http://thehill.com/homenews/ca...hreatens-republicans/

With the same determination that he bought Twitter with, Leon is on the war path.

This sets up a fascinating chess match where the timing is everything.

Can Musk brand himself as an efficiency devotee and regain some popularity amongst the people who actually care about deficits? Will Trump denaturalize him to get him out of his hair on time to prevent him from unleashing billions against him? Will the Supreme Court allow Musk to flood the next election cycle with super PAC dark money with a change of law now that it's no longer benefiting Trump? Will Trump label Musk as an enemy of the state and seek to seize his American assets one he's deported? Could Musk run an entire political action committee from a yacht in a place where he can't be Epsteined? Lots of drama in the drama of the post bromance.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Hey, what do ya know, Musk got Trumped. Who didn't see that coming? lol

The Magstapo will stop the funding that Trump used from Elon to win the election. And they will tighten down on other pro freedom sources that are used by Liberals.

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The GOP is not worried.... Yet. And then there's this: "Unless and until Musk can start lining up some A-team candidates or credible people or people in the same wing of the party, he's going nowhere," said top GOP donor Eric Levine, who described Massie as "fringe."

Since every Republican fell in line, he's got no recruits. The democrats don't trust or like him and his thirst party will probably last as long as his anger. I don't see that going well two years from now.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Musk won't be required. There is no way the economy can withstand tariffs, massive cuts to public healthcare funding and the removal of immigrant workers - documented and undocumented.

It's the economy stupid.

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Edited: 07/05/2025 at 09:16 AM by Cole

I think Musk will inject himself into the next election cycle somehow. Partly because he is pissed and partly because he wants to rehab his reputation.

Whatever he does will piss off the MAGA cult, so that should be some good entertainment for future Trump Season 2 episodes.

Right now I'm not seeing the 2026 elections going as good as MAGA wants for them.

Even the Cubans are pissed at the GOP right now.
Lots more betrayals and broken promises to come...

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Maga has a short memory. They have reversed nearly all of their convictions and have given Trump and Co a pass on absolutely everything. This is what the GOP is banking on in the next election. Yes, maga puppets are upset over the idea that their healthcare will be cut, but they will get over it and continue to back everything maga politicians do, whether it harms their personal lives or not.

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Edited: 07/05/2025 at 02:20 PM by Cole

When trust fund babies collide lol

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I just hope that the trust fund kid slap fight is real and not theater. Beyond that, it does not matter how bad the GOP fucks the MAGA base. The MAGA base will still blame other. Hell they probably think Biden is using the Jewish weather machine right now in Texas just like he did with Helene in NC.

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X as a platform is still a giant megaphone. It's not the truth Trump fears, it's the optics. Musk has has his platform and that is real competition.

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All Leon has to do is pull the US's starkink connection like he did Ukraine in Crimea.

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It was fun while it lasted.

Ejecting Trump from X would be a good start.

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Trump is probably fuming. Primarying the disloyal was his threat.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

I smell a rat fuck though. Rat fuck theater. Musk knows he won't pull any GOP away from voting Republican. His party's real reason for existing will be to keep the RFK and Alex Jones people from voting Democrat. If they are sufficiently mad about the Medicaid cuts and foreign entanglements they are left with the option of sitting out or voting Democrat. Musk will make sure Republicans keep the core parts of 2025 running.

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I'm still teetering on the whole "we are getting played" deal. Is this a ruse to get people to buy Teslers and not hate Elon? The jury is still out.



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Leon looks to be all in. Not that that means anything.

http://www.reuters.com/world/u...=firefox-newtab-en-us

Then there is the whole Electoral College thing.

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Leon can't get any republicans that are currently in office and the republicans with spined were purged past the point of their relevance. I think scom might be right, Leon is going to Ross Perot tne democrats.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.