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The New Abnormal

Elon Musk's DOGE Mistakes Will Cost Lives

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

4.67.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The New Abnormal, Elon Musk admits DOGE “will make mistakes” as it weeds out government “waste,” but those mistakes could cost lives, warns co hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy. Plus! Imara Jones, journalist and CEO of TransLash Media, discusses the Trump administration's attacks on trans rights.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector.

0:06.1

I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.

0:09.6

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist.

0:13.4

But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

0:18.5

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of

0:25.6

the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try and

0:30.9

make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh

0:36.3

through the tears. Hello and welcome to another Sunday bonus episode of the new abnormal and we thank you so

0:41.2

much for being here. Today we have an extra special guest with Amara Jones, journalist and

0:46.0

CEO of trans-lash media and they'll discuss the Trump administration's attacks on trans rights

0:50.7

as well as the Democrats' failure to respond and the broader threat to democracy.

0:55.1

But first, let's have some fun.

0:57.5

Are you guys ready to listen to some clips?

0:59.4

Clips.

1:00.5

That's about the enthusiasm you should have.

1:02.5

Okay, here we have our overlord, a man who sits in cabinet meetings despite not being a secretary, and his name is Elon Musk.

1:11.5

He's going to just make sure you guys have nothing to worry about.

1:14.6

Just calm your pretty little heads.

1:16.5

I should say we will also we will make mistakes.

1:18.9

We won't be perfect.

1:20.0

But when we make a mistake, we'll fix it very quickly.

1:24.2

So for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention.

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