DOGE Targets GSA: Musk's Plan to Force Federal Employees Out by Gutting Office Leases

DOGE (Department of Government EXTINCTION) TRACKER UPDATE

DOGE v. GSA

📅 Date: February 9, 2025
📰 Action:

In its latest attack on the federal government, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has zeroed in on the General Services Administration (GSA), aggressively working to terminate thousands of federal office leases across the country. Under the leadership of Nicole Hollander, DOGE is targeting roughly 7,500 federal offices, aiming to slash real estate costs—but this isn’t just about budget cuts.

The true intent? To make working conditions for federal employees so unbearable that they quit. By closing offices and forcing long, grueling commutes or unsafe working environments, DOGE is engineering a mass exodus from the federal workforce. It’s a ruthless strategy Musk perfected during his hostile takeover of Twitter, and now he’s applying it to dismantle the government from the inside.

Already, 22 federal leases have been canceled, saving an estimated $44.6 million. But the human cost is far greater: thousands of federal employees are being pushed out, their livelihoods disrupted, and their ability to serve the public systematically undermined.

🔍 Consequences:

• Workforce Purge: By making conditions intolerable, DOGE is coercing federal employees into resigning, clearing the way for unqualified loyalists to take their place.

• Government Disruption: Essential federal operations are being destabilized as offices are closed, and employees are scattered or forced to work in unsafe environments.

• Erosion of Public Service: With fewer qualified employees, the effectiveness of federal programs and services will deteriorate, harming the American people.

🚨 Why This Matters:

This isn’t just a budget-cutting measure—it’s a deliberate attempt to gut the federal government. By forcing federal employees out, Musk and Trump are hollowing out institutions that protect, serve, and uphold democracy. This is how fascism works: not by burning down the government overnight, but by slowly choking it from within, making it impossible for public servants to do their jobs.

They’re not just cutting costs—they’re cutting democracy at the knees.

📌 Sources:

• AP News: Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration

• Fortune: DOGE looks to shrink the federal workforce by making buildings and commutes ‘so crappy’ that employees will quit, report says

• Bisnow: Elon Musk's DOGE Says It Has Terminated 22 Federal Leases