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cover of episode Meet the zoomers aiding Musk’s government takeover

Meet the zoomers aiding Musk’s government takeover

2025/2/6
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Power User with Taylor Lorenz
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In recent days, Elon Musk has recruited a team of young Gen Z individuals to play significant roles in his newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). These young men, aged 19 to 25, have been given unprecedented power and authority over federal institutions without public vetting, causing concern about their influence and the transparency of their operations.
  • Elon Musk has initiated a near wholesale takeover of key U.S. government areas.
  • Musk's team consists of young Gen Z individuals with no prior government experience.
  • The identities of these young men are being concealed by Musk, raising public interest concerns.

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Over the past week, Elon Musk has been engaged in a near wholesale takeover of key areas of the U.S. federal government.  Working under the newly minted "Department of Government Efficiency" aka DOGE, Musk and a group of young Gen Z loyalists have begun wreaking havoc on our institutions. 

Online culture journalist Ryan Broderick joins Taylor to break down who exactly these young men are, what their backgrounds say about the people Musk is hiring, and what the billionaire is currently doing to the U.S. government.

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