One federal worker compared the whirlwind to a SpaceX rocket explosion. "I feel like that's where we're heading," she said.
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The Lede
The Silicon Valley mindset has swept through Washington, DC. Over the past 17 days, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have quickly applied the industry's "move fast and break things" maxim as they seek to remake the federal workforce. Here's how the first 17 days of Trump and Musk's clash with the federal workforce played out.
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- One worker told BI that the flurry of action might be the entire point. "It seems clear to me that they're just trying to wage a campaign to shock and demoralize federal workers," they said.
- If Trump's administration has worked swiftly, the courts have not. At least 33 legal challenges have been filed against Trump's 18 actions.
- All of this has left workers to navigate a patchwork of executive orders and agency directives. And it comes amid a February 6 deadline to take a "deferred resignation" offer.
