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These Are the 10 Doge Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration

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"operatives" makes it sound like the chief executive has to spy on his employees.

I'm pretty sure the chief executive sees it that way.

I'd love to see the data they're getting. This might be the last time that anyone will be able to cross-reference financial data across the federal government.

Do recruiting departments take note of things like this and put people on lists?

Why do multiple employees on this list have direct ties to Peter Thiel?

Because they are working toward this

https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-leg...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43300527

One step close to a Snow Crash reality

For the same reason the prior administration would have employees with direct ties to Biden associates?

Because each administration hires their own people.

How is it Peter Thiel's administration though?

Direct ties to Trump, okay, but the question was specifically about(pointing out) multiple direct ties to Peter Thiel.

You misread their comment (emphasis added):

> direct ties to Biden associates

Biden hired people with ties to people in his circle. Trump does the same. That is not, in and of itself, nefarious—in private companies it's widely understood that hiring through your network is the most reliable way to hire.

There may be other reasons why these particular cases are nefarious, but simply pointing out "ties to" does not show that by itself.

I did indeed misread and missed the associates part, thank you for kindly pointing it out.

They hire their own people in the top jobs, the ones that require Congressional approval. But they generally leave the existing civil service in place.

That balances the administration's priorities with the experience of people who have spent a lifetime in the job. It is not the case that each administration roots out vast numbers of political opponents from the departments.

Thiel himself has stayed out of the media, but a lot of what's happening is directly related to him. He's a big part of the reason we have JD Vance.

I recently came across this article from July 2024. I'm not sure what to think of it - it feels a bit conspiracy-ish, but it explains a lot of what's happening now.

https://washingtonspectator.org/peter-thiel-and-the-american...

För the same reason that you'll find many operatives with links to e.g. George/Alex Soros in 'progressive' circles.

Examples?

Plenty, look then up. Start at Act Blue and dig down into the dark money tunnels.

I will not look them up, thanks for trying to give me work but no thanks. I asked for examples exactly because you already have the information, why not share those instead?

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