‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington

The Guardian Tech Saturday 03 October 2026, 05:00 UTC By Michael Lewis 1 min read

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When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant dataIn the early hours of Saturday 22 February 2025 the following email landed in the inboxes of the entire US federal workforce:From: HR [email protected] Continue reading...

When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data

In the early hours of Saturday 22 February 2025 the following email landed in the inboxes of the entire US federal workforce:

From: HR [email protected]

Musk (PERSON) Doge (PERSON) Washington (LOCATION) US (LOCATION)

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