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Elon Musk's Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
Original: ‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
The Guardian has published a long-read account of Elon Musk's 'department of government efficiency' (Doge), which sent young tech workers to disrupt federal agencies. The piece follows one civil servant who resisted efforts to access immigrant data, examining where Doge's cost-cutting drive met pushback and what became of the young staff who idolised Musk. The article portrays a chaotic overhaul of Washington institutions that not everyone complied with.
Why now: The Guardian's new long-read investigation into Doge's disruption of federal agencies is being widely shared.
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- ‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington · The Guardian
When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data
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