The unchecked power of Musk and DOGE
04 February 2025

The unchecked power of Musk and DOGE

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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency – a team of 20 or so engineers – now has influence in a number of departments, working to deplete the civil service. But is this legal?


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Faiz Siddiqui has been covering the world’s richest man for years, and he says Musk’s playbook at DOGE is similar to what he did at X, formerly known as Twitter: Cut first, ask questions later.

There are still questions about whether that worked for X and whether it’s legal for the U.S. government. 

Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Maggie Penman and mixed by Sam Bair. 

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