The Washington Roundtable discusses the ideological underpinnings of Elon Musk’s DOGE with the former Democratic operative and San Francisco-based journalist Gil Duran. Duran writes about the so-called cognitive élite, the right-wing Silicon Valley technologists who want to use A.I. and cryptocurrency to unmake the federal government, on his newsletter <a href="https://www.thenerdreich.com/">The Nerd Reich</a>. This week’s reading:<ul>
<li>“<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/185738/coinbase-brian-armstrong-crypto-lobbying-washington-politicians">The Most Powerful Crypto Bro in Washington Has Very Weird Beliefs</a>,” by Gil Duran (for The New Republic) </li>
<li>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-uncertainty-doctrine">Uncertainty Is Trump’s Brand. But What if He Already Told Us Exactly What He’s Going to Do?</a>,” by Susan B. Glasser</li>
<li>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-felling-of-the-us-forest-service">The Felling of the U.S. Forest Service</a>,” by Peter Slevin</li>
<li>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trump-is-still-trying-to-undermine-elections">Trump Is Still Trying to Undermine Elections</a>,” by Sue Halpern</li>
<li>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/who-gets-to-determine-greenlands-future">Who Gets to Determine Greenland’s Future?</a>,” by Louise Bokkenheuser</li>
</ul>To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send in feedback on this episode, write to <a href="mailto:themail@newyorker.com">themail@newyorker.com</a> with “The Political Scene” in the subject line.

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