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Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Musk vs Trump: Did Vivek Ramaswamy 'Doge' a bullet by getting out in time?
In Washington's latest episode of Tech Titans vs MAGA Caesar, D onald Trump has turned on Elon Musk —his former bromantic partner-in-disruption, SpaceX messiah, and self-appointed guardian of Western civilisation. The trigger? Musk labelled Trump's much-hyped One Big Beautiful Bill 'a disgusting abomination' and warned that America was hurtling toward 'debt slavery. ' Trump, never one to take offence lightly—or privately—responded with a MAGA-flavoured blitzkrieg. Contracts for Musk's companies? At risk. His reputation in conservative circles? Torched. 'Just another whiny billionaire,' Trump sneered, 'who forgot who made him matter.' As the Trump-Musk bromance dissolves faster than a Tesla on Autopilot in Washington traffic, one man watches the fireworks from a safe, well-lit distance—sipping Perrier, adjusting his campaign blazer, and thanking his stars he got out early, having clearly absorbed Sun Tzu's timeless wisdom: 'The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.'—Vivek Ramaswamy. Once the philosophical darling of the new right, Ramaswamy was handed a shiny new toy in Trump's second term—DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. A meme-ified federal Frankenstein, DOGE was Trump's idea of bureaucratic reform through Silicon Valley swagger. Musk was the co-head. Vivek was the 'sane one.' Together, they were meant to revolutionise Washington. Or at least yell at it until it agreed to be disrupted. But like any startup built on vibes and vague mission statements, DOGE began to implode before it launched. Musk wanted to fire half of Washington via app. Trump wanted press conferences with golden eagles and fog machines. And Vivek? Vivek quietly disappeared. Officially, he left to run for Ohio governor. Unofficially, insiders suggest he saw the writing on the Twitter wall —that DOGE was less a reform movement and more a digital kamikaze mission, powered by ego, caffeine, and libertarian hallucinations. And now, in hindsight, his exit looks less like a career pivot and more like a Sun Tzu manoeuvre. Because while Musk is now battling Trump, Congress, and his own booster-fuelled paranoia, Ramaswamy is free to reinvent himself as a centrist tech-whisperer in the Rust Belt. MAGA enough to get the base. Moderate enough to avoid the madness. Except MAGA, like any self-devouring revolution, doesn't forget. Or forgive. Since stepping away from DOGE and softening his Trumpian rhetoric, Ramaswamy has found himself in the crosshairs of the same base that once anointed him their biotech Brahmin. Hardcore influencers have branded him a traitor. Conservative meme accounts now photoshop him next to Liz Cheney. And in the subterranean rage economy of right-wing internet culture, he's been rebranded from 'America First entrepreneur' to 'globalist plant with a Harvard tongue. ' The irony? The same mob now grilling Ramaswamy for 'disloyalty' is turning on Musk for 'disrespect.' In MAGAland, loyalty is a zero-sum blood sport, and the only acceptable exit is the one through public execution. DOGE, predictably, has become a political punchline. It was doomed from conception—run like a Reddit thread, branded like a crypto coin, and staffed by men who confuse spreadsheets with scripture. The only surprising thing is how quickly it crashed. Musk thought he could out-Trump Trump. But in MAGA-land, there can only be one sun god—and he's orange, not emerald-mined. Ramaswamy, to his credit, didn't wait around to become collateral damage. He understood what Musk didn't: that proximity to Trump is radioactive. Stay too long and you mutate. Get out early and you might just survive. The result? Musk is in political freefall. Trump is in attack mode. And Ramaswamy? He's in Ohio, sipping Perrier and talking about 'innovation in public policy'—while ducking MAGA Twitter grenades and hoping they forget he ever existed. Call it foresight. Call it cowardice. Or just call it good political hygiene. Because as Sun Tzu said—he will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. And in the dystopian sitcom that is American politics, that makes Vivek Ramaswamy the guy who ghosted the group chat before the firestorm—and lived to run another episode.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
STEM event at UNCC in jeopardy due to federal funding cuts
The fate of a STEM event in Charlotte is in jeopardy due to federal funding cuts. A company promised the organization money and now they're afraid the Department of Defense might take it away. Channel 9′s Eli Brand spoke with Miracle Parker, a local student who has been part of the Tech Titans program at UNC Charlotte since it started in 2021. ALSO READ: Legislation could bring whole milk back to schools after 10-year ban Parker told Channel 9′s Eli Brand, 'It actually made me really happy. Changed my life, you know?' The program teaches kids skills in technology and engineering that prepare them for their future. A new Tech Titans spring break event has been planned for next week at UNC Charlotte for months. But the founder of the organization putting it on said it's now in jeopardy. 'The quality of the program, it will be affected somewhat based on the pieces that we're used to that we no longer have,' said Patrina Reddick, co-founder of PIMOSH – the organization that started Tech Titans. Reddick said last week, she received a call from one of their partners, a company called Hill Park Engineering saying they wouldn't be able to send the money they promised. Hill Park said they get much of their funding from a contract with the Department of Defense. They said that money is currently frozen as they wait to see how much could be cut by the Trump administration in the coming months. 'I can't go back to them and say, 'oh no, we did all of this work for nothing,'' Reddick said. She said other sources are also unable to help the program with tuition and transportation for their McKinney-Vento students who attend. Reddick said losing all of that money is a huge issue but she plans to hold the event anyway. ALSO READ: Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing UNC Charlotte has donated space at the Cone University Center for free for Tech Titans to use. Now, Reddick said they need help with transportation, technology to gift to students, and speakers to help educate. Parker and her father, Nathan, said the program makes a huge difference and needs to continue: 'The kids are our future.' Echoing her father's sentiments, Miracle added, 'I used to be shy about meeting new people but now I'm able to not be shy about meeting different people.' Hill Park Engineering said they'll definitely fund future Tech Titans events if their federal contract money is secured. If you would like to help Tech Titans with donations for their upcoming conference, you can email tech-titans@ WATCH BELOW: Bill aims to standardize notifications over school threats in NC
Telegraph
14-02-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Lord's Hundred franchise weigh up egg-and-bacon kit colours
The Lord's Hundred franchise could change its name and take to the field in Marylebone Cricket Club's egg-and-bacon colours as the side enters into a new era. England used to tour abroad sporting the instantly recognisable red and yellow of MCC on their whites until the winter of 1996-97, and now the same colours could be sported by a side in the newest format of the sport. The Hundred teams have been sold off in a series of auctions earlier this month at a £975 million valuation and will bring an initial £520 million into the game, although the deals are not yet fully complete. All that has been bought so far is an eight-week exclusivity window between the buyers and the host venues. On Friday, MCC emailed all of their members with details of the sale of 49 per cent of the Lord's Hundred franchise to the Silicon Valley consortium, dubbed the 'Tech Titans', for upwards of £145 million or officially Cricket Investor Holdings Limited. London Spirit were valued at £295 million in the auction, with the remaining 51 per cent belonging, at least for the foreseeable future, to MCC. In a letter to all of its members, MCC chair Mark Nicholas said both the club and the Tech Titans have 'maintained an open mind on whether or not to continue with the London Spirit name'. He added: 'There are advantages in using the name of the Club, MCC; the name of the Ground, Lord's; and the name of our home city, London; the latter may give us the greatest traction as we look to grow the franchise and its brand. 'Team colours have also been the subject of discussion and we are leaning towards using MCC colours in the livery.' Such decisions would require approval from the England and Wales Cricket Board. The MCC also did not rule out the prospect of a future sale of the organisation's 51 per cent stake in the side. 'We are committed to retaining MCC's 51 per cent stake for the time being but, as noted in the SGM papers, we will keep under review whether and if so, when, to sell some, or all, of this stake,' the letter said. However, if the committee decided to make any further sale it would be the 'intention' to seek the members' approval, which would be expected to happen 'through a formal process'. MCC being part of the Lord's-based franchise was something that attracted the Silicon Valley consortium, according to the club. Any alterations to names or team kit is not expected to take place until 2026, with the ECB viewing the 2025 edition of the tournament as a transitional season.
