The unchecked power of Musk and DOGE
Update: 2025-02-04
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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency – a team of 20 or so engineers – now has influence in a number of departments, working to deplete the civil service. But is this legal?
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Elon Musk and other unelected officials are working to remake the U.S. government.
Faiz Siddiqui has been covering the world’s richest man for years, and he says Musk’s playbook at DOGE is similar to what he did at X, formerly known as Twitter: Cut first, ask questions later.
There are still questions about whether that worked for X and whether it’s legal for the U.S. government.
Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Maggie Penman and mixed by Sam Bair.
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