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    "author": "Vittoria Elliott",
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    "excerpt": "The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI\u2019s general counsel.",
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    "title": "A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI\u2019s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers",
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