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What did you do last week?
Patel instructed agents at the bureau to disregard an email Musk sent to workers earlier on Saturday, titled
I have so much work to do, I am not going to neglect actual patient care for this drama,
a physician at the Department of Veterans Affairs, who received the email, told AFP
An email with some bullet points that make any sense at all is acceptable!"
Musk later appeared to downplay the requirements of the request, writing on X.jpg)
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk — except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.”
She wrote on X, mocking Musk’s own questionable employment status with the federal government
I bet a lot of people have had an experience like this with a bad boss - there’s an email in your inbox on Saturday night saying, ‘Prove to me your worthiness by Monday or else.’ I’m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire asshole bosses.”
She added
FBI personnel may have received an email from OPM requesting information. The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures. When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.”
In a message sent to the bureau employees, Patel said
If anyone gives you problems, I've got your back."
He promised to protect them and said
Of course, a majority of our work is law enforcement sensitive (in addition to much classified work), so even assuming this is legitimate, we will need to be careful in how we respond to this inquiry. As noted, the deadline isn’t until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, so we have plenty of time,
Durham wrote in a letter to employees
We love Elon, don't we? He's a character,
Trump added
I’d like the company to get to a place where we are more resilient and don’t get distracted, but we aren’t there right now,
Agrawal told MuskWaste is pretty much everywhere” in the federal government
He called it “the chainsaw for bureaucracy” and saidOnce again, Elon Musk and the Trump Administration have shown their utter disdain for federal employees and the critical services they provide to the American people,
Kelley said in a statement
Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week, ... Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
Musk posted Saturday on X, hours after President Donald Trump suggested he be more “aggressive.”
ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE,
Trump posted in all-caps on his social media website, Truth Social
The possibility of me getting away with something is zero percent,
Musk said
If there’s any conflict, he will stop it. But if he didn’t, I’d stop it,
Trump saidWill do, Mr. President!"
Musk responded with an enthusiastic
It is cruel and disrespectful to hundreds of thousands of veterans who are wearing their second uniform in the civil service to be forced to justify their job duties to the this out-of-touch, privileged, unelected billionaire who has never performed one single hour of honest public service in his life,
AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a statement
REMEMBER, WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE,
Trump wroteI don’t believe it would be legal, and I don’t think he really understands right now how he will even do what he’s threatened to do,
Fallings said