Hardly "a lot of hyperbole", especially since the following sentence clarifies (you might understand that it's specifically quoted for a reason).
To me it doesn't seem worthwhile to respond from the perspective of misinterpreting a comment, especially when being pedantic. One would hope the same level of precision could be applied to the writing as to the reading?
If breckenedge had corrected the department's name or used more accurate rounding or something of that ilk I'd probably agree with you. Whether programs are cancelled vs have funded decreased some (+ other information from the linked article) is, to me, a substantial difference in understanding what negative impacts might be occurring as a result of actions of the DOGE.
To me it doesn't seem worthwhile to respond from the perspective of misinterpreting a comment, especially when being pedantic. One would hope the same level of precision could be applied to the writing as to the reading?