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November 19, 2024
Matt Ford
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Should Eliminate Itself
The vanity agency the billionaire oligarch is getting from Trump probably won’t accomplish much beyond giving him and partner Vivek Ramaswamy more of what they desperately crave—attention.
November 18, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Plans for Government Efficiency Keep Getting More Extreme
Vivek Ramaswamy is preparing to go further than even Project 2025.
November 6, 2024
Malcolm Ferguson
Elon Musk Is Already Making Bank off Trump’s Win
The world’s richest man just got even richer.

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