Citizens United cleared the way for Musk to purchase the GOP, which is now his plaything.
The GOP won both the White House and Congress, but they all know who owns them, and like every corporate executive their first job is keeping their jobs, so they'll do whatever their owner tells them to do.
Do they have Biden bound and gagged somewhere? Isn't HE still President? At least I thought he was, why isn't he speaking oit and telling them to pass the damn thing
I sent this message to my Senators and House Rep yesterday:
"Sorry to see that President-Elect Musk has stifled a House bipartisan omnibus bill to fund the govt.
Wait! What? Musk isn't in line for the upcoming presidency. Or is he? I don't remember his name being on the ballot here in FL.
So who will be President on Jan. 20, 2025? Somebody official should make it clear to us voters who will really be in charge. Otherwise running the government could end up a chaotic mess."
There has to be a balance of power....right now everyone is just yelling at each other. As a nation we need our government to mantain its sanity. Every government in the world has issues....there is no such thing as perfection. However America has been known for its leadership and government...we are now failing.
“Donald Trump says, as he did last weekend, that “there are problems” surrounding pediatric vaccination and “we’re going to find out what those problems are” - I know it’s a largely waste of time to try to parse what Trump actually means but just reread this statement. On the one hand, Trump is saying that “we KNOW” there are problems. Then in the next breath, he says that “we’re going to find out what those problems are”. If you claim to KNOW that there are problems, shouldn’t you already also KNOW what those problems are? It’s kind of like “we KNOW” that the election was stolen. Now we just have to figure out HOW it was stolen.
I can only assume those here lamenting Trump and Musk have been fine with the 4 year global flood of humanity crossing our borders and the tax $ to put these people up.
Budget deficit swells in November, pushing fiscal 2025 shortfall 64% higher than a year ago
Published Wed, Dec 11 20242:08 PM ESTUpdated Wed, Dec 11 20242:55 PM EST
The U.S. budget deficit swelled in November, putting fiscal 2025 already at a much faster pace than a year ago when the shortfall topped $1.8 trillion, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
For the month, the deficit totaled $366.8 billion, 17% higher than November 2023 and taking the total for the first two months of the fiscal year more than 64% higher than the same period a year ago on an unadjusted basis.
U.S. deported 271,484 immigrants to nearly 200 countries last fiscal year, the highest tally in a decade
President Joe Biden took office in 2021 pledging to halt deportations, sending Congress a bill that would have offered paths to citizenship for most of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants. But surging border crossings derailed his plans, and Biden officials ended up expanding deportations, according to data published Thursday.
The Trump administration deliberately failed to keep proper records of the children it separated from their parents. It now requires DNA testing to return them.
25% of the current debt is due to the Trump tax cuts for billionaires which are not scheduled to expire until 2025. The nominal deficit in the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years (the 2021 budget was passed under Trump) has been lower than the yearly deficits under Trump. The only recent negative deficits were in Bill Clinton's second term.
So how would you suggest recovering data that was never collected?
Debt waxes and wanes and Republicans are always fast to condemn it when they can attribute it to a Republican(ETA: Democratic) president. However, I know that you've watched Schoolhouse Rock and understand which branch of government appropriates.
I'm the same age as RFK jr. I think he is "misremembering" having a grand old time when he and his siblings had measles. I had both, and I was never as sick as when I had measles, but when I had chicken pox, my uncle and I painted my bedroom. Pretty sure he's remembering having chicken pox, not measles.
Thanks for the Simpson reference. I actually think the Simpson's Bart Simpson paved the way for Trump - because we all laughed at Bart's transgressive, ebullient personality.
The frequent use of the terms "President Musk" or "Co-President" Musk ought to go a long way to break up the twins - unless Trump's mind really has gone, in which case he may be too weak to assert his Alpha nature.
Thanks for asking: I think my math is correct but not certain!
I based this on a graphic that was circulating around 2014.
IF the numbers are correct then the percentages are extrapolated from those.
IF these were accurate in 2014 I would think the numbers still hold true today.
The graphic was originally produced by https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/ which is run by a leftist sociology professor at University of California Santa Cruz. That said most of what they produce is well researched and sourced but we all know how things can be tilted.
Finally I found in my own research (yikes) this interesting link that tracks the DAILY wealth of every member of Congress. How they do it and how accurate the information is is a mystery but it is interesting! You can actually click on a member and see what they hold and what assets the have. I plan on revising my statistics when I have time to dig into them. https://www.quiverquant.com/congress-live-net-worth/
Most Congress members are older and come from professional backgrounds. The 40% in the upper 2-10% were making salaries similar to engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other salaried professionals.
Additionally, most of them are forced to maintain two homes because moving their families to DC now means that they're "out of touch with their constituents". When I was a child growing up in Bethesda, MD, the congressmen (they were all men back then) who lived in my neighborhood all lived with their families because weekly flights between DC and the west were not feasible.
We all know money talks. Want someone in your pocket? You spend money to find really good dirt on them and then you blackmail them much like Putin has done to the Felon. Or you just hand out the money much like Musk has done to the Felon. Lobbyists have been buying members of Congress for ages. So Elon buying members of the House and Senate by threatening to "primary"them is no surprise. What would REALLY be news is finding someone in the U.S. government who ISN'T owned.
We get the Congress we're willing to pay for. The salary we pay them is woefully inadequate to maintain a home in their home states and a closet in DC. Not to mention supporting a family. Which is why we get millionaires in Congress - they're the only ones now able to do it.
*wondering where musk will be seated for the inauguration*
I subscribe to The Bulwark for innumerable reasons. Just added, "Bill Kristol uses 1994 Simpsons episode for analogy."
Citizens United cleared the way for Musk to purchase the GOP, which is now his plaything.
The GOP won both the White House and Congress, but they all know who owns them, and like every corporate executive their first job is keeping their jobs, so they'll do whatever their owner tells them to do.
LOL, you guys are the best.
Do they have Biden bound and gagged somewhere? Isn't HE still President? At least I thought he was, why isn't he speaking oit and telling them to pass the damn thing
He is signing the passed budget, pardoning people, and appointing justices.
I sent this message to my Senators and House Rep yesterday:
"Sorry to see that President-Elect Musk has stifled a House bipartisan omnibus bill to fund the govt.
Wait! What? Musk isn't in line for the upcoming presidency. Or is he? I don't remember his name being on the ballot here in FL.
So who will be President on Jan. 20, 2025? Somebody official should make it clear to us voters who will really be in charge. Otherwise running the government could end up a chaotic mess."
Musk is ruling by proxy president elect Trump,
Perhaps. We'll see if Musk stops doing that once Trump is in office.
There has to be a balance of power....right now everyone is just yelling at each other. As a nation we need our government to mantain its sanity. Every government in the world has issues....there is no such thing as perfection. However America has been known for its leadership and government...we are now failing.
Elon runs the government while Trump keeps busy peddling perfumes, bibles, and shoes, like a street corner vender.
“Donald Trump says, as he did last weekend, that “there are problems” surrounding pediatric vaccination and “we’re going to find out what those problems are” - I know it’s a largely waste of time to try to parse what Trump actually means but just reread this statement. On the one hand, Trump is saying that “we KNOW” there are problems. Then in the next breath, he says that “we’re going to find out what those problems are”. If you claim to KNOW that there are problems, shouldn’t you already also KNOW what those problems are? It’s kind of like “we KNOW” that the election was stolen. Now we just have to figure out HOW it was stolen.
I can only assume those here lamenting Trump and Musk have been fine with the 4 year global flood of humanity crossing our borders and the tax $ to put these people up.
The Hill
https://thehill.com › policy › national-security › 5034556-immigration-surge-biden
Immigration surge under Biden is largest in US history: NYT
Dec 11, 2024The immigration surge under President Biden has been the largest in U.S. history,
They must also be fine with:
Where are the missing children?
ICE unable to track nearly 300K immigrant children: DHS report
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-unable-to-track-nearly-300k-immigrant-children-dhs-report/ar-AA1ptdYQ
Why was Biden's decline hidden?
Damning Report Describes How Aides Shielded ‘Declining’ Biden From Scrutiny
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/damning-report-describes-how-aides-shielded-declining-biden-from-scrutiny/ar-AA1war8C?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=01e5897a925c4acfdd8c5ec6bea013fe&ei=5
Budget deficit swells in November, pushing fiscal 2025 shortfall 64% higher than a year ago
Published Wed, Dec 11 20242:08 PM ESTUpdated Wed, Dec 11 20242:55 PM EST
The U.S. budget deficit swelled in November, putting fiscal 2025 already at a much faster pace than a year ago when the shortfall topped $1.8 trillion, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
For the month, the deficit totaled $366.8 billion, 17% higher than November 2023 and taking the total for the first two months of the fiscal year more than 64% higher than the same period a year ago on an unadjusted basis.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/budget-deficit-swells-in-november-pushing-fiscal-2025-shortfall-64percent-higher-than-a-year-ago.html
U.S. deported 271,484 immigrants to nearly 200 countries last fiscal year, the highest tally in a decade
President Joe Biden took office in 2021 pledging to halt deportations, sending Congress a bill that would have offered paths to citizenship for most of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants. But surging border crossings derailed his plans, and Biden officials ended up expanding deportations, according to data published Thursday.
Where are the missing children? Why was his decline hidden from the American people? What's with the swelling deficit?
The Trump administration deliberately failed to keep proper records of the children it separated from their parents. It now requires DNA testing to return them.
25% of the current debt is due to the Trump tax cuts for billionaires which are not scheduled to expire until 2025. The nominal deficit in the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years (the 2021 budget was passed under Trump) has been lower than the yearly deficits under Trump. The only recent negative deficits were in Bill Clinton's second term.
https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306
So deflect to Trump and give the Big Guy Biden a pass? That would be in keeping with the majority posting here...
So how would you suggest recovering data that was never collected?
Debt waxes and wanes and Republicans are always fast to condemn it when they can attribute it to a Republican(ETA: Democratic) president. However, I know that you've watched Schoolhouse Rock and understand which branch of government appropriates.
Deflectors on maximum!
Muskputin
I'm the same age as RFK jr. I think he is "misremembering" having a grand old time when he and his siblings had measles. I had both, and I was never as sick as when I had measles, but when I had chicken pox, my uncle and I painted my bedroom. Pretty sure he's remembering having chicken pox, not measles.
Thanks for the Simpson reference. I actually think the Simpson's Bart Simpson paved the way for Trump - because we all laughed at Bart's transgressive, ebullient personality.
The frequent use of the terms "President Musk" or "Co-President" Musk ought to go a long way to break up the twins - unless Trump's mind really has gone, in which case he may be too weak to assert his Alpha nature.
A deep dive lowdown on Musk:
"Greg Palast takes off on Elon Musk This will get your blood boiling"
https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/greg-palast-takes-off-on-elon-musk
Elon Musk and the other oligarchs are an easy target to take out our Orwellian 2 minutes of hate.
But have you ever looked closely at our Congress?
42% of members are in the upper 1% of wealth holders (minimum worth of 13.6 Million and above)
40% fall in the upper 2-10% (1.94 million and above)
11% fall in the 11-20% (558K and above)
7% fall in the lower 80%.
82% of the men and women making economic policy (and investment decisions) are in the upper 10% of wealth holders.
This is bipartisan reality--- in this world Lauren Boebert and AOC are pretty much equally "poor."
Interesting. Source, please?
Thanks for asking: I think my math is correct but not certain!
I based this on a graphic that was circulating around 2014.
IF the numbers are correct then the percentages are extrapolated from those.
IF these were accurate in 2014 I would think the numbers still hold true today.
The graphic was originally produced by https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/ which is run by a leftist sociology professor at University of California Santa Cruz. That said most of what they produce is well researched and sourced but we all know how things can be tilted.
The only place I find the graphic today is on Facebook, some random blogs and Moveon.org (big caution there!) https://front.moveon.org/how-many-millionaires-directly-create-our-laws/
Finally I found in my own research (yikes) this interesting link that tracks the DAILY wealth of every member of Congress. How they do it and how accurate the information is is a mystery but it is interesting! You can actually click on a member and see what they hold and what assets the have. I plan on revising my statistics when I have time to dig into them. https://www.quiverquant.com/congress-live-net-worth/
Happy Holidays!
Most Congress members are older and come from professional backgrounds. The 40% in the upper 2-10% were making salaries similar to engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other salaried professionals.
Additionally, most of them are forced to maintain two homes because moving their families to DC now means that they're "out of touch with their constituents". When I was a child growing up in Bethesda, MD, the congressmen (they were all men back then) who lived in my neighborhood all lived with their families because weekly flights between DC and the west were not feasible.
Underpaying people in power leads to corruption.
We all know money talks. Want someone in your pocket? You spend money to find really good dirt on them and then you blackmail them much like Putin has done to the Felon. Or you just hand out the money much like Musk has done to the Felon. Lobbyists have been buying members of Congress for ages. So Elon buying members of the House and Senate by threatening to "primary"them is no surprise. What would REALLY be news is finding someone in the U.S. government who ISN'T owned.
We get the Congress we're willing to pay for. The salary we pay them is woefully inadequate to maintain a home in their home states and a closet in DC. Not to mention supporting a family. Which is why we get millionaires in Congress - they're the only ones now able to do it.