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reggieandlee

(872 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 09:40 AM Feb 2025

BTRTN: Musk Fires House of Representatives [View all]

Born To Run The Numbers offers a sardonic take on the dodgy tactics of the Big Doge.

https://borntorunthenumbers.com/2025/02/04/musk-fires-house-of-representatives/

Excerpts: "Elon Musk has apparently fired the entire House of Representatives. At 9:28 PM Musk posted on X: “Turned out the House lights — nobody’s home!”

"House members were informed of their termination earlier this evening by DOGE employee Gavin Kliger via an email. Kliger also told them the Capitol and related office buildings were being closed immediately for “renovations” and that they would be unable to return to their offices...

"House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, who has been missing since the Inauguration, was not available for comment. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said he would make a statement from the floor of the Senate when he returned to Washington, “if Mr. Musk allows me to.”

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