Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.

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.

  • @[email protected]
    2•4 hours ago

    I’ll default to respecting people’s chosen names, but if they don’t offer that respect to others, they lose it from me.

    • Flying Squid
      3•3 hours ago

      So if a trans person doesn’t respect someone’s chosen name, you will deadname them? Doesn’t that make you no better than people like Haley?

      • @[email protected]
        3•2 hours ago

        Doesn’t the trans person not respecting someone’s chosen name make them no better than Haley?

        Decency is a social contract. I’ll default to being decent to others, but if they’re not decent to those around them, I feel no qualms with being similarly indecent to them. The difference is that I only do that in response to their indecency and will happily stop if they start being decent. This is no different from the paradox of tolerance.

            • Flying Squid
              1•1 hour ago

              Is that a yes or a no? And please explain why. Insults are not answers.

              • @[email protected]
                1•1 hour ago

                Wasn’t me you were asking. I have a few trans friends and I try to use the correct name but when you have known and lived with them for close to ten years sometimes I mess up lol.

                What is dead naming again? Calling them the wrong name intentionally as an insult?