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said Saturday on social media that “is doing a great job, but I would like to see him be more aggressive.” Within hours, responded by sending government employees emails “requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”


nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/poli

President Trump said Saturday on social media, “Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him be more aggressive.” Mr. Musk responded with his ultimatum.
The New York Times · Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their JobsBy Kate Conger

deepened the confusion & alarm of workers across the Saturday by ordering them to summarize their accomplishments for the week, warning that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

Shortly after ’s demand, which he posted on X, across the government received an email from the Office of Personnel Management with the subject line, “What did you do last week?”

#law#DOGE#Trump

The missive simultaneously hit inboxes across multiple , rattling workers who had been rocked by in recent weeks & were unsure about whether to respond to ’s demand. Ofcls at some agencies, including the , told their employees to pause any responses to the email for now.

Musk’s mounting pressure on the federal work force came at the encouragement of , who has been trumpeting how the billionaire has upended the bureaucracy…

#law#DOGE#autocracy

, the new director wrote in an email to staff not to respond to ’s email writing, “The F.B.I., through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, & will conduct reviews in accordance with F.B.I. procedures…. When & if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.”

#law#DOGE#Trump

“Please reply to this email w/approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished this week & cc your manager,” said the msg that went out to federal employees. The email told employees to respond by midnight on Mon….

The email was received by workers across the government, including at the , the Dept, the , the Office of Personnel Management, the , the Affairs Dept [], the Centers for & Services & the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau []…

For rank-and-file workers, the latest move by underscored a climate of & inside the . One staff member at the National Institutes of Health, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, said she was shocked by the message, which she said left her with a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. When she found out more of the context, she said, she messaged a colleague: “They’re terrorizing us.”

#law#DOGE#Trump

In response to ’s demand, the , the largest federal employee , said it would challenge any “unlawful” terminations. The union told workers that it “strongly believes” did not have the authority to direct employees in this way & advised them to seek guidance from a supervisor.

“Once again, & the admin have shown their utter disdain for federal employees & the critical services they provide to the American people,” Everett Kelley, the union’s president, said…

Nonilex

“It is cruel & disrespectful,” Kelley said, “to hundreds of thousands of who are wearing their second uniform in the to be forced to justify their job duties to this out-of-touch, privileged, unelected billionaire who has never performed one single hour of honest in his life.” 🔥

’s demand raised significant issues, experts said.

#law#DOGE#Trump

“There is zero basis in the system for this,” said Sam Bagenstos, a prof at the University of Michigan & a fmr general counsel to the OMB. “This is obviously designed to intimidate employees. & & the admin are persistently acting in a way that disregards civil service rules & they are just counting on the courts not being able to catch up & clean up after them.

“They are counting on employees saying, ‘This is too much, I can’t keep doing this,’” he added.

@Nonilex

• I watched out for spam emails

• I seriously considered looking for a different job

• I decided to catch up on personal correspondence

• I ate lunch with 22 of my co-workers who are considering going on disability

• Filled out my time card, and looked for the best places to hide out. I was unable to cc my manager because she was laid off and no one is willing to take her place.

@Nonilex see scotus. Counting on the courts to legitimize this shit.

@Nonilex Agreed. Musk isn't interested in the responses, the point is to control the narrative and create a "double bind" condition. Consider:

- **Reframing the question**: e.g. simply "I did everything required of me".
- **Challenge the premise**: "which employment role or process justifies this?".
- **Seek help**: do as the French do, go to the unions, take control!

@Nonilex

Folks can always tell DOGE and Musk to Fuck Off 🙂🤷‍♂️

Doing so with force of law is another method.