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PrincessKrapotkin's avatar

Thank you, Michelangelo, for this clear explanation of the latest fuckery going on in Congress. Of course, Biden and the Dems will be blamed for everything when it goes sideways. Probably Kamala will be blamed as well. My wish is for the Dems to wake up and start going on the offensive. Use AOC and the progressive wing to shout on the media and quit silencing the best voices.

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Chris C's avatar

Yes we need Hakeem OUT talking to the media every day

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Derrick's avatar

PK, AMEN !!

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Ann Roberts's avatar

Corporate media is already blaming both sides.

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Derrick's avatar

Resistance folk must keep poking at the most gossamer thin 🍊 skinned bigly blustering bully/thug by calling Musk “Co-President Musk, “President Musk”, “Speaker Musk”, get under that thinnest of skin and keep poking and prodding. Johnson must feel like a neutered eunuch by now and wonder why he bothers, why even try and be Speaker. What a bunch of feckless fools who won’t be able to fight their way out of their own (R) bag. Calling it a clown show is an insult to clowns as actual clowns are planned and organized in order to be actually comedic and humorous. Highly dysfunctional shit show 2025 just around the corner!! Joy to the world, the 🍊 returns. Is total madness that we are here.

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Chris C's avatar

I agree, Fake Bone Spurs will go nuts if people refer to him as President Musk

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Paul's avatar

wow, so much to unpack here, first off the theory that the GOP is great at campaigning and attaining power but terrible at governing is on full-display here. The fact that they are afraid of what Elon Musk thinks, and that Trump is taking direction from Musk, is ridiculous on its face. The fact Trump is not sworn in and acts like he is already the president is a disgusting display. Three things came to mind while reading all of this and hearing about it on the various progressive news sources, 1. How long is Trump going to allow the press to attach the Moniker "President Musk" onto Elon, without having a bitch fit, 2. Of all of this news that we are reading about from our sources, how much of this news is getting out there to the average American, who are they going to blame when all of this shit goes south, 3. Did I miss the inauguration of Trump as the president, did Joe Biden step down already, I mean where is Joe Biden on all of this?? and I will throw a 4th, I know this is wishful thinking, but I would like to see Joe Biden troll Trump over the next 4 years on social media and criticize his every move and get under his skin, like Trump did ... couldn't seem to keep his trap shut on anything Joe Biden did good or bad!!

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Deb H's avatar

Trump obviously is not in charge of his party, Musk is. So what is his actual agenda in getting the government shut down? I have to fly on Monday. Th it a could be a nightmare.

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donnab's avatar

They are celebrating shutting the country down before a major holiday.

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Michael Giltz's avatar

Great work. You state Musk invested $277 million in buying the Presidency. I think your numbers are off...by about $44 billion? Shouldn't you include the money he spent in buying Twitter/X?

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Steven Jarvis's avatar

There is one more reason President Musk is doing this. By shutting down the Government past J20, it’s possible he and Trump will appoint their intended slate of “recess” appointments.

His appointees will be “in” while the slow-moving Judiciary plays things out.

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Tyesdad's avatar

Can Trump be sworn in if the government is shut down? Dems should find out.

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Chris C's avatar

Too many Turkeys of the Year this year

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TracyK's avatar

The dems better stand up and remove Musk the fuck out of there! Not one of them should listen to anything he has to say. They don't even listen to the people that voted for them anymore. Lives are going to be ruined over their failure to fight.

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Edward Jay Allan's avatar

Thanks again, Michelangelo.

We have to, forcefully until stopped, start screaming, "Shmucks, We TOLD you so" Even if "schmuck" or equivalent (e.g., "sucker") might not be the most politic word to win people over.

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donnab's avatar

American idiots put our country in jeopardy. We'll all suffer if the gov shuts down. Happy Holiday from the GOP and King Elon of Musk.

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Paige Mims's avatar

Let's stop acting like Mike Johnson is not complicit with this. He has something to gain from this as well.

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Michael Solis's avatar

Dumb, dumber, & dumbest? Man, I know the rest of the world is thinking, “How in the hell did this happen?” Harry Truman just said, they called me dumb because I didn’t go to college? I state my case! Hey Einsteins, what’s 2 + 2 ? The trio, can you repeat the question? 🤔

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