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Bull-DOGE-ing the federal government and, with it, America
Bull-DOGE-ing the federal government and, with it, America
As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center. Also: Law Dork in the media.
Chris Geidner
Feb 12, 2025
Elon Musk believes that he controls the federal government now, and President Donald Trump is acting as if he largely agrees.
And, after U.S. District Judge George O’Toole found on Wednesday that federal employee unions lacked standing to challenge the Office of Personnel Management’s Musk-subject-lined “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation deadline, the Clinton appointee ended his order blocking the deadline. ... Shortly thereafter, OPM sent an email to federal employees, which was reviewed by Law Dork, announcing, “The Fork in the Road is Closed.“
Reuters reported that OPM also responded with a statement: “There is no longer any doubt: the Deferred Resignation Program was both legal and a valuable option for federal employees." The only problem with that is that neither of those was established in any sense by the order.
That all, of course, is but one small piece of Musk’s government-wide effort to tear apart the current federal workforce with little, if any, regard for the federal laws that exist to restrain him — and anyone else.
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As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center. Also: Law Dork in the media.
Chris Geidner
Feb 12, 2025
Elon Musk believes that he controls the federal government now, and President Donald Trump is acting as if he largely agrees.
And, after U.S. District Judge George O’Toole found on Wednesday that federal employee unions lacked standing to challenge the Office of Personnel Management’s Musk-subject-lined “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation deadline, the Clinton appointee ended his order blocking the deadline. ... Shortly thereafter, OPM sent an email to federal employees, which was reviewed by Law Dork, announcing, “The Fork in the Road is Closed.“
Reuters reported that OPM also responded with a statement: “There is no longer any doubt: the Deferred Resignation Program was both legal and a valuable option for federal employees." The only problem with that is that neither of those was established in any sense by the order.
That all, of course, is but one small piece of Musk’s government-wide effort to tear apart the current federal workforce with little, if any, regard for the federal laws that exist to restrain him — and anyone else.
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