Andrew Prokop

OK, so we've got a really broad effort here to shake up federal agencies between returning employees to the office, removing these protections from various classifications, rolling back DEI, getting rid of people who've been around for less than a year. What is the greater goal here? Is it just to lay off a bunch of people?

Some of them are even shooting for Mars here. I do think it's important that we remember that While clearing out the federal government, you are affecting thousands upon thousands of families with mortgages and kids in schools and all the rest.

Some of them are even shooting for Mars here. I do think it's important that we remember that While clearing out the federal government, you are affecting thousands upon thousands of families with mortgages and kids in schools and all the rest.

Some of them are even shooting for Mars here. I do think it's important that we remember that While clearing out the federal government, you are affecting thousands upon thousands of families with mortgages and kids in schools and all the rest.

Andrew Prokop, Vox.com. You also heard the voices of some federal employees. That tape came to us from our friends at 1A over at WAMU 88.5 Public Radio here in Washington, D.C. Mr. Musk goes to Washington when Today Explained returns.

Andrew Prokop, Vox.com. You also heard the voices of some federal employees. That tape came to us from our friends at 1A over at WAMU 88.5 Public Radio here in Washington, D.C. Mr. Musk goes to Washington when Today Explained returns.

Andrew Prokop, Vox.com. You also heard the voices of some federal employees. That tape came to us from our friends at 1A over at WAMU 88.5 Public Radio here in Washington, D.C. Mr. Musk goes to Washington when Today Explained returns.

What's that about?

What's that about?

What's that about?

So when you see what our new and former president's trying to do right now with Doge and all the rest, the Office of Personnel Management, all that stuff, are you kind of like, heck yeah, someone needs to do that? Or what's your reaction?

So when you see what our new and former president's trying to do right now with Doge and all the rest, the Office of Personnel Management, all that stuff, are you kind of like, heck yeah, someone needs to do that? Or what's your reaction?

So when you see what our new and former president's trying to do right now with Doge and all the rest, the Office of Personnel Management, all that stuff, are you kind of like, heck yeah, someone needs to do that? Or what's your reaction?

So you're saying you wish Democrats had done more, and you were part of a Democratic effort to do more. Could you tell people about what that was called and how it went?

So you're saying you wish Democrats had done more, and you were part of a Democratic effort to do more. Could you tell people about what that was called and how it went?

So you're saying you wish Democrats had done more, and you were part of a Democratic effort to do more. Could you tell people about what that was called and how it went?

So the USDS is the United States Digital Service. And unlike Doge, which a lot of people know because it's got a very famous guy in charge and also because it's a meme coin, I imagine most people haven't actually heard of the US Digital Service, which is maybe part of the problem. What were y'all doing and why didn't people know about it if they didn't?

So the USDS is the United States Digital Service. And unlike Doge, which a lot of people know because it's got a very famous guy in charge and also because it's a meme coin, I imagine most people haven't actually heard of the US Digital Service, which is maybe part of the problem. What were y'all doing and why didn't people know about it if they didn't?

So the USDS is the United States Digital Service. And unlike Doge, which a lot of people know because it's got a very famous guy in charge and also because it's a meme coin, I imagine most people haven't actually heard of the US Digital Service, which is maybe part of the problem. What were y'all doing and why didn't people know about it if they didn't?

So is Doge, which is this new effort, the Department of Government Efficiency, just like a USDS 2.0? Is it literally going to be some of the same people? Or is this an entirely new outfit trying to reach the same end, more or less?