There are four general aspects to the larger Trump legacy term that are starting to become very visible. This is the era when political change starts to become visible in real terms. We are all in the front row, on the cusp of a historic moment.
♦ The four generalized fronts are: (1) The economic front, which will be both domestic (Main St) and foreign (multinationals) as executed. (2) The IC/Justice front, which is inherently domestic. (3) The Legislative Branch front, this is where DOGE (Dept of Government Efficiency) comes into play; and lastly (4) The Dept of State confrontation with allies and enemies on all three other fronts.
Within #3, the legislative branch battle against the executive, this is where the spending issue, the purse strings, the power center dynamic over taxpayer distribution will be fought through the Dept of Government Efficiency, or DOGE led by Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and a few key allies in both the House and Senate.
Because the nature of the DOGE battle is centered around money, the root issue is ultimately who controls the power within Washington DC. Control the money and you control the power. Inside this battle over spending the historic dynamic of the UniParty will be visible. Remember, Democrats want power, Republicans want money.
Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer have already started to position their defenses against DOGE and Trump {SEE HERE}. The committee chairs and vice-chairs are selected to keep the power of control of spending away from DOGE/Trump. Republican Chair Susan Collins, appointed by Thune/McConnell will not willingly let DOGE/Trump interfere in the way the Senate assigns funds. Ultimately this distribution is their power center.
DOGE is reported to be looking carefully at the Impoundment Control Act, challenging the system that places limits on a president’s ability to unilaterally withhold funding. According to Politico, Musk and Ramaswamy “believe the Supreme Court, which has three justices nominated by Trump, would be favorable to them.” The bottom line is the Executive v Legislative battle, where President Trump is going to try and reduce the size of government while congress keeps spending to maintain it.
In commonly held wisdom, traditional conservatives have always said government was spending too much, and reducing spending will limit the scale and reach of government. However, those same traditional “conservative” voices who call for spending cuts are the same people who previously called for ‘Obamacare repeal’, and when given the chance to do it – they disappeared. The Republican wing of the UniParty is full of those false conservatives, that’s why I call them DeceptiCONS.
One of the key people from inside the republican ranks on the upper chamber, is Senator Jodi Ernst. Currently she is positioning herself for influence and assist with DOGE; however, Ernst is not an honest broker when it comes to actually delivering a result. Like many of her colleagues, Ted Cruz, James Lankford and Mike Lee as examples, they talk a good game, write good op-eds, appear on Fox News, send strongly worded letters, and then do nothing.
Musk has the tool to drag these Republican DeceptiCONS into the sunlight via Twitter and a high dose of brutal honesty. However, before they accept the burn from sunlight, they will predictably seek comfort behind the protection of the lobbyists who fund the RNC, and the skirt of John Thune.
The voice of Mitch McConnell looms over the entire dynamic like the universal message in 2010 Space Odyssey, “All these worlds are yours, except Europa, attempt no landing there.” McConnell assuredly hoping to cement his legacy by creating an omnipotent and powerful Senate, far beyond the reach of any White House, temporary DOGE movement, or even voter intent.
[Politico Article Here]
I like the position that President Trump has taken amid this entire dynamic. Remember, he previously was burned by the DeceptiCONs when he gave them the option to repeal Obamacare.
President Trump has a priority agenda to create something much bigger than all of the component parts. RFK JR challenging food and health, Elon Musk challenging government size/spending, while President Trump focuses on the Trump Doctrine (economics and national security).
Congress can approve spending but that doesn’t mean the executive has to spend it, or at least it didn’t for 200 years. I think Trump wins this battle especially after Chevron decision.
No amount of sunlight will make a difference to an uninformed & apathetic citizenry. It is critical that as more and more sunlight is shone on the corrupt players that “we the people” remind those players that they can not escape repercussions of their corrupt play.
We have all grown weary over the years of calling, emailing, town halls, etc … that seem to produce little to no results, but it does seem that there is a “perfect storm” aligning where we have allies in the Social Media sphere, alt-media, and a more “enlightened” citizenry … Perhaps this is our best chance, perhaps this is our last chance. We MUST give it all we have.
So you think the uninformed and apathetic citizenry did not speak this election? The repercussions has nothing to do with us. We do not hold that power to hold these people accountable again to the next election.
So they must act as I do agree with your second paragraph. We did out part. It is on them now………
Joni Ernst will become the sacrificial roadblock to DOGE in the Senate.
She’ll offer all kinds of superficial BS and resist the real reform needed…
From an Iowan who knows, Joni Ernst is a RINO and is much closer to Cocaine Mitch and John Thune than she is to Trump.
One way to address the legislative bit might be to attack the committee structure itself.
As I understand it (and I may be wrong), the current committee structure was developed to review, tweak, and approve the several Department budget submissions. In olden days, before Obama replaced regular budgetary order with the omnibus process, each federal Department submitted a proposed budget for the next several years (Ex: for DOD, it was the FYDP). Parallel committees in the House and Senate examined the proposals, tweaked them (i.e., added pork), then got together to hammer out a compromise budget.
Of course, the House and Senate look at other issues other than just the federal budget, hence some arguable adjustments to the various committee names, but nonetheless re-examining the committee structure might offer a rational means to obtain some efficiencies.
Am I missing something here, the author alleges that Lee and Cruz aren’t on the Conservative team, that they deliver nothing. This isn’t what I have seen and detracts from the entire argument the author makes. Lack of evidence to support this allegation renders his thesis in the realm of AOC braying.
While we discuss the maneuvering, a word concerning the Helene and Milton, and American altruistic measures would be a great boon to those suffering.
We used to send containers of support to disasters, and it is imperative we speak truth to power. It is apparent that FEMA
is corrupted. Same as other agencies. Asking for some light shining on this.
Be blessed everyone, and do what you can at any level, it all counts.
Would the House not hold more sway over expenditures than the Senate? Theirs is the power of the purse.
I applaud PJDT for conceptualizing DOGE. The spending needs to be confronted head-on & I pray that both Elon & Vivek employ a take no prisoners approach to the Decepticons.
Bitch McConnel & all the other RINO’s need to be told repeatedly & emphatically NO to all of their continued spending plans.
And hopefully, Bitch Mac takes his millions of ill-gotten gains & stumbles back to KY where he can sit on his front porch & drool all over himself.
Can ya tell I’m not a Bitch McConnell fan?
I hope Trump shines sunlight on James Lankford publicly and loudly so all Oklahoman’s can understand he is a horrible human being and a lying backstabbing rhino…