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Elon Musk is Washington's new consultant in chief.

He's been tasked with making the government leaner.

And this week, his Department of Government Efficiency made headlines by gaining access to the Treasury Department's payment system, as well as other sensitive government data.

This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the F.T. News Briefing, where we talk about

all of the things happening in U.S. politics. I'm Mark Filipino. And this week, we're asking,

how far can Elon Musk take his quest to downsize the government? Here with me to discuss is

Joe Miller. He covers the intersection of business and government

for us in Washington. Hi, Joe. Hi, Mark. And we've also got Alex Rogers, the FTs business and

politics correspondent also in Washington. Hi, Alex. Hey, Mark. All right, so let's start with some basics.

Elon Musk is officially in Washington as the head of the Department of Government

Efficiency or Doge, like the cryptocurrency, yes. Joe, can you tell me what is Doge and where

did it come from? To the best of my ability, yes, Mark. Well, Doge is a vehicle that was announced

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