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True but Elon is building/expanding his own base in the meantime.
Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)
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Mulberry Heel
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Maybe, but I don't see him having nearly Trump's appeal to voters. And if he screws up this government "reform" effort his popularity will quickly plummet.
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Kind of depends on whether he is perceived as screwing it up or it’s spun into a deep state counter-attack that requires him to work from farther outside the government etc.
Mulberry Heel
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If he screws it up even he and the GOP propaganda machine are going to have difficulty in spinning it as anything other than a disaster, imo. I just don't think he has anything like Trump's appeal to the base.
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I think at least some of that is because many military members come from white working-class backgrounds, and that's Trump's base. I know several retired military (one an Iraq War vet) who grew up in my hometown and came from financially modest backgrounds, and they're all huge Trump fans and are convinced that Democrats hate the military and are basically in league with the devil. But even if they hadn't been in the military I think they would still have the same political and cultural views. But yeah, it is distressing to hear such people love them some Trump, especially after all the nasty things he's said about veterans and the military in general, and that he's a draft dodger.
Objectivity is not achieved by someone who is highly partisan even if they are brought in from the outside. That's especially true if they are brought in without being vetted in any way.
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If by "outsider" you mean "persons most likley to personally benefit financially from having control", then yes.
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I'm more talking about objectively looking at processes to see where they can be streamlined, weeding out duplicate or unnecessary positions..... Stuff like that. Nothing that would be R or D. Like "Bar Rescue" on steroids and for the government.
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“… Johnson would put forth what's known as a "concurrent resolution" that would call for both the House and the Senate to adjourn, which the House would then approve. At that point, it would no longer matter if the Senate was unable to muster a majority to go into recess. Trump would simply cite Article 2, Section 3 and direct both chambers to adjourn — perhaps for a very long time.
… Johnson, however, surely doesn't care about such niceties. What matters is simply whether he can get 218 votes to back him up. The only piece of potentially good news in all this is that, thanks to the anarchic House GOP caucus, Johnson has labored mightily to cobble together majorities in the past and often failed.
That task will be as tough as ever given his extremely narrow majority.
But Republicans understand very well that parliamentary maneuvering seldom matters to voters, so on this occasion, the speaker conceivably could keep his coalition together — especially considering the possibility that well-funded primary challengers could be sicced on Republicans who don’t toe the line.
That leaves only the Supreme Court, which clamped down on recess appointments once before. But that ruling came down when Barack Obama was president. The court's far-right supermajority, which has enabled Trump time and again, would likely have little problem finding a facile way to sanction such appointments with a Republican in charge.
It's still possible none of this comes to pass.
The Senate could, for instance, retain a fig-leaf version of its right to vet nominees by simply rubber-stamping Trump's picks, no matter how odious or unqualified. It looks like Thune will be able to spare three votes in the Senate, after all.
But even if a few Republican senators stand up for themselves and resist Trump's recess appointments scheme, no one should assume Mike Johnson would do the same. And if he caves, a cornerstone of our democracy will crumble with him.”
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… Johnson, however, surely doesn't care about such niceties. What matters is simply whether he can get 218 votes to back him up. The only piece of potentially good news in all this is that, thanks to the anarchic House GOP caucus, Johnson has labored mightily to cobble together majorities in the past and often failed.
That task will be as tough as ever given his extremely narrow majority.
But Republicans understand very well that parliamentary maneuvering seldom matters to voters, so on this occasion, the speaker conceivably could keep his coalition together — especially considering the possibility that well-funded primary challengers could be sicced on Republicans who don’t toe the line.
That leaves only the Supreme Court, which clamped down on recess appointments once before. But that ruling came down when Barack Obama was president. The court's far-right supermajority, which has enabled Trump time and again, would likely have little problem finding a facile way to sanction such appointments with a Republican in charge.
It's still possible none of this comes to pass.
The Senate could, for instance, retain a fig-leaf version of its right to vet nominees by simply rubber-stamping Trump's picks, no matter how odious or unqualified. It looks like Thune will be able to spare three votes in the Senate, after all.
But even if a few Republican senators stand up for themselves and resist Trump's recess appointments scheme, no one should assume Mike Johnson would do the same. And if he caves, a cornerstone of our democracy will crumble with him.”
How Johnson could make Trump's recess appointments a reality
Talk of cutting out Dems — and GOP dissenters — is more than just idle rhetoric.
www.publicnotice.co
Which doesn't change a thing.
If nothing else, having two heads in a organization to weed out duplicate and unnecessary positions is ridiculous and a middle finger to the idiots who take their mission seriously. It's like a negative IQ test. If you'll believe that, you'll believe anything.
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Look! We’re not even two weeks into having Trump 2.0 and we’ve already got the board Pubs agreeing with us about how ridiculously stupid Trump and Tom Cotton’s proposal- boosted by Bernie Sanders- to cap credit card interests at 10%. That’s #bipartisanship baby!
When the far left and the far right agree on anything, it’s probably a bad proposal.
When the far left and the far right agree on anything, it’s probably a bad proposal.
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The executive actions and reviews underway include the return of the program informally known as “remain in Mexico,” which requires migrants to stay in Mexico during their immigration proceedings in the US, revising asylum restrictions, revoking protections for migrants covered by Biden’s humanitarian parole programs and undoing ICE’s enforcement priorities, according to two sources briefed on transition policy discussions.
Another executive order that is being considered would make detention mandatory and call for an end to releasing migrants, which often happens across administrations because of limited federal resources. It’s that type of executive order, sources say, that would pave the way for detaining and eventually, deporting people at a large scale.
Trump’s team is also reviewing regional capability for housing migrants – a process likely to lead to consideration of the construction of new detention facilities in larger metropolitan areas, according to two sources. Homeland Security officials have previously identified multiple cities in which to build up detention capability in preparation for border surges.
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But they are also evaluating a potential national emergency declaration to unlock Pentagon resources – which was done during Trump’s first term and faced lawsuits – and tailoring that declaration to pave the way for expanding detention space, according to one of the sources.
The private sector, which the federal government heavily relies on for detention space, is also preparing to add more beds. In a recent eaomrnings call, CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger noted the increased need for detention capacity. CoreCivic is one of the largest private prison operators in the US. …”
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Take a bunch of people who are currently working and contributing to the economy, and instead lock them up in detention facilities where the government has to pay for their food, clothing, shelter, and people to guard them.
Brilliant! Checkmate libs!
Brilliant! Checkmate libs!
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I'm confused. Is your concern that Musk and Ramaswamy are too politically biased to do their job, are you against looking at the federal government for general efficiency improvements or are you against having two people doing it?
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When does the minefield come into play? You just know it’s being discussed.
One and three. The lack of vetting of qualifications also greatly concerns me.