Summary

Twenty-one staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned, citing ethical concerns over dismantling public services and compromising sensitive data.

Formerly part of the U.S. Digital Service, they criticized Musk and Trump’s overhaul, which included layoffs and politically charged interviews.

Their letter warned that removing skilled technologists endangers essential services like Social Security and veterans’ benefits.

The resignations add to growing concerns over Musk’s aggressive federal cuts, amplified by his recent CPAC speech where he symbolically wielded a chainsaw against “bureaucracy.”

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    I can’t even post in r/conservative. Once I tried with my old (now banned) account to make a comment to explain quite clearly that what Americans on r/conservative thought of Canadian voter ID laws was simply not true. I couldn’t even MAKE the comment. It wasn’t some smarmy insult-laden attack, but a very simple and clear statement that in Canada you don’t need an ID if you have someone to vouch for you, and that there are literally countless things that would qualify for an appropriate ID to use. It isn’t like in some states in the US that have a very, very narrow definition of what is an acceptable ID that it rules out most forms of ID. This isn’t the case in Canada (where even a utility bill can suffice).

    https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=ids&document=index&lang=e

    Just look at what is accepted as ID in Canada. In the US they would have only a few kinds of ID that not everyone has. In Canada because of universal healthcare, EVERYONE has a healthcare card.