The Treasury Department will make an ally of billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service the head of the department that oversees the nation's powerful payment systems ...

Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in: 1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments 2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal 3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team 4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system

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-- Jeff Stein (@jeffstein.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM