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Salon
Politics
Alex Galbraith

Trump OPM hires are Musk flunkeys

Recent hires to the Office of Personnel Management have tipped Elon Musk's hand and revealed the only qualification that will matter in the coming Musk-assisted shakeups of the federal government: personal loyalty. 

A report from Wired revealed that Musk lackeys have been placed throughout the structure of the OPM, an agency that acts as a human resources department for federal employees. While the insertion of former employees at Musk's Boring Company and xAI as advisers is alarming, nothing quite illustrated the point like the hiring of two former Musk associates who aren't yet old enough to rent a car. 

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