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That someone will identify using her first and middle initials DK. We're not using her full name because she fears retaliation for speaking out.

That someone will identify using her first and middle initials DK. We're not using her full name because she fears retaliation for speaking out.

That someone will identify using her first and middle initials DK. We're not using her full name because she fears retaliation for speaking out.

This work was at the U.S. Digital Service. It had been around for a decade and had hundreds of employees. On January 20th, everything changed when the newly inaugurated President Trump signed an order changing the U.S. Digital Service to the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

This work was at the U.S. Digital Service. It had been around for a decade and had hundreds of employees. On January 20th, everything changed when the newly inaugurated President Trump signed an order changing the U.S. Digital Service to the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

This work was at the U.S. Digital Service. It had been around for a decade and had hundreds of employees. On January 20th, everything changed when the newly inaugurated President Trump signed an order changing the U.S. Digital Service to the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Doge began its march through government agencies that very day. And one month later, its leader, Elon Musk, reflected on what they had accomplished so far.

Doge began its march through government agencies that very day. And one month later, its leader, Elon Musk, reflected on what they had accomplished so far.

Doge began its march through government agencies that very day. And one month later, its leader, Elon Musk, reflected on what they had accomplished so far.

He talked about his team's elimination of thousands of jobs in the name of saving taxpayers money.

He talked about his team's elimination of thousands of jobs in the name of saving taxpayers money.

He talked about his team's elimination of thousands of jobs in the name of saving taxpayers money.

and there was no interruption.

and there was no interruption.

and there was no interruption.

DK's job wasn't one of the thousands eliminated. But on Tuesday, she was one of 21 Doge staffers who quit. Most had left high-paying private sector jobs for public service. And in an unsigned joint letter of resignation from Doge, the engineers, data scientists, and product managers wrote, "...we will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems."

DK's job wasn't one of the thousands eliminated. But on Tuesday, she was one of 21 Doge staffers who quit. Most had left high-paying private sector jobs for public service. And in an unsigned joint letter of resignation from Doge, the engineers, data scientists, and product managers wrote, "...we will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems."

DK's job wasn't one of the thousands eliminated. But on Tuesday, she was one of 21 Doge staffers who quit. Most had left high-paying private sector jobs for public service. And in an unsigned joint letter of resignation from Doge, the engineers, data scientists, and product managers wrote, "...we will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems."

jeopardize American sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services. They wrote, we will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize Doge's actions. On the platform X, Musk suggested that the staffers would have been fired had they not resigned.