In an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal, the heads of the new Department of Government Efficiency said taxpayers shouldn’t pay federal employees “for the Covid-era privilege of staying home.”

Donald Trump’s recently acquired buddy Elon Musk seems to have developed the idea of a sort of cartoon superhero agency designed to destroy the Deep State–or maybe it was just a joke, suggests Decrypt’s Liz Napolitano.

Vivek Ramaswamy, who's leading the new Department of Government Efficiency with Elon Musk, has a message to federal workers: "Come back five days a week from 8am to 6pm."Why it matters: Ramaswamy's comments,

Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead Trump's Department of Government Efficiency with Elon Musk. Learn more about his family, education, career and net worth.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will soon lead a new non-governmental agency that President-elect Donald Trump has tasked with stripping billions of dollars from the U.S. government. And these U.S. oligarchs will be explaining their efforts in a new podcast, according to a video posted by Ramaswamy late Wednesday.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire entrepreneurs recently bestowed government advisory jobs, said they have several ideas to drastically cut the federal workforce and budget through their newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).