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Vittoria Elliott, Tim Marchman @ Wired 1 place Ā· today 20:01 EDT

The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Muskā€™s DOGE Army

At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.

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