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Sara Braun

Fired by Elon Musk’s DOGE, then reinstated by a judge, thousands of federal workers are living in limbo

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The IRS employee was a nervous wreck. 

He had been worried for weeks that his job would be cut as part of the next round of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal workforce. The worker, who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, was constantly searching for updates on a Reddit forum for federal workers, and glued to a group chat with his coworkers. 

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