Look at Elon all important shutting down the government and threatening lawmakers. He may even become the speaker of the house. Living the American dream.
Quote:Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms
The world’s richest man led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by promoting false and misleading claims about it.
In more than 150 separate posts on X, Mr. Musk demanded that Republicans back away from a bipartisan spending deal that was meant to avoid a government shutdown over Christmas. He vowed political retribution against anyone voting for the sprawling bill backed by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
He also shared misinformation about the bill, including false claims that it contained new aid for Ukraine or $3 billion in funds for a new stadium in Washington.
It was a remarkable day for Mr. Musk, who has never been elected to public office but now appears to be the largest megaphone for the man about to retake the Oval Office.
Conservative Republicans rallied behind Mr. Musk’s barrage of posts, with some even going so far as to suggest that the party should replace Mr. Johnson with Mr. Musk as speaker. In one post, Senator Rand Paul noted that House rules don’t require the chamber’s leader to be a member of Congress.
“I’d be open to supporting @elonmusk for Speaker of the House,” replied Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. She added: “The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. This could be the way.”
Between posts about his own video game antics and SpaceX’s satellite internet service, he used his X account to call the bill “criminal,” spread misinformation about its contents and issue a rallying cry to “stop the steal of your tax dollars!”
Wednesday, however, was the first time Mr. Musk has been able to use his website as a digital whip, driving lawmakers to support his desired outcome.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/po...itics.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
