Shannon Bond

It is.

And it didn't end up that simple. So Musk posted about this on X on Saturday, said everyone's going to receive this email. And by the way, if you don't respond, we're going to take that as a resignation, which is sort of kind of a stunning thing to announce, like by this person who He is a special government employee, but the White House has said he's not running anything, right?

And it didn't end up that simple. So Musk posted about this on X on Saturday, said everyone's going to receive this email. And by the way, if you don't respond, we're going to take that as a resignation, which is sort of kind of a stunning thing to announce, like by this person who He is a special government employee, but the White House has said he's not running anything, right?

And it didn't end up that simple. So Musk posted about this on X on Saturday, said everyone's going to receive this email. And by the way, if you don't respond, we're going to take that as a resignation, which is sort of kind of a stunning thing to announce, like by this person who He is a special government employee, but the White House has said he's not running anything, right?

He's not running any of these agencies. He's not running the Office of Personnel Management. He's not even running the Doge office that he has sort of established in the White House. Technically, we'll get into that. But then this government-wide email comes out from the Office of Personnel Management asking people to respond to this. Well, no, it did not have the ultimatum about not responding.

He's not running any of these agencies. He's not running the Office of Personnel Management. He's not even running the Doge office that he has sort of established in the White House. Technically, we'll get into that. But then this government-wide email comes out from the Office of Personnel Management asking people to respond to this. Well, no, it did not have the ultimatum about not responding.

He's not running any of these agencies. He's not running the Office of Personnel Management. He's not even running the Doge office that he has sort of established in the White House. Technically, we'll get into that. But then this government-wide email comes out from the Office of Personnel Management asking people to respond to this. Well, no, it did not have the ultimatum about not responding.

And immediately we just saw like utter confusion and chaos across federal agencies. You know, workers are being like, am I supposed to respond to this? Like some of them are like, I work on classified material or, you know, and it said don't put any classified information in. But like a lot of people were quite nervous about like what is going to be done with this? How do I respond?

And immediately we just saw like utter confusion and chaos across federal agencies. You know, workers are being like, am I supposed to respond to this? Like some of them are like, I work on classified material or, you know, and it said don't put any classified information in. But like a lot of people were quite nervous about like what is going to be done with this? How do I respond?

And immediately we just saw like utter confusion and chaos across federal agencies. You know, workers are being like, am I supposed to respond to this? Like some of them are like, I work on classified material or, you know, and it said don't put any classified information in. But like a lot of people were quite nervous about like what is going to be done with this? How do I respond?

Agencies start in some cases saying, yes, this is fine. Go ahead and respond. Other agencies, including the State Department, the Defense Department, Homeland Security are like, absolutely not. Do not send this in. And, you know, that is some of the first sort of real backlash we've gotten against Musk by, you know, people in the cabinet, right?

Agencies start in some cases saying, yes, this is fine. Go ahead and respond. Other agencies, including the State Department, the Defense Department, Homeland Security are like, absolutely not. Do not send this in. And, you know, that is some of the first sort of real backlash we've gotten against Musk by, you know, people in the cabinet, right?

Agencies start in some cases saying, yes, this is fine. Go ahead and respond. Other agencies, including the State Department, the Defense Department, Homeland Security are like, absolutely not. Do not send this in. And, you know, that is some of the first sort of real backlash we've gotten against Musk by, you know, people in the cabinet, right?

Cabinet level secretaries saying, hold on, you know, we run these agencies. This is our workforce. We get to control and manage what they're doing. And you can't just sort of order people to do this. But it does raise all these questions. I mean, many of the workers I were talking to were saying, like, who's in charge here? Like, is it the agency? And then in some cases is telling me,

Cabinet level secretaries saying, hold on, you know, we run these agencies. This is our workforce. We get to control and manage what they're doing. And you can't just sort of order people to do this. But it does raise all these questions. I mean, many of the workers I were talking to were saying, like, who's in charge here? Like, is it the agency? And then in some cases is telling me,

Cabinet level secretaries saying, hold on, you know, we run these agencies. This is our workforce. We get to control and manage what they're doing. And you can't just sort of order people to do this. But it does raise all these questions. I mean, many of the workers I were talking to were saying, like, who's in charge here? Like, is it the agency? And then in some cases is telling me,

First to respond, then telling me not to respond, you know, with supervisors or giving people conflicting information. You have Musk continuing to say on X, if people don't respond, they're going to be fired. You have OPM first coming out and saying, actually, this is voluntary, then putting out another memo being like, well, it's up to the agencies to decide if it's voluntary or not.

First to respond, then telling me not to respond, you know, with supervisors or giving people conflicting information. You have Musk continuing to say on X, if people don't respond, they're going to be fired. You have OPM first coming out and saying, actually, this is voluntary, then putting out another memo being like, well, it's up to the agencies to decide if it's voluntary or not.

First to respond, then telling me not to respond, you know, with supervisors or giving people conflicting information. You have Musk continuing to say on X, if people don't respond, they're going to be fired. You have OPM first coming out and saying, actually, this is voluntary, then putting out another memo being like, well, it's up to the agencies to decide if it's voluntary or not.

Like, just again, like people are just like, who is in charge? Who is making the decisions here? And I think we're going to see, like, to what degree do some of these political appointees who have been Senate confirmed, right, to their positions? you know, how are they going to continue to assert their power over Musk?