Summary

Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump, is expected to step down to launch a campaign for Ohio governor.

Sources report friction between Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and incoming DOGE staff, with Musk’s team criticizing his lack of participation and subtly encouraging his exit.

“Vivek has worn out his welcome,” one Trump associate said.

DOGE, a task force to streamline federal bureaucracy, is not a formal agency.

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    He’s running for governor of Ohio. God damn that poor fucking state. I mean really I know they deserve it to some extent cuz they keep voting for these people, but they have just some of the worst most soul-crushing politicians the last 30 years I’ve ever seen

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    Efficient as hell: first day of the regime and we’ve made it so s department doesn’t have two guys running it

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      I don’t know, Bobby Jindal got elected and so did Nikki Haley.

      Of course, they changed their names to something that sounded less exotic to American ears.

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          If he does, I’m fine with it. It’s just a name. Let people be called by the names they want to be called unless they’re unreasonably long or very difficult for anyone in pretty much any language to pronounce.

          I won’t call you Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged, but if you want me to call you Wowbagger, why not? I just don’t see the issue with anyone going with a name they weren’t born with other than the two things I just said.

          If he wants to be called Vinny, I’ll call him Vinny.

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    Two people can’t run the same bureau.

    You’d think there would be some government agency whose purpose it is to identify redundancies like that…

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      No no, think about it. One guy does the daily operations. The other does big picture stuff. Co-managing. I saw a documentary about it. It’s genius.

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    Great, let’s just leave it all up to Elon. What could possibly go wrong?

    The only thing worse than 2 billionaires leading an unregulated government entity is a single billionaire leading it. Giving Elon completely unchecked power.

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    Seems like it’s Indians turn to experience the “scary minority” moment after Latin Americans and Muslims.

    firsttime?.meme

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    Good news: Russian Apologist and certified Idiot Ramaswarmy loses his Job Bad news: Elon isnt going anywhere