DOGE

This week’s stories show that from the Justice Department to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Trump admin is simultaneously eroding, side-stepping, and outright defying the checks and balances that distinguish a government that is accountable to the public from one that exists simply to enrich the elite. 

Musk Connection: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Lead Palantir’s platform infrastructure and cloud strategy
DOGE Deployment: Department of Health and Human Services

Musk Connection: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Palantir Technologies, blockchain search engine Elementus, software engineering and finance start up Theorem
DOGE Deployment: Chief Information Officer, Executive Office of the President

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service has been destroyed. It provided free collective-bargaining mediation and saved hundreds of millions of dollars in labor costs.

Musk Connections: SpaceX, Starlink, X (Twitter)

DOGE Deployments: White House, FHFA

Musk Connections: N/A

Other Corporate Connections: Founder of Russell Street Ventures, Co-founder of Aspire Health, Co-founder of CareBridge, Co-founder of Main Street Health. 

DOGE Deployments: HHS

Musk Connections: SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), Boring Company

Other Corporate Connections: Board of Advisers, Atlas Society; Former owner, Mr. Yogato; Former owner, Thomas Foolery

DOGE Deployments: “Day-to-day leader.” SSA, GSA

Abundance co-author’s word salad about environmental review left us scratching our heads.

The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.

Senator Minority Leader Schumer’s stance on whether or not to accede to the continuing resolution depends in part on specific legal claims. We look at whether those claims ought to be accepted at face value or not.

Musk Connections: former Neuralink intern
DOGE Deployments: Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), General Services Administration (GSA), and the State Department

Musk Connections: Unknown
Other Corporate Connections: Business Analyst at General Dynamics

Musk Connections: Advised Musk’s Twitter purchase
Other Corporate Affiliations: Morgan Stanley; Credit Suisse; Qatar Holding
DOGE Deployment: Senior Advisor, Office of Personnel Management (OPM)