The constitution of the American workplace is a dictatorship of the CEO and perhaps the shareholders or partners—whoever is running the firm functions as a dictator.
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
Officials are discussing executive order as part of efforts by Musk’s Doge team to seize control of federal spending
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As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance. FAA director Mike Whitaker resigned, effective January 20.
One of those IGs, Phyllis Fong at the US Department of Agriculture, decided not to leave, believing the order to be illegal. She was escorted from the building today by security. She was heading an investigation into Elon Musk's Neuralink.
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"I will be pursuing all legal avenues to challenge my removal, which violates long-standing Supreme Court precedent," fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, who was fired along with National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.
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