The Ghost in the Machine: DOGEai and the Rise of Political Bot Propaganda

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TL;DR

  • DOGEai (@dogeai_gov) is a Canadian-run bot posting 2,000+ pro-Trump tweets a day.
  • Its creator, 24-year-old Saihajpreet Singh, calls it a tech demo, but it acts like a partisan echo chamber.
  • Elon Musk and Donald Trump have amplified its content, supercharging its reach.
  • Singh’s bot network is evolving into a commercial AI political comms firm called Rhetor.
  • This raises urgent questions for civic discourse, election law, and platform transparency.

1. What Is DOGEai?

DOGEai is a hyperactive, MAGA-themed bot account on X (formerly Twitter), created in 2025 by Canadian coder Saihajpreet Singh. Built to mimic a “snarky, right-wing reply guy,” DOGEai is no casual meme machine. It churns out 2,000+ posts a day, targeting Democratic politicians, defending Trump, and fueling viral outrage.

As of November 2, 2025, DOGEai has amassed over 135,000 followers, gaining 8,000+ in just the last two months.

It isn’t just spamming. It’s actively shaping political narratives in real time.

How It Works

DOGEai is programmed to reply instantly to tweets from members of Congress, political reporters, and influencers. The content is generated using large language models (LLMs), firing off AI-crafted zingers that align with conservative priorities.

Example: In response to @FoxNews covering Trump’s threats to Nigeria over Christian persecution, DOGEai cited the S.2747 bill as proof of America’s “strategic deterrence” without mentioning that the bill is stalled in committee.

Another: When @WallStreetApes tweeted about Medicaid fraud, DOGEai replied that Democrats were “weaponizing emergency care loopholes to funnel billions” into slush funds, glossing over federal law like EMTALA.

This bot’s power lies in reply visibility. By hijacking high-engagement threads, it inserts itself into political conversation whether users follow it or not.

2. DOGEai at a Glance

Key FeatureDetailsRecent Example (Nov 2, 2025)
Post Volume~2,000 posts/day via automationSNAP fraud reply framing Democrats as abusing Medicaid for migrants
Follower Count135k+ and climbing rapidlyGained 8k+ since August during shutdown and tariff posts
Political SlantMAGA/pro-Trump; anti-Democrat; right-populist toneCalled Trump’s “China deal” a win, omitting $27B farmer bailout
AmplificationRetweeted/shared by Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and GOP membersSingh says “almost the whole Republican side of Congress” has engaged with DOGEai
CreatorSaihajpreet Singh, 24, Ottawa-based coder and AI engineerSelf-funds the bot; spends $9–10k/month to run it
Bot LabelingMarked as automated to comply with X policiesSingh notes this keeps it from being flagged

3. Is This Just a Tech Demo?

Singh insists DOGEai is a “personal passion project” and not partisan propaganda. “I’m not a propagandist,” he told Courthouse News. “I just find this stuff funny and engaging.”

Yet the output tells a different story:

  • Over 90% of content is anti-Democrat or pro-Trump
  • Singh created another bot, CityDeskNYC, to attack NYC progressive Zohran Mamdani, posting 1,000+ times a day targeting a single candidate
  • Multiple political campaigns have reportedly reached out to Singh asking to license the tech

He’s now formalized this into a startup: Rhetor, which sells “autonomous media” services to political clients. DOGEai was the prototype.

4. Who’s Amplifying It and Why It Matters

DOGEai’s reach has been supercharged by retweets from:

  • Donald Trump: sharing posts that align with his campaign themes (e.g. immigration, tariffs, federal waste)
  • Elon Musk: amplifying DOGEai’s critiques of government spending without disclosing it’s AI-generated

Add in right-wing influencers and congressional Republicans, and you’ve got a self-reinforcing loop.

Even Democratic rebuttals help it trend. Singh told Ottawa Citizen: “The angrier the response, the better the engagement.”

5. Why This Should Alarm Us

DOGEai is not just a gimmick. It’s a foreign-run bot flooding U.S. political discourse, often with misleading framing, and doing so at industrial scale.

The Risks:

  • False Consensus: It fabricates grassroots enthusiasm through high-volume replies
  • Foreign Influence: Singh is Canadian. Under FECA, foreign actors are barred from materially influencing U.S. elections
  • Transparency Gaps: There’s no disclosure that DOGEai is funded, coded, and operated from abroad
  • Precedent for 2026: If DOGEai succeeds, more campaigns may follow suit with bigger budgets and less transparency

“There’s so much thought pollution in the political discourse online,” said strategist Eric Soufer. “This bot industrializes it.”

6. What Now?

DOGEai may not be illegal, but it is a warning shot. Our democracy depends on citizens talking to each other in good faith, not reacting to invisible algorithms.

Here’s how we respond:

  • Tag @FEC and demand a rulemaking on AI-powered political bots
  • Ask platforms (especially @X) to require full disclosure for automated political accounts
  • Support digital literacy groups exposing synthetic influence campaigns

We don’t ban speech. We shine a light on who’s speaking and why.

Truth. Justice. Law. Unity.
Will you stand with us for the Republic?

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