Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE, and what are they doing?

I believe we can call this battle a draw.

On to the next battle…but the combatants on the left have, for the most part, already been slain…except Miss Marple.
 
Earl said:
I believe we can call this battle a draw.

On to the next battle…but the combatants on the left have, for the most part, already been slain…except Miss Marple.
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She'll call it a win. She's delusional, Earl.
 
christiefan915 said:
This is a long article but worth reading.

"The DOGE effort helmed by Elon Musk appears to be focusing on technology and personnel in its stated goal to cut government spending. Staffers connected to DOGE and often to Musk's companies, including SpaceX and Tesla, are fanning out across federal agencies, where they are gaining access to sensitive systems and information on government payments and employees. The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies in chaos and government workers alarmed.

"One of the reasons we can't tell what's going on and what power they have is because they haven't really made what they're doing public at all," said Deborah Pearlstein, a constitutional scholar who directs the program in law and public policy at Princeton University...

...At the General Services Administration (GSA), which manages federal real estate and technology, DOGE-connected individuals have interviewed software engineers about their work. In some cases, they have only provided their first names to the federal employees they spoke to, according to GSA staffers who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because they aren't authorized to speak publicly and fear retaliation in their jobs.

Much of the early work, especially with DOGE-affiliated employees in the Office of Personnel Management, has focused on efforts to reduce the headcount of federal workers, whose salaries typically comprise about 5% of the overall budget, and on cutting programs and priorities that Trump and Musk disagree with, like USAID...
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Jeebus, Musk is President.
 

Here’s What Happened After Elon Musk Cut 80% Of X’s Employees—As He Eyes Reshaping Federal Workforce​

The social media company initially took a massive financial hit as its workforce shrank. Its advertising revenue in 2023, Musk’s first full year at the helm of X, declined to a reported $2.5 billion, a more than 45% decrease from Twitter’s ad sales in 2021, its final full year as a public company, causing Fidelity to write down its valuation of X to as little as $9 billion by last September, just a fifth of the sticker price Musk paid two years prior.

After Musk’s takeover, the company overhauled its operations, cutting its content moderation and communications teams, and reshaped its platform, focusing on premium monthly subscriptions and algorithm-based feeds like TikTok’s.

Has Musk’s X Rebounded Since His Layoffs And Restructuring?​

To a degree, yes. In recent months, X has begun to show signs of recovery. Fidelity upped its X valuation to about $13 billion in December and several major advertisers, including Amazon, are renewing their presence on the platform. X’s financials recovered in 2024 on its leaner model, as Bloomberg reports X brought in $1.2 billion in adjusted earnings last year, within striking distance of 2021’s $1.4 billion, with a much leaner staff.

Will X’s Rebound Continue?​

X’s recent rebound traces back to Musk’s chummy relationship with President Donald Trump, but Musk’s activities outside of his corporate role are a big part of why the company landed in hot water in the first place. Major companies like Disney and Apple paused ads on X in late 2023 after Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory, while others balked at the lack of content guardrails on the site.

How Messy Were Musk’s Layoffs At X?
Very. The Musk-led push to trim 6,000 positions at X, a much smaller scale than the government job cuts he hopes to oversee, brought significant legal challenges from employees—including more than 2,000 arbitration cases, after X did not pay the severance package Musk promised, and several broader lawsuits. The fate of those lawsuits has been mixed: A federal judge tossed one lawsuit accusing him of skimping on a half-billion in severance payments, while another severance-based suit was allowed to proceed in part.


www.forbes.com

Here’s What Happened After Elon Musk Cut 80% Of X’s Employees—As He Eyes Reshaping Federal Workforce

Musk is taking “the same Twitter playbook now with the federal government,” according to the lawyer representing thousands of Twitter workers laid off after Musk took control of the social media company.
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Diogenes said:
She'll call it a win. She's delusional, Earl.
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But she is beautiful…and smart…and beautiful.

I enjoy her posts. She eschews (I love that word) scatological prose and I believe she is a virtuous person. Virtue is its own reward.

I wish she would post a photo. I guarantee she is “drop dead gorgeous.”

I know about these things.
 
christiefan915 said:
Here’s What Happened After Elon Musk Cut 80% Of X’s Employees—As He Eyes Reshaping Federal Workforce The social media company initially took a massive financial hit as its workforce shrank. Its advertising revenue in 2023, Musk’s first full year at the helm of X, declined to a reported $2.5 billion, a more than 45% decrease from Twitter’s ad sales in 2021, its final full year as a public company, causing Fidelity to write down its valuation of X to as little as $9 billion by last September, just a fifth of the sticker price Musk paid two years prior. After Musk’s takeover, the company overhauled its operations, cutting its content moderation and communications teams, and reshaped its platform, focusing on premium monthly subscriptions and algorithm-based feeds like TikTok’s. Has Musk’s X Rebounded Since His Layoffs And Restructuring? To a degree, yes. In recent months, X has begun to show signs of recovery. Fidelity upped its X valuation to about $13 billion in December and several major advertisers, including Amazon, are renewing their presence on the platform. X’s financials recovered in 2024 on its leaner model, as Bloomberg reports X brought in $1.2 billion in adjusted earnings last year, within striking distance of 2021’s $1.4 billion, with a much leaner staff. Will X’s Rebound Continue? X’s recent rebound traces back to Musk’s chummy relationship with President Donald Trump, but Musk’s activities outside of his corporate role are a big part of why the company landed in hot water in the first place. Major companies like Disney and Apple paused ads on X in late 2023 after Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory, while others balked at the lack of content guardrails on the site. How Messy Were Musk’s Layoffs At X? Very. The Musk-led push to trim 6,000 positions at X, a much smaller scale than the government job cuts he hopes to oversee, brought significant legal challenges from employees—including more than 2,000 arbitration cases, after X did not pay the severance package Musk promised, and several broader lawsuits. The fate of those lawsuits has been mixed: A federal judge tossed one lawsuit accusing him of skimping on a half-billion in severance payments, while another severance-based suit was allowed to proceed in part.
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According to Derek Saul.
 
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