Compare this pro-DP explanation: The US government is barreling towards a partial government shutdown due to pressure from incoming President Donald Trump and a political stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. –broadcast email from Roy Singham-financed, PSL-run People's Forum
... with a candid liberal using Charles and Mary Beard's "follow the money" method: Congress was on track to handle government funding with relative ease until Elon Musk, concerned about his business interests in China, derailed it with a series of tweets that prompted Trump to belatedly follow Musk’s lead. The Musk-Trump caper humiliated House Speaker Mike Johnson, left Democrats to revel in Republican disarray, and detracted from the perception of an all-powerful president-elect. Instead, Trump looked more like an errand boy for Musk than vice versa. ... Fox News, a mainstay of pro-Trump propaganda, has been far from friendly to the Musk-Trump ploy. An extensive piece on the Fox website quotes Democrat after Democrat ... Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI): “Apparently America elected Elon Musk President. Trump is just his errand boy.” – liberal economist Robert Kuttner at https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-12-20-odor-of-musk/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34164): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34164 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110224006/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
