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<\/a><\/p>\nThe leopard that bought a social media platform to ensure Trump and his party were elected is ready to gnaw on their faces. They were uncritical of Musk\u2019s use of his Nazi bar X<\/a> to aid their party, wholly accepting the wretchedness published alongside right-wing propaganda bolstering their position.<\/p>\n Now they\u2019re going to have to face the fact the richest man in the world \u2014 the one person who could buy the lot of them with the change he can earn in a single day \u2014 is utterly enraged with them all.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t blame him for feeling this way, either. I can\u2019t stand Musk but I can understand his point of view.<\/p>\n Imagine burning up hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps even billions, of personal capital by personally taking on Trump\u2019s Project 2025 government elimination measures as leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)<\/a>. The Tesla Takedown movement<\/a> was in no small part a response to Musk slashing away at government without restraint.<\/p>\n Then the party he supported with his $44 billion dollar acquisition of Twitter completely trashed that sacrifice by increasing the budget deficit while trying to hide the $3.3 trillion increase from the public, extending the debt ceiling to pay for their bullshit including the massive expansion of ICE.<\/p>\n Gnaw away, Musk. You bought it, you broke it, you own it. Bon appetit!<\/p>\n The last time Musk threatened to launch a new political party in opposition to the GOP, Trump got pissy and made a counterthreat<\/a>.<\/p>\n This time I would watch for more than an exchange of words. Tells about Musk\u2019s seriousness would include:<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Establishment of one or more national PACs to fund the new party; Meanwhile, Musk could continue to use the dead bird app to support his efforts, this time against the GOP. It worked to get them elected, it could work against them as well. Not a lot of additional investment required, especially since Trump\u2019s big fugly bill is so damned unpopular making weaponization of the bill against the GOP a piece of cake.<\/p>\n Musk was worth $363 billion dollars today<\/a>, even after losing $4.38 billion since Friday. That\u2019s $100 billion more than the next richest man, Jeff Bezos. This is the kind of money which can buy small nations \u2014 it\u2019s already bought an American general election. A single good day\u2019s gain in the stock market could easily yield more cash for campaign contributions than the contributions made in 2024:<\/p>\n Between January 2023 and April 2024, US political campaigns collected around $8.6 billion for the 2024 House, Senate, and presidential elections. Over 65% of that money, about $5.6 billion, came from political action committees (PACs).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n (source: USA Facts<\/a>)<\/p>\n The danger to the left should Musk make good his threat: a new political party aiming at taking out the GOP in thrall to their mob boss Trump may peel away some part of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n Could be centrists (including the not-well-closeted racists, misogynists, and bigots) who feel threatened by the inclusiveness of those left of them.<\/p>\n Could be the gerontocracy within the Democratic Party who feel their death grip on power and relevance weakening.<\/p>\n Could be the horseshoe left which shares fewer ideals with progressives and centrists than the far right.<\/p>\n Whatever the case, the Democratic Party needs to stay clear of the leopards as they claw at each other; they need to offer a strong, clear vision of the future while working on the vulnerable states and districts.<\/p>\n North Carolina, for example, is now in play given Sen. Thom Tillis\u2019s principled stance<\/a> on the big fugly bill, choosing not to run for re-election instead of kowtowing to the GOP\u2019s mob boss.<\/p>\n Let the leopards gnaw on each other. Stay clear, get busy.<\/p>\n ~ ~ ~<\/strong><\/p>\n Action Items:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Check out Indivisible\u2019s Stop The Cuts page<\/a>, especially the Take Action Now section near the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Weak on federal budget terminology? See the federal budget glossary<\/a> at National Priorities Project.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Or simply keep up the pressure and contact your senators to tell them to vote NO on H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, recruit others to do the same. Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121 or use Resist.bot<\/a> or 5Calls<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Establishment of one or more state and\/or national PACs to run campaigns against incumbent GOP congress members;
\u2022\u00a0Co-option of existing libertarian\/GOP\/conservative PACs for the same (think Russia\u2019s dark money co-option of the National Rifle Association from 2012-2016);
\u2022\u00a0Creation of an umbrella organization and subset entities across all 50 states and the territories launching the new party presence;
\u2022\u00a0Recruitment of candidates who are willing to run under the new party banner.<\/p>\n\n