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By The Grace Of God
I gotta say: I'm a little disappointed in House Republicans.
Mike Johnson's still House Speaker, and technically it only took one round of voting for Mike to retain the gavel. Recent history suggests the process should've played out over several unbearably arduous ballots, each one more embarrassing for Johnson, the GOP and, ultimately, for America, than the last, with the archest of arch-conservatives holding out for nonspecific demands or for no reason at all.
To be sure, the proceedings wer
This Congress is likely to accomplish the bare minimum.Tax bill extended in some form and debt ceiling raised. Past that, governance will be mostly by executive orders. As I said the first go around with Trump, if we don’t get into a major war or crisis we will be ok. Then covid hit in late 2019….I would make the same comment today.
With all due credit to Republicans, they didn’t embarrass themselves like I expected and achieved the equivalent of getting their name right on the SATs.
The budget bill will be the real test of whether President Mump can bludgeon the Republican hard-liners into submission. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump is willing to negotiate for some votes from Democrats to get something done, but I imagine it’ll largely be keeping the status quo with some concessions around keeping some Biden policies in place or eliminating the SALT caps.
Well, at least no Musk. EOQ1 he may well be gone. He’s only got one asset, the cash he spent on buying his Pres. That part’s over and big Mr T has no honor so Musk should get back to his less and less valuable cars. The coming China thing is going to be awkward. TSLA can’t grow without China and Trump wants to hammer those guys.
Elon has probably offered to buy Truth Social. That would give him leverage until he parts with the cash.
H, you’re the best. Thanks!
I would appreciate an essay on what “right-wing” means in modern US and global politics.
H-Man, let the games begin.
Curious about thoughts on what/who comes after Trump? Will government, courts, etc. be so in the tank for the GOP that it doesn’t matter? Anyone with a red tie can win? Will trump jr. take over and make the final push to out Stan the stans?
Anyone who thinks they can predict the twists and turns coming at us is sadly mistaken. The narrative has been fought over and it is not even clear who the real winner is.
Is it Vladimir, does he hold all the important cards? Is it the tech billionaire bros and their brand of evil kingdom? Or is it the Mump family who is going to rule, who has avoided partnering up with a new boss man? Or is it the MAGAT faithful, theologians, who are now going to show the world that they matter? Or is it the religious right who now can take their rightful place sending canon fodder to retake Palestine? Or are there any other evil doers who hold all the cards?
The headline is perfect.
Trump and others like him have crawled under the Republican umbrella and made many of us now want to leave.
He is in the process of destroying the Republican Party. Remains to be seen if he can destroy the USA as well.