Now that billionaire Elon Musk has stepped away from his White House job as a "special government employee," the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers he brought on board are exiting too -- some not because they want to leave.According to a report from the Washington Post's Faiz Siddiq...

Now that billionaire Elon Musk has stepped away from his White House job as a “special government employee,” DOGE staffers he brought on board are exiting too – some not because they want to leave.

According to a report from the Washington Post’s Faiz Siddiqui, Hannah Natanson, Cat Zakrzewski, Alex Horton and Elizabeth Dwoskin, the influence of DOGE is waning and Cabinet heads are hiring back employees who were dismissed during the mass purge initiated under Donald Trump’s anti-government administration.

The Post is reporting, that Musk’s influence with Trump’s people has fallen apart since he and Trump have turned on each other with the billionaire going so far as to suggest there is information about the president in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

  • Lucelu2@lemmy.zip
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Wow I could not muster up a shit to give about Musk and his Doge incels even if I ate Taco Bell.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    136·
    2 days ago

    It’s a wake up call to me how much power there is for the wealthy. No other type of person outside of government could have done what he did.

    • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
      83·
      2 days ago

      I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again:

      Imagine if this was a democrat presidency with a democrat controlled congress.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        48·
        2 days ago

        Understanding the conservative mind means accepting “my group is good. when my group does something, it’s good.” That’s it. Well, that and “whatever is good for me and mine right now is good”.

        There’s no grand underlying theory or unifying thought. They’re just assholes

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          14·
          1 day ago

          Or so propagandized that they are effectively brain damaged, my grandmother was raised by folks who were progressive Republicans and first voted in the 1800s for Theodore Roosevelt. She is still under the propagandized delusions that the modern Republican party is the same one her grand parents and great grandparents voted for.

        • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
          271·
          2 days ago

          Haha. We wish don’t we.

          Not the point I was making though. I’m saying if dems were doing what maga is doing now, Republicans would be in the streets with their assault rifles or something, the point is they wouldn’t stand for this if it were dems, they’re hypocrites.

          But dems wouldn’t be doing anything like this, as we all know.

        • Honse@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          36·
          1 day ago

          Why would dems ever do that when they can keep raking in lobbist money and illegally insider trade?

      • propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Then literally nothing would change in regards to oligarchy.

        Musk has no problem scamming neo-liberals. Just look at spacex and the hyperloop.

  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
    221·
    1 day ago

    Come on Millennials, we use to be great at bullying. If we push hard enough, we could have a few suicides by the 4th of July. The rest of us can work on Musk. Maybe by labor day we can get thim.

  • terraborra@lemmy.nz
    45·
    2 days ago

    Cabinet heads are hiring back employees who were dismissed during the mass purge

    Hopefully they get to keep any redundancy payouts AND come back on higher wages. After all, if they’re being hired back then it shows their role was critical.

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
      17·
      2 days ago

      I might not mind living in interesting times if the people who vote for Republicans would all realize they’ve been duped and choose to join the protests against the GOP politicians. If non-rich Americans could all work together, there’d be no stopping us.

      • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        1 day ago

        You can’t even consistently convince liberals that Kamala is better than this shit. And you think adding a bunch of conservatives will help?

        • Zachariah@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 day ago

          I see your point. A way out of this that doesn’t require their support l would probably be quicker, but it would be far more peaceful and lasting if we get it.

    • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Well… here’s the thing; once Mush’s doggies are out, Trump is gonna put in his own cronies and they’ll probably be agenda driven fanatics rather then Techbro fail sons. While I’m not sure, I think that a step worse?

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    16·
    2 days ago

    Good! The idea that they were ever allowed in in the first place was kind of crazy.

    Some 22 year old kid: “Yeah, I need access to all your employee records.”

    Correct answer: “GTFO!”

  • propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    11·
    1 day ago

    How do you work for this bell-end without being tarred and feathered by your peers?

    We’re doing something wrong.

  • Kekzkrieger@feddit.orgEnglish
    81·
    2 days ago

    While i understand people need to have a job they shouldnt come back. I wouldnt. I hope all of then found something more worthwhile already