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Welcome to Talking Fed's, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests.

For a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day, I'm Harry Littman.

The Elon Musk era of government came to a sudden and unceremonious close as the architect

of Doge, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, took his leave from the administration,

battered and frayed from his own wrecking ball governance.

Trump offered a send-off of tepid praise and a ceremonial

gold key, but the underlying message was clear. Musk had become a political liability and had come as

well to personify the administration's reckless, uninformed, unpopular, and generally unlawful cuts.

Whether the Musk acolytes who are staying behind attempt to wield Musk's chainsaw with equal

fervor is unclear.

As for Trump's ledger, Musk's bizarre and off-putting ways may no longer rub off on him.

But presumably he will no longer have in his hip pocket the interrarum tool of Musk-financed

political challengers to members of Congress who fail to fully come to heal.

Meanwhile, Trump has doubled and redoubled his surreal crusade against Harvard

University, which he is now treating as public enemy number one. His actions are textbook violations

of the First Amendment, among other serious constitutional and statutory infirmities.

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