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Summary
Twenty-one staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned, citing ethical concerns over dismantling public services and compromising sensitive data.
Formerly part of the U.S. Digital Service, they criticized Musk and Trump’s overhaul, which included layoffs and politically charged interviews.
Their letter warned that removing skilled technologists endangers essential services like Social Security and veterans’ benefits.
The resignations add to growing concerns over Musk’s aggressive federal cuts, amplified by his recent CPAC speech where he symbolically wielded a chainsaw against “bureaucracy.”
The people who resigned originally worked for the US Digital Service, which was established in 2014 by Obama.
… Which was renamed and converted from the United States Digital Service, established by Obama in 2014.
And that’s when they should have left.
Many people in government service are nonpartisan and took the job to do the job, not politics