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February 25, 2025
Yglesias' First Bad Permitting Argument: NEPA Is Hurting the Green Transition
This is the first installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.
February 25, 2025
Yglesias' Second Bad Permitting Argument: Permitting Reform Would Help Renewables More Than Fossil Fuels
This is the second installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.
February 25, 2025
Yglesias' Third Bad Permitting Argument: Expanding Clean Energy Is More Important Than Curtailing Dirty Energy
This is the third installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.
February 25, 2025
Yglesias' Fourth Bad Permitting Argument: Blocking Pipelines Is Bad Because LNG Exports Are Good for the Climate
This is the fourth installment in a four-part series critiquing Matt Yglesias’ support for deregulating the permitting process.
February 21, 2025
DOGE Agent: Marc Andreessen
Musk Connections: Firm invested in SpaceX, xAI, and $400 million in Musk’s X (formerly Twitter)
Other Corporate Affiliations: Co-Founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
DOGE Deployment: Unofficial advisor
February 21, 2025
DOGE Agent: Jeremy Lewin
Musk Connections: Lawyer at Munger, Tolles & Olson, which has represented Tesla
Other Corporate Affiliations: Worked at investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey
DOGE Deployment: Head of team at USAID, assigned to General Services Administration and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
February 21, 2025
DOGE Agent: Chris Young
Musk Connections: Director and Treasurer of America PAC
Other Corporate Affiliations: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
DOGE Deployments: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
February 21, 2025
DOGE Agent: Nikhil Rajpal
Musk Connections: Former Twitter and Tesla Engineer
DOGE Deployments: Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
February 20, 2025
Let’s Disavow The Myth of Government Efficiency
In a recent episode of Pod Save America, the hosts argued there was a “right” and “wrong” way to reduce the size of the federal government. We wholeheartedly disagree with that perspective. What the Trump administration is doing is indeed incredibly destructive and “wrong” and ostensibly center, center left and left wing voices need to push back against the idea that there’s a “right” way to slash the federal budget and workforce. We should be pushing for more resources for non-defense agencies, not less.
February 20, 2025
DOGE Agent: Tom Krause
Musk Connections: Silicon Valley CEO who has been described as a “Musk ally”
Other Corporate Affiliations: CEO of Cloud Software Group; President of Broadcom Software
DOGE Deployment: Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
February 20, 2025
DOGE Agent: Jordan Wick
Corporate Affiliations: Software engineer at Waymo; Founder of start-up Intercept
DOGE Deployment: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
February 20, 2025
DOGE Agent: Gavin Kliger
Corporate Affiliations: Engineer at Databricks
DOGE Deployment: Internal Revenue Service; Office of Personnel Management; General Services Administration; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; USAID
February 20, 2025
DOGE Agent: Luke Farritor
Musk Connections: Intern at SpaceX; Intern at Starlink
Other Corporate Affiliations: Thiel Fellow
DOGE Deployment: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; State Department; USAID; General Services Administration; Education Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Energy Department
February 19, 2025
We Will Have to Fight Together Against Attacks on the Balance of Power
We and a wide array of allies are trying to make the chaos of DOGE intelligible to the people who have the most to fear from its pro-corporate reign of terror.
February 14, 2025
Elon Musk Didn’t Start Flouting The Law With DOGE.
Elon Musk is ignoring laws he doesn’t like at DOGE. This is a strategy he learned from the world of business.