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  • MTG says again she will oppose Trump's Big Beautiful Bill over AI provision

    06/05/2025 4:05:43 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 25 replies
    FOX 5 Atlanta ^ | 6/5/2025 | Joyce Lupiani
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to oppose the One Big Beautiful Bill when it returns to the House if there are no changes made to the artificial intelligence provision. Greene says she was unaware of the AI provision when she first voted for the bill and now argues it would endanger state rights, risk job losses in her manufacturing-heavy district, and open the door to forced property seizures. Facing criticism for missing the provision, Greene defended her transparency, claiming no other lawmakers publicly flagged the AI clause and pledging to fight any future legislation that limits state authority over AI...
  • Weekly jobless claims at seven-month high; trade deficit posts record contraction

    06/05/2025 9:12:06 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 9 replies
    Reuters ^ | 06/05/2025 | Lucia Mutikani
    SUMMARY * Weekly jobless claims increase 8,000 to 247,000 * Continuing claims fall 3,000 to 1.904 million * Trade deficit shrinks by a record 55.5% to $61.6 billion The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased to a seven-month high last week, pointing to softening labor market conditions amid mounting economic headwinds from tariffs. The report from the Labor Department on Thursday also continued to show workers losing their jobs having a tough time landing new opportunities as uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policy leaves employers reluctant to increase headcount. Economists said technical difficulties...
  • With friends like Elon, who needs enemies?

    06/05/2025 7:20:55 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 24 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 06/05/2025 | Noel S. Williams
    Smart people can be really dumb. Sometimes it’s preferable to just be brilliant, rather than genius. For the majority of us in the middle of the Bell Curve, being smart-enough is sufficient to be commonsense conservatives. Elon Musk is in the genius category, and comes with some of the hazards associated with a high IQ. Indeed, he is capable of stupidity, sometimes in business (Tesla Cybertruck “Armour glass” demonstration and overpaying for Twitter, are just two examples). And sometimes in politics, as evidenced by calling the big, beautiful bill (BBB) a “pork-filled, disgusting abomination.” As stark as that criticism is,...
  • Speaker Johnson Says Elon Musk is ‘Flat Wrong’ About the ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Hopes To Talk to Him Today

    06/05/2025 5:27:11 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 93 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 4 Jun, 2025 | Debra Heine
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said Elon Musk’s sharp criticism of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” was “flat wrong,” but that he did not take it personally. Musk on Tuesday torched the GOP spending package on X, calling it “a disgusting abomination,” which the speaker said was a complete 180 from what he had indicated in private just a day earlier. Johnson and other House Republicans spoke to reporters Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill, where they addressed a variety of topics, including the future of the spending bill. “I consider Elon a friend,” Johnson told reporters. “It’s curious to...
  • Senate weighs Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' as policy group backs CBO, projects $3 trillion debt increase

    06/04/2025 10:26:15 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 52 replies
    Fox ^ | By Louis Casiano
    CBO projects $3T added to debt from bill that tackles tax policy, border security, healthcare reforms President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is projected to increase the debt by $3 trillion, with interest, or $5 trillion if made permanent, according to estimates. An estimate of the House-passed bill by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects it would add more than $2.4 trillion to primary deficits before interest over 10 years, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonprofit public policy organization. As of Wednesday, the national debt, which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors,...
  • Trump Wants Debt Limit ‘Scrapped’ to Protect America from ‘Economic Catastrophe’

    06/04/2025 6:46:20 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 84 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 4th, 2025 | Nick Gilbertson
    President Donald Trump shared on Wednesday that he wants the debt limit “scrapped,” which Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has also called for. Trump issued a statement on Truth Social Wednesday afternoon. “I am very pleased to announce that, after all of these years, I agree with Senator Elizabeth Warren on SOMETHING. The Debt Limit should be entirely scrapped to prevent an Economic catastrophe,” he wrote. “It is too devastating to be put in the hands of political people that may want to use it despite the horrendous effect it could have on our Country and, indirectly, even the World,” he...
  • Elon Musk Issues Social Security Warning Over Trump's Tax Bill

    06/04/2025 3:23:08 PM PDT · by Libloather · 59 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 6/04/25 | James Bickerton, Shane Croucher
    Elon Musk has warned "if the massive deficit spending continues," there will be no money for Social Security, health care or defense, as he continues opposition to President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." The tech billionaire and former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) made the comment about Trump's spending package on his Truth Social website in the early hours of June 4. Newsweek contacted Musk for comment via the SpaceX and Tesla press offices outside of regular office hours on Wednesday. Why It Matters The House narrowly passed Trump's budget package on May 22 in a 215-214...
  • Trump calls for scrapping debt limit

    06/04/2025 1:36:00 PM PDT · by RandFan · 60 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/04/25 2:18 PM ET | by Alex Gangitano
    President Trump on Wednesday doubled down on calls to scrap the nation’s debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to abolish it and finding common ground with Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.). “I am very pleased to announce that, after all of these years, I agree with Senator Elizabeth Warren on SOMETHING. The Debt Limit should be entirely scrapped to prevent an Economic catastrophe. It is too devastating to be put in the hands of political people that may want to use it despite the horrendous effect it could have on our Country and, indirectly, even the World. As to Senator...
  • Musk torches Trump budget bill: "Disgusting abomination"

    06/03/2025 11:18:45 AM PDT · by zeestephen · 42 replies
    CNBC (Business Website) ^ | 03 June 2025 | Kevin Breuninger
    "Im sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore...This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination...Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."
  • It's Rand Paul and Elon Musk vs. Donald Trump Over the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

    06/03/2025 8:15:14 PM PDT · by RandFan · 43 replies
    Reason Magazine ^ | June 3 | Eric Boehm
    Paul said he refuses to support "maintaining Biden spending levels," and Musk said the Trump-backed tax bill is "a disgusting abomination."The intra-Republican fight over the future of a major tax and borrowing bill intensified on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump lashed out and former White House favorite Elon Musk offered a sharp criticism of the proposal. The whole thing played out, as today's political dramas so often do, in a series of posts on social media. Trump slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social that accused the senator of having "very little understanding" of...
  • ELON MUSK: I just can’t stand it anymore

    06/03/2025 10:46:53 AM PDT · by RandFan · 169 replies
    X ^ | June 3 | Elon Musk
    @elonmusk I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it
  • Elon Musk attacks Trump's funding bill: 'Disgusting abomination'

    06/03/2025 12:19:04 PM PDT · by Mariner · 52 replies
    ABC News via Yahoo ^ | June 3rd, 2025 | IVAN PEREIRA
    Days after attacking a megabill that advances President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, Elon Musk slammed it again on Tuesday calling it a "disgusting abomination" in a post on X."I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination," Musk wrote of the House-passed bill. "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."Musk followed up with another post claiming the bill "will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt."
  • Elon Musk goes off on ‘big, beautiful bill’ days after leaving Trump admin: ‘Disgusting abomination’

    06/03/2025 11:07:33 AM PDT · by thegagline · 16 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 06/03/2025 | Ryan King
    Tech mogul Elon Musk went on a tirade Tuesday against President Trump’s marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act days after leaving the administration — ripping the legislation as an “abomination” and condemning lawmakers who supported it. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote on his X platform. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” Musk had previously dropped hints of his disdain for the megabill, politely telling “CBS Sunday Morning” in an interview...
  • Trump snaps at GOP Sen. Rand Paul for opposing ‘big beautiful’ bill: ‘His ideas are actually crazy’

    06/03/2025 10:45:40 AM PDT · by thegagline · 17 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 06/03/2025 | Ryan King
    President Trump rounded on Sen. Rand Paul Tuesday over the Republican lawmaker’s opposition to the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act due to its impact on the debt. “Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas,” Trump groused on Truth Social. “His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him. This is a BIG GROWTH BILL!” In an earlier post, Trump, 78, had complained that Paul “has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting ‘NO’ on everything, he thinks it’s good politics,...
  • House Freedom Caucus Calls on Speaker Johnson to ‘Immediately’ Pass White House’s DOGE Spending Cuts

    06/03/2025 5:33:26 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 2 Jun, 2025 | Debra Heine
    The House Freedom Caucus on Monday called on Speaker Mike Johnson to “immediately” bring the first round of DOGE cut requests to a floor vote for “swift passage.” The White House’s $9.4 billion rescissions package, which is expected to land in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, slashes funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). “When the White House submits its first rescissions package to enact DOGE spending cuts to Congress, the House of Representatives should immediately move this to the floor for swift passage,” the caucus said in a...
  • Musk says he’s disappointed in BBB saying it ‘undermines’ DOGE’s work

    05/27/2025 11:46:53 PM PDT · by RandFan · 62 replies
    The Hill ^ | 05/27/25 11:05 PM ET | by Sarah Fortinsky
    Tech billionaire Elon Musk — who spearheaded the cost-cutting efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — said he was “disappointed” to see the massive legislative package of Republican priorities make it through the House. “I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit… and it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk said in a preview of an interview set to air this weekend on “CBS Sunday Morning.” The bill — titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” adopting Trump’s slogan for the measure — passed the House...
  • Elon Musk 'disappointed' by Trump's spending bill, says it undermines what DOGE is doing

    05/27/2025 8:10:30 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 54 replies
    Fox News ^ | By Louis Casiano
    Elon Musk said he is "disappointed" by the costs of President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" passed by Republicans in the House last week. "I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing," Musk told "CBS Sunday Morning" in an exclusive broadcast interview The remarks by Musk, who recently stepped back from running the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are in contrast to Trump, who backed the legislation, which still needs Senate approval.
  • Congress Failed to Enact Any of the Nearly $1T DOGE Cuts

    05/27/2025 8:41:36 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 52 replies
    During a press conference today, Governor DeSantis addressed the failure of Congress to enact one DOGE suggested cut. Elon Musk and his DOGE team found over 900 billion dollars in cuts. Congress has not followed up on even one. Protect Your Retirement... BUT Beware of Gold IRA Dealer Lies This is the key section of Governor De Santis’s comments which also spoke to successes in Florida: “Trillion dollar deficit is a tax on you. It works its way through the economy. There’s no free lunch, and that’s what ends up happening. And it’s a little frustrating. “You know, Elon Musk...
  • The GOP fears Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is ‘debt bomb’

    05/27/2025 5:37:13 AM PDT · by RandFan · 69 replies
    The Hill ^ | 05/27/25 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    The fiscal impact of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which one prominent budget hawk called a “debt bomb,” is becoming a significant political concern among Republican lawmakers who have made little progress toward offsetting the $3 trillion projected cost of the legislation. Some GOP senators fear that the bill’s failure to rein in federal spending in a substantial way over the next decade is fueling jitters in the bond market, where soft demand for U.S. debt has caused yields to climb in recent weeks. And they worry that if Republicans pass Trump’s bill on party-line votes in both chambers, they...
  • Did Republicans Just Give DOGE A Big Beautiful Backstab?

    05/25/2025 2:21:43 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 61 replies
    House Republicans finally just passed the Big Beautiful Bill. There’s a lot of good in it. But one thing that was notably missing? DOGE cuts. Republicans insist they’re going to eventually codify the slashing Elon Musk and his team have done to the bureaucracy. Are they telling the truth? Why not now? We answer those questions and more on today’s Rebelcast, with Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Dylan Housman and Communications Director