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2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2025 by Joe Lonsdale · across every show →

Everything said about federal agencies, oldest first

Jul 22, 2025
Assertion Partly supported
Lonsdale: Civil service merit testing for federal agency leaders ended in 1970s
“The people running all the agencies used to have to pass pretty hard tests. Most people couldn't pass them. So you had some sense of the merit of people in charge of various things. And those were taken out in the seventies.”
Joe Lonsdale Jul 22, 2025 ▶ 11:00 New Face of DOGE Agenda Explains the Big Beautiful Bill · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 20, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Gebbia: Former DOGE staff took full-time roles inside federal agencies
“Some people have taken full-time roles within different agencies and have brought the spirit of Doge into those agencies.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 22:23 The Secret Team Fixing America's Broken Systems · Joe Lonsdale
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