Musk took all their power, so Republicans remake Congress into a ministry of disinformation
SalonA couple weeks into Elon Musk's rampage through the federal bureaucracy, we finally have an answer to whether congressional Republicans mind that he's usurped their main source of authority, the power of the purse: No, they do not care. On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., announced that he's forming a "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets." They'll also pretend to unearth information about UFOs, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, whether 9/11 was an inside job, and, of course, Jeffrey Epstein's client list — no doubt sans anyone currently in GOP leadership or is, like Epstein when he was alive, a friend of Donald Trump's. There are two reasons to keep "asking questions" that have been answered a million times: to distract from the very real conspiracy to wreck the federal government and to increase the stupefaction of the American people that led to Trump's November victory. As reported by CNN and the Bulwark this week, congressional Republicans — even in bright-red districts — seem surprised by how much their own constituents are freaking out over Musk's assault on the federal government.
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