When he is not sharing memes of himself as a conquering Roman centurion or shrieking while brandishing a chain saw onstage at a CPAC conference, Elon Musk occasionally adopts the pose of a reasonable moderate offering an open hand of compromise that Democrats slap away.

Twenty-one federal tech employees resigned in protest of Elon Musk's DOGE, saying they won't use their skills to "dismantle critical public services."

To rally support for his effort to impose an email questionnaire on federal employees, Elon Musk resorted to one of his favorite tactics: posting a poll on X. “Should all federal employees be required to send a short email with some basic bullet points about what they accomplished last week?