What Jon Lovett has said about Department of Government Efficiency
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 4, 2026
Jon Lovett, Co-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment, has been quoted on Department of Government Efficiency 2 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on October 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lovett argues that DOGE's email asking workers what they did last week showed an inability to solve real management problems.
“that your only solution is to ask every single person what they did last week, you're so far gone from like actually being able to solve a problem”
Pod Save America: Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis) (Oct 4, 2026) · Listen from 50:57
Lovett proposes that a competent reform effort would have worked department by department with agency heads.
“You can imagine a completely different version of Doge where there's a team and over a few weeks they go and they meet with department heads”
Pod Save America: Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis) (Oct 4, 2026) · Listen from 53:26
Episodes
Deep State Rebels v. Trump (with Michael Lewis)Pod Save America · Oct 4, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Jon Lovett interviews author Michael Lewis about his book Blockers, on federal employees who resisted DOGE and the Trump administration's reshaping of government.
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- Michael Lewis · 2 quotes
- Tom Steyer · 1 quote
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