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Giving Up Power
Author: Raine
Date: 03/06/2025 13:42:14
I want you to take a look at this CNN headline: 
That's right, Congress is asking him to let them do their jobs.
Never forget that these people were threatened with being primaried if they didn't tow the agenda. The same republicans who claim they hate DC yet are scared to be sent back home to places like Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas, or whatever red state or city they claim to represent. They care about the trappings of power more than the responsibility of serving their constituents. Now they do neither.
Instead, they grovel at the feet of a self-serving billionaire.
It's easy to give up power, but it is harder to get it back. Never give up your power.
& 
Raine
That's right, Congress is asking him to let them do their jobs.
Republicans pushed Elon Musk on Wednesday in a pair of private meetings to move his efforts to slash federal spending and the federal workforce through Congress, as lawmakers vie for a seat at the table in the sweeping effort to overhaul government.
It’s a sign that Republicans are looking to reassert their power of the purse in the months ahead.
In meetings with Senate and House Republicans, the tech billionaire walked the lawmakers through how the Department of Government Efficiency has approached cuts to the federal government.
The meetings come as multiple GOP lawmakers have been making the case to their leadership behind the scenes for weeks that Musk needs to consult more with Congress about the programs DOGE is working to eliminate and the scope of the cuts. Up to this point, congressional Republicans have wanted to remain in lockstep with the way President Donald Trump and Musk are reshaping the federal government, and have so far carefully carried out their pushback.
Never forget that these people were threatened with being primaried if they didn't tow the agenda. The same republicans who claim they hate DC yet are scared to be sent back home to places like Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas, or whatever red state or city they claim to represent. They care about the trappings of power more than the responsibility of serving their constituents. Now they do neither.
Instead, they grovel at the feet of a self-serving billionaire.
It's easy to give up power, but it is harder to get it back. Never give up your power.
& Raine
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Raine on 03/06/2025 15:24:59
Raine on 03/06/2025 15:24:59
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
— Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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