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"The real story here is that Trump has lost control of the process at what should be his moment of maximum power. As far as I can tell Musk himself didn’t even express an opinion on the vote for the clean up. He’s off to something else. Or he was only there for blowing things up. Putting them back together is someone else’s problem."
~ Josh Marshall
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/15
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Musk Shows Trump That He’s the New Chaos in Town
If you haven’t seen the details, the meltdown on Capitol Hill went from bad to worse this evening. Or awesome to awesomer, depending on your perspective.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
"The entire ordeal serves as a preview of what Americans should expect from their government for at least the next two years: A pathetic and ineffective legislature will limp along, waiting every moment for its next command from the president and his rich friends."
~ Joe Perticone
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/14
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They Like The Chaos. They Want The Chaos.
This week gave us a preview of the coming Trump presidency. It felt like a horrible rerun of the first.Joe Perticone (The Bulwark)
"If this is the way Donald Trump and Elon Musk plan on running the government of the United States starting on January 20, then we won’t have a democracy. What we will have is some hybrid of a dictatorship and plutocracy, whereby the elected representatives of the people forfeit their powers and duties to the whims of two people: one who gives the orders, and the other who pays the money that will ensure his orders are carried out."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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"This has never before happened in this country. We have never, since our founding nearly 250 years ago, had a situation whereby two men who do not hold elective office are telling those who have been elected what to do, and threatening to oust them from their elected positions in the Congress in two years if they do not follow orders."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/12
"This is two men, two billionaires, one real and one self-professed, one of them an immigrant from South Africa, telling the United States Congress what to do about how it funds the government."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/11
"After doubling down and calling the funding bill 'unacceptable' and 'a Democrat trap,' Trump called the richest man in the world, the one who paid $250 million to get him elected, and this is what he says he said to him: 'I told him that if he agrees with me, that he could put out a statement,' Trump said.
This seems like an unnecessary point to make, but I’m going to say it anyway:"
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/10
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump have just given us a dark glimpse of our future
In short order, it seems, we will learn what kind of country we’re going to have for the next four years.Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has thrown her weight behind Senator Rand Paul’s ridiculous proposal that Elon Musk be elected the speaker of the House of Representatives. …
There’s scarcely a better illustration of Greene’s phony brand of populism than her support for installing the world’s richest man to, as she put it, reign in the people’s elected body."
~ Robert McCoy
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/9
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MTG Suddenly Calls for Elon Musk to Take Over as House Speaker
Republicans’ deranged calls for Elon Musk as House speaker are growing.The New Republic
"He later became a citizen. Who would have thought that someone who has railed against undocumented immigrants was perhaps one himself, and now could be speaker of the House … the world’s richest person, and answerable to absolutely no one?"
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/8
"Who exactly is calling the shots? It doesn’t sound like it’s the president-elect. It does sound like it is the richest man in the world, who paid an enormous amount of money to ride in Donald Trump’s sidecar. …
Several months ago, The Washington Post reported that Musk, who is originally from South Africa, was actually in the U.S. illegally for a time after dropping out of Stanford to start a business."
~ Dan Rather
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/7
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Is Trump Really Calling the Shots?
Just when you think it can’t get weirder or more dysfunctional …Dan Rather (Steady)
"To the extent that Musk has more power than Trump, it is because he can fund primary challengers against Republicans who do not surrender to Musk’s demands. Trump cannot make that threat credibly.
And the only reason that Musk has that power is because of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Citizen’s United."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
#SupremeCourt #CitizensUnited
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"The oligarchs want lower taxes, which is what Trump, Musk, and other oligarchs are planning — an extension of the 2017 Trump tax cut, with an estimated price tag of at least $5 trillion.
They want no antitrust enforcement to puncture the power of their giant corporations. Instead, their corporations will grow larger, able to charge consumers even more."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/5
"Trump has put Musk (and another billionaire, Vivek Ramaswamy) in charge of gutting government services in the name of 'efficiency.' Musk’s investors assume that Musk will eliminate the health, safety, labor, and environmental regulations that have limited the profits of Musk-owned corporations, and that Trump will put more government money into SpaceX and xAI (Musk’s artificial intelligence company)."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/4
"Then, in 2024, he spent $277 million to get Trump elected, also using Twitter (now X) to amplify pro-Trump, anti-Harris messages.
These were good investments for Musk. Since Election Day, Musk’s fortune has increased by $170 billion. That’s because investors in Tesla and SpaceX have pushed their value into the stratosphere."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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"So far, Trump has picked 13 billionaires for his administration. It’s the wealthiest in history, including the richest person in the world. They and Trump are part of the American oligarchy, even though Trump campaigned on being the 'voice' of the working class. …
In 2022, Elon Musk spent $44 billion to buy Twitter and turn it into his own personal political megaphone."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/2
"This is not governing. Trump and the Republicans are not a governing party.
What’s the back story to all this? It’s the oligarchy that put Trump into the presidency. …
Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/1
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The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control
It’s the third time in the nation’s history that a small group of hyper-wealthy people have gained political power over the rest of us. Here’s what we must do.Robert Reich
On the looming government shutdown.
It’s sad that I have to say this, but I hope that the GOP shuts down the government by failing to pass the bipartisan spending bill.
Half of this country are addicts that need to hit rock bottom before they can recover, if ever. People need to see and feel the consequences of their bad choices.
I continue to be ashamed of this country for choosing Trump.
#Trump #GOP #Congress #Musk #Democrats #Politics #GovernmentShutdown #Addiction
Shocked face: 😶
“Major #Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers”
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d…
It isn’t hypocrisy. It’s an authoritarian power-move. They’re saying, ‘we won’t be constrained by the bullshit nontroversies we spin up to obtain power.’
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#DebtCeiling #MikeJohnson #Trump #Musk #Xitter
"Musk did this. Trump thrives on chaos, but his chaos. Not someone else’s chaos.
Trump is following. He’s trying to pretend otherwise but he’s following. ...
Trump has sewn himself into a sack with Elon Musk, a few billion dollars, a cat and a snake, and had the sack tossed into the Tiber. That’s the story here. And it will go on for a while."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/11
"Trump has brought Musk into the central circle of power. He’s not only de facto Vice President. When was the last time you saw JD Vance? He’s practically co-president. Musk is erratic, volatile, impulsive, mercurial. He introduces a huge source of unpredictability and chaos into the presidency that for once Trump doesn’t control."
~ Josh Marshall
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/10
"Driving the right-wing backlash against House Republicans over the now-abandoned continuing resolution to fund the federal government through mid-March was the erratic and impetuous richest man in the world, posting furiously on the social media platform he owns."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/9
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Republicans Turn Eating Their Own Into A Spectator Sport
INSIDE: Elon Musk ... Mike Johnson ... Matt GaetzDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"Uber and its CEO have donated $1m each to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a growing list of firms seeking to garner favor with the administration. Meta also gave $1m, with Amazon and OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, reportedly planning similar donations."
~ Jem Bartholomew
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/8
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First Thing: 51 men found guilty in Pelicot mass rape trial
French man jailed for 20 years over abuse of ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot. Plus, Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide for restricting Gaza water supplyJem Bartholomew (The Guardian)
"Remember 'governing by tweet?' This time it was Elon Musk's tweets. He 'posted dozens of times, dozens,' against the bipartisan funding bill, and Republicans in Congress 'answered Elon's call.'"
~ Brian Stelter
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/7
"In one day we got 1) renewed attention to Trump’s depraved and dangerous nominees 2) Trump’s agenda already doing significant harm to the US economy 3) the Russian-backed Trump/Musk wrecking ball publicly savaging the Republican Speaker and killing his bi-partisan bill to keep the government open over the Holiday season two days before the government shuts down."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/6
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The Trump Wrecking Ball Is Already Here, More Notes On The Path Forward - My Latest Video On US Politics
The GOP's post-election honeymoon ended yesterdaySimon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg)
"The world’s richest man wants to burn it all down. …
Needless to say, their priority [of Congressional Republicans] isn’t to well and faithfully discharge their duties. Their priority is to listen closely so that when Trump and Musk say, 'Jump,' they promptly ask, 'How high?'”
~ William Kristol
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/5
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The World’s Richest Man Wants to Burn It All Down
We knew Elon liked strategic acquisitions. We didn’t know the spines of House Republicans came quite so cheap.William Kristol (The Bulwark)
"It’s already clear that assuming the worst happens — and it’s hard to see how it won’t — this will be the dumbest shutdown ever. ...
Inauguration Day is still a month away, yet the chaos monkeys have already taken over."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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The Chaos Monkeys Have Already Taken Over the Zoo
The peddlers of misinformation are high on their own supplyPaul Krugman (Krugman wonks out)
"Elites have repeatedly made alliances with autocrats. Elites retain power and privileges, and have the potential to expand their profits, in return for supporting the autocrat no matter what he says or does. ...
Those who enter into alliances with Trump forget the lessons of history."
~ Ruth Ben Ghiat
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/3
"A dictionary definition of oligarchy is “a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes.” The super-rich know Trump can punish or reward them, and he’s trying to pressure them into anti-democratic alliances with him. Sadly, some billionaires are happy to do so."
~ Mark Jacob
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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Here Come the Oligarchs to Undermine Democracy
Self-serving, knee-bending billionaires are joining Trump's gravy trainMark Jacob (Stop the Presses)
"After Musk spent the day telling Republicans not to support the bill [to keep government going], Trump weighed in against it, too. That put the bill on life support.
If this isn’t oligarchy, I don’t know what is.
You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/1
robertreich.substack.com/p/can…
Can the Muskrat shut the United States government?
Sure looks that way. The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.Robert Reich
Breaking: “Judge Won’t Throw Out Trump’s Hush Money Conviction Because Of Immunity Ruling”
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Judge Won’t Throw Out Trump’s Hush Money Conviction Because Of Immunity Ruling
While the conviction stands for now, according to The New York Times, Trump’s sentencing has been indefinitely postponed.Alison Durkee (Forbes)
Reporter spills about Trump team's 'clever strategy' to get controversial pick confirmed
Donald Trump's team is using behind-the-scenes moves to win over senators in hopes that they will confirm his controversial nominee to lead the FBI, according to a reporter.
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The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming.
It’s Happening Right Now !
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
🔗 newrepublic.com/article/176854…
#republicans #Trump #braindrain #conservatives #democrats #redstates #bluestates
#Trump to get $15m in ABC News defamation case. The main ABC anchor said he'd been found liable for rape, when it was "only"
sexual abuse, and that only because of the narrow definition of rape in NY law.
BBC News - Trump awarded $15m in ABC News defamation case
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Donald Trump awarded $15m in ABC News defamation case
The network will also publish a statement expressing "regret" for statements by George Stephanopoulos.BBC News
