The ‘blockers’ who stood up to Elon Musk’s Doge

与埃隆·马斯克的狗狗币抗衡的“阻碍者”

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2026-11-02

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What happens when Elon Musk and a bunch of tech bros try to rip up the US government? Journalist Michael Lewis – the author of Moneyball and of The Big Short – talks to Nosheen Iqbal about his new book Blockers, which tracks the story of the civil servants who stood up to Elon Musk’s ‘department of government efficiency’ as it tried to dismantle the US government. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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