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Summary

Jeremy Lewin, a senior Doge appointee overseeing the shutdown of USAID, faces allegations of misogyny, racism, and violent behavior, according to a Rolling Stone investigation based on interviews with 10 acquaintances.

Claims include threatening a girl with a knife, physically assaulting a student, and making racist remarks, including support for the Great Replacement Theory.

Lewin signed USAID’s closure notice and previously worked with legal scholar Laurence Tribe.

The Trump administration and DOGE have not responded. The report follows previous scandals involving controversial Musk-backed hires.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago

I assumed they all did.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago

You mean those are not prerequisites for the position?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Wait, just one of them? That is surprising.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago

To the surprise of who?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Twenty-something nepobaby incel nazis run the US government now.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Did someone stumble across the DOGE job description? These sound like requirements in order to work with Musk.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Sounds about White

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

That's how he got the job!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Doge employee allegedly has history of misogyny, racism and violent outbursts

Jeremy Lewin

That's an odd spelling of Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

That's not a bug, it's a feature.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

color me not surprised, more shocked if they had no history

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Be careful saying color around these fucks...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Surprising no one

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Thats a feature, not a bug

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What, another one?

Will SOMEONE Please Fucking Vet These People

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, they did... Don't make any mistake here, these are exactly the type of people (and I use that term as loosely as possible) they want in these positions.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah I know.

I need an adult to be in charge again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

We talking about Trump?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Don't tell me it's Big Balls 😬🤞

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago