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The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China

There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest.
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, is seen on December 31, 2023.
In a sense, Donald Trump is picking up where he left off. Most of us remember the last official act of his presidency as the Capitol Riot, but just before that, just before Christmas 2020, he inserted himself late into a government funding fight that he had been previously disinterested in. Congress had agreed to a bipartisan […]
The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China

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Elon Musk Declares Himself President, Shuts Down Government – The American Prospect

And Donald Trump, for now, is fine with it.
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On Wednesday, Elon Musk began posting frantically on Twitter against the continuing resolution Congress needs to pass to keep the government operating.
For weeks now, House Republicans have been negotiating a traditional American funding bill. Since the government is broken and regular-order budgeting doesn’t happen anymore, Congress is routinely passing “continuing resolutions” (CRs) funding the […]
Elon Musk Declares Himself President, Shuts Down Government – The American Prospect

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Elon Musk floated for House speaker amid government funding mayhem – New York Post

Some Republicans are daydreaming over the prospect of billionaire guru and occasional literal flamethrower Elon Musk clinching the speaker’s gavel in the wake of a revolt against House GOP leadership over government funding.
“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) underscored on X, becoming the first Republican to publicly muse over the idea in recent days.
“Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk … […]
Elon Musk floated for House speaker amid government funding mayhem – New York Post