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Michael Barfield/Florida Trident-Florida Center for Government Accountability
On a July evening in Washington, D.C., right-wing operatives and artificial intelligence enthusiasts gathered in a historic building on Capitol Hill to sip cocktails and hear from Florida officials about their efforts to slash local spending across the Sunshine State. Standing in front of a pair of American flags, Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE — director Eric Soskin and a collection of organizational “partners” offered up a pitch. What Elon Musk tried and abandoned in Washington, they said, is alive in Tallahassee — and up for franchise.
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