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The 199 Most Elon Musk Things Elon Musk Has Ever Said (Politico)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/24/2025 - 10:21What DOGE actually is now
When President Trump finally issued his executive order formalizing the Department of Government Efficiency, its scope—or lack thereof—took Washington by surprise. While Elon Musk and now-departed DOGE co-founder Vivek Ramaswamy
Why Trump’s AI plan just caused a billionaire slapfight (Politico)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 17:45Two titans explain why Silicon Valley veered right
The jarring prominence of tech CEOs at President Donald Trump’s inauguration—positioned, as many noted, in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks—represents a massive sea change in American business and its cultural politics. The tech world’s turn to the right post-election has captivated anyone who watched these companies serve as a GOP punching bag for the past several years. There are plenty of good business reasons for any billionaire to want
Trump’s digital populism takes the stage
As Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States, there was a jarring contrast hovering over the proceedings—between his populist style, embodied by his flurry of action to save TikTok, and the massive government apparatus of which he took control. The TikTok drama represents the crash of two powerful strains in American public life, a conflict that President Trump has a flair for capitalizing on and even encouraging.
Trump’s Nominees Falsely Say I’m Censoring Conservatives—So They Want to Censor Me
The Washington Post recently published an article detailing how NewsGuard, whose journalists rate the reliability of news sources, has become the target of incoming Trump administration regulators and far-right Republicans in Congress.