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Mr. Musk made clear that he saw the gutting of that bureaucracy as primarily a technology challenge.

Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency and his chainsaw approach to gutting the government has angered Tesla's traditionally liberal base of car buyers.

He also turned the website into an even greater cesspool of misinformation and hate speech by gutting content moderation.

In a statement, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler warned that Musk’s “attempt to buy Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is a red alert that his attack on democracy isn’t limited to gutting the federal government.”

A federal judge temporarily blocked a series of executive orders from President Donald Trump aimed at gutting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the federal government late Friday night.