- DOGE was created at the whim of Musk and Trump, so its powers are still being invented, but so far it is trying to exert power over the executive branch of the US federal government, and thus *indirectly* over anyone who gets money from the government or is subject to federal regulations (which are different from laws). Also Trump directly influences funding and regulations. This covers a lot of ground.
Regarding the arXiv, we should look into who funds them. They write
"Together, Cornell University, the Simons Foundation, members, affiliates, sponsors, foundations, and individual donors contribute to arXiv's operating budget."
The federal government could say it will withhold funding to Cornell University unless it drops all connection to entities that support DEI in any way. In practice such an action would be aimed at DEI programs within universities, and I can easily see Trump trying to do this to the University of California. Old arXiv papers would be a fairly low priority, but might be a nearly accidental side-causality (as is Emily Riehl's grant for working on infinity-categories).
John Carlos Baez
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