Yet another GOP shutdown?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely fascinating to see how an unelected rich South African can simply shut down the US government with a few tweets. And I marvel at how enthusiastic Republicans are in their devotion to this rich South African. In Congress, Republicans are tripping over themselves to give this wealthy foreigner more and more power. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Maybe Rasputin in 1917?

Please, explain how the tweets did anything?

Elon has 200 million twitter followers, a big chunk of whom are MAGA types. Yesterday, Elon began tweeting incessantly for hours complaining about the CR, describing it as "criminal," and threatening to primary any republican who voted for it. He also urged his followers to contact their reps and demand they vote against the CR. He tweeted at least 50-100 times about it over the course of a few hours.

And? Why is this an issue? If the public doesn't like the CR they should contact their reps. I believe the democrats call this democracy and the nice thing is this all happened in the public view. Not sure what the issue is...

I get the impulse to see yesterday's events in that way. In simple terms, Elon Musk raised awareness of an issue and members of the voting public communicated their thoughts on that issue to their representatives, who then changed course. If that's the entire analysis, I would agree that this was democracy in action.

But that's a superficial analysis. Musk is an edgelord with a poor grip on reality who wants to see the world burn. He threatened to use his enormous financial resources against representatives who didn't vote his way. He presented his followers with blatant misinformation about the bill and absolutely no information about the consequences of not passing a CR. He's not James Madison writing Federalist #10. He's a modern day Commodus giving the thumbs down when the wind hits him the wrong way.

[Anonymous]

Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

Exactly. Make it make sense. Oh, that's right, they are not serious people and have no plan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

Exactly. Make it make sense. Oh, that's right, they are not serious people and have no plan.

They have plans, buddy. Trust me. When they get going, you will be squealing like there's no tomorrow. They're just staffing up now. It's going to be a wonderful change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely fascinating to see how an unelected rich South African can simply shut down the US government with a few tweets. And I marvel at how enthusiastic Republicans are in their devotion to this rich South African. In Congress, Republicans are tripping over themselves to give this wealthy foreigner more and more power. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Maybe Rasputin in 1917?

Please, explain how the tweets did anything?

Elon has 200 million twitter followers, a big chunk of whom are MAGA types. Yesterday, Elon began tweeting incessantly for hours complaining about the CR, describing it as "criminal," and threatening to primary any republican who voted for it. He also urged his followers to contact their reps and demand they vote against the CR. He tweeted at least 50-100 times about it over the course of a few hours.

And? Why is this an issue? If the public doesn't like the CR they should contact their reps. I believe the democrats call this democracy and the nice thing is this all happened in the public view. Not sure what the issue is...

I get the impulse to see yesterday's events in that way. In simple terms, Elon Musk raised awareness of an issue and members of the voting public communicated their thoughts on that issue to their representatives, who then changed course. If that's the entire analysis, I would agree that this was democracy in action.

But that's a superficial analysis. Musk is an edgelord with a poor grip on reality who wants to see the world burn. He threatened to use his enormous financial resources against representatives who didn't vote his way. He presented his followers with blatant misinformation about the bill and absolutely no information about the consequences of not passing a CR. He's not James Madison writing Federalist #10. He's a modern day Commodus giving the thumbs down when the wind hits him the wrong way.

Boom, that's it, there's really nothing more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

Exactly. Make it make sense. Oh, that's right, they are not serious people and have no plan.

They have plans, buddy. Trust me. When they get going, you will be squealing like there's no tomorrow. They're just staffing up now. It's going to be a wonderful change.

Most businesses don't run that way, so let's not pretend that this is normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely fascinating to see how an unelected rich South African can simply shut down the US government with a few tweets. And I marvel at how enthusiastic Republicans are in their devotion to this rich South African. In Congress, Republicans are tripping over themselves to give this wealthy foreigner more and more power. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Maybe Rasputin in 1917?

Please, explain how the tweets did anything?

Elon has 200 million twitter followers, a big chunk of whom are MAGA types. Yesterday, Elon began tweeting incessantly for hours complaining about the CR, describing it as "criminal," and threatening to primary any republican who voted for it. He also urged his followers to contact their reps and demand they vote against the CR. He tweeted at least 50-100 times about it over the course of a few hours.

And? Why is this an issue? If the public doesn't like the CR they should contact their reps. I believe the democrats call this democracy and the nice thing is this all happened in the public view. Not sure what the issue is...

I get the impulse to see yesterday's events in that way. In simple terms, Elon Musk raised awareness of an issue and members of the voting public communicated their thoughts on that issue to their representatives, who then changed course. If that's the entire analysis, I would agree that this was democracy in action.

But that's a superficial analysis. Musk is an edgelord with a poor grip on reality who wants to see the world burn. He threatened to use his enormous financial resources against representatives who didn't vote his way. He presented his followers with blatant misinformation about the bill and absolutely no information about the consequences of not passing a CR. He's not James Madison writing Federalist #10. He's a modern day Commodus giving the thumbs down when the wind hits him the wrong way.

Boom, that's it, there's really nothing more.

There is a bit more - a whole bunch of what he tweeted about the CR were lies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

Exactly. Make it make sense. Oh, that's right, they are not serious people and have no plan.

They have plans, buddy. Trust me. When they get going, you will be squealing like there's no tomorrow. They're just staffing up now. It's going to be a wonderful change.

Most businesses don't run that way, so let's not pretend that this is normal.

The way Elon Musk runs his businesses: he doesn't pay rent, he doesn't pay his employees. He breaks contracts. He gets sued a lot and loses.

Sounds like the way Trump runs his businesses, tbh.

This is not how the federal government runs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely fascinating to see how an unelected rich South African can simply shut down the US government with a few tweets. And I marvel at how enthusiastic Republicans are in their devotion to this rich South African. In Congress, Republicans are tripping over themselves to give this wealthy foreigner more and more power. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Maybe Rasputin in 1917?

Please, explain how the tweets did anything?

Elon has 200 million twitter followers, a big chunk of whom are MAGA types. Yesterday, Elon began tweeting incessantly for hours complaining about the CR, describing it as "criminal," and threatening to primary any republican who voted for it. He also urged his followers to contact their reps and demand they vote against the CR. He tweeted at least 50-100 times about it over the course of a few hours.

And? Why is this an issue? If the public doesn't like the CR they should contact their reps. I believe the democrats call this democracy and the nice thing is this all happened in the public view. Not sure what the issue is...

I get the impulse to see yesterday's events in that way. In simple terms, Elon Musk raised awareness of an issue and members of the voting public communicated their thoughts on that issue to their representatives, who then changed course. If that's the entire analysis, I would agree that this was democracy in action.

But that's a superficial analysis. Musk is an edgelord with a poor grip on reality who wants to see the world burn. He threatened to use his enormous financial resources against representatives who didn't vote his way. He presented his followers with blatant misinformation about the bill and absolutely no information about the consequences of not passing a CR. He's not James Madison writing Federalist #10. He's a modern day Commodus giving the thumbs down when the wind hits him the wrong way.

You win the internet today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is absolutely fascinating to see how an unelected rich South African can simply shut down the US government with a few tweets. And I marvel at how enthusiastic Republicans are in their devotion to this rich South African. In Congress, Republicans are tripping over themselves to give this wealthy foreigner more and more power. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Maybe Rasputin in 1917?

Please, explain how the tweets did anything?

Elon has 200 million twitter followers, a big chunk of whom are MAGA types. Yesterday, Elon began tweeting incessantly for hours complaining about the CR, describing it as "criminal," and threatening to primary any republican who voted for it. He also urged his followers to contact their reps and demand they vote against the CR. He tweeted at least 50-100 times about it over the course of a few hours.

And? Why is this an issue? If the public doesn't like the CR they should contact their reps. I believe the democrats call this democracy and the nice thing is this all happened in the public view. Not sure what the issue is...

yes we Democrats call this democracy and are more than happy for Republicans to show the electorate how useless and damaging they are.

[Anonymous]

I'm all for the shutdown. Democrats just trying to get one last wish list before being locked out of power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all for the shutdown. Democrats just trying to get one last wish list before being locked out of power.

Democrats have not been locked out of power. The GOP is so fractured and weak that the Dems have power, now and next year. This shutdown just shows more weakness in the Republican party.

Weak.

[Anonymous]

I am really impressed at how impotent Trump looks in relation to Musk. And I'm impressed that Trump's followers are cool with Trump looking like a beta. Don't they want a strong, powerful leader?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

Given the waste associated with a shutdown I think it's pretty clear DOGE is even more stupid than the acronym sounds.

At some point Junior will realize he's calling the wrong man daddy and things will get even worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait- why do we need to worry about the debt ceiling if DOGE is going to save billions by cutting govt programs?

Exactly. Make it make sense. Oh, that's right, they are not serious people and have no plan.

They have a plan. It’s to funnel as much federal money into their pockets as possible.