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The Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE), established by #Trump to reduce government size, has #disbanded eight months before its mandate ends. The Office of Personnel Management (#OPM) has assumed many of its functions, and former #DOGEemployees have taken on new roles within the administration. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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> ...November 14, 2024, Musk cryptically tweeted, "Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero. What a great deal!"
> But according to Forbes' #BeatriceNolan, some #DOGEemployees are drawing "six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries" — while putting thousands of federal government employees out of work.

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DOGE employees drawing 'six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries' — while putting thousands out of work

After Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election and chose Elon Musk to run a new advisory group called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Tesla/SpaceX/X.com CEO claimed that working at DOGE would require altruistic motives. DOGE, Musk warned, would require a selfless commitmen...

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