Department of Government Efficiency

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Bernie Sanders: 'Elon Musk Is Right' on Defense Spending

Pentagon budget is 'full of waste and fraud,' senator says

(Newser) - Sen. Bernie Sanders doesn't seem to have softened his stance on billionaires, but he's found something he agrees with Elon Musk about. In post Sunday on X , the independent senator from Vermont said Musk was right about the need to cut defense spending, the Hill reports. "Elon...

Musk's Take on Consumer Finance Watchdog: Delete It

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau goes after banks for predatory practices

(Newser) - Elon Musk, tasked with running a Department of Government Efficiency in the incoming Trump administration, has set his sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "Delete CFPB," Musk wrote on X early Wednesday, referring to the federal watchdog that helps protect consumers from predatory financial practices. Musk said...

Skeptics: Musk, Ramaswamy Underestimate Their Task
Musk, Ramaswamy
Prepare for DOGE Fight
the rundown
Nov 25, 2024 2:44 PM CST

Musk, Ramaswamy Prepare for DOGE Fight

Pair want to take a 'blowtorch' to federal bureaucracy, but skeptics say they underestimate the task

(Newser) - Will DOGE fly? The Washington Post reports on how Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are ramping up efforts to launch their Department of Government Efficiency with the goal of instituting drastic cuts to the federal government. The big question seems to be whether they'll be able to follow through...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Has NPR in Her Sights
MTG Has NPR
in Her Sights
Nov 25, 2024 1:00 AM CST

MTG Has NPR in Her Sights

She threatens to slash federal funding as chair of House DOGE subcommittee

(Newser) - Marjorie Taylor Greene is no fan of NPR, and as chair of an as-yet-unformed House subcommittee that will work with the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, she says she will look into cutting the public broadcaster's government funding. "We'll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs...

Planned Parenthood CEO on DOGE: 'Agents of Chaos'

Meanwhile, more than 100 GOP lawmakers sign letter asking for funding probe into nonprofit

(Newser) - This week, Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, co-chiefs of President-elect Trump's incoming Department of Government Efficiency, laid out their "DOGE Plan" this week to tackle spending cuts when the new administration takes effect—and among the groups in their sights is Planned Parenthood, one of multiple "progressive"...

Greene to Chair House DOGE Subcommittee

She says she'll be working with Musk, Ramaswamy

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn't landed a Cabinet job, but she says will be working with President-elect Trump, Elon Musk, and Vivek Ramaswamy during the next Congress. The Republican lawmaker says she will chair a House Oversight Committee subcommittee that will work with Musk and Ramaswamy's Department of...

Ramaswamy, Musk Lay Out 'the DOGE Plan'

It involves 'large-scale firings,' no more remote work

(Newser) - The Department of Government Efficiency may not be an official government agency, but its two leaders are wasting no time laying out their intentions. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outline what they call "the DOGE Plan to Reform Government" (yes, the unofficial department...

Musk Pitches New Hires: 80 Hours, 'Zero' Compensation

The future Department of Government Efficiency is accepting applications, only on X

(Newser) - The upcoming government efficiency office to be run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy is hiring, and it appears the first expense they intend to save money on is their staff. The operation seeks "super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting,"...

Trump Confirms Roles for Musk, Ramaswamy

They will lead 'Department of Government Efficiency'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump said Tuesday that Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency"—which is not, despite the name, a government agency. The acronym "DOGE" is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin, the AP reports. Trump said in...

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