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The rebuke, which built steadily through the day & culminated w/a long written *statement* from #Trump in the late afternoon, has forced #MikeJohnson back to the drawing board on a plan to prevent a Christmastime #GovernmentShutdown — & maintain the support of his chaotic conference to be reelected as #speaker early next year [].

“Your elected representatives” [or, you know, whatever, some greedy #billionaires who for the time being share your interests] “have heard you & now the *terrible* bill is dead,” #ElonMusk boasted on #X, the #SocialMedia site he owns [& thru which he spreads #propaganda] after he spent the day blasting the #legislation. “The *voice of the people*” [aka some rich fucks] “has triumphed!”

#MikeJohnson has not outlined a backup plan [meaning – you guessed it, the #people get the short end of the stick] & multiple people familiar w/the real-time conversations said the next step remains unclear, as leaders would need significant support from both parties — & [douche-bag] #Trump — to pass a funding extension. If #Congress doesn’t extend the deadline, most federal operations would shut down at 12:01 AM Sat, though the effects of a #GovernmentShutdown wouldn’t fully kick in until Mon.

#Trump has…demanded the #House ditch items that #Democrats negotiatied. He also requested #Republicans extend the suspension of the #DebtCeiling, a limit on how much the #US govt can #borrow, which is set to expire early in his new term next year.

…#MikeJohnson had introduced #legislation to extend federal funding until March 14, send $110.4B to natural disaster survivors & codify a host of unrelated #policy changes.…