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While Kamala Harris made history, Vivek Ramaswamy became a household name, and Usha Vance debuted to a tepid national audience, many everyday South Asian Americans were experiencing something altogether different. As these political leaders saw their profiles rise, everyday South Asian Americans experienced increased racism, with anti-South Asian posts online doubling over the campaign season, a new report found. Threats of violence against Asian Americans are up 17% from the baseline, and a vast majority of those threats were directed at South Asian Americans, the data revealed. Still, his Indian American identity has drawn fire. “South Asians, we don’t voice, we don’t make noise, we just silently are suffering,” she said.

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☆ Musk and Ramaswamy's ideas for DOGE and Mike Tyson and Jake Paul to fight: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

And Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will face off in a boxing match. The ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ won’t be an actual ‘department’ — or be inside the governmentElon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy. The two were tapped to lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” (or “DOGE,” a play on a cryptocurrency Musk has promoted). But DOGE isn’t a “department” like the Department of Education or the Department of Homeland Security. Trump said DOGE will “provide advice and guidance from outside of Government,” and Musk and Ramaswamy’s work will be completed by July 4, 2026.

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Despite its name, it won’t actually be a “department,” like the Department of Education or the Department of Homeland Security. “From the outside, will Musk and Ramaswamy be able to do a whole lot? During a late-October town hall on X, Musk suggested his ideal spending cuts could trigger economic pain for people. Democrats acknowledged they had little ability to prevent the Trump administration from enacting the changes Musk and Ramaswamy suggest. “In this second term in particular, President Trump has a better understanding of what needs to be done and how to do it,” Schatz said.

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☆ Why Elon Musk's push to cut federal waste might succeed where others failed
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to tame the federal government. Substantial changes to the federal budget would most likely require action from legislators, though Trump transition officials are reportedly looking for ways to short-circuit Congress' power over spending. AdvertisementPast presidents have tried to cut the federal budget with mixed successThe federal government isn't a business. AdvertisementClinton took another stab at cutting federal spending and improving government processes with his National Performance Review, which was led and staffed by federal employees instead of the private sector. AdvertisementSocial Security and Medicare are the two single biggest areas of federal spending, and changing them could be politically unpopular.

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☆ Peter Thiel says Elon Musk's embrace of Donald Trump helped other Silicon Valley leaders feel safe supporting him
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Peter Thiel attributed recent Trump support in Silicon Valley, in part, to Elon Musk's efforts. Thiel told journalist Bari Weiss that Musk provided "cover" for other tech leaders to support Trump. AdvertisementBillionaire Peter Thiel credited Elon Musk, in part, with helping other tech leaders feel comfortable publicly supporting President-elect Donald Trump. Weiss asked Thiel if the Tesla CEO was "the critical ingredient" that allowed other business leaders to feel safe endorsing the divisive president. Thiel characterized the feeling inside Silicon Valley as one of growing frustration toward "corporate governance" and "how ridiculous it's gotten to manage these ideologically deranged millennial employees."

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☆ Russians focus on Musk as they assess incoming Trump administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Sebastian Shukla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As US President-elect Donald Trump continues to make heads turn with nominations for key roles in his incoming administration, Russians are trying to understand the appointments and what impacts they might have for Moscow. Waltz also described Russia as “a gas station with nukes” in an interview with NPR on November 4. Asked about how they viewed the incoming administration and future relations between old adversaries, people were a little more divided. “Trump said that ‘I will do everything for America’, but he did not say a word about Russia,” Sergey told CNN. But I hope, that there will be a good agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

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☆ Jamie Dimon on not getting a job under Trump: 'I haven't had a boss in 25 years and I'm not about ready to start'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump sent a public message to Jamie Dimon, telling the CEO he would not be part of the Trump administration. Trump previously said he'd consider Dimon for the role of treasury secretary, then walked back the comment. AdvertisementJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has no hard feelings about not being part of President-elect Donald Trump's new administration. "I haven't had a boss in 25 years and I'm not about ready to start," he said on Thursday in response to being told Trump was not inviting him to be treasury secretary. "I have a lot of respect for Jamie Dimon," Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek published in July.

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☆ Elon Musk's Trump bump keeps growing
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementElon Musk's businesses are thriving from his relationship with Trump, boosting his net worth. Musk's AI startup xAI is raising $5 billion, while SpaceX plans a share tender offer, the FT reported. Elon Musk's businesses are booming and that appears to be at least in part the result of his deepening relationship to the now president-elect, Donald Trump. Musk's AI startup xAI is now raising $5 billion in funding, the Financial Times reported. Trump's granddaughter, Kai Trump, said Musk was "achieving uncle status" in an X post on Sunday.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, xAI, Musk, Kamala Harris, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Kai Trump Organizations: Elon, SpaceX, Financial Times, Trump, of Government Locations: Tesla

☆ Jamie Dimon says bankers are 'dancing in the street' because they expect Trump to cut red tape
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jamie Dimon says bankers are "dancing in the street" because they expect Donald Trump to cut regulations. President-elect Trump has tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with eliminating government waste. AdvertisementJamie Dimon says Wall Street is whooping with joy at the prospect of Donald Trump tearing up regulations and revitalizing the banking industry in his second term. AdvertisementExcessive regulation in the US is "a shame, and we're doing this to ourselves, and it's a mistake," Dimon said. The president-elect wrote that DOGE's goal would be to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."

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☆ Democratic senators call for probe into Musk's Russia calls: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, should be investigated by the Pentagon and law-enforcement agencies on national-security grounds, two senior Democratic senators said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday. Musk, who has been appointed to a senior government role by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, oversees billions of dollars in Pentagon and intelligence-community contracts as CEO of aerospace company SpaceX. Several Democratic lawmakers have publicly called for a probe into Musk's communications with Moscow since a Wall Street Journal report last month on the alleged contact, but the letter to the U.S. officials who could launch such an investigation has not been previously reported. SpaceX, Musk and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Pentagon and Justice Department did not immediately respond to similar requests.

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☆ Ron Baron sees Tesla worth $5 trillion in 10 years, says Musk eyeing $30 trillion value one day
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Tesla, I think, is going to be worth $3 [trillion] or $4 trillion — $5 trillion in 10 years, based upon the business plan that I am aware of. Then Elon believes that longer term it's going to be worth $30 trillion," Baron said Friday on CNBC's " Squawk Box ." TSLA ALL mountain Tesla Tesla is seen as a big beneficiary of promised Trump administration policies as Musk has this year been a prominent backer and donor to the president-elect. Shares of Tesla have surged about 25% in November during the postelection rally to return to a $1 trillion market cap. Baron said he will hold on to his Tesla shares for the long run.

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☆ Elon Musk's DOGE is looking for people to help cut government spending. But is he offering a real job? And is it paid?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DOGE hasn't answered questions about pay, or whether you need an X account to apply. AdvertisementMusk didn't respond to an email from BI, and the DOGE account didn't respond to a direct message. Representatives for Vivek Ramaswamy, who incoming President Trump tapped to co-lead DOGE alongside Musk, also didn't respond to a request for comment. DOGE's post on X asks prospective applicants to send their resumes via direct message to its X account. Still, a job seeker would need to have an X account — even if just a free one — to send a direct message to DOGE.

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☆ Elon Musk is looking for DOGE cuts. A GOP senator's list caught his eye.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Musk reposted on Wednesday a list of cuts from Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime critic of the federal budget. Elon Musk is on the hunt for federal spending to cut — and a Republican senator's list caught his eye. A prior report highlighted $50 million of US funding for Tunisia's tourism industry, meant to help it increase visitor numbers through 2026. AdvertisementThe 2023 report outlined a USDA study on whether Labrador fur color affects their body temperature, while the 2022 report highlighted a Cornell University study on social communication between parrots. But Musk has emphasized his desire to do identify wasteful spending in public, culminating in a leaderboard of spending deemed wasteful.

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☆ Memecoin gains will fade as crypto rally presses on. Look to these names instead, says Bank of America
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Memecoins have seen some of the biggest gains in the postelection crypto rally, but market leadership could soon flip to more "serious" tokens. "We don't expect the rally to resemble the '17 or '21 bull markets and would fade the rally for 99% of tokens in circulation with no intrinsic value," Shah said in a note this week. "We expect token prices to diverge in the near term as BTC and cash flow-generating tokens that power networks outperform meme tokens." "These tokens power blockchain operating systems, similar to Microsoft Windows, that enable developers to build applications like decentralized exchanges and Web3 platforms on top of them, creating networks with value." Avalanche's AVAX token has gained 36%, and the tokens tied to Uniswap and Polygon have gained 23% and 25%, respectively.

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☆ Argentina's Milei is a VIP at Mar-a-Lago as Trump, Musk embrace his attacks on government spending
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Michelle Caruso-Cabrera | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Milei also name checked another attendee in the gala crowd: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. A photo Milei posted in September shows Musk sporting a "dark MAGA" hat, Trump's campaign logo written in black on black. Photos from the Thursday gala posted on social media showed Musk, Milei and Trump together, all smiles. The announcement fulfilled Trump's campaign promise to give Musk a major role advising his administration on government spending. Since taking office last December, Milei has cut Argentina's federal spending by 32%, according to the Center for Argentine Political Economy (CEPA).

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☆ How Democrats can still flex power in Trump's Washington: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur examines the way Democrats can still exert some power in Donald Trump's Washington. How Democrats can still flex power in Trump’s WashingtonBy Sahil KapurRepublicans have won full control of Washington, but Democrats will retain two key levers of power to shape legislative outcomes in Donald Trump’s second term. That margin is slimming further as Trump plucks House members for administration jobs. The last two years showed how chaotic and dysfunctional this GOP-controlled House can be, even when the stakes are low. The Ethics Committee has jurisdiction over only sitting House members.

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☆ Elon Musk's new 'department' seeks 'super high-IQ' staff for unpaid jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting,” the so-called Department of Government Efficiency said in a post on X. Musk and Ramaswamy have called for sweeping changes such as mass layoffs and deep cuts to federal programs. On Wednesday, Musk called for cutting grant money to nonprofit groups. Thousands of people have been replying to the DOGE account on X, including with suggested spending cuts. The DOGE account said Thursday that it was grateful to people for expressing interest in helping and that now it needs full-time staff.

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WASHINGTON — A triumphant President-elect Donald Trump huddled with House Republicans before their leadership elections Wednesday and threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson, a key ally, as the GOP prepares for unified control of government next year. Trump, the 45th and future 47th president, got multiple standing ovations from rank-and-file Republicans at the meeting. After the event with Republicans, Trump headed to the White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said Trump's meeting with Republicans was less about specific policy proposals and more of a "rah-rah address." Even before Trump's endorsement, Republicans were expected to nominate Johnson to continue as speaker in the 119th Congress.

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☆ Elon Musk is hiring for DOGE. Here's what he's looking for.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementElon Musk wants you to help root out government waste — but only if you're really smart and willing to work 80 hours a week. Musk, who's standing up the Department of Government Efficiency — or DOGE, named after a cryptocurrency he's linked to — is looking for the top 1% of people interested in joining. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. Since his early days at Tesla, Musk has pushed the company's staff to work "super hardcore" — a management style he mirrored at Twitter, now X, after taking over the platform in 2022.

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☆ These Trump loyalists named to roles in the new administration once flocked to a courtroom for his criminal trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Four of the Trump loyalists who rallied behind him during the trial have already been tapped for roles in the president-elect's incoming administration. AdvertisementThose Trump allies include:JD Vance attended Trump's hush-money trial. AdvertisementGaetz was among an entourage of rank-and-file House Republicans who showed up at Trump's hush-money trial in support of the then-presidential hopeful. AdvertisementVivek Ramaswamy called Trump's hush-money trial "a politicized persecution" when he showed up at the courthouse. The congressman supported Trump in court during the hush-money trial on May 16.

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☆ These Trump loyalists flocked to the courtroom for his criminal trial this year. Now, they've been named in his new administration.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Various GOP figures showed up at the courtroom to support Donald Trump during his trial earlier this year. Four of the loyalists who rallied behind Trump during the trial have already been tapped for roles in his incoming administration. The Trump allies who supported him in court and have now been named to his administration are:JD Vance attended Trump's hush-money trial. Vivek Ramaswamy called Trump's hush-money trial "a politicized persecution" when he showed up at the courthouse. The congressman supported Trump in court during the hush-money trial on May 16.

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☆ Elon Musk's 'gamification' of government spending taps into our natural competitive instinct
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementIt was perhaps inevitable that Elon Musk — a tech titan and a prolific gamer — would try to turn government spending into a game. It's a natural move for Musk, who came up in the tech world in the early 2000s, as "gamification" took hold. "That's that kind of logic that you end up having if you're not really cautious about how it's designed." AdvertisementFor the government, that might hinge on what counts as waste and whether Musk's leaderboard can get people to agree. Otherwise, Hon said gamification might have short-term benefits but backfire in the long term as important, less-tangible factors are crowded out by overemphasizing one metric.

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☆ Elon Musk is a showman, not an accountant
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The merch will be 🔥🔥🔥”If you need more evidence of how silly this whole thing is, note (as many commentators did online) that the efficiency department is being overseen by two people. On the campaign trail last month, Musk was asked how much he thought he could cut from the nation’s $6.5 trillion budget. Musk would be lucky to find $200 billion in the federal budget, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday. Even Trump joked to House Republicans on Wednesday that he can’t get rid of Musk, a source in the room told CNN. And that means Musk himself, as Tesla’s largest individual shareholder, is $55 billion richer today than he was a week ago.

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☆ At Tesla, some are celebrating stock gains — others worry Elon will lose focus
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla employees are contending with a CEO whose list of commitments grows by the day. Most celebrated the company's surging stock price — it's up nearly 33% year to date — as Tesla stock makes up a significant share of most workers' compensation. Musk's growing list of commitmentsIn the runup to the election, Tesla CEO Elon Musk threw his money and influence behind Donald Trump. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 — Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) November 6, 2024Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk's brother and a Tesla board member, also appeared to celebrate the win. "On one hand, you want to celebrate the fact that the stock is up an insane amount," the employee said.

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☆ Elon Musk met with Iran’s United Nations envoy, NYT reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, the New York Times reported, citing two Iranian officials. CNN is reaching out to Musk and Trump’s transition team for comment. The reported meeting comes as experts speculate that the next four years could pose a significant test for Iran. Just last week, the day after the presidential election, Musk joined Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to two sources. Trump announced Tuesday that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.

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