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The GOP hasn’t objected to raising the debt ceiling during the past 3 Republican administrations. I doubt the coming will be any different.
Every opinion is acceptable but I still fail to see how some people think.
Lol, we knew this was coming
President-elect Donald Trump has claimed that his victory represents a clear mandate from the American people. However, the realities in Washington are already presenting significant challenges to this assertion. Despite his electoral success, Trump is facing resistance from within his own party and the broader political landscape.
His recent attempts to influence key legislative decisions, such as the government funding bill, have exposed divisions among Republicans and highlighted the complexities of governing with a narrow majority. These early setbacks suggest that while Trump may have won the election, translating that victory into effective governance will be a formidable task.
The situation underscores the ongoing tension between campaign promises and the practicalities of political leadership.
His recent attempts to influence key legislative decisions, such as the government funding bill, have exposed divisions among Republicans and highlighted the complexities of governing with a narrow majority. These early setbacks suggest that while Trump may have won the election, translating that victory into effective governance will be a formidable task.
The situation underscores the ongoing tension between campaign promises and the practicalities of political leadership.
What causes this? Liability law? The children yearn for the tunnels
Every year worse than the last year
@casedup @mr-silverback what do you think of elon influence in the last election, he's becoming more and more powerful and one can literally say he's running the government, do you think his influence is healthy or should be checked early?
Really interested on your thoughts on this, for me he's already doing too much?
Really interested on your thoughts on this, for me he's already doing too much?
A perennial banger. Unfortunately.
Politico's interview with two senior Trump campaign chiefs
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/19/trump-campaign-lacivita-fabrizio-qa-00195206
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/19/trump-campaign-lacivita-fabrizio-qa-00195206
They are the high priests in the religion of the state. You got the robes, the weird rituals, and the unchecked power over your life. You even have the special language to keep the hidden knowledge of the sacred texts secret from the peasants, aka "legalese". Also, when the robes come off, it turns out they are just human sinners like everyone else.
Many such cases. Wish our new oligarch overlord wasn't so gullible and incapable of doing his own research.
>Musk on Wednesday, before the provision was dropped, recirculated a claim on X that the legislation included $3 billion for a new NFL stadium in the District. The provision, however, included no new federal funding — it even specifically banned the use of federal funds for a new stadium.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/musk-trump-children-health-debt/
>Musk on Wednesday, before the provision was dropped, recirculated a claim on X that the legislation included $3 billion for a new NFL stadium in the District. The provision, however, included no new federal funding — it even specifically banned the use of federal funds for a new stadium.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/musk-trump-children-health-debt/
It's starting to set in lol
Just what I thought would happen with sicko Musk/extremists cabal - this is not okay! “The chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA), said she would stay in Washington, D.C., through Christmas “because we’re not going to let Elon Musk run the government. Put simply, we should not let an unelected billionaire rip away research for pediatric cancer so he can get a tax cut or tear down policies that help America outcompete China because it could hurt his bottom line. We had a bipartisan deal—we should stick to it…. The American people do not want chaos or a costly government shutdown all because an unelected billionaire wants to call the shots.” @hc_richardson
Musk and his companies have grifted billions in tax payers dollars in the forms of grants and subsidies. Since 2008, Tesla has received $41.9 million in federal contracts and $2.8 billion in government subsidies. Since 2008, SpaceX has received nearly $19.8 billion in federal contracts and some $20 billion in total from the federal government.
This is not what I wanted to hear, what about ending the war?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-reportedly-plans-continue-aid-ukraine-will-raise-nato-spending-5
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-reportedly-plans-continue-aid-ukraine-will-raise-nato-spending-5
In the battle to seat judges Biden did alright. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-secures-confirmation-of-235th-federal-judge/
Political photo of the year? It's this one.
Not Trump raising his fist after the assassination attempt.
Not Netanyahu being applauded by other war criminals.
Not the little child in Gazâ carrying her baby brother with half-blown-off skull.
Maybe Luigi Mangione's perp walk.
But for me it's this one. DNC attendees closing ears and making silly sounds when they were being read the names of dead Palestinian children. Chic, rotten-to-the-core, but on the surface equal rights defendent (rainbow bracelet) neoliberal ideology. Or the death of it.
The photo explains not only why libs in US lost this year but why libs globally lose since mid-2010s. On a high horse, but not moral at all. Educated but a naive dope and less politically intelligent than even Trump.
It also shows how humans can leave all their sharp, politically engaged "look" and adopt an instinctual childish persona when their inhumanity is exposed to them.
Not Trump raising his fist after the assassination attempt.
Not Netanyahu being applauded by other war criminals.
Not the little child in Gazâ carrying her baby brother with half-blown-off skull.
Maybe Luigi Mangione's perp walk.
But for me it's this one. DNC attendees closing ears and making silly sounds when they were being read the names of dead Palestinian children. Chic, rotten-to-the-core, but on the surface equal rights defendent (rainbow bracelet) neoliberal ideology. Or the death of it.
The photo explains not only why libs in US lost this year but why libs globally lose since mid-2010s. On a high horse, but not moral at all. Educated but a naive dope and less politically intelligent than even Trump.
It also shows how humans can leave all their sharp, politically engaged "look" and adopt an instinctual childish persona when their inhumanity is exposed to them.
Can we please reign in this corrupt court?
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-clarence-thomas-billionaire-democrats-senate-5669f8f02b843be31d474a075cd50666
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-clarence-thomas-billionaire-democrats-senate-5669f8f02b843be31d474a075cd50666