2d ago

Some DOGE staffers hold high-powered jobs at multiple federal agencies

www.washingtonpost.com /business/2025/04/14/elon-musk-doge-staffers/

The practice, which has been questioned by ethics experts, may give Elon Musk’s allies influence well after he formally leaves the White House.

https://archive.ph/ne3Es

Gavin Kliger, a U.S. DOGE Service software engineer in his mid-20s, arrived at Internal Revenue Service headquarters in February, telling senior agency officials he was there to root out waste, fraud and abuse.

Then, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events, he placed five government-issued laptops on a conference table and requested a sixth computer that would give him access at the IRS.

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23h ago

Some DOGE staffers hold high-powered jobs at multiple federal agencies

www.washingtonpost.com /business/2025/04/14/elon-musk-doge-staffers/

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These people think they're going to get such a reward for what they're doing. They're dreaming of entering the world of their masters; sports cars, women, high level events, ... Instead, they'll be the ones holding the bags if/when the piper needs to be paid. I believe that some people WILL see the inside of a cell as a result of what is happening now, but not a single one of them will be a billionaire.

First, why has not a single person even attempted to physically deny these people access? Second, why can the resistance not muster up a tech-based offense? I refuse to believe that all US cybersecurity experts or hackers are alt-right shitheads and DOGE goons.
- People have? The doge team have us Marshalls that let them in and push the staffers out of the way. It’s happened at the IRS, USAID, and others.
  Here’s an agency which doge had no right to close still getting pushed out after blockading the office.
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/06/doge-us-marshals-usadf/