Musk Reinstates DOGE Staffer who Resigned Over Racist Posts

Elon Musk Bringing Back DOGE Staffer Who Shared Racist Posts Online
www.newsweek.com

... On Friday, Elon Musk announced that he will bring back Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff member who resigned from a Treasury Department position after his controversial tweets promoting racism and eugenics were exposed by the Wall Street Journal.

Musk made this announcement on his social media platform, X, following Vice President JD Vance's urging, and later on Friday, President Donald Trump's endorsement of the rehiring at a news conference.

"He will be brought back," Musk, the head of DOGE, wrote on X in response to Vance's post. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-07 04:29 PM | Reply

Vance also recommends women in abusive relationships learn how to take a punch and shut up about it.

I'm truly not surprised white supremacists, like Vance, wouldn't have a problem with someone making racist comments.

Hell, I bet deplorable Trumping MAGAts agree with him.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-07 04:33 PM | Reply

"We shouldn't reward journalists who try to destroy people.

If reporting his words, in context, destroys his life, that's not the journalist's fault.

Basically. Vance is condoning racism, no wonder he's so popular amongst Republicans.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-07 04:37 PM | Reply

Related...

www.wired.com

... A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government, three sources tell WIRED.

Two of those sources say that Elez's privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the US government: the Payment Automation Manager and Secure Payment System at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS). Housed on a secure mainframe, these systems control, on a granular level, government payments that in their totality amount to more than a fifth of the US economy. ...

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-07 04:44 PM | Reply

Intolerance of the intolerant is a real problem in our society. Hopefully Trump will fix it, maybe by shipping those sensitive snowflakes off for a little reeducation in special "camps."

#5 | Posted by censored at 2025-02-07 05:27 PM | Reply

#6 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-02-07 05:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Look how full of love their hearts are!

Seig Heart!

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-07 05:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

They are going to do whatever they want until the Courts and the Congress stop them.

And since those folks are at least half or more Trumpers, it's going to not be so easy.

The best way would prolly in most times might be for the People to hit the streets in peaceful protest... but that's a hard sell when the opposition will also show up, legally armed with tactical military weapons.

Fortunately, the 'losers' over in Pentagon hate him already, and will be quite happy to take him out if given any chance.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-07 06:31 PM | Reply