Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week as part of billionaire Elon Musk's crusade to slash what he describes as "waste everywhere" in the federal government. Musk, who serves as President Donald Trump's cost-cutting chief, teased the extraordinary request on his social media network on Saturday. "Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week," Musk posted on X, which he owns. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation."
Musk runs the show. Trump's just the figurehead.
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I think it is more precise to say Musk is the unelected hatchet man who is carrying out the plans of Trump and Project 2025 to dismantle and privatize federal agencies:
Project 2025's plan to gut civil service with mass firingwww.theguardian.com
Even as Trump tries to disavow the rightwing blueprint, both have similar plans to replace many federal employees
Speaking about federal employees last month, the former president said: "They're destroying this country. They're crooked people, they're dishonest people. They're going to be held accountable."
And:
Project 2025 Seeks to Dismantle Agencies, Terminate Up To 1 Million Federal WorkersThe bad news is they are just beginning their destructive rampage:
The plan promises a takeover of our country's system of checks and balances in order to "dismantle the administrative state" " the operations of federal agencies and programs according to current law and regulation, including many of the laws and regulations that govern federal employment.
"Project 2025 will take away freedoms and rights from every American, will hurt the middle class and working families, and is a threat to our democracy," said AFGE President Everett Kelley. "It's a takeover of our federal government in a manner that is not loyal to the Constitution and the law, has no interest in listening to the people, and will force employees to take orders, legal or not, or be terminated."
Here are the highlights--or rather lowlights--of Project 2025 to help you understand how these plans would undermine national security, destroy democracy, and take away our rights:
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