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This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent. As Elon Musk's takeover of the federal government continues, Representative Jamie Raskin

has been sounding a particularly urgent alarm about what's happening. And on Tuesday, during a

Twitter fight between Raskin and Musk, Raskin asked him a simple question.

As someone who supposedly works for the government now, will he submit to basic financial disclosure and conflict of interest rules and norms?

As of now, Musk hasn't done this in his new role, of course.

But this got us thinking, why are we treating

the idea that Musk should do this as a fool's errand, as something that's hopeless? This is itself

a sign of how far we've fallen. We can't let that happen. So what do we do about it? We're talking

today about all this with Andy Cray, an expert in election law who has a new piece for the unpopulist magazine detailing how Musk, as head of this new Department of Government Efficiency, has gone entirely rogue with no legal or constitutional authority whatsoever.

Andy, good to have you on, man.

Thanks, Greg. Good to be with you.

So the White House just announced they've designated Musk a special government employee.

This is someone who works for the government for somewhat less time than an ordinary employee does

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