mr davis always makes a lot of sense to me;

Interesting few days in congress and actually a good class on government corruption. The ugly sausage-making of the system is completely exposed by these shenanigans. Trying to back the people into a corner, the resident GOP/POS Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to dump a 1,547 page “continuing resolution” (CR) which should contain a few lines of text stating simply that current funding will be extended for a specific period of time. Instead it included a pay raise for Congress, funding of a key part of the government censorship of the people and a defense for the January 6 committee from investigation.

The leadership of the House: Johnson, Scalise, et al praised it as a tough but fair bill. It wasn’t, it was pork. It wasn’t even particularly good for the GOP. Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and other conservative bloggers and influencers rose up against it. This is the key point, this was the people rebelling against a horrible omnibus bill disguised as a CR, not the dictates of Musk, Ramaswamy or Trump.

Immediately, the Democrats railed on about Musk being a quasi-president. What they do understand, I think, but refuse to acknowledge, is that Musk represents the people. He is part of the people, especially now where he has no more power than the average Joe, but with a lot more influence. This bill would have made the DOGE’s job a lot more difficult and he may have simply responded to his own interests, as invested in effecting government efficiency as he is and promising to fix it, but in this case, his interests align with the people’s interests..........more.........