They had a rather progressive-coded internal culture, [0] which I think made them very likely to have been attacked by a Republican administration, even if they

They had a rather progressive-coded internal culture, [0] which I think made them very likely to have been attacked by a Republican administration, even if they'd never worked on direct filing at all. Contrary to the media narrative which focuses on direct filing, I think the primary reason why Musk turned against them is not direct filing, it is because he views them as "deeply infected with the woke mind virus". [1] If 18F had been doing the same technical work but with a staff dominated by conservative Republicans, they quite possibly would have survived. [0] https://x.com/lukerosiak/status/1885530802898747888 https://x.com/lukerosiak/status/1885530802898747888 [1] he said that of Google but I'm sure he'd say the same thing of 18F: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1770802773547770345 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1770802773547770345