Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in their opposition to Vought.

Summary

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director in a 53-47 party-line vote despite Democratic opposition.

Vought, a key author of Project 2025, advocates aggressive budget cuts and expanding executive power.

Democrats warned he will slash programs like Medicare, Social Security, and veterans’ benefits while promoting Trump’s policy agenda.

Republicans praised his confirmation, with Speaker Mike Johnson stating he will help dismantle the regulatory state.

  • thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    I’m starting to wonder if this is all a conspiracy along the lines of some major geological event is going to happen, most of the middle and lower class will die or go through extreme upheaval, and there’s a power grab now so that those in power now already have the institutions and resources set up to keep power in that scenario.

    Something like global warming/apophis asteroid just completely resetting our game board.

    This ties in with the anti LGBTQ+ movement to try and force an increase in population as much as possible so that there can be a larger numbers of foot soldiers for a resource grab.

    It’s all very tin foil hat, but it feels more reasonable than it should considering everything else that’s been happening recently.

    If the above is a thing, Europe should think about offering intelligent US citizens even nicer visa packages to take advantage of the trump hate.