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Reading every headline & lede that invariably starts with “Democrats block GOP bill”, I’d like to remind everyone, the #media especially, that Trump’s party — the #RepublicanParty — controls the #WhiteHouse & both chambers of #Congress.

This shutdown is their doing.

By all accounts #Trump & #Project2025’s #RussVought absolutely wanted it because it consolidates #power under the #ExecutiveBranch, exactly what they have been working for.

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#RussVought had carefully analyzed mistakes from the first term. And he had laid out steps to achieve the long-sought conservative goal of a president with dramatically expanded #authority over the #ExecutiveBranch, including the #power to cut off #spending, #fire employees, control #independent #FederalAgencies & #deregulate the #economy.

#Musk, who spent >$250M to help elect #Trump, had celebrity, access to the president & political capital that the budget director could never hope for.

#Coup:

#Senate confirms 48 of #Trump nominees at once after changing the chamber's rules

The Senate confirmed 48 of Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under #NewRules to clear a backlog of #ExecutiveBranch positions.

Frustrated by #Democrats, Senate #Republicans moved last week to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominations. Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every pick, infuriating Trump.

#law #power
apnews.com/article/senate-nomi

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is met by reporters as he walks to his office while Congress works on a government funding solution, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP News · Senate Republicans confirm 48 Trump nominees at onceBy Mary Clare Jalonick