📰 On Wednesday, the House of Representatives advanced Trump’s $9.4 billion federal spending cut package 💸➡️🗑️, pushing it closer to becoming law.
📦 Built off proposals from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) 🐶🏛️, the plan gives the White House power to withhold funds Congress already approved 🚫💵.
🎯 According to CNBC, targets include:
USAID 🌍
Corporation for Public Broadcasting 📻📺 (think PBS & NPR)
🗳️ The vote passed along party lines ✅, but Thursday’s final vote could be tougher. Some Republicans are nervous 😬—these cuts hit programs popular with voters ❤️📺.
🧍♂️ Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to secure GOP votes 🧮. “I’m working on getting the votes we need,” he told CNN 🎙️.
🏛️ Senate Rules Delay the “Big, Beautiful Bill” 🧾✨
The bill was part of the GOP’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”, but it needed edits ✂️ to survive the Senate reconciliation process (aka bypass the 60-vote rule) 🛣️⚖️.
👨⚖️ The Senate parliamentarian flagged parts of it 🚫📜—those were removed before Wednesday’s vote. Still, the bill is controversial 😡 with cuts to PBS, NPR, and USAID drawing fire from both parties 🔥🏛️.
🔨 DOGE Cuts Jobs, Sparks Court Chaos ⚠️🏢
DOGE isn’t just cutting funds—it’s firing people 💼🚷. Federal offices across the U.S. have been gutted since Trump returned to office 🇺🇸🔥.
💔 On Valentine’s Day, thousands of probationary federal workers were fired en masse 🫤📉. Agencies like the FDA, IRS, State Dept., and HUD lost key staff 😵.
👨⚖️ But in April, a federal judge ordered Trump to reinstate workers at 20+ agencies ⚖️🧑⚖️. Days later, the Supreme Court blocked another similar ruling ❌📜. Now, legal chaos is unfolding 😖⚖️.
Many fired workers don’t want to return 🙅♂️—some rejected offers or ghosted their agencies 🕵️♀️📵. The White House is begging remaining employees to take on multiple roles, work overtime, or even volunteer 💀🕒.
📑 Internal messages and interviews show the mess is growing—with federal job listings on USAJobs reposting roles that were just eliminated 🤯💼🔁.
🚀 Elon Musk Fallout Adds Fuel to the Fire 🔥👨🚀
After Elon Musk quit the White House last week 💼🚪, his feud with Trump exploded 💣. Once allies, now Musk’s attacking Trump’s tax cuts and gov’t waste 😤💸.
🧠 Musk’s quote to Bloomberg:
“Worth it.” — after losing 25% of his fortune 💔📉
📉 Tesla stock plunged 33%, and public support followed 📉🚗💨. Consumers turned away from Tesla due to Musk’s Trump ties, while SpaceX, Neuralink, and xAI kept fundraising 💼🛰️.
⚠️ Bottom line: Trump’s aggressive cost-cutting agenda is moving forward, but it's leaving behind legal messes, broken departments, and political headaches 🧨🧠.
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