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highplainsdem

(53,609 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:09 PM Jan 29

Elon Musk Tells Friends He's Sleeping at the DOGE Offices in DC

Source: Wired

Elon Musk has told multiple people that he has been sleeping at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headquarters in Washington, DC, WIRED has learned, as he works to exercise control over the federal government. DOGE is based out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just steps from the White House.

At an exclusive black-tie dinner hosted by the Alfalfa Club last week, Musk told associates that he’d even been invited to spend the night in the White House itself in the Lincoln Bedroom.

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Earlier this week, the US Office of Personnel Management, which is already stacked with Musk lackeys, sent an email to federal workers titled “a fork in the road.”

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The memo closely echoed a note Musk sent to Twitter staff shortly after buying the company. In that note, sent November 16, 2022, Musk told staffers they’d need to commit to working long, intense hours to realize his new vision for the company—otherwise they should resign. “Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore,” he wrote. “This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.”

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-sleeping-doge-office/

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Elon Musk Tells Friends He's Sleeping at the DOGE Offices in DC (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 29 OP
Elon is a pest, unfortunately a powerful pest Walleye Jan 29 #1
He's a bed bug, but a powerful one LeftInTX Jan 29 #13
Sleeping in the office? What, are we at war and he is so important like the Sec'y of Defense? brush Thursday #30
You think he could afford a suite at the Trump hotel at least Walleye Thursday #31
Exactly. The richest man in the world is either a cheapskate or the biggest ego going. brush Thursday #32
He also has no class or taste with all that money you would think some class would rub off on him, but no l Walleye Thursday #35
Oh my...Musk maybe sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom? Are Republicans heads going to explode like they did Bengus81 Jan 29 #2
He'd probably jump on the bed. milestogo Jan 29 #14
Is he paying rent to dobleremolque Jan 29 #3
Hey Wired, wake up, it's not a Department. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 29 #4
Wait. He has friends? Mister Ed Jan 29 #5
1. He has friends? maxsolomon Jan 29 #6
It's his usual schtick jgmiller Jan 29 #7
Where is the poor little child he always drags around wherever he goes? Pachamama Jan 29 #8
Little prick orangecrush Jan 29 #9
Better that he sleep than implement any of his idiotic ideas. nt Gore1FL Jan 29 #10
There are DOGE OFFICES now? Geezus Christ. These fascists have made government bigger than it's ever been as they try to Karasu Jan 29 #11
Musk expected to be in the West Wing rpannier Thursday #25
Did he forget where he lives? Marthe48 Jan 29 #12
He's weird. LeftInTX Jan 29 #15
When Musk was starting the Tesla plant in Austin he was a couch surfer. TexasTowelie Jan 29 #16
His Austin plant is 233 acres Seinan Sensei Thursday #21
What an glassbowl! tonekat Jan 29 #17
Someone ought to drop a dime to the fire marshal Historic NY Thursday #18
OPM! This is how you become very rich Deminpenn Thursday #19
The Lincoln Bedroom huh? Figarosmom Thursday #20
Sammy Davis Jr was the first man of color to sleep over in the White House. "Twas the Lincoln Bedroom in 1972. C0RI0LANUS Thursday #23
Yeah thats when Nixon was trying to make Figarosmom Thursday #24
You're welcome. Sammy was a Dem, but when he was excluded from the 1961 JFK pre-inaugural ball, he went GOP. C0RI0LANUS Thursday #26
20 armed thugs and a medic escort Felon Musk. C0RI0LANUS Thursday #22
poor little e-dolf... Godot51 Thursday #27
"e-dolf"-- LOVE IT!!! niyad Friday #38
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Thursday #28
Isn't it time that Elon went back to the country he came from? Bluetus Thursday #29
I know it's a lie as soon as he uses the word "friends" maxrandb Thursday #33
yeah, cool story bro. telling and doing are two very different things. nt Javaman Thursday #34
He has friends? Shocking! City Lights Thursday #36
Edolf has 'friends?' joanbarnes Thursday #37

brush

(58,662 posts)
30. Sleeping in the office? What, are we at war and he is so important like the Sec'y of Defense?
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:17 AM
Thursday

When will the insufferable pest stand the fuck down? We don't need to hear about him every two hours.

brush

(58,662 posts)
32. Exactly. The richest man in the world is either a cheapskate or the biggest ego going.
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:32 AM
Thursday

Wait. It's both.

Walleye

(37,378 posts)
35. He also has no class or taste with all that money you would think some class would rub off on him, but no l
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 08:10 AM
Thursday

Bengus81

(7,787 posts)
2. Oh my...Musk maybe sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom? Are Republicans heads going to explode like they did
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:21 PM
Jan 29

thirty years ago when Clinton was President or is letting the richest asshat on Earth sleep in there now OK??

jgmiller

(483 posts)
7. It's his usual schtick
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:12 PM
Jan 29

When Tesla was having production problems he said he slept at the factory, when SpaceX was having issues he slept at the factory, when Twitter was he slept in the office.

I actually believe him when he says he does this because from everything I've heard he is the worlds worst micro manager. So the only way to get rid of him is to make sure things are working fine then he loses interest and moves on to some other thing. The trouble is I think he might be the living embodiement of the Peter Principle. He thinks each time he does this it works and he's able to use it for bigger companies, but at some point he rises to the level of his own incompetence.

Pachamama

(17,153 posts)
8. Where is the poor little child he always drags around wherever he goes?
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:21 PM
Jan 29

Seriously - this is already child abuse. Is the child there too.?

Little “X”

Karasu

(501 posts)
11. There are DOGE OFFICES now? Geezus Christ. These fascists have made government bigger than it's ever been as they try to
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:09 PM
Jan 29

shrink it down to nothingness. Small enough to drown in a bathtub, as Norquist famously said.

rpannier

(24,628 posts)
25. Musk expected to be in the West Wing
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:25 AM
Thursday

Trump's Chief of Staff nixed it
She doesn't like Eloon -- because of this, I doubt that he was invited to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom.
Though she might let him sit in Lincoln's seat at Ford's Theater

LeftInTX

(32,048 posts)
15. He's weird.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 06:23 PM
Jan 29






Elon Musk Is Inching Closer to Record-Breaking $500 Billion Net Worth—but His Home Is Worth a Tiny Fraction of That
Despite multiple reports suggesting that the billionaire father of 11 is buying up megamansions and compounds from Florida to Texas, the only property he is confirmed to have owned and lived in over the past few years is an incredibly modest three-bedroom, ranch-style house that sits just a block from his SpaceX Starbase facility in the Brownsville, TX, neighborhood of Boca Chica.

The businessman revealed that he had moved into the property in 2021, stating in a post on X—which he now owns—that he was renting the $50,000 home from SpaceX.

“My primary home is literally a ~$50K house in Boca Chica/Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. It’s kinda awesome though,” he said. The only other house he owned at the time was an “events house” in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Boca Chica home Musk was referring to is located on a grassy street that runs down to the perimeter of Starbase and has several similar properties dotting it.

It serves as his primary residence, a status that was reconfirmed in November when Musk visited a nearby polling station to cast his vote in the 2024 presidential election, having spent months campaigning on behalf of Republican candidate Donald Trump. https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/elon-musk-record-net-worth-billion-home/


He sold all his homes. This is his main residence. It's on a ugly sandbar. The home is completely remodeled too. I think he owns a tiny house or two near Bastrop. He's plain old weird. I think he's a bed bug. Or maybe he just wants to be near his BFF. He was living at Mar A Lago during the transition.

TexasTowelie

(118,515 posts)
16. When Musk was starting the Tesla plant in Austin he was a couch surfer.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jan 29

How embarrassing that a billionaire is too cheap that he can't get a hotel room.

Seinan Sensei

(815 posts)
21. His Austin plant is 233 acres
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 02:02 AM
Thursday

That’s the building itself
Ten million square feet
So maybe a cot in an office there?

tonekat

(2,105 posts)
17. What an glassbowl!
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jan 29

“This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.”

Uh, the government isn't doing piecework, bozo.

Deminpenn

(16,455 posts)
19. OPM! This is how you become very rich
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 01:19 AM
Thursday

Sleep in other people's homes, eat their food, use their washer/dryer/shower and gas/electric/water. IOW, maximize mooching! No point in spending your own money if you don't have to.

Figarosmom

(4,136 posts)
20. The Lincoln Bedroom huh?
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 01:44 AM
Thursday

I read today he was refused a Capital Building and White House office, but they'll let him stay in the Lincoln bedroom?

Right....

C0RI0LANUS

(2,689 posts)
23. Sammy Davis Jr was the first man of color to sleep over in the White House. "Twas the Lincoln Bedroom in 1972.
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:01 AM
Thursday

Figarosmom

(4,136 posts)
24. Yeah thats when Nixon was trying to make
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:09 AM
Thursday

People believe he was a nice guy. I don't know he was a Quaker so maybe he was a nice guy and became a crook.

Thanks for the fun fact

C0RI0LANUS

(2,689 posts)
26. You're welcome. Sammy was a Dem, but when he was excluded from the 1961 JFK pre-inaugural ball, he went GOP.
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:26 AM
Thursday


C0RI0LANUS

(2,689 posts)
22. 20 armed thugs and a medic escort Felon Musk.
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 03:58 AM
Thursday

His security detail codenamed him 'Voyager" and they treat him more like a viceroy than a CEO.



The bodyguards must sleep in hotels in the vicinity, but is Musk alone when he sleeps in the DOGE building? Do these private goons get "All Access" badges like Musk?

Source:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-armed-bodyguards-security

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Bluetus

(515 posts)
29. Isn't it time that Elon went back to the country he came from?
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:05 AM
Thursday

And get the hell out of the buildings we Americans pay for.

Let's work out a deal with South Africa to deport him.

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