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How Elon Musk is trying to dismantle the Interior department

March 26, 2025

Kate and Aaron are joined by Jimmy Tobias, a public lands reporter and contributor to the Public Domain substack, and Jacob Malcom, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Environmental Management at the Interior Department, to talk about Elon Musk’s attacks on the Interior Department and its employees. Jimmy has been covering changes inside Interior since President Donald Trump took office, and Jacob chose to leave his job at the Interior Department last month in response to the mass firings and changes implemented by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.


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Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 


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Music: Purple Planet


Featured image: Tyler Hassen (right), who has been working as a DOGE operative at the Interior Department, was delegated the authority of an assistant secretary. Photo credit: DOGE/X


 


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