Showing posts with label Ramaswamy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ramaswamy. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Elon Musk Says Regulations Should Be 'Default Gone' | HuffPost Latest News
Federal regulations, which are enforced by the executive branch agencies, govern everything from pollutants to construction safety to banking requirements. Musk, the world's wealthiest man and a key player in several industries, would benefit immensely from the ability to pick and choose which regulations to follow…
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
DOGE hit with three FACA suits as Trump admin starts
The plaintiffs each claim DOGE is covered by FACA, which mandates federal advisory committees meet transparency requirements like having a charter, fairly balanced membership and a designated federal officer to call meetings. "DOGE's stacked membership, far from being fairly balanced, reveals that only one viewpoint is represented: that of 'small-government crusaders' with backgrounds in either the tech industry or Republican politics. This shortcoming renders DOGE's membership imbalanced and unfit for the function is has been directed to perform," the National Security Counselors's lawsuit states…
Vivek Ramaswamy to leave DOGE and launch a run for Ohio governor
His decision to leave DOGE will leave the group in the hands of Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and owner of X…
Monday, January 6, 2025
Oil and Gas Subsidies Are Another Lie Detector Test for the DOGE Bros – Mother Jones
One major tax break allows companies to deduct most of the cost of drilling new oil and gas wells. The Joint Committee on Taxation, a nonpartisan panel of Congress, estimates that repealing this "intangible drilling costs" provision could bring an additional $6 billion in revenue by 2032. Another—the percentage depletion tax break—allows independent producers to recover development costs of declining oil, gas, and coal reserves and has been on the books since 1926. Eliminating it could generate an additional $7.3 billion…
"They don't touch on hidden subsidies," said Jacobson. "The biggest subsidy is allowing these companies to freeload off our health." …
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Elon is Finding Out + Charlie Kirk Says Jesus Was Not a Refugee (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
In this episode, Brad discusses the recent social media clash involving Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Laura Loomer, shedding light on tensions within the MAGA community. He examines the implications of Musk’s influence, Trump’s cognitive decline, and potential policy changes under another Trump term, and the episode wraps up with thoughts on Charlie Kirk’s comments about Jesus and a reflection on the challenges and hopes for the upcoming year.
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Thursday, December 5, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy: Firing federal workers will be good for them
He said that because cutting the size of the workforce is not about cost-cutting, it gives DOGE "a lot of latitude" to treat federal employees and their families "in a respectful way, in a way that doesn't leave them in a lurch, it might even be by private sector standards, generous in transitioning." …
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Trump, DOGE would make a huge mistake waging war on remote work
Ramaswamy's proposal also dismisses the documented success of remote work in the federal sector. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telework allowed agencies to maintain productivity while reducing overhead costs associated with maintaining fully staffed physical offices, according to OMB's findings. This transition proved that flexible work arrangements could sustain and even enhance operational efficiency…
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Response To Marjorie Taylor Greene’s New Gig | HuffPost Latest News
"This is good, actually. She barely shows up and doesn't do the reading. To borrow a phrase I saw elsewhere, it's like giving someone an unplugged controller."
Musk and Ramaswamy call for ending work-from-home for federal employees
Around 50% of federal government workers are not eligible for telework, according to a report released earlier this year from the Office of Management and Budget. Those who are eligible for telework, spent 60% of regular working hours at in-person job sites.
"These numbers indicate that the Federal workforce has telework rates generally in line with the private sector," the report said...
Friday, November 22, 2024
Musk and Ramaswamy lay out a horrifying plan for American austerity
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Wall Street Journal op-ed about slashing government programs borrows from an Argentinian plan that caused a massive spike in poverty...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Trump selects Elon Musk to lead government efficiency department | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Musk and ex-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head up Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)…
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy uses stake to demand staff cuts and conservative hires
In his response to Ramaswamy, Peretti agreed that BuzzFeed was undervalued, but rejected the proposed solutions. "I'm very skeptical it makes business sense to turn BuzzFeed into a creator platform for inflammatory political pundits," he replied. "And we're definitely not going to issue an apology for our Pulitzer prize-winning journalism."…
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
NBC hosts a GOP debate — and its right-wing misinformation - The Washington Post
…In other words, it is true that a terrorist could come across the border into the United States. Claims that terrorists have done so, though, depend on those watch-list numbers which, like the amount of fentanyl seized, are a measure of people stopped at the border, not ones allowed into the United States. And if someone planning to attack the United States crosses into the country legally with a visa (as has happened), that has nothing to do with the border's porousness.
On Wednesday night, though, none of that context was presented to those watching the debates. They just heard "terrorists are coming over the border."
They heard a lot of other stuff, too. Ramaswamy, in particular, was a conduit of unchecked nonsense…
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to trigger mass layoffs at federal agencies — and he thinks the Supreme Court will back him up
On Monday, Christie called Ramaswamy's idea to eliminate the FBI "one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard," citing anti-terrorism efforts the bureau has undertaken in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"Don't throw that out for a sound bite at a debate to make yourself sound like you're really smart and aggressive when you're really shallow and only 38 years old," Christie said at an event in New Hampshire.
Ramaswamy Says He Would Fire 75 Percent of the Federal Work Force if Elected - The New York Times
…"totally ignoring the Constitution," which mandates that the U.S. Congress create the government departments and agencies that the president then supervises…
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Weekly Roundup: Back to (Destroy) School (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
How does a racially fueled tragedy tie into the policies of a state governor? And what sinister patterns can we uncover when we trace the origins of the ‘lone gunman’ phenomenon? Brad and Dan investigate the chilling Jacksonville shootings, the disturbing racial motivations behind the crime, and the ways these events echo the policies of Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis. .
We then shift our focus to the Christian homeschooling movement, helmed by Michael Farris, and its possible impact on public education. Discover how a group of devout millionaires are bent on uprooting the education system, alleging that schools teaching about gender identity and race are unconstitutional.
Finally, we wade into the murky intersection of Christian and Hindu nationalism, and the ways Vivek Ramaswamy is transposing the latter onto the former.
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We then shift our focus to the Christian homeschooling movement, helmed by Michael Farris, and its possible impact on public education. Discover how a group of devout millionaires are bent on uprooting the education system, alleging that schools teaching about gender identity and race are unconstitutional.
Finally, we wade into the murky intersection of Christian and Hindu nationalism, and the ways Vivek Ramaswamy is transposing the latter onto the former.
Interview:
Sunday, August 27, 2023
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