I’m just glad this guy is on our side! It appears as though Elon Musk, using the power of sunlight on X, has defeated one of the most disastrous Continuing Resolution spending bills we have ever seen. DOGE and Team Trump already having an impact and they haven’t haven’t even taken office yet! You’ve probably heard about the disastrous Bill, but if not here are some lowlights… Literally: $60B to Ukraine Unconstitutional force of courts to protect Congress Past & future blanket immunity for deep state Unconstitutional emergency powers Mask/vaccine mandates Gain of function research Vaccine passports Funding of 12 biolabs One of the worst bills ever written https://t.co/SxVyyXb82y — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 Also, funding the censorship of conservative speech! Literally funding a muzzle on the Trump Administration. Think of Judge Merchan, but for the whole country: This CR funds the censorship of conservative speech for the entire first year of the Trump administration. Unacceptable! https://t.co/S2VkgPjKng — Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) December 18, 2024 Then Elon tweeted out KILL BILL, with a picture of the 1547 pages and an obvious nod to the movie Kill Bill (credit to Brick Suit for the image): KILL BILL! https://t.co/xtm87uBqqZ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 Oh and here’s a real gem…. Even preventing an investigation into their wrongdoing! You kidding me with this? The bill they’re trying to pass right now would prevent investigating their wrongdoing! https://t.co/BsFiCzrzVt — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 Elon also posted this, which I 100% agree with: No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office. None. Zero. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 And just when it looked like this was going to get pushed through just like all the others, something incredible happened…. House Reps and Senators began posted on X that they’re voting NO: The CR is an easy NO vote. How do you tell your constituents that you want to cut wasteful spending and then vote for $100+ BILLION in unpaid-for spending? Top-tier gaslighting. — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) December 18, 2024 Great outline on several of the reasons I’ll be a NO vote https://t.co/CbEoes4dDO — Congressman Michael Cloud (@RepCloudTX) December 18, 2024 The CR is an easy NO vote. How do you tell your constituents that you want to cut wasteful spending and then vote for $100+ BILLION in unpaid-for spending? Top-tier gaslighting. — Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) December 18, 2024 I’m voting NO on this week’s CR. So many members of Congress want the clout of working with @DOGE and @ElonMusk. Barely any are willing to stop voting for thousand-page spending bills, CR’s, and omnibuses. Only a handful are actually interested in cutting spending. America… — Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) December 18, 2024 Looks like pork is on the menu this Christmas. I cannot support this spending bill when it throws away millions of taxpayer dollars to continued wasteful programs. https://t.co/EXSpEiuQ8U — Jim Risch (@SenatorRisch) December 18, 2024 Voting No. CR is a terrible sandwich. Lots of my people back home impacted by hurricane are calling my office. Said they don’t want everything attached to this bill. — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) December 18, 2024 Great outline on several of the reasons I’ll be a NO vote https://t.co/CbEoes4dDO — Congressman Michael Cloud (@RepCloudTX) December 18, 2024 .@elonmusk is right -the CR is a bloated omnibus masquerading as a short-term funding measure. I’m a NO. I support aid for our producers, but I won’t vote for legislation that funds $100+ billion in woke, weaponized and wasteful items at the expense of American taxpayers. — Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) December 18, 2024 In five years in Congress, I’ve been awaiting a fundamental change in the dynamic. It has arrived. https://t.co/E3HQeS7mzX — Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) December 18, 2024 And Rand Paul announced even if it clears the House, he will delay passing it on: Great! https://t.co/Gt85W15mIy — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 Matt Gaetz stated the obvious….if Elon kills this Bill, he is more powerful than all the Washington Lobbyists: If @elonmusk kills this bill he is more powerful than all the Washington lobbyists combined. Because they are all for it. — Former Congressman Matt Gaetz (@FmrRepMattGaetz) December 18, 2024 I think that’s a fair statement. After the groundswell of No votes rising up, Elon just posted the following: Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is dead. The voice of the people has triumphed! VOX POPULIVOX DEI — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 According to Elon, the Bill is dead or DOA. I have not seen an official announcement, but my guess is Elon’s intel is solid. Chamath responded with this: Vox populi https://t.co/ZYeu0ptfrJ — Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath) December 18, 2024 Elon himself also posted that he wishes there were some other way, but he literally is going to have to end several careers of Pork Politicians to finally make this stop. Unless @DOGE ends the careers of deceitful, pork-barrel politicians, the waste and corruption will never stop. Therefore, there is no choice but to do so. I wish there was another way, but there is not. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024 I only disagree with one thing….don’t apologize for it Elon! They deserve losing their careers! With the Bill dead, this leaves us with a Government Shutdown looming, and like I always say when this happens, can you please actually make it happen this time?  DO IT!  Here are more details, from The Hill: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is threatening to hold up a short-term funding package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid a government shutdown unless leaders in Congress agree to vote on amendments to offset the cost of new spending in the proposal. Paul has significant leverage to force colleagues to vote on spending cuts because congressional leaders are late in unveiling the continuing resolution, which is expected to fund the government until March 14. The House may not even vote on the package until Wednesday or Thursday, which means Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will need the cooperation of all 99 other senators to get it through the Senate by the end-of-week deadline. But Paul says he won’t yield back time on the floor unless Schumer guarantees fiscal hawks a full debate and opportunity to vote on amendments to offset the cost of new spending in the proposal. “I can’t anticipate giving any time of consent to condense time without debate and debate means amendments. We’ll probably put forward some pay-fors,” Paul told The Hill, flagging green-energy subsidies as spending that could be cut to offset the cost of disaster relief for North Carolina and other states hit hard by recent hurricanes. “There are some big existing pay-fors and I think they should be forced to decide: Do you want to help the people in Asheville or do you want to help green-energy companies, multimillion-dollar companies with subsidies for green energy? There’s about $4 billion out there in that,” he said. Conservatives in both chambers are furious they still haven’t seen the details of the continuing resolution, which will extend government funding as well as provide new funding for disaster relief, payments to farmers and other programs that have vocal constituencies. And we end with Laura Loomer, who is piecing together that this is all coming from Speaker Mike Johnson, and in the end is designed to make sure the election results are not certified: Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson is now jeopardizing the certification of the election on January 6th, 2025. He knows that his CR will cause a MOTION TO VACATE. We need a Speaker of the House to oversee the certification of the election. If members of Congress don’t vote to make… — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 18, 2024 Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson is now jeopardizing the certification of the election on January 6th, 2025. He knows that his CR will cause a MOTION TO VACATE. We need a Speaker of the House to oversee the certification of the election. If members of Congress don’t vote to make him Speaker of the House on January 3rd, and it takes weeks to select a new Speaker, it will disrupt the election certification process. This CR is inherently anti-Trump. How very devious indeed!