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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
clive@saturation.social ("Clive Thompson") wrote:
Well what do you know
Marko Elez, one of the young software guys Musk has illegally turned loose to alter critical government high-tech services ...
... was, just back in December, posting on X about how he wanted there to be a "eugenic immigration policy" ...
... how "you could not pay me to marry outside my race" ...
... and "Normalize Indian hate", referring in this case to folks from India
the Wall Street Journal just broke the story (gift link): https://www.wsj.com/tech/doge-staffer-resigns-over-racist-posts-d9f11a93?st=8613EM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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- A screenshot reading: The deleted profile associated with Elez, who was embedded in the Treasury Department to carry out efficiency measures, advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act and backed a “eugenic immigration policy” in the weeks before President Trump was inaugurated. “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on X in September, according to a Wall Street Journal review of archived posts. “Normalize Indian hate,” the account wrote the same month, in reference to a post noting the prevalence of people from India in Silicon Valley. (remote)
