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A high-profile employee reporting initiative led by Elon Musk has been officially shut down, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed Tuesday. The program, which required federal employees to submit five workplace accomplishments each week – better known as the ‘Five Things’ email faced widespread resistance before being formally rescinded. The email was introduced in […]
How did Musk and Trump react to the controversy? In response to the lack of enforcement from some federal agencies, Musk appeared frustrated. Musk said that the email responses should take “less than 5 mins” and that many “good responses” from employees had already been received just one day after his instruction was sent out. […]
Washington — The federal agency that asked government workers to document five things they accomplished over the past week has officially ended the practice, which was initiated by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, said in a statement that the office communicated with human resources […]
Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images The Trump administration on Tuesday formally axed a program launched by billionaire former Trump adviser Elon Musk requiring federal employees to summarize […]
The Trump administration snubbed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency again this week, planning as soon as Tuesday to axe the program requiring federal government workers to summarize five things they achieved at work the previous week, Reuters reported. Two sources told the outlet that the Office of Personnel Management, which oversaw the […]
Today in “your tax dollars at work” news… More than 154,000 federal employees — over 6% of the civilian workforce — are being paid not to work under the Biden administration’s deferred resignation program, an official confirmed to ABC News. The program, first reported by The Washington Post, lets employees who accept buyouts keep pay […]
Some 154,000 workers accepted buyouts offered by the Trump administration, an official said on Aug. 1. A spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed the number, which represents about 6.4 percent of the government workforce, in an email to The Epoch Times. As Zachary Stieber reports for The Epoch Times, starting shortly after […]
Authored by Daniel Amen via The Epoch Times, Have you seen Grok’s Ani? She’s Elon Musk’s AI anime girl—engineered to be your virtual companion. A digital girlfriend who flirts, strokes your ego, and will do almost anything you ask. On the surface, it looks like a harmless novelty. Underneath? It’s a siren song—one designed to […]
After years of pumping out propaganda and trying to kill independent media outlets such as yours truly, liberal ‘watchdog’ Media Matters is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy. Founded by Democratic operative David Brock (formerly in a long-term relationship with DC restauranteer James Alefantis), the Soros-backed pit bull that made a name for itself smearing conservatives […]
