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Who's Applying to Work for Elon Musk's DOGE? – New York Magazine

A week after election day, President-elect Donald Trump announced a new commission that he said could “become, potentially, the Manhattan Project of our time.” It is called the Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk, who has a reflexive need to make jokes, named the commission in honor of the recently surging meme cryptocurrency he favors, which is itself named after a famous Shiba Inu.
Trump selected Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the commission. […]
Who's Applying to Work for Elon Musk's DOGE? – New York Magazine

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As He Moved to the Right, Elon Musk Packed His Businesses Into Texas

The billionaire has rapidly transformed parts of the state, shocking even development-friendly officials: “It was like, ‘Voilà, Elon is here.’”
Reporting from Bastrop, Texas, outside of Austin, and from Brownsville and Boca Chica, on the Gulf Coast near the border with Mexico.
Elon Musk had long been drifting away from the political culture of California, railing against its regulations and pandemic-era lockdowns. So, four years ago, he decided to move to Texas, eager to embrace its […]
As He Moved to the Right, Elon Musk Packed His Businesses Into Texas

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Spare a sob for Don Jr – replaced in Daddy's affections by Elon Musk | Marina Hyde

This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way
As the Trump presidency bears down on the world, I hope we can all concur on the prospect of being subjected to regular appearances by Donald Trump’s eldest son, Don Jr. Can you stand him, this pissy little Ivy League Uday, whose chin successfully escaped from the rest of his body at some point in the last Trump administration, and […]
Spare a sob for Don Jr – replaced in Daddy's affections by Elon Musk | Marina Hyde

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If Elon Musk Really Wants to Cut Government Waste, He Can Start Here – Mother Jones

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This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here.
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficiency. Despite the name, it is not a government department. In fact, it is not part of the government at all. It is a non-governmental commission that will […]
If Elon Musk Really Wants to Cut Government Waste, He Can Start Here – Mother Jones

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The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient – The American Prospect

Elon Musk evinces no understanding of how government works.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, October 5, 2024
The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org.
Last week, Donald Trump announced that self-christened first buddy Elon Musk will head a newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Vivek Ramaswamy. The assignment is an […]
The Department of Government Efficiency Is Inefficient – The American Prospect

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Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the rise of the Free Speech Bro.

As President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet takes shape, Trump has shown a preference for a very clear type: the free speech bro. The most powerful among them is of course Elon Musk, whose running of the social media site “X” is providing a preview of what “freedom of expression” might look like in the second Trump administration, and what it might portend for those of us without billions of dollars and a social media platform.
On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick was joined […]
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the rise of the Free Speech Bro.

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Elon Musk's bromance with Donald Trump isn't going down that well in MAGAworld anymore – Yahoo

Lawmakers and policy shops have largely moved on from the shock of Kamala Harris’s defeat and are preparing for Donald Trump’s return to the city in January.
Joe Biden was among those who seemed to have made peace with the outcome over the past few days. Now firmly in the “lame duck” stage of his presidency, the president spent the weekend in South America, participating in the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Meanwhile, the race to fill Trump’s remaining Cabinet positions fell under the […]
Elon Musk's bromance with Donald Trump isn't going down that well in MAGAworld anymore – Yahoo

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Source denies Elon Musk had 'massive blowup' with Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn at Mar-a-Lago

A Donald Trump transition source is denying a report that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a “massive blowup” at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
Axios claimed Musk, who was named co-head of a new advisory body known as the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), has been feuding with Boris Epshteyn, a special assistant to Trump during his first term in 2017.
Last Wednesday, the tension between the two men reportedly reached a boiling point at Trump’s Florida estate. Dinner […]
Source denies Elon Musk had 'massive blowup' with Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn at Mar-a-Lago

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Elon Musk Reportedly Gets in Blowout Fight With Trump Adviser at Mar-a-Lago Dinner

It’s only been a few weeks since Elon Musk’s money helped bring Donald Trump back to the White House — and already, the billionaire seems to be causing problems.
According to insiders who spoke to Axios, Musk and Donald Trump’s indicted lawyer Boris Epshteyn got into what the outlet’s sources described as a “massive blowup” and a “huge explosion” at Mar-a-Lago last week over the president-elect’s Cabinet picks, of all things.
Those sources said that the row occurred in front of other […]
Elon Musk Reportedly Gets in Blowout Fight With Trump Adviser at Mar-a-Lago Dinner

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How Elon Musk Could Benefit From Trump's FCC Nominee Brendan Carr – Forbes

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission in his second administration, elevating the Republican official who has been outspoken about his support for Elon Musk’s businesses, suggesting a potential financial benefit for Musk if he is confirmed.
Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump addresses a House Republicans Conference meeting … [+] on November 13 in Washington, DC.
Carr, who already serves as one of five FCC […]
How Elon Musk Could Benefit From Trump's FCC Nominee Brendan Carr – Forbes