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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by troupo on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:06PM (#43232480)
Elon Musk is not the boss or the king to order employees to submit to his will.

And yet you act like he is.

Who is he to order DoD or DoJ employees to write this email?

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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by dcow on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:13PM (#43232557)
DOGE is not equal to Elon
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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by troupo on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:14PM (#43232572)
Who are DOGE to order DoD and DoJ employees to write this letter?
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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by sarchertech on Sunday March 02, 2025 @03:08PM (#43234492)
Neither DOGE nor Elon wrote this email. OPM did. Since OPM is now ran by a former Elon employee, they probably sent it at Elon’s request. Maybe the President was informed beforehand maybe not.

It doesn’t matter either way. The President has the authority to order employees to perform certain tasks but he has to do it through proper channels.

OPM doesn’t have the authority to order non-OPM employees to perform specific duties. They never have in the past. And the President has issued no executive orders stating that OPM has this authority now.

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