The Phantom's Phantom

Vote failed Nice work Elon. Shutdown it is.

You don't think Mike Johnson is gonna do whatever trump tells him? You can't be this dumb. Trump is telling all Republicans that if they don't play ball with him that he's gonna primary them. Do you not know this?

Yes, thank you.

They haven't had a raise in 15 years. The raise is meaningless. Elon is calling the shots now. He has Trump's ear, he is the president, republicans do whatever he says, you get it? And yes, something is wrong. With the party bending the knee to their supreme leader, you bet that is focked up. Not everyone, some still have a spine, like the pirate in texas, but they are mostly shills now. I too wish that the republicans would have spines but they don't as is evident. We saw this with immigration bill, and now with this bill. Trump and Elon are bullies, they are mob bosses. Anyone who doesn't see it doesn't know how the world works.

I don't think you understand how politics works.

Oh and about this pay raise, it's 3.8%, and they haven't gotten a raise since 2009. It really has no effect either way

He is Trump's puppet.

Well I tried to vote them out. What do you think should be done? Let Elon Musk stop all spending and shut down the govt?

Apparently not. The house had months to do it and didn't.

Today Trump said we should just eliminate the debt ceiling. Unlimited debt!@#$ You think he ran on cutting spending.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!@#$% Brought to you by the world's richest ass hole.

That's why it should be concerning the influence that he has. Let me dumb it down for you. 1) Trump and Congress worked together on a spending bill to keep the Govt funded and running for a few months that needs to be passed tomorrow. 2) Bill was agreed upon by all, approved by Senate and on it's way to the house for approval. Speaker had the votes. 3) President Musk starts x'ing about how the bill can't be passed, how it has to be killed. 4) Musk spends most of the day on the phone with Speaker Johnson telling him the bill can't be passed. 5) Musk then goes to Donald and convinces him the bill can't be passed. 6) Trump then tells Johnson to kill the bill. Johnson kills the bill. Get it?

You have to remember that tardcore is very lonely man with no self esteem. That's why he comes here looking for "wins", beats his chest about winning, seeks validation from strangers,etc. His entire life revolves around getting some sort of self worth from this forum. He was hoping someone would defend this pardon so he could argue with them. Didn't work out the way he thought.

What are you crying about? English?

If you're serious about cutting spending then you have to cut medicare, medicaid, SS and the military. But you're not serious. You'd rather cry about molasses.

Trump did not run on reduced spending.

Yup. and of course the idiots here will deny this and cheer that this is what they want.

Solely for political purposes, wants it increased under Biden. Trump was fine with the bill until President Musk strong armed him and mind focked him into objecting to it.

I suppose I should have clarified more and added "for military kids". Didn't anticipate someone looking for a gotcha, so congrats.

That's exactly what happened. Of course you're not smart enough to understand that.

Speaker Mike Johnson is uniparty now?

Nope, he said he wants austerity and it will result in economic problems. Listen to what he says. We need to keep spending money to keep the govt going. This temporary bill is not the way to cut spending. Any meaningful spending cuts would involve some major reform, something that neither party has been interested in doing the past 20 years so don't even start about being fiscally responsible.

The Senate on Wednesday passed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a massive defense spending package that includes a ban on coverage of gender-affirming care for the transgender children of military service members. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-defense-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-minors-rcna184748

Musk isn't in charge of anything. For focks sake. He wants pain, hardship and economic collapse. You idiots are too dumb to understand this

Jesus everything is a joke to you people. You just want to watch the world burn. Who are the good people? Musk?