Elon Musk’s joining with Donald Trump is going to prove to be one of the greatest things ever to happen to this country. The enormity of this can be measured in democrat discomfort, whining and umbrage.
Speaker Mike Johnson promised us that there would no last minute piled on continuing resolution as in the past and it would be clean. But here it is.
1547 pages, when it should have been around 50 pages. It was unceremoniously dumped in the laps of House members on Wednesday, and they were expected to read it all and vote by Friday. I asked Grok who wrote it, and this is the response:
The most recent Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded was primarily drafted by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), according to information from the web. However, it’s worth noting that legislative drafting often involves a team effort, so while Rep. Cole is credited with the writing, the process likely included contributions from various staff members and possibly other legislators or aides.
Posts on X suggest that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was also involved in drafting the CR, with some users expressing strong opinions about his role. These posts, however, come from individual accounts and might reflect personal or political biases rather than factual accounts of the legislative process.
If you didn’t know, you’d think for sure it was written by Hakeem Jeffries and Dan Goldman. Seeing what’s in it, and there is lots to hate. You would without a doubt think that Jeffries held a gun to the heads of Cole and Johnson. To me, the worst of this monstrosity are 3. building 12 new biolabs (because we have learned nothing), 2. the 40% raises for Congress and #1 with a bullet, legal protection from any coming Trump era investigations. It’s a democrat’s wet dream.
Conservatives on X exploded. Elon Musk dryly said that he would bankroll all primaries against any Republicans voting for this thing. democrats did not take it well.
The lightweight Maxwell Frost:
“And just like that, Republican Unelected Co-President Elon Musk has killed the bill to keep the government from shutting down on Friday. All he had to do was make a few social media posts.” “Trump said he’d empower working people, all he’s done is empower the ultra wealthy.”
“We know who caused it. We had a deal. We negotiated a deal. And then Musk decided to change the deal. Do I call him President Musk?”
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Dem Sean Casten, eager to display his intellectual deficit, whined about “two unelected billionaires” running the government
Democrat Congressman says two unelected billionaires are holding the government hostage.
Even Jake Tapper had to correct this fool. pic.twitter.com/zdLo5Cn8Mo
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Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT), whose mouth is always far ahead of his brain, had to ante in:
“Why did we all of a sudden decide to take @elonmusk‘s government efficiency task force seriously? I don’t think enough Democrats are sounding the red alert. It’s not normal. We have to start telegraphing that to people.”
They and their Republican colleagues out of sorts because they’re not going get their raise nor will they get the other garbage. Musk has their nuts in a vise.
And Hillary Clinton, of course.
Worst take of the day
None of them get it, or perhaps they don’t want to get it. DOGE was part of Trump’s campaign. He had promised that Musk and Ramaswamy would look to reduce wasteful government spending. With Biden being declared brain dead Trump has been the de facto President since Nov 5.
Applebaum is obvious intentionally mendacious. This was no routine bill and Musk didn’t stop anything. GOP congressmen are free to do as they want.
So is Musk.
There are no conservatives I know who want this piece of crap bill passed. Normally what happens in these instances is that a lot of complaining and handwringing by House and Senate members and then they pass the bill saying that there was no other choice.
Not this time.
If you haven’t already figured it out, no one is representing you. They listen to you (maybe), nod their heads and the vote for their personal best interests. There was never enough firepower to overcome this selfishness. Now there is.
Musk is the Superconstituent.
He has the money and the clout to make them pay attention. This old tale explains it well.
A farmer was enormously proud of his mule and constantly bragged to his neighbors how obedient it was. “All you have do is ask politely, and it will do whatever you want.”
Having heard this before, one of his neighbors was having nothing of it this time. “All mules are stubborn,” he said, ” and I don’t believe yours is any different.”
“But my mule is different,” said the farmer. “It’s well-behaved, and all you have to do is ask nicely and it will do whatever you want.”
“I still don’t believe you,” the neighbor retorted. “Show me.”
So the farmer took him out to the barn, and there in a stall at the back was the mule. Just as they walked up to it, the farmer leaned down, picked up a two-by-four, and smacked the mule over the head.
Stunned, his neighbor asked, “What are you doing? I thought you said your mule was obedient and would do whatever you asked?”
“Ah, yes,” the farmer answered, “but you’ve got to get its attention first.
Musk has a megaphone and that financial two-by-four, and he has their attention. He’s doing the job the GOP won’t. He’s representing US.
We could do away with all Republicans in Congress and just let Elon speak for us. After countless years of democrat billionaires rendering and trying to destroy it (Geroge and Alex Soros, Hoffman, Melinda Gates, Reed Hastings) Elon is a desperately needed breath of fresh air. And you know he will stand for Truth, Justice and the American Way.
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Except for liberals being foolish.
Thune “dumping” on musk tells me Musk is a great American. I’ve loved America >80 years. Still love America; and law abiding, hard working Americans.
Criminal Aliens I hate; OPERATION WETBACK was a blessing for my family and our friends!
All Elon Musk did was promise to back primarying out every republican who votes for this pork-laden monstrosity.
That’s quite a bit different from George Soros actually running local DAs and state Atty Gens who would tear this country apart.
It’s going to take years to undo the damage that one billionaire is doing.
Yeah, funny how billionaires only became dangerous when they projected the will of the people, as opposed to putting criminals on our streets
All Musk did was expose them, it was the absolute explosion of American SM voices that turned the worm. This couldnt have happened before he bought twitter, as the Government decided what could trend.
Go ahead.
Call them “Superconstituents.”
This is why super-rich people are getting Trump’s top spots: They can’t be bought or blackmailed.
OTOH, regular folks like Nora Vargas just got taken out by the Mexican drug cartels.
San Diego County Supervisor and board chair Nora Vargas got her name in the news for putting out a proposal to turn San Diego into a “super-sanctuary” city by protecting illegally present criminals from deportation no matter what they did.
The incoming Trump Admin pointed out that this is unconstitutional and ICE would come into San Diego County and remove illegals.
Less that 2 weeks later she suddenly resigned!
Due to personal safety and security reasons, I will not take the oath of office for a second term,” she said, without providing details.