An unlikely duet – Captain Kangaroo and Cher!

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Is Musk in charge of the GOP? It’s bad news

Looks like we are heading for another Republican government shutdown. There was a deal between Democrats and Republicans until Musk stepped in. His behavior is disgraceful.

@paris.nycReminder: No one elected Elon Musk…Under pressure from Elon Musk, House GOP prepares to scrap spending bill http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/202…
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T21:44:54.751Z

Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, says don't worry about the impact of an extended government shutdown on members of the military, seniors who rely on social security, and other government workers.They'll be "fine" he says
— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T20:21:51.689Z

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world who has recently decided he is an expert on federal spending, says the only acceptable course of action is to shut the entire federal government down for at least one month.
— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T20:17:12.889Z

It doesn't look like Mike Johnson's text thread with Elon Musk is going that well
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2024-12-18T18:42:08.925Z

BREAKING: Trump opposes the 3-month spending stopgap introduced by Mike Johnson to avoid a government shutdown.
— Axios (@axios.com) 2024-12-18T21:32:12.199Z

NEW: Elon Musk railed against the bill to avert a looming government shutdown. Any member who votes in favor of the bill should be voted out of office, Musk wrote, repeatedly characterizing it as "criminal."
— Axios (@axios.com) 2024-12-18T19:47:51.214Z

House Republicans' conservative wing is lining up against the bill to fund the government, which they say is over-stuffed with legislative hobby horses.Some are singling out the pay raise in their condemnations.
— Axios (@axios.com) 2024-12-18T20:06:48.338Z

Two polls show Trump’s extremist ideas are unpopular

Pardons are unpopular, especially Trump's plan for J6 pardons (voters oppose 59-33). Also, voters favor path to citizenship vs. deportation 55-36. And, 51-38, they oppose his tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. I have 2 questions: Seriously, folks? WTF?poll.qu.edu/poll-release…
— Jill Lawrence (@jilldlawrence.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T20:40:12.692Z

A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds Americans split on whether President-elect Donald Trump will try to rule as a dictator, but confident any effort would be be blocked.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2024-12-18T20:01:31.036Z

Overturnihg the Chevron decision was terrible

It gives more power to judges and takes it from civil servant job knowledge experts.

WASHPOST: The inside story of how a network of interconnected organizations — with common employees and funding from Koch and wealthy like-minded donors — spent years strategizing how to take down Chevron deference.www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
— Eric Lipton NYT (@ericlipton.nytimes.com) 2024-12-08T19:18:07.965Z

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1835889651187605953?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

https://twitter.com/BrennanCenter/status/1808216571275628850

https://twitter.com/barbmcquade/status/1806754001456681442?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

https://twitter.com/narosenblum/status/1806733180952527313

I guess the lie that Mexico will pay for the wall is dead

Which Trump campaign promises do Americans think he'll keep?75% think he'll fund U.S.-Mexico border wall70%: ban transgender athletes from women's sports64%: increase drilling on federal land60%: cut corporate tax rate55%: end birthright citizenshiptoday.yougov.com/politics/art…
— YouGov America (@today.yougov.com) 2024-11-30T22:57:23.359Z

I don’t see anything about Mexico paying for the wall. I guess everyone knows that’s not going to happen.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-11-30T23:58:49.644Z

Republicans have a House majority because of their own gerrymandering

This post just shows the GOP side. See my reply.

Johnson: The House would have a larger majority but redistricting and gerrymandering in the blue states made that almost impossible but we do have a majority and we know how govern with that small majority. We’ve been doing it for a year
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2024-12-04T20:24:20.835Z

Did anyone ask him about Republican gerrymandering in North Carolina?
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-12-04T20:34:39.062Z

bsky.app/profile/trut…
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-12-04T20:38:07.161Z

The majority of Democrats approve of Biden’s pardon of his son

The voters understand that Trump would keep going after Hunter Biden. They may anyway.

News Analysis: The criticism of President Biden's pardon of his son from within his own party underscores how far gone his relationship with Democrats in Congress already was, our congressional correspondent writes.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2024-12-04T21:20:50.462Z

You left out the fact that the majority of Democrats in the country support the pardon. Apparently, we take the potential for Trump to keep attacking Hunter Biden more seriously than our representatives do. bsky.app/profile/toda…
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T02:14:22.529Z

Proof the GOP will keep investigating Hunter Bidenbsky.app/profile/atru…
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T22:52:22.569Z

Republicans clearly believe Trump’s lies on tariffs

How else can you account for the difference?

To the extent that they ever were, consumer confidence metrics are clearly not a useful measure of general economic moods but just one more indication of how everything is seen through the partisan lens. ⁦‪@NeilIrwin‬⁩.bsky.social http://www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t…
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T15:40:43.761Z

Republicans believe Trump’s lies that other countries will pay for the tariffs. Democrats don’t.
— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T15:46:26.524Z

Covers: Rocket 88

“Rocket 88” is considered by many (including me) to be the first rock’n’roll song. It was recorded by Ike Turner and his band. Jackie Brenston was the singer and author. Turner was a bad guy but a great musician.