Ugh du Jour

Democrats should leave Republicans out to dry, according Salon:

While the Senate and the House are dreaming about massive tax cuts and taking a machete to Medicaid, they apparently haven't given a thought to the fact that even with all the DOGE sturm und drang the government is about to run out of money. And as we know, Republicans in the House have a faction that will not vote for spending. They just won't. So with their tiny majority, they need Democrats to cover for their intransigence. But with Trump and Musk busily destroying the executive branch and seemingly enjoying the carnage they're creating while doing it, Democrats understand that the Republicans are going to have to deal with their people on their own this time.

The GOP has created the politics we are all living through and they have all the institutional tools they need to pass whatever they want to pass. The government is already engulfed in Musk's firestorm so if the congressional Republicans get in on the act too, it's all the more clarifying. As Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Ct., the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee told the Washington Post, "Republicans control the House, the Senate and the White House. It is their responsibility to find the votes to pass the final measures." It's that simple.

There is every reason to believe right now that the Democrats are going to hang tough this time. They pretty much have to. With a 31% approval rating, they certainly don't have much to lose but they have a lot to gain as their voters see that they are refusing to go along with this MAGA trainwreck. Sometimes the best way to show leadership is to just say no, especially to bullies, thieves and thugs. The American people will thank them for it."

But Xmastime", you say in the voice of Craig “Ironhead” Heyward from those soap commercials (RIP), “didn't you warn everybody about this a few months ago?"

Sigh. Yes I did, faithful readers, YES I did:

Now that the Republicans have won they should be able to enact the policies they promised while running. And yes on this side of things I’m snarky “wait until these idiots find out how Trump’s tariffs work & then they’ll turn on him and we’ll finally be rid of this piece of shit”, which is how politics SHOULD happen; what I’m *guessing* is gonna happen is Democrats are gonna try to curb Trump’s tariffs to protect his own people from him but in doing so will grind the bill down so it’s shitty enough that people will grumble but not shitty enough to cause them to regret their vote for Trump and then Democrats will get blamed for tariffs being shitty while Republicans go around to ribbon cutting ceremonies for things they voted against. 🤔🤷‍♂️