On the heels of the public war of words between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, anxiety is mounting among the remaining staff of the Musk-founded DOGE, with some staffers worried not only about their future in government but about potentially becoming future targets of the administration, according to sources.
Some DOGE staffers still embedded across federal agencies fear that the rift and public mudslinging between Trump and Musk could leave them vulnerable to political retribution and damage their future job prospects, multiple sources familiar with internal discussions told ABC News.
Some fear their association with DOGE could make them targets if the feud escalates and Trump moves to investigate the government-slashing initiative that Musk led until he stepped away last week, the sources said.
21 Comments
Tenthrow@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 1y
Man I feel so damned sorry for those DOGE staffers who might get treated like they treated THOUSANDS of people.
twistypencil@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
The irony
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 32 pts · 1y
Good
They aligned themselves with an utter cunt
Let them reap the whirlwind, and I hope that the dildo of consequences comes un-lubed
Fandangalo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The Ol’ Hosea 8:7 or Johnny Cash for some
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1y
Why do they think they should be protected from the type of havoc they are inflicting on other working people?
bizzle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Execute the DOGE staffers
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y
I hear a lot of talk about guillotines, but I feel that wood chippers are the sleepers here.
taco@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf · 14 pts · 1y
unrealizedrealities@kbin.melroy.org · 8 pts · 1y
So, I believe the Constitution of the United States of America quite clearly stated that no one person should/would have the AUTHORITY to destroy the public faith that there will be a tomorrow. Perhaps I misread it.
Etterra@discuss.online · 7 pts · 1y
Slow down guys, I can only laugh so hard.
maki@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Excellent
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
We should make them worry about prison
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
HA!
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
It'd be fine with me if there futures were short.
Lawyerator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, those pooooor DOGE gremlins!
nthavoc@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Maybe they should look at their own actions, listen to the response of citizens, consult whatever they call a moral authority, consult a legal authority….. if they’re able to develop any self-awareness they’ll realize that’s only the beginning
Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
NotAGamer@lemmy.org · -7 pts · 1y
The fight is fake. It's meant to distract you from the fact that DOGE is stealing your information and to drive traffic to their respective social media sites. You've been conned...again.
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Like I somewhat agree, but my guy spamming this same comment in every thread is just weird.
Badabinski@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 1y
Yeah, he's made 10 comments about this now.
lupusblackfur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah... blocked as an obvious troll... 🤷♂️
partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
I originally started this response to complain about you posting this same type of comment in thread after thread after thread.
That is...until I looked at your post history. I only went back 9 pages of your history, which represents 13 days. However in that time I did not see ONE SINGLE POST that wasn't complaining.
In the last 13 days you've contributed nothing to any thread except complain about trump, putin, russia, the GOP, etc. I don't like those things either, but you're made it your entire identity for at least the last 13 days. That's not healthy, man. Seriously, that is a disturbing amount of commitment to those type of comments.
NotAGamer@lemmy.org · 0 pts · 1y
I don't stick my head in the sand.