1 Musk Polls whether DOGE Staffer who made Racist Posts Need To Come Back
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DOGE head Elon Musk is carrying out an online poll about whether to provide another chance to his 25-year-old aide who resigned after his posts in favor of eugenics were revealed.

Musk's online poll came hours after Marko Elez, the aide who was combating to gain access to a database with Treasury payments amounting to trillions, stepped down.

He resigned after posts under a pseudonym, including a call to 'stabilize' Indian hate, were unearthed. One boasted he was 'racist before it was cool.'

Musk, whose real and viewed influence has grown to the point that he is imagined on the cover of the most recent Time magazine seated behind the governmental Resolute Desk, raised the concern in the form of a question.

'Revive @DOGE staffer who made unsuitable statements by means of a now erased pseudonym?' the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla creator asked.

The survey quickly drew in 4 million views on X, revealing Musk's reach on the platform he bought and relabelled.

His poll only users to react with a 'yes' or 'no.'

The outcomes were unambiguous. Out of almost 400,000 responses, those who participated preferred the reinstatement of Elez by 78 percent to 22 percent.

But Musk provided more clearness on his posture in response to another X user.

S.E. Robinson, who explains himself as a details broker for numerous Musk companies, posted that Elez 'should have a second opportunity ... Seriously though, have a talk with about the racist things. Not cool.'

DOGE head Elon Musk published an online survey asking whether Marko Elez, who resigned after racist posts were discovered, should be restored. Elez graduated with a computer system science degree from Rutgers University and went on to work for Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, and X, with a focus predominately in AI

'True,' Musk reacted.

Elez's name only appeared after a court battle over accessing Treasury's $5 trillion payment system.

Within hours, the Wall Street Journal had actually pursued his posts from a now-deleted account.

Musk currently notes his title on X as 'White House Tech Support', a cheeky missive that nevertheless points to the value of the information his young team is seeking to gain access to.

Musk's survey, offering a potential ammunition for Elez to be renewed, comes as DOGE is under increased scrutiny for gaining access to government agency details systems.

He is placing senior federal government officials on leave as he looks for $1 trillion in cost savings by slashing staff.

DOGE notified 9,400 USAID workers they will be fired, with plans just to retain 611 considered essential.

It came as the agency suddenly recalled employees stationed overseas as part of its foreign help objective, provoking wails from congressional Democrats that Trump was in effect eliminating an agency authorized and moneyed by Congress.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been called acting head of the company.

President Trump has long been understood to be wary of aides who eclipse him in the spotlight. In the occasion that the Time cover picture wasn't helpful, Musk left no doubt online about his admiration for Trump.

'I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight male can enjoy another male,' he posted.

Elez was one of 2 employees at the Department of Government Efficiency gave access to $5trillion in the Treasury payment systems following an 11th hour court hearing on Thursday.

But by Thursday afternoon, the 25-year-old relied on Musk ally had resigned after The Wall Street Journal probed his links to the since-deleted social media account.

According to the publication, the X account 'advocated reversing the Civil Rights Act and backed a "eugenic immigration policy".'

Other posts apparently read 'You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnic background', and 'normalize Indian hate.'

Another supposedly read: 'Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.'

The account likewise weighed in on the Israel-Palestine crisis, setiathome.berkeley.edu with a post that read: 'I would incline at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.'

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that Elez had resigned from his function.

Elez finished with a computer technology degree from Rutgers University and went on to work for Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, and X, with a focus predominately in AI.

Musk performed a poll about restoring a DOGE staffer he said made 'improper declarations'

Marko Elez was among 2 staff members at the Department of Government Efficiency granted access to $5trillion in the Treasury payment systems following an 11th hour court hearing on Thursday

Musk has actually been happily documenting the work of DOGE on X, sparking demonstrations on the streets as furious lefties shout 'Deport Musk,' 'Down with Trump' and 'Do your Job Congress!'

It comes after a last-ditch court demand to restrict DOGE's access to Treasury's $5trillion system - the first hiccup for the nascent agency after weeks of ruthlessly purging federal organizations to eliminate waste and overspending.

Over the coming days and weeks, the court's choice on personal privacy concerns about DOGE's access to the information will be a huge test of their power to penetrate and clean out federal government costs.

Lawyers with the Justice Department consented to a movement that enables only 2 people related to Musk 'read-only' access to the system - including tax returns and social security numbers - on the condition that they do not share what they discover with coworkers.

Those 2 staff members were Musk disciples Tom Krause and Elez.

Virginia Congressman Don Beyer explained Elez' resignation as 'a scandal.'

'Elon Musk gave a self-described 'racist' and eugenicist access to a system that manages all monetary payments from the U.S. Treasury,' he said.

'That system also contains the personal details including Social Security details of every American.

'This is why we have a procedure to veterinarian civil servants, and why we employ and promote them based on benefit, not their individual relationship to some rich guy.

'How dare Elon Musk bully and threaten excellent individuals who spent their careers serving the American individuals when he brings this level of gross incompetence to his work.'

He demanded everybody who was included in employing Elez be 'fired' and said DOGE 'ought to be erased' in its whole.

Musk has faced criticism for his decision to work with a carefully picked team of young, college aged men to assist him purge federal firms and remove waste.

This week, 6 males aged between 19 and 25 were openly recognized as DOGE employees.

The earliest of the lot is 25-year-old Berkeley graduate Gavin Kliger, who while not identified as having top level clearance has actually already proven he wields considerable power.

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