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-Musk insisted this is to combat “fraud” in the form of people not “actually” working or “identities of dead people” being used to collect paychecks. Musk provided no other evidence of such actions.
-Lawmakers on all sides and labor unions immediately questioned the legality of this move
-Musk insisted this is to combat “fraud” in the form of people not “actually” working or “identities of dead people” being used to collect paychecks. Musk provided no other evidence of such actions.
-Lawmakers on all sides and labor unions immediately questioned the legality of this move
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-less than 7 days later, a 2nd email went out w/ the same message as the previous one and promised this would be the new weekly routine
-at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Musk celebrated his accomplishments so far by waving a chainsaw in the air
-the President also spoke at CPAC, celebrating “wins” from his 1st month in office, asking the crowd of supporters if anyone would like to join him as he examines the national gold depository at Fort Knox, and jeering both Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
-White House press secretary Leavitt announced the President & his team are close to ending the war between Ukraine and Russia, saying, “the President is very confident we can get it done this week”
-the administration placed the bulk of USAID staffers worldwide on leave as of Monday, and announced at least 1600 US-based staffers will be fired
-the administration’s own data shows that 1/3 of contracts canceled by the DOGE will yield no savings, in many cases because the funds had already been spent