GOP senators tell Elon Musk that DOGE cuts will require their votes in closed door meeting
GOP senators tell Elon Musk that DOGE cuts will require their votes in closed door meeting
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Keep the pressure up, tiny cracks like this can grow if we're persistent
There are no cracks. If you read the article, this is nothing more than promises to ensure DOGE gets their rubber stamp and a sense of legitimacy. It’s collusion.
there are cracks. The Supreme Court just ruled against Rump again, has approval rating is already diving, Republicans are protesting against rump, there are literally Nationwide protests with tens of thousands of people, and judges all over the country are blocking rump policies.
there are cracks, don't pretend here.
Tiny cracks. No one should get even remotely complacent, either.
There's almost zero chance of things not continuing to get much, much worse. But it is non-zero.
Ehh... I dunno. This could be the old power brokers letting the Doge pups know that they hold the real reins of power and the newcomers better play ball with them. I mean, that'd still be collusion, but more in a kiss the ring sort of way.
They don't hold that power. If they step out of line Trump and Elon will berate them on Twitter and set their followers after them. If they still don't fold they'll "mention" their family members in the tweets. They will play ball. This is them pretending to have free will, not them actually having any .
But they demonstrably don’t hold the reins of power
Yes, but, there is a possible silver lining here. It may also provide some accountability to those in congress. This way they're not just grossly negligent standing by and letting it happen. It will make them specifically vote in favor of it, making them directly complicit. And they can't afford to have hardly anyone abstain from voting on it because congress is so close. This means that the few GOP congresspeople that represent purple districts that are up for election in 2026 will have to choose. 1) risk losing their seat to a dem for supporting wildly unpopular cuts, or 2) split from the party on the votes for those cuts and then the worst cuts don't go through. It's a small victory, but a welcome one to me.