trump jumps out in front of the parade, pretending to lead it.

[g5000]

They haven't even gotten into office, let alone fear a primary for an election that's two years away.

Johnson is desperately playing both sides against the middle so he'll be re-elected Speaker.

He doesn't want another embarrassing shit show with multiple votes before being selected.

"This time it will be different!"

 

[postman]

Yes, we remember the 8 years of Obama's economic malaise. It reminds us of Bidenomics.

Both were record setting eras of continuous economic growth.

The longest period of continuous economic growth in the United States was the expansion that began in June 2009 and lasted until July 1, 2019, when it surpassed the previous record of 1991–2001:

 

[Nostra]

No, you don't remember. You made that up. You were probably in grade school.

You deluded fools have very selective memories.

Obama had to recover from the Great Recession. Biden had to recover from the pandemic.

Obama cut the deficit in half while the economy recovered and the stock market blasted off.

As for Biden, I bet you aren't aware the Dow set 47 record highs this year.

Talk about misinformed!

Do you know why Trump added $8 trillion to the debt?

Because government spending counts toward GDP growth.

Trump juiced the GDP by spending a **** ton of money and doubling the deficit. His was a totally fake economy built on massive government overspending. $8 trillion of new debt in just 4 years.

Obama also added $8 trillion to the debt over a period of 8 years, yet cut the deficit in half. Let's see if you can figure out what that means.

Tater has added just under $8 trillion to the debt with no pandemic to deal with, Simp

 

[rightwinger]

Johnson is desperately playing both sides against the middle so he'll be re-elected Speaker.

He doesn't want another embarrassing shit show with multiple votes before being selected.

"This time it will be different!"

With a one vote majority, Johnson is in for another Shit Show

 

[Nostra]

I did read it

I didn’t see anything more egregious than shutting down the Government because of it

Maybe you can name something…….I can’t

Giving themselves a pay raise.

Giving the J6 committee members immunity from investigation.

There is two quick ones, Simp.

 

[postman]

Musk is doing exactly what Trump has tasked him to do.....................AND OBVIOUSLY THIS MAKES BERG'S HEAD EXPLODE.

Except Musk has no authority to do that yet.

The Political Reform Act requires individuals, businesses and other organizations that make or receive payments to influence state governmental decisions – such as advocating for or against legislative bills and state agency regulations – to register as lobbyists and submit periodic reports of their lobbying activity.

Oops !!!!

 

[martybegan]

Elon Musk leads charge to kill spending bill meant to avert government shutdown​

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is already flexing his newfound political muscle even before his ally President-elect Donald Trump has taken the oath of office.

Musk helped lead a revolt Wednesday to try to stop a bipartisan funding bill in a direct challenge to the authority of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and others in Republican leadership who helped craft the measure. And in a remarkable turn, the revolt appeared to succeed at least for a day, throwing budget negotiations into chaos and increasing the odds of a government shutdown this weekend.

Musk posted to X about the funding bill more than 100 times over the course of the day. He repeatedly called the bill “criminal” and asked his followers to call their representatives, but he also posted memes, including one of him taking a sword to the bill and another referring to the “Kill Bill” films from director Quentin Tarantino. Later in the day, the phrase “Kill Bill” was on X’s list of trending topics in the United States.

Musk announced his opposition to the bill at 4:15 a.m. ET Wednesday.

“This bill should not pass,” he said on X.

The statement put Musk out on a limb as one of the first political figures to come out against the bill, but 13 hours later Trump himself spoke out in agreement.

'Elon Musk has killed the bill': Tech billionaire flexes newfound political muscle

The tech billionaire posted about the funding bill more than 100 times Wednesday, helping lead a charge that appears to have increased the likelihood of a shutdown.

www.nbcnews.com

As I recall, Repub members of the board are fond of railing against "unelected officials," or who they refer to by the fictional term "deep state," controlling the government in nefarious ways. Yet here we have the unelected co-president, Elon Musk, a man who paid $250M to be in the position he's in, killing a bipartisan budget bill as a Christmas shutdown draws near. That's a lot of power.

The orange enemy of the state tried to play catchup but the timing of their respective public remarks, made thru competing social media platforms, made it obvious who decided the bill needed to be killed.

What will Elon decide next?

 

[rightwinger]

Giving themselves a pay raise.

Giving the J6 committee members immunity from investigation.

There is two quick ones, Simp.

Congress has not had a pay raise in 15 years……long overdue
Congress cannot grant immunity

 

[postman]

Tater has added just under $8 trillion to the debt with no pandemic to deal with, Simp

What do you mean no pandemic to deal with.

WTF were you in 2021 when Biden had to create the mechanism to actually vaccinate people.

 

[Nostra]

Except Musk has no authority to do that yet.

The Political Reform Act requires individuals, businesses and other organizations that make or receive payments to influence state governmental decisions – such as advocating for or against legislative bills and state agency regulations – to register as lobbyists and submit periodic reports of their lobbying activity.

Oops !!!!

To do what?

 

[martybegan]

Congress has not had a pay raise in 15 years……long overdue
Congress cannot grant immunity

It can grant immunity from it's own investigations.

 

[Nostra]

What do you mean no pandemic to deal with.

WTF were you in 2021 when Biden had to create the mechanism to actually vaccinate people.

Really? Nobody was vaccinated before Tater took office?

Link?

 

[postman]

Giving themselves a pay raise.

3.8% pay raise?

The teamsters did better than that.

 

[Nostra]

Congress has not had a pay raise in 15 years……long overdue
Congress cannot grant immunity

They just tried, moron.

 

[Nostra]

3.8% pay raise?

The teamsters did better than that.

The teamsters aren't bankrupting the country, Simp.

 

[rightwinger]

They just tried, moron.

Not worth shutting down the Government because Congress finally gets a pay raise after 15 years

 

[postman]

Giving the J6 committee members immunity from investigation.

They're just putting the Constitution into law.

They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

 

[postman]

To do what?

Read it again such as advocating for or against legislative bills

 

[Nostra]

Not worth shutting down the Government because Congress finally gets a pay raise after 15 years

Shutting down the government is a myth, dumbass.

And yes, it is worth not having people come to work who aren't essential to stop their pay raise and attempt to give the J6 immunity.

 

[Nostra]

Read it again such as advocating for or against legislative bills

Really? When did they give up their First Amendment rights, moron?