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Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In
Rolling Stone ^ | Dec. 18, 2024 | Miles Klee

Posted on 12/19/2024 8:05:59 AM PST by libstripper

Elon Musk, self-described "First Buddy" of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown. The move was a direct challenge to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who rolled out the sweeping plan on Tuesday night.

Now, it appears Musk has successfully killed the stopgap measure in its cradle - before it was even brought to a vote.

In a manic posting spree on Wednesday, the world's richest man bombarded his platform X, formerly Twitter, with attacks on a proposed funding bill, which would've kept the government funded through March 14 and had bipartisan support. He also amplified misinformation about what's in the 1,500-page bill - as did his non-governmental commission, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is recommending cuts to government spending and regulations to the incoming Trump administration.

Trump himself signaled Wednesday that he opposes the resolution, according to a joint statement shared by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Various hard-right GOP representatives also vowed to vote against it. Should Johnson fail to get a spending plan passed by Dec. 20, the federal government will enter a partial shutdown ahead of the holidays. But that apparently sounded ideal to Musk and his social media clique.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doge; govshutdown; musk; spending; wearethepresident
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More good details, including the excellent idea to shut down the gov. until Jan. 20.
1 posted on 12/19/2024 8:05:59 AM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Rolling Stone?

Evidently Musk even has the hipsters paying attention to what an America First Administration is up to.


2 posted on 12/19/2024 8:08:35 AM PST by Biblebelter
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To: libstripper

Musk is generally the smartest guy in the room, and even the Dems know that. Further, he gives off that Spock “Vulcans don’t bluff” vibe.


3 posted on 12/19/2024 8:09:26 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: libstripper

How long will it be “X, formally known as Twitter…”
Don’t we all know that now?


4 posted on 12/19/2024 8:09:52 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: libstripper

It’s interesting to see the shift of narrative from the fear of a shutdown to the demand for a shutdown. Now shutdowns can become fashionable, and a tool of Democrat power is taken away.


5 posted on 12/19/2024 8:10:00 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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Lefties Losing It — Rita


6 posted on 12/19/2024 8:10:53 AM PST by Gene Eric
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To: libstripper

President Donald Musk saving the country from spending us into budgetary disasters.


7 posted on 12/19/2024 8:12:47 AM PST by adorno ( )
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To: libstripper

It’s all Musk’s fault and not the fault of the zillions of sycophants who joined in, endorsed his views, posted their own views and joined in on posts of other anti-government collusion conspiracists [aka voters]


8 posted on 12/19/2024 8:12:52 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: libstripper

Like a freeper wrote yesterday...

A shutdown means the 5% fed govt at work, ie janitors & security, join the 95% “working” at home...


9 posted on 12/19/2024 8:13:18 AM PST by goodnesswins (Don’t be REALITY PHOBIC!)
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To: libstripper

90% of the people affected by a shutdown voted for Biden.

Shut it down!!!


10 posted on 12/19/2024 8:13:27 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Do the math. L+G+B+T+Q = 666)
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excellent idea to shut down the gov. until Jan. 20.

Yep, big vacation with back pay.

11 posted on 12/19/2024 8:14:35 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: libstripper

And they don’t condemn the wasteful spending in it.

And seriously, the government being shut down? They say that like it’s a bad thing.


12 posted on 12/19/2024 8:15:37 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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I would remind everyone that the partial shutdown of the government means that Federal police, servicemen and other assorted necessary people will be forced to work - but not paid now.

Also, once the government re-opens and gets funded again, all of the government workers who were allowed to stay at home WILL BE PAID.

Tell me how this is better than a short-term clean CR?

13 posted on 12/19/2024 8:17:27 AM PST by BruceS
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To: libstripper

One unelected billionaire has stepped up to battle our fascist deep state on censorship, and shame a spendthrift, irresponsible Congress

I love what Musk is doing, but its sad our own institutions, particularly our elected Congress, are failing us so badly.


14 posted on 12/19/2024 8:21:25 AM PST by PGR88
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To: goodnesswins

I’ve always wondered why Federal workers who are affected by the shutdown receive back pay covering the period they were off once the government is re-funded. Why are they being paid for work not done? If they were not paid for nothing, if they faced the prospect of an actual loss, I would bet a lot more pressure would fall on the Democrats in Congress to make whatever compromises are needed to strike a better bargain for the rest of us.


15 posted on 12/19/2024 8:22:21 AM PST by PUGACHEV
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I’ve always wondered why Federal workers who are affected by the shutdown receive back pay covering the period they were off once the government is re-funded. Why are they being paid for work not done?

Simple, the Dems add that back in to the next bloated bill so they get their back pay.

16 posted on 12/19/2024 8:24:46 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BruceS

It takes away the power of the “Shut Down Boogie Man” to cram in all that pork.

It turns it into “So What” take your pork and shove it.


17 posted on 12/19/2024 8:30:51 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: BruceS

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

A squeaky clean short term CR is a like to have, not a must have.

A shut down is an excellent second best alternative.


18 posted on 12/19/2024 8:34:01 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: libstripper

how do you pass wasteful spending?

change the conversation to govt shutdown


19 posted on 12/19/2024 8:34:24 AM PST by joshua c
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To: Dr. Sivana
Musk is generally the smartest guy in the room, and even the Dems know that. Further, he gives off that Spock “Vulcans don’t bluff” vibe.

Perfectly stated !

20 posted on 12/19/2024 8:36:55 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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