2 takeaways from Tuesday: 1. "If you are Republican candidate running in a swing state, you don't want Elon Musk anywhere near you… He is political poison!" 2. BIG Dem swings in very red FL-1/FL-6 look a lot like KS-4 in 2017, which foreshadowed big Dem gains in 2018. pic.twitter.com/2etAegZ0Ev
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and goodbye to Elon, apparently.
DOGE is trying to gift itself a $500 million building.
Senate Republicans set to bypass parliamentarian on Trump tax cuts
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5226747-republicans-tax-cuts-deficit-senate-parliamentarian/
Republicans are set to make the audacious play of bypassing the Senate parliamentarian and moving forward with a budget resolution based on a scoring baseline set by Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would allow them to argue extending President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts won’t add to the deficit.
Senate Republicans are being careful to say they won’t “overrule” the parliamentarian — the Senate’s procedural umpire — but Democrats are already accusing them of going “nuclear” by flouting the Senate’s rules and precedents.
“We think the law is very clear, and ultimately the budget committee chairman makes that determination,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday, arguing Graham has the authority to decide whether extending the Trump tax cuts would add to the deficit and need to be offset by big spending cuts or revenue-raising proposals...
Spoiler, extending the tax cut will increase the deficit by several trillion dollars.
Note, all the reports emerging now are not "Musk says he is leaving", they are "Trump says Musk is leaving"
The bum's rush...
Whether TSLA recovers remains to be seen, Elon probably wanted to step down lol
Starmers' weakness with Trump makes me want to puke.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6jv4yxvgwo
"Man charged with 64 offences in funeral home probe"
There is profligacy in local government at times, but the time when that was the main issue was a long time ago - Westminster and Whitehall are putting more on them, whilst giving less, and making them fight for scraps given out on an inconsistent basis, and now adding further layers on top to boot.
Such an effort might also put the spotlight back on central government, where an increasing share of the blame for local governments’ woes ultimately rests, not just for absurd equal-pay legislation but also the increasingly impossible burden of unfunded statutory responsibilities such as social care. If Birmingham councillors are going to be pinned in the spotlight by stupid Whitehall decisions, the least they can do is make ministers squirm.
https://capx.co/how-to-solve-birminghams-bin-strike
HERETIC!
Obviously you're idea of a breath of fresh air is what most people would call the stench of a mountain of shit.
Maybe he's working with the Treasury?
Trump poised to reshape global economy and how world does business
My point was just that I'd be quite surprised if the basic allegation (trousering payments for a funeral plan rather than holding it separate for the actual funeral) is legal now, hence the charges. We could still do more on making it harder in practice to break existing rules.
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I guess today is Liberation Day from an international economic system that produced by far the greatest increase of global prosperity and well-being in human history.
£35 one way between now and early July on some inconvenient trains.
Sale ends tomorrow.
Very cheap I thought given that they usually charge twice or three times that.
Bon voyage and all that.
I thought the old town was rather mellower.
I think Uzbekistan is very underrated as a destination myself. You've reminded me I need to get back there.
Vanilla appears to be less shit now. Whatever the mods did, well done you
The Tesla brand is forever associated with Elon Musk and Donald Trump. And the irony is that most people who support Donald Trump hate electric vehicles.
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1907475168123040171
However I hope he knows what he’s going to say if it’s good, bad or whatever.
Longer term. Doom. US Tech stocks still in mid air. Musk should be grateful he did not end up like Giuliani... yet.
I guess I spend a lot of time on here...
As per Peston last night, isn’t it now the time to say “OK, America, we’re very sorry you’re going in this direction but good luck. We’ll just be over here with Europe, and Canada, and Mexico, and Australia, and Asia and the Chinese, and we’ll all be working to reduce our tariffs on each other. And by the way, manufacturer X and company Y, it would sure be great for you to set up shop here, because you surely want to retain access to these markets and the trading environment will be much more benign”.
Saying you don't join the Lib Dems if your motive is power isn't the same as saying that they are never influential. It's saying that, if you're purely a careerist, there are better bets out there.
For example, it's hardly fanciful to think that Nick Clegg could have been Deputy PM or a senior cabinet minister had he decided to join the Tories from the get go. Like him or not, he's a capable person and it isn't exactly flattering him to say he could've held a post recently held by Dominic Raab and Oliver Dowden.
It really seems like a party planning surrender before there's even the slightest of threat of fisticuffs.
But you can't say he's an idiot for letting others take the lead. And it's more complex where it isn't just him personally on the line but everyone else.
"National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe, according to four people who have been personally added to Signal chats.
Two of the people said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least 20 such chats. All four said they saw instances of sensitive information being discussed."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/waltzs-team-set-up-at-least-20-signal-group-chats-for-crises-across-the-world-00266845
Disengaging from the USA is a years-long process.
They cannot all be selflessly motivated automatons who are also just plain normal.
https://x.com/JohnRentoul/status/1907495682904125449
https://x.com/mrmbrown/status/1907473601978314962?s=61
I posted the AfD poster (from a previous election) with a picture of a burning Tesla and the line 'Advent, Advent ein Tesla brennt'
The AfD also posted this on Facebook:
"Advent, Advent ein Tesla brennt.
Waren es erst eins, dann zwei, drei dann vier,
bald steht das Christkind vor der Tür.
Es bringt Dir einen modernen Diesel mit,
so brauchst Du weder Elektro noch Hybrid.
Du musst nicht vor Ladestationen warten.
Tankst in 5 Minuten und kannst wieder starten.
Auch die Diesel Reichweite ist famos,
die Fahrstrecke sogar riesengroß.
Der Diesel ist ein Saubermann,
wovon ein E-Mobil nur träumen kann.
Diesel High-Tech aus Germany
oder E-Vehikel aus der US Prärie?
Wer denken kann für den ist klar,
ein Diesel von hier ist wunderbar.
Lange schallts in Deutschland noch,
unsere Diesel sollen leben hoch!"
Anfield quiet at halftime.