"He continued that if Panama could not ensure "the secure, efficient and reliable operation" of the channel, "then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question."

Panama is the new House of Reps... they'll ignore his tantrums, too. And suffer about as much, which is not much at all.

Incredibly enough, Hulk Hogan is still available....

I'm pretty sure he would be Elon's Cabin Boy should the opportunity arise.

But I saw this guy one night at a small venue bar downtown in Austin:

"Keep Hope Alive!" - Rev. Jesse Jackson

I caucused for him and the Rainbow Coalition in the early 80's in Austin.

Then Reagan stepped all over it. Too many of the hippies like myself had kids to feed, so they 'sold out'; bought suits and got jobs, often succumbing to the avarice of Corporate life.

- No, it was your undying support for the first person to drop out.

No one you can name who was willing to run was a sure thing... so you are just mouthing off yet again.

Both sides are being evil in many ways... there are no good guys in this fight.

lmao... 1nut the Victim.

- Musk shares a few opinions on X

"Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

Musk's objections to the 1,547-page omnibus bill included misinformation about congressional salaries, federal funding and public health preparedness, among other topics."

President Musk now thinks he's running Germany, too:

Elon Musk calls for German Chancellor's resignation following Magdeburg incident

NIH is now Chinese in TrumpWorld?

So unsurprising.

"Musk's meddling in debt ceiling deal signals a turn toward oligarchy

Collectively, their actions mark a troubling turn away from representative democracy and toward oligarchical rule, as Musk's wealth and influence overpower the legislative priorities of lawmakers elected by the American people."

"Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

Musk's objections to the 1,547-page omnibus bill included misinformation about congressional salaries, federal funding and public health preparedness, among other topics."

"Elon Tries to Kill "President Musk" Allegations After Total Disaster

Musk's genius spending bill idea crashed and burned. Now he's hoping he won't be blamed, including by Trump.

Whatever the state of Musk and Trump's relationship after the world's wealthiest man flexed his political muscles this week, the notion that Musk is delivering marching orders seems to have struck a nerve with team Trump.

On Thursday, a Trump spokesperson insisted that the president-elect, and no one else, was in charge, saying, "President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop."

approve, not sign

- Looks like a huge win for Trump.

He demanded something before he would sign the Bill... and they ignored him. His own Party. And they will stiff him on some Appointments, too, now that they see he's all bluster.

Of course, many of us have seen that all along.

"Government shutdown: House passes stopgap funding bill, sends it to Senate for vote

Like Thursday's failed vote, Friday's passage " without Trump's debt limit hike " served as a reminder to the incoming president of just how difficult it is to control the notoriously fractious House Republican caucus."

"US immigration authorities last year deported the largest number of undocumented immigrants in nearly a decade, surpassing the record of Donald Trump's first term in office.

More than 271,000 immigrants were deported from the US over the last fiscal year, according to a report released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency on Thursday."

Wow... and he didn't even need the Military going house to house to do it.

Of course, the first thing Trump will do will be to get rid of any, 'streamlined processes', and install some more invisible razor wire.

#14

Ok that makes sense of his Black-Decker tat.

Visitor has 50 invisible drones in the WH, reporting in directly to his head.

It's Corporate Controlled quantum teleportation over the public airwaves. He rarely ever uses the Tin Foil Hat anymore to keep safe.

9 minutes ago

"House Appropriations Dem raises concerns about Musk's China connections

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders questioning whether Elon Musk helped tank the first bipartisan government funding bill due to language it included about restricting U.S. investments in China.

"It is particularly disturbing that Musk may have sought to upend this critical negotiated agreement to remove a bipartisan provision regulating U.S. investments in China in order to protect his wallet and the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of American workers, innovators, and businesses," DeLauro wrote in the letter Friday.

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DeLauro also explained how an outbound investment provision would have kept new technologies in the United States and prevented wealthy investors from offshoring production and U.S. intellectual property to China.

Nearly a quarter of Tesla's global revenue in 2023 drew from sales of Chinese-made vehicles from the Shanghai factory, she said.

"I urge congressional leadership to return to the deal and include this critical provision that ensures U.S. capabilities and capital do not fuel that of the Chinese Community Party," she said."

Musk's estimated IQ of 155-160 places him in the "Highly Gifted" category... mostly in science stuff, not legal or ethical or moral categories, although he does apparently feign some sort of bizarre Christianity.

He has the feigning stuff in common with Trump, but not the IQ, so there's not much doubt who's manipulating whom here.

DT's a Mob Boss, though, so that may trump being the richest man in the world, who could wake up in bed one morning with a severed horse's head.

#5

Before Your L'ard and M'assah King Trump the First of the New American Fascist Party, you mean.

OK, so the thread link has a paywall now, so here's the BBC...

"Nobody thought it was possible': Quantum teleportation is here

A breakthrough in quantum physics could pave the way to achieving a quantum Internet."

"Musk, who is the world's richest man, has significant business interests in China. His company Tesla opened a "gigafactory" in Shanghai in 2019, building cars for the Chinese domestic market as well as Australasia. By 2022, China accounted for about 22.5 percent of Tesla's total revenue.

And in 2023, he said he wanted to expand his business in China as he met Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing.

Musk has also said he wants to build a second factory in China, which is the world's biggest electric vehicle market."

I would note that:

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power" Benito Mussolini

and

"Is Trump calling for a Xmas Government shut down because the bi partisan funding bill contains strict limits on US investment in Chinese military-grade technology... and Trump doesn't want to upset the Chinese and undermine his family's investments there?

Popok does the math. "

#39

So, now aren't you glad for all the misogynist Women Hater's Boys Club Members that support DJT?
Obama showed Americans would elect a black man before they would a white woman... so how much chance did a black woman have with Trump's America?