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AI Summary
- Sahil Lavingia, a former DOGE staffer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses what drew him to join Elon Musk's cost-cutting initiative and its inner workings
- DOGE promised transparency but operated with significant secrecy, with software engineers and Trump loyalists accessing sensitive government data across agencies
- The initiative facilitated mass layoffs of government workers, though details about decision-making processes remain largely unreported