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Merja Polvinen

“Musk sees federal employees as either time-serving hacks burning through taxpayer dollars or subversive enemies within. Unfortunately, civil servants’ admirable humility allows such caricatures to proliferate. […] This eye-opening, multifaceted ode to public service therefore feels both urgent and moving.

#CivilService #bookstodon #USA

theguardian.com/books/2025/mar

The Guardian · Who Is Government? by Michael Lewis review – what Doge is trying to destroyBy Dorian Lynskey
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jackhutton 🇺🇸

1. [DSR, Daily Blast podcast]: Musk Humiliated as Trump’s Own Advisers Brutally Expose DOGE Fiasco. Greg Sargent with Kate Aronoff.

Smart, sober, knowledgeable discussion on the ramifications of these egregious, indiscriminate cuts by Musk's doge.

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/
#musk #doge #firings #civilservice #noaa

Apple PodcastsMusk Humiliated as Trump’s Own Advisers Brutally Expose DOGE FiascoPodcast Episode · THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · 03/10/2025 · 22m
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A.Stringer

This is a click bait headline.It suggests any attempt to address weakness in #government is automatically bad; 'Trumpian.' It is an opinion piece lacking in detail. The aim is to improve the #civilservice, not run a chainsaw through it as Musk has the US Federal gov. The intent should not be the issue, whether or not it is done properly is what we should care about

Unions on alert as #Labour prepares to unveil ‘Trumpian’ plan for civil service | #Politics | The Guardian
theguardian.com/politics/2025/

The Guardian · Unions on alert as Labour prepares to unveil ‘Trumpian’ plan for civil serviceBy Toby Helm
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"The team is now moving faster than many of the #legal efforts to stop it, making drastic changes that could be hard to unwind even if they are ultimately constrained by the #courts. Musk’s associates have pushed out workers, ignored #CivilService protections, torn up contracts & effectively shuttered an entire agency established by #Congress...

#Musk & his crew... now have about all the #passwords they could ever need"
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nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/poli

Text from article: Allies of Mr. Musk, meanwhile, fanned out across the government as part of the transition, extracting intelligence about computer systems, contracts and personnel. The team is now moving faster than many of the legal efforts to stop it, making drastic changes that could be hard to unwind even if they are ultimately constrained by the courts. Mr. Musk’s associates have pushed out workers, ignored civil service protections, torn up contracts and effectively shuttered an entire agency established by Congress: the U.S. Agency for International Development. A month into Mr. Trump’s second term, Mr. Musk and his crew of more than 40 now have about all the passwords they could ever need. His swift success has been fueled by the president, who handed him the hazy assignment of remaking the federal government shortly after the billionaire endorsed him last summer. Flattered that Mr. Musk wanted to work with him, Mr. Trump gave him broad leeway to design a strategy and execute it, showing little interest in the details.
#ElonMusk#Coup#Politics
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Nonilex

Allies of #Musk, …fanned out across the govt as part of the transition, extracting #intelligence about computer systems, contracts & personnel.

The team is now moving faster than many of the #legal efforts to stop it, making drastic changes that could be hard to unwind even if they are ultimately constrained by the courts. Musk’s associates have pushed out workers, ignored #CivilService protections, torn up contracts & effectively shuttered an entire agency established by Congress: the #USAID.

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Nonilex

Probationary employees—those who were recently hired, promoted, or otherwise changed roles—have been targeted first, as they lack certain #CivilService #protections that would make them harder to fire. Thousands of workers have been terminated over the last few weeks across multiple agencies. With the new software & the use of #AI, some government employees fear that large-scale terminations could roll out even more quickly.

#USpol#Musk#Trump
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beSpacific

> 20 #civilservice #employees #resigned Feb 25 from #billionaire #Trump adviser #Musk #DOGE saying they were refusing 2 use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” “We swore to serve #American people and uphold our oath to the #Constitution across #presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by AP. “ However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.” apnews.com/article/doge-elon-m

AP News · DOGE staffers resign en masse to protest Musk's slashing of federal governmentBy Brian Slodysko
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Nonilex

>20 #CivilService employees resigned from billionaire #Trump adviser #ElonMusk’s DOGE, saying they would not use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

“We swore to serve the American people & uphold our oath to the #Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint #resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by AP. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”
#law #USpol
apnews.com/article/doge-elon-m

AP News · DOGE staffers resign en masse to protest Musk's slashing of federal governmentBy Brian Slodysko
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