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Escape from pitchforks

Shooting the billionaires into outer space would make the world a better place.

Schumer isn't engineering anything lol

Republicans control all three branches the government.

Not the Senate. That takes 60 votes to end the democrat's filibuster, which is why the last dozen attempts by republicans to pass a clean CR with no changes to the current budget failed. (The last one yesterday[1] failed with 54 in favor 44 against. Three democrats voted with the republicans in that vote, still not enough.)

[1]: https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2025-10-03-senate-again-fa...

Not having supermajority doesn't mean they aren't in control. The fact is, the president could say one sentence, and the shutdown would be over. It's no surprise that the last 2 record setting shutdowns happened under this president.

They're in control of some things certainly, but not this. The decision to filibuster republican attempts to re-open the government is almost entirely up to Schumer, and under current rules the republicans can't do anything about that without 60 votes.

You're right of course that Trump could probably persuade Schumer to end the shutdown by agreeing to his demands, but I think it's disingenuous to suggest that means he's in "control" of what's happening. (Let alone the insanity of trying to suggest Elon Musk is somehow to blame as previous commenters did, or that X users are for continuing to use X. This thread about a new link preloading feature in Twitter got very off topic very quickly.)

>Cutting food stamps.

How is Musk involved in the current budget debacle aside from being "republican"? It's easy to blame stuff on him when he was running DOGE, but since his falling out with trump blaming every cut on Musk is a tired and expired meme.

Given how much he contributed to the election outcome it hardly seems tired to blame him for the consequences.

Plus he's on Twitter every week publicly discussing how much he uses the platform to put his thumb on the scale of discourse towards his personal beliefs.

In what world is he not involved?

The consequences of blocking a CR?

The consequences of the 2024 election in which he played a significant role. This "budget debacle" is a direct consequence.

Also, Elon has weighed in quite aggressively on prior budgetary fights, so it would be crazy to say his influence isn't being felt here. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5046887-elon-musk-slam...

"He gave the federal government organizational cancer, but he left now so he's not to blame"

Americans will be living with Musk's legacy for decades.

Hopefully, fingers crossed

I hope, of all people here, you most directly feel the influence of Musk in your life.. Trust me, it will not be pleasant..

I don't know, you make it kind of sound pleasant...

Actions speak to the character of a person. And some actions have long lasting consequences.

I'm okay with blaming him along with all of these Austin turds with podcasts.

It's not because he no longer works there that he doesn't have the exact same ideology. And now he's trying to push a Trump-like figure in the UK

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