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Elon and Vivek share their plans to reduce the federal bureaucracy, Bitcoin’s price approaches $100,000, and a recent study offers an explanation for why it’s difficult to maintain weight loss

Watch All-In E205 Read our Deep Dive: Understanding Federal Agencies Caught My Eye… Elon and Vivek shared their plans to reduce the size and scope of the U.S. federal bureaucracy. Their plan focuses on five main areas. First, they aim to remove regulations that Congress never explicitly authorized, using recent Supreme Court decisions as legal backing. Second, they plan to cut the number of federal workers through workforce reductions, bypassing civil service protections by using existing "reduction in force" authorities rather than targeting specific employees. Third, they will stop…

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