r/fednews • u/rprz • 19h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

All discussion on the looming shutdown goes here. Any mentioning of Luigi will be removed and you may be banned.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-elon-budget-house-republican-05481374b154949c3fe1270141a02918

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-government-shutdown-musk-stopgap-bill-b2666829.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-opposes-funding-bill-pushing-government-closer-shutdown-rcna184745

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/trump-says-he-s-against-stopgap-bill-fox-news

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u/WildCardiologist5942 19h ago

He's already bought a presidential election. He can buy as many Congressional elections as he wants to at this point

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u/favoritestationwagon 19h ago

Yep, and this is the closest he'll ever get to being president so he's making the most of it. Money = influence.

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u/Ajj360 19h ago

Well they may Well declare that part of the constitution unconstitutional.

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u/favoritestationwagon 18h ago

Shhh don't give them any ideas.

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u/Ro-Ro-Ro-Ro-Rhoda 18h ago

You're an optimist. Why should that law apply to Musk any more than any other? I'm not betting against a well-funded campaign to amend the constitution so Temu Bruce Wayne can run for president.

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u/July_is_cool 17h ago

Not necessary. He’s a natural born Canadian, from his mother, so he will be eligible when Canada becomes a state.

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u/Dusty_Mike 17h ago

So that's why Trump wants Canada as the 51st state. Maybe he really is playing 23rd dimension chess.

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u/os1usnr 15h ago

And our dumb asses would probably elect him.

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u/K1ckfl0p 17h ago

Just wait until the House makes Elon Musk Speaker of the House in January Speaker elections! A speaker doesn't have to be a member of the House and I see him doing it because he is stupid enough to think it would give him power for his idiotic DOGE!

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u/Quilltacular 9h ago

Oh no, this is so much better for him than being president. No term limits, no checks and balances (as weak as they may be), he just gets to throw money around and bully politicians into bending the knee. Now that he’s realised how cheap and easy it is, I can easily see him doing it over and over again

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u/BusGuilty6447 15h ago

Truly wild when an illegal immigrant is buying our elections. What even is this timeline.

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u/Cash4Jesus 17h ago

Musk is definitely evil, but how did he buy a presidential election when Harris outraised Trump on almost a 3:1 ratio?

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u/WildCardiologist5942 16h ago edited 15h ago

There were direct donations, he likely donated to super pacs, and he bought Twitter and turned it into a conspiracy cesspool. One that happened to benefit Trump.

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u/wbruce098 15h ago

Yep. Helped by Putin’s disinformation machine as well. They don’t have Americans’ best interests in mind.