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Summary
Elon Musk admitted that his mass email to federal employees demanding weekly accomplishment reports sent to him or risk termination was a test to gauge responsiveness.
Musk tried to frame the move as a “pulse check” on bureaucrats.
The email caused confusion, with some agency leaders advising staff to ignore it, while others initially instructed compliance before reversing course.
A rift emerged as top officials at the FBI, Pentagon, State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Energy openly defied Musk’s directive, highlighting tensions within the administration.
It took a lot of time for many in our agency leadership to deal with this shit - I received 4 emails total about it from my supervisor and up the chain from there.
These folks are busy - they have shit to do. I’m busy - I have shit to do. We were told not to respond so we didn’t. Fuck Space Karen.