"The yet-to-be-created entity's acronym, DOGE, is something of a joke—a reference to a cryptocurrency named for an internet meme involving a Shiba Inu. But its appointed task of reorganizing the federal bureaucracy and slashing its spending heralds a new political arrangement in Washington: a broligarchy, in which tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates, some of whom appear indifferent or even overtly hostile to democratic tradition."
"The broligarchs' ranks also include the PayPal and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel—Vice President-Elect J. D. Vance's mentor, former employer, and primary financial backer—as well as venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, both of whom added millions of dollars to Trump's campaign."
"Musk joined Trump in welcoming Argentine President Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago and, according to The New York Times, met privately in New York with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to 'defuse tensions' between that country and the United States."
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