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DOGE Staffers Resign Amid Government Cuts

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  • 21 DOGE employees resign over service dismantling
  • Staffers cite inability to honor commitments under new plan
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  • The day after Trump’s inauguration, the staffers were called into interviews that hinted at the secretive and disruptive nature of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
  • Interviewers with White House visitors’ badges, some unidentified, focused on political loyalty and displayed limited technical understanding, creating security risks.
  • The sudden layoff of 40 staffers, who were modernizing critical government services, has endangered millions of Americans reliant on these systems.
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  • Despite Musk's efforts to retain technical talent, the majority of layoffs in the Digital Service office targeted roles such as designers, product managers, human resources, and contracting staff.
  • DOGE's government-slashing initiative led to about a third of the integrated staffers quitting en masse, citing concerns about compromising core government systems and dismantling critical public services.
  • Musk's aggressive approach to reducing bureaucracy diverged from the initial concept of DOGE as a blue-ribbon commission operating outside the government, causing disagreements among civil service employees committed to upholding the Constitution.
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  • Jonathan Kamens noted an increase in resistance among federal employees against the White House DOGE office's recent efforts, indicating a growing discontent within the workforce.
  • Musk attributed the resignations to the employees being Democratic political holdovers who refused to return to the office, suggesting a political undertone to the situation.
  • Katie Miller's response highlighted that the resigning employees were full remote workers who displayed Trans flags at their workplaces, potentially shedding light on their identities and workplace culture.
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