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DOGE sued for being slightly too fake a department.

A lawsuit filed minutes after Trump took office alleges Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (which is not a department of the government) is violating laws that require transparency and balance in federal advisory committees. Incidentally, this one is being brought by two men who tried and failed to apply for work at DOGE — but there are at least two others as well.

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