Behind DOGE’s Many Conflicts of Interest and Elon Musk’s Weekend Email Chaos

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On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley,” we dig into the many DOGE staffers keeping two jobs at once, plus what happened when US federal workers received an email from Elon Musk over the weekend.

Brian Barrett: And as we've been reporting on this at other agencies, we did some digging into sort of historical precedent.

Katie Drummond: I hope that all sort of 2.3 million federal workers are checking X regularly or they will apparently miss important updates about their employment status from the government.

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Author / Journalist: Katie Drummond, Brian Barrett

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Published On: 2025-02-27 @ 22:12:33 (15 hours ago)

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