Monday, February 24, 2025

Doge Pound Demolition Crew

On President Donald Trump’s authority alone, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. Employees from Musk’s companies and those of his allies, as well as young staffers he’s recruited, are wresting authority from career workers and commandeering computer systems.

While some have been public about their involvement, others have attempted to keep their roles secret, scrubbing LinkedIn pages and other sources of data. With little information from the White House, ProPublica is attempting to document who is involved and what they are doing. 

None of the people identified responded to requests for comment.


by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing, Annie Waldman, Brett Murphy, Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott, Kirsten Berg, Sebastian Rotella, Alex Mierjeski, Pratheek Rebala and Al Shaw, ProPublica |
Read more:  Elon Musk's Demolition Crew
[ed. Their parents must be so proud (and their grandparents rolling in their graves). What really gets me is the careless and almost gleeful cruelty they bring to destroying people's lives. Every one would have made a "Good Nazi" back in the day. If you know any of these folks you might ask how their new jobs are going. Making new friends? Next on deck: Social Security (and don't think for a minute it's not in their sights. They're already priming the pump.):]


Source: Thomas Frank's The Wrecking Crew. "Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad." Read more: here and here