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But he asked, cynical Publius asked on X, can somebody explain how you get to the point where you could actually cut something, given that it would take 60 votes and that will never happen? So correct me if I'm wrong, we have Stephen Miller telling us that the current bill is, quote, not a spending bill. But when we get to the ones that are spending bills,

But he asked, cynical Publius asked on X, can somebody explain how you get to the point where you could actually cut something, given that it would take 60 votes and that will never happen? So correct me if I'm wrong, we have Stephen Miller telling us that the current bill is, quote, not a spending bill. But when we get to the ones that are spending bills,

there is no chance in hell that we could cut it. Is that true? That's my current understanding. So imagine being Elon Musk. You've been asked to sacrifice so much, and you did, to come up with a bunch of doge cuts and a bunch of doge processes. And you do all that work, and then it looks to you like nothing serious got cut. Can you even imagine how you would feel about that?

there is no chance in hell that we could cut it. Is that true? That's my current understanding. So imagine being Elon Musk. You've been asked to sacrifice so much, and you did, to come up with a bunch of doge cuts and a bunch of doge processes. And you do all that work, and then it looks to you like nothing serious got cut. Can you even imagine how you would feel about that?

Well, I'd be flipping out. And if my mere complaining wasn't enough, depending on where I was in my manic phase, I might go just absolutely freaking nuts on whoever put me in that position. And that looks like the president. So can they ever work together and get past it? Yeah. It doesn't mean they will. But yes, there's nothing that would stop them from figuring it out if they want to.

Well, I'd be flipping out. And if my mere complaining wasn't enough, depending on where I was in my manic phase, I might go just absolutely freaking nuts on whoever put me in that position. And that looks like the president. So can they ever work together and get past it? Yeah. It doesn't mean they will. But yes, there's nothing that would stop them from figuring it out if they want to.

So I'm not super concerned about that conversation. I think yesterday Elon threatened he would decommission the Dragon rocket and Trump was saying they should save money by cutting all the contracts to Elon. None of that should be taken seriously. I wouldn't worry about any of it. But let me tell you what I think it is not. It is definitely not 4D chess.

So I'm not super concerned about that conversation. I think yesterday Elon threatened he would decommission the Dragon rocket and Trump was saying they should save money by cutting all the contracts to Elon. None of that should be taken seriously. I wouldn't worry about any of it. But let me tell you what I think it is not. It is definitely not 4D chess.

It is definitely not something that Musk and Trump came up together with and said, all right, you say this and I'll say this. No, it definitely wasn't that. And then Mike Benz had a video today in which he reminds us how important Elon Musk was to Trump's success. which adds a little fuel to this.

It is definitely not something that Musk and Trump came up together with and said, all right, you say this and I'll say this. No, it definitely wasn't that. And then Mike Benz had a video today in which he reminds us how important Elon Musk was to Trump's success. which adds a little fuel to this.

Because if you think, my God, you're only president because I delivered free speech back to the country in the form of X, which is true. If I'm a top financial backer and if Musk is the reason that the other tech bros felt safe to back Trump, and I think that is part of it. then Musk probably was important enough that you could argue that Trump would not have been elected.

Because if you think, my God, you're only president because I delivered free speech back to the country in the form of X, which is true. If I'm a top financial backer and if Musk is the reason that the other tech bros felt safe to back Trump, and I think that is part of it. then Musk probably was important enough that you could argue that Trump would not have been elected.

It might have even been hard to hear from him without X. But let's check on some other people, like Rand Paul. So Rand Paul is talking about this latest bill. He says, we've now increased spending at the get-go more than all of Doge cuts. He said, I think Elon Musk did an amazing job and we're dwarfing it with new spending.

It might have even been hard to hear from him without X. But let's check on some other people, like Rand Paul. So Rand Paul is talking about this latest bill. He says, we've now increased spending at the get-go more than all of Doge cuts. He said, I think Elon Musk did an amazing job and we're dwarfing it with new spending.

And then he goes, this is Rand Paul, he says, this has always been a bill that was hijacked and conceived of by Lindsey Graham to explode the military caps. Well, I don't know about that. Do you think Lindsey Graham was trying to cleverly explode the military caps and that's what this is all about? Maybe. I mean, I wouldn't rule it out, but I wouldn't have an instinct on that either way.

And then he goes, this is Rand Paul, he says, this has always been a bill that was hijacked and conceived of by Lindsey Graham to explode the military caps. Well, I don't know about that. Do you think Lindsey Graham was trying to cleverly explode the military caps and that's what this is all about? Maybe. I mean, I wouldn't rule it out, but I wouldn't have an instinct on that either way.

But related to that, there's a CIA officer. Darn, I didn't write down what podcast this was on. But on a podcast recently he said that, and I don't know that this can be proven, but the CIA officer says that bank account records would show that Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts.

But related to that, there's a CIA officer. Darn, I didn't write down what podcast this was on. But on a podcast recently he said that, and I don't know that this can be proven, but the CIA officer says that bank account records would show that Lindsey Graham is laundering money from the Ukraine war back into his personal bank accounts.

Now, I have not seen any evidence of that, and it doesn't surprise me when there's some ex-CIA guy saying stuff that sounds sketchy. So I don't know if you can believe that exactly, but it's out there. So some of the mystery may have to do with Lindsey Graham and wanting to get money for Ukraine, at least Ukraine. Mario Noffel said,

Now, I have not seen any evidence of that, and it doesn't surprise me when there's some ex-CIA guy saying stuff that sounds sketchy. So I don't know if you can believe that exactly, but it's out there. So some of the mystery may have to do with Lindsey Graham and wanting to get money for Ukraine, at least Ukraine. Mario Noffel said,