DOGE is ‘spreading like bed bugs’ through the government on Musk’s cost cutting quest
February 8, 2025
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6:34Now PlayingDOGE is ‘spreading like bed bugs’ through the government on Musk’s cost cutting quest
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as posted by the channelAlarms are sounding in agencies across the government as Elon Musk and his DOGE aides look to shrink the size of the federal workforce. Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens discusses President Trump’s desire to cut down USAID dramatically and explains what Musk’s motivations for accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system might be, despite being shut out by a judge.
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