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• @pkafka Peter Kafka on threads

  Good thing Donald Trump never reads the New York Times and doesn't care what it says about him.  —  And most definitely doesn't care about sharing the spotlight.  —  https://www.nytimes.com/...  [image]

• @dangillmor@mastodon.social Dan Gillmor on mastodon

  Reminder that it's all corruption, all the time in Trump world.  —  https://www.cnbc.com/...  Also a reminder that journalists NEVER put the individual examples in context.  They never show how wide and deep the corruption goes. …

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  Musk is sitting in on practically every Trump meeting and call (Zelensky, Erdogan). Getting security briefings. The shadow president we all elected. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  The conflicts of interest are the point. https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

• @dashaburns Dasha Burns on x

  SCOOP: Elon Musk may already be overstaying his welcome in Trump's orbit “He's behaving as if he's a co-president and making sure everyone knows it.” w/ @David_Ingram @katiadoyl https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @mattinthemittel Matt Mittelsteadt on x

  No way Trump lets this last. “At Mar-a-Lago one recent evening, [Musk] walked into the dining room about 30 minutes after the president-elect did and received a similar standing ovation, according to two people who saw him enter.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  NEW — Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is Elon Musk. Scenes from Mar-a-Lago. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• r/politics r on reddit

  At Mar-a-Lago, ‘Uncle’ Elon Musk Puts His Imprint on the Trump Transition

• @ronaldfilipkowski Ron Filipkowski on threads

  My guess is that the new Dept of Government Efficiency will determine that it is unwise to terminate any of the subsidies and contracts the government has with Elon's various enterprises.

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on threads

  DOGE: Department of Grandstanding Edgelords

• @mac_ryan_ Ryan Mac on threads

  the move fast and break things administration

• @davmicrot David Rothschild on threads

  Now we know why Trump is insisting on no confirmation hearings for his cabinet, mix of corruption & incompetence, may be too much for even Susan Collins to accept.

• @ronaldfilipkowski Ron Filipkowski on threads

  So is Trump creating a new government agency to be headed by Musk and Vivek, or is this some kind of informal arrangement?  Is this a position that requires confirmation?  A budget?  Staff?  Is there oversight?  Do ethics and disclosure rules apply?  Like outside political activi…

• @renee.diresta Renee DiResta on threads

  A new department to reduce bureaucracy

• @mac_ryan_ Ryan Mac on threads

  also interesting that they're comparing this project to the... atomic bomb

• @mac_ryan_ Ryan Mac on threads

  Lot of things going on in this Trump statement announcing Elon Musk's official role in the administration, but notably, there is no mention of the “$2 trillion” that Musk has previously promised he would cut.  Does that mean he's already backing away from the number?

• @mmasnick.bsky.social Mike Masnick on bluesky

  For folks trying to think about Elon's “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE, get it?) fake “department” and how he might think about “efficiency,” I highly recommend you read @kateconger.bsky.social & @rmac.bsky.social's “Character Limit” book on how he viewed “efficiency”…

• @nytceciliakang.bsky.social Cecilia Kang on bluesky

  3 most important words “outside the government”  —  Means no vetting for Elon, presumably [image]

• @donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan on bluesky

  My plea to reporters is to not call it the Department of Government Efficiency.  It is not a Department.  It is almost certainly going to a Federal Advisory Committee, and it is very important that reporters accurately convey that Vivek and Elon are working on an advisory committ…

• @brianfung.me Brian Fung on bluesky

  The conflict this is going to cause with actual Cabinet heads who will want credit for gutting the bureaucracy will be... quite something  —  www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/p...

• @parismarx.bsky.social Paris Marx on bluesky

  “The Great Elon Musk” sounds like a nineteenth century snake-oil salesman.  [embedded post]

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

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• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Department of Government Efficiency The merch will be 🔥🔥🔥

• @realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump on x

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• @vivekgramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy on x

  We will not go gently, @elonmusk. 🇺🇸

• @levie Aaron Levie on x

  There's significant opportunity to make the government more capable of delivering for Americans, and ironically it will actually cost less not more. [image]

• @themaxburns Max Burns on x

  Nothing like appointing two attention-hungry, insecure people as co-CEOs to really maximize efficiency.

• @vijayvinyl Vijay on x

  The Department of Efficiency needs two heads lmao

• @sonalibasak Sonali Basak on x

  DOGE just shooting higher after the president-elect announced DOGE led by Musk, Ramaswamy [image]

• @scottnover Scott Nover on x

  Brilliant work to outsource this to a contractor.

• @jason @jason on x

  Independent of how you feel about Trump, you should be absolutely thrilled that Elon and @VivekGRamaswamy are joining forces to stop wasteful government spending [image]

• @lizchar Liz Charboneau on x

  Elon and Vivek [image]

• @im_sorry_wtf @im_sorry_wtf on x

  Reddit is down the hall and to the left [image]

• @maxtmcc Max on x

  Elon has actually got to be the last person on the planet who finds the doge meme funny

• @who_shot_jgr @who_shot_jgr on x

  elon is working hard to reduce infrastructure costs, particularly those related to tunneling, by running doge memes into the ground, mantle, and soon the outer core of the earth

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  Not totally clear what this is, structurally. A Department?

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  Department of Governent Efficiency does sound like an @Aiannucci line

• @aleresnik @aleresnik on x

  It's over, world. The USA will grow 5-7% for the next 25 years. Thanks for playing tho.

• @peterhamby Peter Hamby on x

  You see DOGE, I see a blue ribbon commission created as a sop to some annoying people Susie Wiles doesn't want anywhere near the West Wing

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  I hope this plays out like the Twitter takeover and 10% of their work is sending Jason Calacanis on random side quests across various government offices

• @sriramk Sriram Krishnan on x

  This existing is truly remarkable. @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy

• @jakesherman Jake Sherman on x

  Correct. This is no more than a blue ribbon commission. Not statutory.

• @josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x

  my bold prediction is that they'll have an unusually large focus on the FAA and NHTSA relative to their share of all government activities, just a hunch

• @samstein Sam Stein on x

  Lot of questions around Elon's new department: Are they actually going to, you know create a department? Does he know that the department of governmentt efficiency doesn't actually exist? Is it just gonna be him and Vivek? Why does he need until July 4, 2026?

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  The surprise here is that Elon is not chairing this himself. [image]

• @josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x

  the funniest part of Musk/Ramaswamay's government efficiency thing is that it's now explicitly promised to be sunsetted by July 2026. Oh yeah you're taking this really seriously to give yourselves a year and four months to fix all of government, best of luck!

• @jstein_wapo Jeff Stein on x

  Ramaswamy called for cutting the federal workforce by more than 75% as a presidential candidate

• @panasonicdx4500 @panasonicdx4500 on x

  this is like when you give your kid an ipad five minutes into an eight hour car ride.

• @trillburne @trillburne on x

  My two most annoying and off-putting followers? I'll be putting them to good use at an exciting and important new agency: the Department of Sitting at the Kids' Table, where they will be hard at work on all kinds of activities and puzzles

• @adamscochran Adam Cochran on x

  I'm thinking naming the department, that's going to layoff tens of millions of US citizens “DOGE” may not end up being good branding for Dogecoin long term 😅 That name is going to give people serious PTSD in a few years.

• @jakesherman Jake Sherman on x

  By the way, let's see. Maybe Congress gives this commission statutory power. I doubt it though.

• @shaunmmaguire Shaun Maguire on x

  Elon and Vivek leading a “Manhattan Project” on government efficiency called “DOGE” is one of the greatest things I've ever read 🤣🚀🇺🇸 [image]

• @zebulgar Delian on x

  Hell ya DOGE is real And Elon + Vivek are running it What a time to be alive [image]

• @tszzl Roon on x

  what's remarkable is that $DOGE isn't up that much. priced in

• @pitdesi Sheel Mohnot on x

  to be fair, Trump tried this in 2017 and it didn't really do anything... eliminating government agencies is a lot easier said than done. I'd rather have Musk and Ramaswamy than Bannon behind the effort, but am still skeptical tbh. [image]

• @samadlerbell Sam Adler-Bell on x

  i see some duplication that could be eliminated right away lol

• @benjysarlin Benjy Sarlin on x

  Hmm deadline for a bunch of ambitious and potentially unpopular cuts right around the midterms

• @chrislhayes Chris Hayes on x

  nothing says disruption and realignment quite like a deficit commission run by super rich guys

• @nikitabier Nikita Bier on x

  Treasury Bonds 📈 Bitcoin 📉 [image]

• @burgessev Burgess Everett on x

  First task: assessing whether having co-leaders is efficient

• @lib_crusher @lib_crusher on x

  He gave them make work jobs to leave him alone lol

• @vivekgramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy on x

  SHUT IT DOWN.

• @dogetoshi Steven on x

  Wait...have we considered that tens of millions of people will be fired by DOGE. Is that bullish?

• @arthurdelaneyhp Arthur Delaney on x

  Donald Trump has created.... A deficit commission

• r/law r on reddit

  Trump names Musk to co-lead newly formed Department of Government Efficiency

• r/elonmusk r on reddit

  Elon Musk to Lead Trump's Department of Government Efficiency With Vivek Ramaswamy

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump says Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency

• @steven_strauss @steven_strauss on x

  Nothing to see here, move along, this is not the ethics issue you are looking or Advertisers set to return to X as they seek favour with Elon Musk and Donald Trump https://www.ft.com/... via @ft [image]

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  NEW: Crypto Industry Lobbies Trump and His Allies to Capitalize on Election Wins With @yaffebellany + @eringriffith https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  Everything is gambling, part XXXX: Robinhood's top lawyer is a leading candidate to run the SEC under Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @lewis_crofts Lewis Crofts on x

  From the @FT: One person close to the Trump camp said, “Trump has no problem with Exxon and Chevron merging, but he won't let Big Tech do anything.” https://www.ft.com/...

• @musharbash_b Basel Musharbash on x

  Ok, this is interesting

• @aranibatta Ron Bhattacharyay on x

  This is not the Lina Khan alternative you were looking for.