[Tubby Isaacs]

I'll put this hear, seeing he's the one who did most to bring it about.

The Washington Post
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The White House Office of Management and Budget alerted federal agencies Friday morning to prepare for an imminent government shutdown, according to people familiar with the matter.

I say that there could be a very quick backlash, but the Republicans shut down the government in 2013 and then cleaned up in 2014.

[Andy McDandy]

It's like the caahncil over here. Symbolic of the state and inefficiency, and by extension, lefties.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Speaker saying he thinks there'll be a deal now.

Never noticed this chap before. Like it. But doubtless this'll be an example of "lost civility" or something.

Florida’s Democratic representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost criticized the GOP’s reported plans to cut spending next year, saying:

There is no way to cut $2.5tn in spending unless you make cuts to social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
He went on to add:

My parent’s social security check should not be cut to pay for President Elon Musk’s massive billionaire tax cuts.

[Youngian]

There’s no point trying to pigeonhole him in terms of political power, because he doesn’t even really care who’s in charge - it just so happens when the cunts are in charge they tend to let him do what he wants in exchange for a bung.

The nearest to what America has to a sane public intellectual Neil deGrasse Tyson points out that Musk’s fortune isn't enough to touch the sides for a mission to colonise Mars. Governments only step in for geopolitical reasons like getting to the Moon before the Commies after they beat Uncle Sam into space. Unless Musk bankrolls a fucking moron into the White House who'll hand him over a multi trillion Dollar blank cheque to send Space Force to Mars.