Panic Ensues, Dem Senator Lahes Out At 'Dick Boss' Musk Over Email Requiring Feds Explain Work
Panic Ensues, Dem Senator Lahes Out At 'Dick Boss' Musk Over Email Requiring Feds Explain Work
Update (2356ET): Panic has predictably ensued after Elon Musk's requirement that all federal employees provide a five bullet point summary of what they accomplished last week, due by midnight on Monday.
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While newly minted FBI Director Kash Patel exempted agency employees from the requirement (and we hear the entire intelligence community will basically get the same pass), there's a lot of complaining going on...
A DHS employee emails, re Elon's latest: "Not answering that email, due with baby in three days and already having to use sick leave because of the stress... I hope they fire me at this point can't wait to sue them"
— Sam Stein (@samstein) https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1893479133646061617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) lashed out, posting to X, "This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick."
To which the White House Rapid Response team replied, "What did you accomplish this week, Tina? Five bullets, please," and Musk replied with a fire and 'crying while laughing' emojis.
🔥😂
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1893519374297801144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Indeed, this takes less than 5 mins https://t.co/N9F53zxfbz
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1893519081971589141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The Rapid Response team, which posts daily information about the Trump agenda, was happy to oblige.
An incredible week! https://t.co/D3AlfUfdeQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1893520730643669013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Update (2308ET): New FBI Director Kash Patel sent an email to all agency employees on Saturday night instructing them to "pause any responses" to Elon Musk's request that all federal employees provide summaries of their accomplishments over the past week or face termination.
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"The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures," reads the note from Patel. "When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses."
The power struggles begin.
FBI Director Kash Patel tonight has instructed his employees to ignore https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1893479494079410229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Meanwhile, at least one federal employee apparently don't have time to answer the email - but did have time to complain to a MSM reporter about having to do it.
First off, if this federal employee had time to email a left-wing reporter, surely she had time to email her manager about what she accomplished last week. Also, she took sick leave last week so she can just say that she took the week off from work. Why is this all so dramatic? https://t.co/A2AjlWf2H3
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1893492461420359836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Elon Musk is 'running the Twitter playbook on the government,' after writing in a Saturday post on X that all federal employees will be receiving an email "shortly" requesting to "understand what they got done last week."
Those who fail to reply "will be taken as a resignation."
Consistent with President https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1893386883444437415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And there it is (though no mention of the implied resignations for failure to respond):
New: America's diplomats serving around the world have now received Elon Musk's email asking them to explain their work, per a diplomatic source. Here it is, subject line: "What did you do last week?" https://t.co/4bOxUGpSF7
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1893421394991440123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
When X user 'The Rabbit Hole' commented that Musk is "running the Twitter playbook on the government," Musk replied: "It works."
It works https://t.co/TFkpHlJa7a
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1893393730670829895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The post came hours after President Donald Trump encouraged Musk to "get more aggressive" with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), adding "REMEMBER, WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE."
So awesome https://t.co/t2yAXh8qFZ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1893434301846278440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Musk's email comes after roughly 77,000 federal employees accepted DOGE's "Fork in the Road" email offering roughly 8 months of pay in exchange for resigning. After that, DOGE moved to fire thousands of employees across various agencies - mostly those in a probationary period who have been in their jobs for less than one year.
It also comes after the Trump administration scored a legal victory when a judge allowed Musk and crew to continue accessing federal data and arranging for mass layoffs.
Last week, Trump signed an executive order directing agencies to work with DOGE to make "preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force."
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