1 Musk Polls whether DOGE Staffer who made Racist Posts must Return
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DOGE head Elon Musk is performing an online survey about whether to provide another possibility to his 25-year-old aide who resigned after his posts in favor of eugenics were revealed.

Musk's online survey came hours after Marko Elez, the aide who was fighting to gain access to a database with Treasury payments amounting to trillions, stepped down.

He resigned after posts under a pseudonym, consisting of a call to 'stabilize' Indian hate, were uncovered. One boasted he was 'racist before it was cool.'

Musk, whose genuine and viewed impact has actually grown to the point that he is envisioned on the cover of the current Time magazine seated behind the presidential Resolute Desk, raised the concern in the type of a question.

'Revive @DOGE staffer who made unsuitable declarations through a now erased pseudonym?' the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla creator asked.

The survey rapidly attracted 4 million views on X, showing Musk's reach on the platform he bought and renamed.

His poll just enables users to respond with a 'yes' or 'no.'

The results were unambiguous. Out of nearly 400,000 actions, those who participated favored the reinstatement of Elez by 78 percent to 22 percent.

But Musk provided more clearness on his posture in action to another X user.

S.E. Robinson, who explains himself as a details broker for multiple Musk business, setiathome.berkeley.edu published that Elez 'deserves a second possibility ... Seriously though, have a talk to about the racist things. Not cool.'

DOGE head Elon Musk posted an online survey asking whether Marko Elez, who resigned after racist posts were discovered, should be revived. Elez finished with a computer system science degree from Rutgers University and went on to work for Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, and X, with a focus predominately in AI

'True,' Musk responded.

Elez's name only appeared after a court fight over accessing Treasury's $5 trillion payment system.

Within hours, the Wall Street Journal had pursued his posts from a now-deleted account.

Musk presently lists his title on X as 'White House Tech Support', a saucy missive that nonetheless indicates the value of the data his young team is looking for to gain access to.

Musk's poll, providing a prospective ammunition for Elez to be renewed, comes as DOGE is under increased analysis for gaining access to government firm details systems.

He is positioning senior government authorities on leave as he seeks $1 trillion in cost savings by slashing personnel.

DOGE notified 9,400 USAID staff members they will be fired, with plans just to retain 611 considered essential.

It came as the company unexpectedly recalled staff members stationed overseas as part of its foreign support objective, provoking wails from congressional Democrats that Trump was in impact removing a firm authorized and funded by Congress.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has actually been named acting head of the agency.

President Trump has actually long been understood to be careful of aides who eclipse him in the spotlight. On the occasion that the Time cover picture wasn't handy, Musk left no doubt online about his adoration for Trump.

'I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight male can enjoy another man,' he posted.

Elez was one of 2 workers at the Department of Government Efficiency approved access to $5trillion in the Treasury payment systems following an 11th hour court hearing on Thursday.

But by Thursday afternoon, the 25-year-old relied on Musk ally had actually resigned after The Wall Street Journal penetrated his links to the since-deleted social media account.

According to the publication, the X account 'advocated rescinding the Civil Rights Act and backed a "eugenic immigration policy".'

Other posts apparently read 'You might not pay me to wed beyond my ethnicity', and 'stabilize Indian hate.'

Another apparently read: 'Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.'

The account also weighed in on the Israel-Palestine crisis, with a post that read: 'I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both rubbed out the face of the Earth.'

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later on said that Elez had resigned from his function.

Elez finished with a computer technology degree from Rutgers University and went on to work for Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, and X, with a focus predominately in AI.

Musk conducted a survey about reviving a DOGE staffer he said made 'improper statements'

Marko Elez was among 2 staff members at the Department of Government Efficiency approved access to $5trillion in the Treasury payment systems following an 11th hour court hearing on Thursday

Musk has been happily recording the work of DOGE on X, stimulating protests on the streets as furious lefties chant 'Deport Musk,' 'Down with Trump' and 'Do your Job Congress!'

It comes after a last-ditch court demand to limit DOGE's access to Treasury's $5trillion system - the first misstep for the nascent firm after weeks of ruthlessly purging federal institutions to get rid of waste and overspending.

Over the coming days and weeks, the court's decision on personal privacy concerns about DOGE's access to the data will be a huge test of their power to penetrate and eliminate government spending.

Lawyers with the Justice Department concurred to a motion that permits just 2 people connected with Musk 'read-only' access to the system - consisting of tax returns and social security numbers - on the condition that they do not share what they discover with associates.

Those 2 employees were Musk disciples Tom Krause and Elez.

Virginia Congressman Don Beyer explained Elez' resignation as 'a scandal.'

'Elon Musk offered a self-described 'racist' and eugenicist access to a system that manages all financial payments from the U.S. Treasury,' he said.

'That system also contains the individual details consisting of Social Security details of every American.

'This is why we have a process to veterinarian civil servants, and why we hire and promote them based on benefit, not their personal relationship to some rich guy.

'How dare Elon Musk bully and threaten good individuals who spent their careers serving the American people when he brings this level of gross to his work.'

He demanded everyone who was associated with working with Elez be 'fired' and said DOGE 'should be deleted' in its entirety.

Musk has actually faced criticism for his choice to work with a carefully picked team of young, college aged males to help him purge federal companies and remove waste.

Today, 6 guys aged between 19 and 25 were publicly identified as DOGE employees.

The earliest of the bunch is 25-year-old Berkeley graduate Gavin Kliger, who while not recognized as having leading level clearance has currently shown he wields considerable power.

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