actually frequently supported progressive political leaders and triggers, such as Ben & & Jerry’s questionable July fourth tweet in 2023 requiring the U.S. to return “taken Native land.”
Nevertheless, Cohen has likewise formerly voiced his ridicule for U.S. participation in Ukraine’s war with Russia and required peace settlements, which Musk has actually backed.

” In the end, cash won,” Cohen stated in 2023. “And today, not just are they supplying weapons to all the brand-new NATO nations, however they’re supplying weapons to Ukraine.”
” I’m not supporting Russia, I’m not supporting Ukraine,” he included. “I’m supporting settlements to end the war rather of supplying more weapons to continue the war.”
Source: Fox News.