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13 DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers

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Makena Kelly @ Wired · today 12:56 EDT

DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers

“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.

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