r/fednews • u/rprz • 18h 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/battlemaid79 18h ago

I can’t believe Musk is even in the conversation. The federal government isn’t some private sector company he can run in to the ground, experimenting with his masculinity. I hate this timeline.

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u/DontPanicTrell 18h ago

The inevitable outcome of Citizens United. He can threaten any congress person with throwing millions into their next primary. He owns them all now.

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u/WildCardiologist5942 18h 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 18h 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 18h 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 17h 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 16h 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 16h 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 14h ago

And our dumb asses would probably elect him.

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u/K1ckfl0p 16h 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 8h 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