Two oligarchs with no government standing have created an entity falsely named as a government department. They are hiring private employees outside any official process. These operatives are interfering with actual government employees.
How is this legal?
Even a political appointee has to be appointed. If Elon Musk is creating a shadow government, even with the tacit approval of the president-elect, it's a constitutional emergency.
@gleick is DOGE a private company? Part of the transition? Who is listed on the W2 when people get paid?