Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management
www.wired.com
Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

Summary

Elon Musk allies have taken senior roles at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), raising concerns about political influence and mass firings.

Trump nominee Scott Kupor is set to lead OPM, but ex-xAI and Tesla employees, as well as a former NRA lawyer, have already assumed key positions.

Among them are a 21-year-old Palantir alum and a recent high school graduate with experience as a camp counselor and Neuralink intern.

OPM is advancing Trump’s “Schedule F” plan, which replaces career civil servants with political appointees.

Critics warn of AI-driven employee monitoring and mass layoffs, likening the situation to authoritarian purges.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    raising concerns about political influence and mass firings.

    And in a year or two it’s gonna be, “some have raised concerns about the hundreds of deaths in immigrant detention centers.”