Running a shady "car company" for 15 years is a great way to build a roster of amoral freaks with technical skills.

It's just as likely that a lot of these people have something to hide and are abandoning ship. Or both at the same time.

The fact that they are uncovering amazing amounts of waste can't be ignored. Whatever their motive or reasoning.

“The fact that they are uncovering amazing amounts of waste can't be ignored. Whatever their motive or reasoning.”

It can be ignored because it isn’t a fact. They have claimed to have uncovered amazing amounts of waste but I have yet to see any evidence that they have. They have uncovered spending that they disagree with on a policy basis but that isn’t waste that is a difference of opinion on spending priorities. And even that hasn’t been amazing amounts.

Please list the amazing amounts of waste.

Can you point to the specifics? Or have the DOGE-stylists not released verifiable quantities and recipients that match the headlines?

There is waste in government. However, what I have seen so far is Musk and buddies claiming waste, but upon further inspection, is not actually amazing amounts of waste, but rather their lack of understanding (combined with a credulous media).

When I see stories like this, doesn't it make it easier, not harder for the DOGE folks to do their thing?

I get the "resign in protest" angle but is it really helping any?

I think it is in part a statement of "I can no longer do my job as required but am expeted to take responsibility for future outcomes, so i'd ratger resign" which I would cobsider reasonable.

When you can't prevent corruption, you can choose to separate yourself from the outcome, or potentially be blamed for it later.