DOGE NEWS

[wing2000]

Re the recent departure.....

‘DOGE’ revamp empowers Musk as frictions spur Ramaswamy’s exit​

"The DOGE co-leaders laid out their original vision in a joint November op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, written by Ramaswamy, that specified “three major kinds of reform: regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions and cost savings.” The piece was a road map to using the courts and policy measures to dismantle the administrative state. By contrast, the executive order announced Monday embodied Musk’s vision, focused heavily on technology and an effort to change the government from within that was at the heart of the philosophical rift between them. Trump’s Day 1 actions Monday did not include executive orders that had been drafted by Ramaswamy’s team within DOGE.
Musk and a representative for Ramaswamy did not immediately respond to a request for comment; nor did a DOGE official.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/21/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge/

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Re the recent departure.....

‘DOGE’ revamp empowers Musk as frictions spur Ramaswamy’s exit​

"The DOGE co-leaders laid out their original vision in a joint November op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, written by Ramaswamy, that specified “three major kinds of reform: regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions and cost savings.” The piece was a road map to using the courts and policy measures to dismantle the administrative state. By contrast, the executive order announced Monday embodied Musk’s vision, focused heavily on technology and an effort to change the government from within that was at the heart of the philosophical rift between them. Trump’s Day 1 actions Monday did not include executive orders that had been drafted by Ramaswamy’s team within DOGE.
Musk and a representative for Ramaswamy did not immediately respond to a request for comment; nor did a DOGE official.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/21/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge/

I guess the department is doing well so far. They increased the efficiency of one agency by 200% by cutting management by 50% right off the bat!

 

[essentialsaltes]

Senator Warren offers to DOGE a list of suggested cuts totalling $2 trillion.

(I shoulda edited the title before. I knew it was gonna cause problems.)

 

[iluvatar5150]

Senator Warren suggests $2 trillion in cuts to DOGE.

Based on the headline, I was expecting this to be her trolling by suggesting $2T worth of cuts to DOGE itself, which would've been kind of funny. But it's actually serious. I suppose we'll see how many of her recommendations they'll take up vs just firing a bunch of government employees and trying to cut services to poor people.

 

[essentialsaltes]

DOGE staffer who accessed Treasury Department payment systems resigns after racist posts exposed​

Marko Elez, 25, who worked for a number of companies run by Elon Musk and was part of the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force engaged in dismantling federal offices, resigned Thursday, a White House official told The Hill.

Elez’s racist, now-deleted social media posts were uncovered and first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

“Normalize Indian hate,” the account associated with Elez posted in September, regarding people of Indian ethnicity who work in the U.S. tech sector, the Journal reported.

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After Vivek got pushed out for promoting Indian visa holders for tech jobs over mediocre Americans, Marko probably thought he was a perfect fit for DOGE.

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Per Daily Beast, another Elez hot take from his X (naturally) account: “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

DOGE staffer who accessed Treasury Department payment systems resigns after racist posts exposed​

Marko Elez, 25, who worked for a number of companies run by Elon Musk and was part of the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force engaged in dismantling federal offices, resigned Thursday, a White House official told The Hill.

Elez’s racist, now-deleted social media posts were uncovered and first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

“Normalize Indian hate,” the account associated with Elez posted in September, regarding people of Indian ethnicity who work in the U.S. tech sector, the Journal reported.

--

After Vivek got pushed out for promoting Indian visa holders for tech jobs over mediocre Americans, Marko probably thought he was a perfect fit for DOGE.

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Per Daily Beast, another Elez hot take from his X (naturally) account: “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”

"They're not sending their best."

 

[Nithavela]

DOGE staffer who accessed Treasury Department payment systems resigns after racist posts exposed​

Marko Elez, 25, who worked for a number of companies run by Elon Musk and was part of the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force engaged in dismantling federal offices, resigned Thursday, a White House official told The Hill.

Elez’s racist, now-deleted social media posts were uncovered and first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

“Normalize Indian hate,” the account associated with Elez posted in September, regarding people of Indian ethnicity who work in the U.S. tech sector, the Journal reported.

--

After Vivek got pushed out for promoting Indian visa holders for tech jobs over mediocre Americans, Marko probably thought he was a perfect fit for DOGE.

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Per Daily Beast, another Elez hot take from his X (naturally) account: “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”

 

[essentialsaltes]

DOGE staffer who accessed Treasury Department payment systems resigns after racist posts exposed​

Democracy in action:

 

[iluvatar5150]

Democracy in action:
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Why is it that every time I give somebody in the MAGA universe the benefit of the doubt, I'm inevitably proven wrong? I started a thread a few weeks ago about Musk's "nazi salute", which I thought was mostly dumb/funny and not indicative of anything deeper. Then I was reminded (outside CF) about his myriad rehashing of anti-semitic comments and flirtations with far-right European parties. Now this.

Maybe he is just okay with people being racist.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Maybe he is just okay with people being racist.

He and others appear to be promoting Uniformity, Inequity and Exclusion policies.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Maybe he is just okay with people being racist.

Guess who else?

Truly, it is the fault of the press for bringing these facts to the attention of the public.

 

[Pommer]

Guess who else?

Truly, it is the fault of the press for bringing these facts to the attention of the public.

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The party of “personal responsibility” 30 years on…

 

[essentialsaltes]

The party of “personal responsibility” 30 years on…

Whaddya suppose Usha thinks of "Normalize Indian hate"?

 

[Pommer]

Whaddya suppose Usha thinks of "Normalize Indian hate"?

I ain’t gotta clue but these were months ago!
People grow and change!

 

[essentialsaltes]

I ain’t gotta clue but these were months ago!
People grow and change!

Who among us hasn't called for the destruction of Israel in our callow youth?

We need more people with novel ideas about the Middle East in government, not fewer. What we've tried so far just isn't working!

 

[essentialsaltes]

Musk to rehire Doge aide who resigned over racist posts​

Making Racism Normalized Again

 

[Nithavela]

Musk to rehire Doge aide who resigned over racist posts​

Making Racism Normalized Again

 

[DaisyDay]

Marko Elez bragged that he was racist before it was cool to be racist.

Is this where we are now?

 

[Nithavela]

Marko Elez bragged that he was racist before it was cool to be racist.

Is this where we are now?

You don't have to be a racist to make it under Trump, but it helps.

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[essentialsaltes]

Rumblings in the technosphere that another DOGE padawan, Edward Coristine, is linked to cybercriminals, soliciting DDoS attacks, Russian registered-domains...