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CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE—Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired. (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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"Definitely never seen this type of response to a FOIA request," quipped one journalist.

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[–] TropicalDingdong 74 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Muskolini

Sounds like a pasta. A shitty pasta.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

The word Duce (a title used by Mussolini - il duce) and Doge, have the same Latin etymology

The word is from the Venetian language, reaching English via French. Doge, along with the related English word duke and the Italian duce, duca (masculine) and duchessa (feminine) all descend from the Latin dux, meaning either "spiritual leader" or "military commander".

[–] grue 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

No, absolutely not. I'm sorry, but that's a bullshit false cognate that gives Musk way too much credit. The reality is much simpler, and stupider: it's just a meme misspelling of "dog" that, even in its initial conception, was canonically coined by an idiot.

The etymology of "dog" is admittedly a little mysterious, but I can't find anything at all to suggest it's even slightly related to "dux."

[–] Fergie434 1 points 2 weeks ago

Huh til doge was from HSR

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